(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 - Wednesday, 08 January 2025

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

As of Wednesday, 5:00 p.m., 08 January 2025

1. Unemployment, underemployment rates fall in November

[ABS-CBN News, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, Manila Times, News5, NewsWatchPlus, Philstar, Rappler, Sunstar]

https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/business/2025/1/8/unemployment-underemployment-rates-fall-in-november-0913

 

2. Marcos wants defunded programs in NEP 'reexamined'

[GMA News, Inquirer, Malaya, Manila Standard, Philstar]

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/2022239/marcos-wants-defunded-programs-in-nep-reexamined

 

3. China deploys helicopter amid PCG’s monitoring of ‘The Monster’ in Zambales

[GMA News, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, Manila Times, Sunstar]

https://manilastandard.net/news/314544431/china-deploys-helicopter-amid-pcgs-monitoring-of-the-monster-in-zambales.html

 

4. 'The Voice USA' Grand Champion Sofronio Vasquez pays courtesy call on Marcos

[ABS-CBN News, Daily Tribune, GMA News, Manila Bulletin, Manila Times, News5, Philstar,

https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/932214/sofronio-vasquez-pays-courtesy-call-on-marcos/story/

 

5. Palace defends inclusion of PNPA, PMA budgets in education

[Inquirer, Malaya, Philstar]

https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2025/01/08/2412623/palace-defends-inclusion-pnpa-pma-budgets-education

 

6. BI to probe Matobato’s ‘escape,’ but De Lima says he’s in ICC’s ‘protective custody’

[GMA News, Inquirer, Malaya, Philstar]

https://plus.inquirer.net/news/bi-to-probe-matobatos-escape-to-dubai-en-route-to-an-unspecified-country/

 

7. TRASLACION 2025:

-DOH on code white alert for Feast of Jesus Nazareno

-Escudero shortens work hours for Senate offices during ‘Traslacion’

[ABS-CBN News, Daily Tribune, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, Philippine Star]

https://mb.com.ph/2025/1/8/doh-issues-reminders-for-devotees

 

8. Negros Occidental eyes relocation of evacuees in Kanlaon danger zone

[GMA News, Manila Bulletin, Sunstar, Watchmen Daily Journal]

https://mb.com.ph/2025/1/7/negros-occidental-eyes-relocation-of-evacuees-in-kanlaon-danger-zone

 

9. DICT denies government data compromised in recent cyberattacks by Chinese-sponsored hackers

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

https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/1/7/dict-denies-government-data-compromised-in-recent-cyberattacks-1859

 

10. BI to sue companies, individuals harboring illegal POGO workers

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

https://tribune.net.ph/2025/01/08/bi-to-sue-companies-individuals-harboring-illegal-pogo-workers

 

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