(PAGASA 24-HOUR PUBLIC WEATHER FORECAST as of Monday, 08 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 - 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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