(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 - 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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