(PAGASA 24-HOUR PUBLIC WEATHER FORECAST as of Tuesday, 15 July 2025) The Southwest Monsoon (Habagat) continues to affect Mindanao. FORECAST: The Zamboanga Peninsula will experience cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms due to the Southwest Monsoon. These conditions may lead to possible flash floods or landslides, especially during moderate to occasionally heavy rainfall. The rest of Mindanao will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms also influenced by the Southwest Monsoon. Winds will be light to moderate from the southwest, with slight to moderate seas (wave height between 0.6 to 2.1 meters).


TOP STORIES - Tuesday, 17 December 2024

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

As of Tuesday, 5:00 p.m. 17 December 2024

1. Mary Jane Veloso arriving home Wednesday

-PH officials now in Indonesia for Mary Jane Veloso’s turnover

-Palace: Nothing final yet on Veloso’s potential pardon

-BuCor says Mary Jane Veloso to stay in women’s prison

-Mary Jane Veloso to undergo 5-day quarantine upon return

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

https://globalnation.inquirer.net/258470/ph-officials-now-in-indonesia-for-mary-jane-velosos-turnover

2. Marcos justifies zero subsidy for PhilHealth

[BusinessMirror, Daily Tribune, GMA News, Inquirer, News5, Philstar, The Manila Times]

https://www.manilatimes.net/2024/12/17/news/national/marcos-justifies-zero-subsidy-for-philhealth/2022651

3. PRESIDENCY:

-Marcos dismisses 'loyalty check' of AFP, PNP

-Marcos on current state of PH: We’re quite stable amid political noise

-Marcos Jr. vows to make himself ‘more accessible’ to media, says credibility ‘only defense’ vs. fake news

[ABS-CBN News, BusinessMirror, Daily Tribune, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, Philstar]

https://tribune.net.ph/2024/12/16/marcos-dismisses-loyalty-check-no-such-thing-among-military-police-he-says

4. Senate ratifies Reciprocal Access Agreement with Japan

[ABS-CBN News, GMA News, Daily Tribune, Inquirer, Malaya, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, News5, Philstar, Rappler]

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/2016138/senate-ratifies-historic-ph-japan-raa

5. PH successfully conducted RORE missions in WPS this December — Navy

[GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, NewsWatchPlus]

https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/930187/philippines-wps-rore-missions-navy/story/

6. Marcos wants further semiconductor dev't in PH

[Daily Tribune, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin]

https://mb.com.ph/2024/12/17/marcos-wants-further-semiconductor-dev-t-in-ph

7. LPA threatens lahar flow from Kanlaon

[Daily Tribune, Daily Watchmen, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Panay News, Philstar, Sunstar, The Freeman, The Manila Times]

https://tribune.net.ph/2024/12/16/lpa-threatens-lahar-flow-from-kanlaon

8. LPA east of Mindanao develops into Tropical Depression Querubin

[ABS-CBN News, Inquirer, Rappler]

https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/weather-traffic/2024/12/17/lpa-off-mindanao-strengthens-into-tropical-depression-querubin-1558

9. Hector Grijaldo detained at House facility: Barbers

[ABS-CBN News, Daily Tribune, GMA News, Philstar, Rappler]

https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2024/12/16/hector-grijaldo-detained-at-house-facility-barbers-1743

10. Wage hike for CARAGA workers, kasambahay approved

[Daily Tribune, Inquirer, GMA News, Manila Bulletin, Philstar, Rappler]

https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/regions/930114/wage-hike-for-caraga-workers-kasambahay-approved-dole/story

11. Magnitude 5.2 quake jolts Hinoba-An, Negros Occidental

[ABS-CBN News, Inquirer, News5, Inquirer, GMA News]

https://x.com/ABSCBNNews/status/1868927773039116684

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