(PAGASA 24-HOUR PUBLIC WEATHER FORECAST as of Tuesday, 21 October 2025) At 3:00 AM today, the center of Tropical Storm "RAMIL" was estimated based on all available data at 355 km West Northwest of Dagupan City, Pangasinan or 340 km West of Sinait, Ilocos Sur (17.4°N, 117.3°E), with maximum sustained winds of 65 km/h near the center and gustiness of up to 80 km/h. It is moving Northwestward at 25 km/h. Localized Thunderstorms ang makaapekto sa rehiyon sa Caraga.


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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