(PAGASA 24-HOUR PUBLIC WEATHER FORECAST as of Thursday, 18 December 2025) Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) affecting southern Mindanao. Northeast Monsoon affecting Northern and Central Luzon. Caraga, Davao Region, Sarangani, South Cotabato, Basilan, and Tawi-Tawi will have cloudy skies with scattered rains and thunderstorms caused to ITCZ. Possible landslides or flashfloods due to moderate to at times heavy rains. Rest of Mindanao will be partly cloudy to cloudy with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms due to Easterlies. Possible flash floods or landslides during severe thunderstorms. Light to moderate winds from the east to northeast with slight to moderate seas (0.6 to 2.5 meters).


TODAY’S TOP STORIES - Monday, 15 December 2025

TODAY’S TOP STORIES (from online monitoring)

As of 15 December 2025, Monday, 5:00 p.m.

DPWH Secretary Vince B. Dizon holds a press conference, September 3, 2025. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News/File

1. Bicam hearing postponed over DPWH budget deadlock

-Palace backs Dizon’s last-minute bicam plea to restore P45-B budget cut

-Ejercito to bicam panel: Reconsider ‘massive’ MAIFIP budget hike

-Lacson refuses to sign 2026 budget over unvetted spending

-Bicam raises health aid ‘pork’ to P51.6 billion

-Bishop slams bicam move on 'health pork barrel'

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

https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/12/15/gatchalian-bicam-hearing-postponed-over-dpw-budget-deadlock-1545

2. ICI FLOOD CONTROL PROBE:

-ICI wraps up 2025 hearings on alleged flood control anomalies

-Agap Partylist Rep. Briones faces ICI hearing, seeks executive session;  ex-DPWH Usec Cabral no show

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

https://tribune.net.ph/2025/12/15/ici-wraps-up-2025-hearings-on-alleged-flood-control-anomalies

3. Dizon picks new DPWH execs for Bulacan 1st District

[ABS-CBN News, DZRH, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Standard, News5PH, NewsWatchPlus]

https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/969611/dizon-picks-new-dpwh-execs-for-bulacan-1st-district/story/

4. No Filipino casualty reported in Bondi shooting — DFA

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

https://mb.com.ph/2025/12/15/no-filipino-casualty-reported-in-bondi-shooting-dfa

5. IMF downgrades PH economic growth outlook for 2025, 2026 anew

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

https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/money/economy/969598/imf-downgrades-ph-economic-growth-outlook-for-2025-2026-anew/story/

6. US, Canada condemn China water cannon attack vs Filipino fishers

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

https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/969617/us-canada-condemn-china-water-cannon-attack-vs-filipino-fishers/story/

7. Water bills to rise in 2026 under MWSS estimates

[ABS-CBN News, DZBB, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Manila Times, NewsWatchPlus, Philstar]

https://business.inquirer.net/564459/water-bills-to-rise-in-2026-under-mwss-estimates

8. Gasoline up; diesel and kerosene down on Dec 16

[ABS-CBN News, BusinessWorld, DZBB, DZRH, GMA News, Inquirer, Malaya, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, News5PH, NewsWatchPlus, Philstar]

https://business.inquirer.net/564457/gasoline-up-diesel-and-kerosene-down-on-dec-16

9. CPP unilaterally declares 4-day ceasefire amid anniv, holidays

[DZBB, DZRH, GMA News, Inquirer, News5PH, Philstar]

https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/969580/cpp-unilaterally-declares-4-day-ceasefire-amid-anniv-holidays/story/

10. Police form special team to investigate missing bride in Quezon City

[ABS-CBN News, Daily Tribune, Philstar] 

https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/12/15/police-form-special-team-to-investigate-missing-bride-in-quezon-city-1242

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