(PAGASA 24-HOUR PUBLIC WEATHER FORECAST as of Wednesday, 30 October 2024) At 3:00 AM today, the center of the eye of Typhoon "LEON" {KONG-REY} was estimated based on all available data at 380 km East of Aparri, Cagayan or 395 km East of Calayan, Cagayan (18.8 °N, 125.2°E) with maximum sustained winds of 165 km/h and gustiness of up to 205 km/h. It is moving West Northwestward at 15 km/h. 𝗙𝗒π—₯π—˜π—–π—”π—¦π—§ π—ͺπ—˜π—”π—§π—›π—˜π—₯ π—–π—’π—‘π——π—œπ—§π—œπ—’π—‘: Butuan City, Agusan del Norte, Agusan del Sur, Dinagat Islands, Surigao del Norte and Surigao del Sur will experience partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms due to Localized Thunderstorms. Possible flash floods or landslides during severe thunderstorms. 𝗙𝗒π—₯π—˜π—–π—”π—¦π—§ π—ͺπ—œπ—‘π—— 𝗔𝗑𝗗 π—–π—’π—”π—¦π—§π—”π—Ÿ π—ͺπ—”π—§π—˜π—₯ π—–π—’π—‘π——π—œπ—§π—œπ—’π—‘: Moderate to Strong winds coming from West to Southwest will prevail with moderate to rough seas / (2.1 to 3.5 meters).


TOP STORIES - Tuesday, January 17, 2023

TODAY’S TOP STORIES (from online news monitoring)

17 January 2023, Tuesday, as of 9AM

 1. Marcos at WEF:

-Seven PHL tycoons in Davos to support Marcos during WEF —Palace

-Marcos Jr.’s trip to WEF vital in boosting PH economy — economist

-Diokno introduces PHL sovereign fund to economic leaders in Switzerland

-Marcos says Asia-Pacific can prosper sans Cold War mentality

[Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, ABS-CBN News, GMA News, CNN PHL]

https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2023/1/17/tycoons-marcos-delegation-switzerland-wef.html

2. Missing Cebu activists:

-2 missing union workers found, groups demand accountability for abduction

-Labor group press DOLE, DOJ to act on attacks vs workers

-Authorities denying abduction in dev't workers' disappearance —father

-ILO urged to look into apparent abduction of Cebu development workers

[Inquirer, Philstar, ABS-CBN News, CNN PHL]

https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2023/1/16/union-workers-found.html

3. Magalong slams SMNI owner, program hosts for red-tagging, eyes suit [Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Philstar, Rappler, CNN PHL, GMA News]

https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/857607/magalong-slams-badoy-quiboloy-over-red-tagging/story/

4. Murder case against Sandra Cam, son junked [Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, GMA News, ABS-CBN News]

https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/01/16/23/murder-case-against-sandra-cam-son-junked

5. DOH’s weekly COVID-19 report: 2,934 more in PHL contract virus from January 9-15 [CNN PHL, GMA News, News5, Inquirer]

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1717196/dohs-weekly-covid-19-report-2934-more-in-ph-contract-virus-from-january-9-15

6. Magnitude 5.3 quake rocks Camarines Norte [Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, News5, Rappler, DZMM, ABS-CBN News]

https://news.abs-cbn.com/video/news/01/17/23/magnitude-53-quake-rocks-

camarines-norte

7. 2 LPAs now inside PAR; cloudy skies, rain to persist in parts of PHL —PAGASA [CNN PHL, GMA News, Inquirer]

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1717439/two-lpas-now-inside-par-cloudy-skies-rain-to-persist-in-parts-of-ph-pagasa

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