(PAGASA 24-HOUR PUBLIC WEATHER FORECAST as of Sunday, 07 December 2025) At 3:00 AM today, the center of Tropical Depression "WILMA" was estimated based on all available data in the vicinity of Matuguinao, Samar (12.2°N 125.0°E) with maximum sustained winds of 45 km/h near the center and gustiness of up to 75 km/h. It is moving West Northwestward at 15 km/h. Shear Line affecting the eastern section of Southern Luzon. Northeast Monsoon affecting the rest of Luzon. Mindanao will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms due to Localized Thunderstorms. Possible flash floods or landslides during severe thunderstorms. Moderate to strong winds from northeast to northwest will prevail over the western sections of Mindanao with moderate to rough seas (1.2 to 3.1 meters). Elsewhere, moderate winds from the northwest to southwest to southeast with moderate seas (1.2 to 2.5 meters).


TOP STORIES - Thursday, 19 September 2024

TODAY’S TOP STORIES (from online and print monitoring)

As of 5:00 p.m. Thursday, 19 September 2024

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. leads the distribution of Certificates of Condonation and Release of Mortgage (CoCROM) to agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) in Nueva Ecija, on September 13, 2024. Yummie Dingding, PPA pool/File  
1. Marcos distributes land titles, turns over farm-to-market roads in Palawan

[ABS-CBN News, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, News5, Pilipino Mirror, The Manila Times]

https://news.abs-cbn.com/regions/2024/9/19/marcos-distributes-land-titles-turns-over-farm-to-market-roads-in-palawan-1224

2. Dindo Amparo is new Presidential Broadcast Service director general

[ABS-CBN News, Daily Tribune, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, The Manila Times]

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1984837/veteran-broadcast-journalist-dindo-amparo-named-new-pbs-bbs-chief

3. ALICE GUO CASE:

-NBI: Alice Guo’s signature did not match what was in notarized affidavit

-Marbil: Probe ongoing vs 24 ex-PNP chiefs over Alice Guo escape from PH

[ABS-CBN News, Daily Tribune, GMA News, Inquirer, News5, Philstar, Rappler, The Manila Times]

https://www.rappler.com/philippines/alice-guo-signature-not-match-affidavit-notarized-lawyer/

4. 23 reported dead, 15 missing due to Habagat, Ferdie, Gener, Helen —NDRRMC

[ABS-CBN News, GMA News, Inquirer, NewsWatchPlus, Manila Standard]

https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/920972/ndrrmc-habagat-ferdie-gener-helen/story/

5. DA eyes price reduction of rice by 2025

[Daily Tribune, BusinessMirror, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Standard, Pilipino Mirror, Pilipino Star NGAYON]

https://manilastandard.net/news/314499043/da-eyes-price-reduction-of-rice-by-2025.html

6. Marcos tells gov’t workers: Remain transparent, accountable

[ABS-CBN News, BusinessWorld, Daily Tribune, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, The Manila Times, The Philippine STAR]

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1984582/marcos-tells-govt-workers-remain-transparent-accountable

7. Mabilog reveals plot to link Roxas, Drilon to illegal drugs during Duterte’s time

[DZBB, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin]

https://mb.com.ph/2024/9/19/mabilog-reveals-plot-to-link-roxas-drilon-to-drugs-during-duterte-s-time

8. Search for new PTFOMS chief ongoing— Chavez

[ABS-CBN News, Manila Standard, Philippine Daily Inquirer, The Manila Times, The Philippine STAR]

https://www.manilatimes.net/2024/09/19/news/national/search-on-for-new-head-of-media-task-force/1972500

9. PNP arrests ex-DBM official tagged in multibillion-peso COVID-19 supplies mess

[ABS-CBN News, Daily Tribune, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, NewsWatchPlus, News5, Philstar, Rappler, The Manila Times]

https://www.rappler.com/philippines/pnp-arrests-christopher-lao-covid-19-supplies-mess-september-18-2024/

10. Tulfo brothers dominate OCTA’s 2025 senatorial survey

[GMA News, Manila Bulletin, NewsWatchPlus, The Manila Times]

https://mb.com.ph/2024/9/19/tulfo-brothers-dominate-octa-s-2025-senatorial-survey

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