TODAY’S TOP STORIES (from online monitoring)
As of 05 November
2025, Wednesday, 5:00 p.m.

This aerial photo shows damaged houses in the aftermath of Typhoon Tino in Talisay, in Cebu province on November 5, 2025. Photo by Agence France-Presse
1. TYPHOON TINO AFTERMATH:
-NDRRMC: Typhoon
Tino death toll jumps to 66; 26 missing
-Report: Typhoon
Tino death toll soars past 90
-Cebu City
declares state of calamity
-’Tino’ leaves 24
dead, 41 missing in Negros Occidental
-Nearly 3,000
stranded as 'Tino' continues to disrupts sea travel
-Tino intensifies;
Signal no. 4 remains over northern Palawan
[ABS-CBN News,
Daily Tribune, DZBB, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard,
Manila Times, News5PH, NewsWatchPlus, Philstar, Rappler, Sunstar]
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/2134532/typhoon-tino-death-toll-jumps-to-66-26-missing-ndrrmc
2. TYPHOON RELIEF/RECOVERY EFFORTS:
-Marcos orders
probe of Cebu flood control projects
-Palace says
Marcos to visit typhoon-hit Cebu
-International
community expresses solidarity with 'Tino' victims
-NDRRMC: Over 1M
persons affected, cost of aid for Typhoon Tino victims stands at P31 million
[ABS-CBN News, GMA
News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, News5PH, NewsWatchplus]
3. Cyclone outside PAR may become super typhoon before entry this
weekend, to be named 'Uwan' — PAGASA
[ABS-CBN News, GMA
News, News5PH, NewsWatchplus, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Rappler]
4. AFP, DND mourn death of 6 PAF airmen in Agusan del Sur chopper crash;
Palace extends condolences to kin of victims
[ABS-CBN News,
DZRH, Daily Tribune, GMA News, Inquirer, Malaya, Manila Bulletin, Manila
Standard, Manila Times, NewsWatch Plus, Philstar] https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/964965/afp-dnd-mourn-death-of-6-paf-airmen-in-agusan-del-sur-chopper-crash/story/
5. Philippine inflation unchanged at 1.7% in October
[ABS-CBN News,
BusinessWorld, Daily Tribune, DZRH, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Manila
Times, News5PH, NewsWatch Plus, Philstar, Rappler]
https://business.inquirer.net/556412/philippine-inflation-unchanged-at-1-7-in-october
6. Marcos, Duterte public trust ratings down in Q3—OCTA
[GMA News, DZRH,
Malaya, Manila Standard] https://manilastandard.net/news/314664477/marcos-duterte-public-trust-ratings-down-in-q3-octa.html
7. Marcos orders gov't agencies to host 'simple' Christmas parties
following calamities
[ABS-CBN News, GMA
News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, News5PH, Philstar] https://mb.com.ph/2025/11/05/keep-christmas-celebrations-simple-meaningful-marcos-reminds-govt-officials
8. DBM approves P41 million budget for ICI for this year
[ABS-CBN News, GMA
News, Inquirer, NewsWatchplus, News5PH]
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/2134626/dbm-approves-p41-million-budget-for-ici-for-this-year
9. Zaldy Co afraid to come home due to ‘serious threats’ to his life
—legal counsel
[ABS-CBN News,
Daily Tribune, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Times, News5PH, Philstar] https://news.tv5.com.ph/breaking/read/zaldy-co-afraid-to-come-home-due-to-serious-threats-to-his-life-legal-counsel
10. AMLC freezes 7th batch of assets linked to flood control scandal
[ABS-CBN News,
BusinessWorld, Inquirer, GMA News, NewsPH, Rappler]
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