(PAGASA 24-HOUR PUBLIC WEATHER FORECAST as of Saturday, 12 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 – Friday, 13 June 2025

TODAY’S TOP STORIES (from online monitoring)

As of 13 June 2025, Friday, 5:00 p.m.

1. Marcos extends sympathies after Air India plane crash; No reported affected Filipinos so far

[ABS-CBN News, Daily Tribune, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Manila Times, News5PH, NewsWatchPlus, Philstar]

https://tribune.net.ph/2025/06/12/marcos-expresses-sympathy-over-air-india-flight-crash

2. DUTERTE ICC CASE:

-Duterte asks ICC for interim release to undisclosed country

-Palace on Duterte’s plea for temporary release: We’ll follow ICC’s ruling

-Palace: Marcos not privy to 'deal' between Sara, Imee on bringing home Duterte

-Palace’s Castro: Did Duterte lawyers admit to crimes in request for interim release?

-Drug war victim lawyers, group oppose Duterte release bid

[ABS-CBN News, Daily Tribune, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Manila Times, Manila Standard, News5PH, NewsWatchPlus, Philstar, Rappler]

https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2025/06/13/2450276/duterte-requests-icc-temporary-release

3. VP DUTERTE IMPEACHMENT CASE:

-Sara Duterte says lawyers preparing reply to Senate impeachment court summons

-Chua calls for neutrality after some senator-judges join Sara in Malaysia

-Sotto critiques impeach court remand ruling, stresses need for proper procedure

[ABS-CBN News, Daily Tribune, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, Manila Times, News5PH, NewsWatchPlus, Philstar]

https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/6/13/sara-duterte-says-lawyers-preparing-reply-to-senate-impeachment-court-summons-0912

4. Palace brushes off Sara Duterte’s poll fraud claim

[ABS-CBN News, Inquirer, News5PH, NewsWatchPlus]

https://www.inquirer.net/446824/palace-brushes-off-sara-dutertes-poll-fraud-claim/

5. Palace says Marcos not against wage hike

[GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, News5PH, NewsWatchPlus]

https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/949275/palace-says-marcos-not-against-wage-hike/story/

6. Israel strikes Iran nuclear facilities, missile factories; Filipinos told to avoid travel to Iraq amid security issues

[ABS-CBN News, Associated Press, BusinessMirror, CNN, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Standard, Manila Times, News5PH, Philstar, Rappler, Reuters]

https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2025/06/13/2450286/filipinos-told-avoid-travel-iraq-amid-israel-offensive-iran

7. DA, DOLE launch P20/kg rice for minimum wage earners

[ABS-CBN News, GMA News, News5PH, Sunstar]

https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/business/2025/6/13/agri-dept-dole-launch-p20-kilo-rice-for-minimum-wage-earners-1112

8. Water rates to adjust starting July 1, 2025

[GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Philstar]

https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/money/economy/949282/water-rates-to-adjust-starting-july-1-2025/story/

9. Gwen Garcia found guilty of indirect contempt for defying Ombudsman suspension

[ABS-CBN News, Daily Tribune, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, News5PH, NewsWatchPlus, Philstar] https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/641758/gwen-garcia-found-guilty-of-indirect-contempt-for-defying-ombudsman-suspension

10. Tropical Depression Auring weakens into LPA, exits PAR

[ABS-CBN News, Daily Tribune, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, Manila Times, News5PH, NewsWatchPlus, Rappler]

https://www.rappler.com/philippines/weather/tropical-depression-auring-update-pagasa-forecast-june-13-2025-5am/

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