(PAGASA 24-HOUR PUBLIC WEATHER FORECAST as of Wednesday, 09 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, 4 March 2025

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

As of Tuesday, 5:00 p.m. 04 March 2025

1. PH Air Force fighter jet goes missing, search on

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

https://www.manilatimes.net/2025/03/04/news/ph-air-force-fighter-jet-goes-missing-search-on/2066510

2. New record-high: Gov’t debt rose to P16.31T in January

[Daily Tribune, Inquirer, Philstar]

https://business.inquirer.net/509932/new-record-high-govt-debt-rose-to-p16-31t-in-january

3. PCO chief hits ‘fake news’, ‘demolition job’ on P200-M PCSO contracts

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

https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/3/4/-sumusobra-na-sec-jay-ruiz-blasts-fake-news-on-p200-m-pcso-contracts-0935

4. Oscar Orbos named PTV OIC general manager; Palace accepts Nebrida’s courtesy resignation

[ABS-CBN News, Daily Tribune, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Standard, News5]

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/2040052/oscar-orbos-is-new-ptv-head-palace

5. Philippine ambassador to US 'confident' Trump-era ties will stay strong

[ABS-CBN News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, Philstar, Sunstar]

https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2025/03/04/2425787/philippine-ambassador-us-confident-trump-era-ties-will-stay-strong

6. DANGEROUS HEAT LEVELS:

-High heat index prompts March 4 face-to-face class suspensions

-Warm, humid weather to prevail over most of the Philippines

-Protect workers from hot weather, labor group says

-BuCor takes steps to protect PDLs from extreme heat

-Peak of dry season to start end of March – PAGASA

[ABS-CBN News, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Manila Times, NewsWatchPlus, Philstar, Sunstar, The Freeman]

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/2040204/high-heat-index-prompts-face-to-face-class-suspensions-on-tuesday-march-4

7. IMMIGRATION PROBE:

-BI still clueless about Alice Guo’s escape months into Senate probe

-Hontiveros gives BI 15 days to explain Guo’s escape

-Alice Guo, siblings likely fled PH via Tawi-Tawi backdoor – NICA

-Harry Roque denied of flight to US from Japan, BI says

[ABS-CBN News, Daily Tribune, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, News5, NewsWathPlus, Philstar, Rappler]

https://globalnation.inquirer.net/265821/bi-still-clueless-about-alice-guos-escape-months-into-senate-probe

8. PH Navy: Fire aboard BRP Sierra Madre part of ‘operational exercise’, not harmful to environment

[GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin]

https://mb.com.ph/2025/3/4/fire-aboard-brp-sierra-madre-part-of-operational-exercise

9. DOTr: Busway to stay open amid EDSA rehabilitation

[GMA News, Manila Standard, Philstar]

https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/metro/938048/dotr-busway-to-stay-open-amid-edsa-rehabilitation/story/

10. COMELEC dismisses DQ case vs 5 Tulfo family members

[ABS-CBN News, Daily Tribune, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Manila Times, News5, NewsWatch Plus, Philstar]

https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/3/4/comelec-junks-disqualification-case-vs-tulfo-brothers-kin-1236

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