(PAGASA 24-HOUR PUBLIC WEATHER FORECAST as of Tuesday, 01 July 2025) At 3:00 AM today, a Low Pressure Area (LPA) was estimated based on all available data at 1,230 km East of Central Luzon (15.3°N, 133.1°E). Southwest Monsoon affecting Visayas, Mindanao, Central Luzon, and Southern Luzon. 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 cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms due to Southwest Monsoon. Possible flash floods or landslides due to moderate to at times heavy rains. 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—‘: Light to moderate winds coming from Southwest to West will prevail with slight to slight to moderate seas (0.6 to 1.5 meters).


TOP STORIES – Wednesday, February 08, 2023

TODAY’S TOP STORIES (from online news monitoring)

08 February 2023, Wednesday, as of 9AM 

1. Marcos calls on Filipinos to pay correct taxes on time [Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Philstar, ABS-CBN News, GMA News, CNN PHL]

https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2023/2/7/Marcos-Filipinos-pay-correct-taxes-on-time.html

2. Major quake in TΓΌrkiye:

-PHL to send 85-person team to help quake-hit TΓΌrkiye

-2 Filipinos hurt in TΓΌrkiye after massive earthquake —DFA

-3 Filipinos missing in TΓΌrkiye after powerful quake —community leader

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

https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2023/2/7/Philippines-Turkey-earthquake-response-team.html

3. Philippines records first cases of COVID variants XBB.1.5, CH.1.1 [Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, CNN PHL, GMA News, ABS-CBN News]

https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/02/07/23/ph-records-first-cases-of-covid-variants-xbb15-ch11

4. Abalos names ex-CA justice as 5th reviewer of PNP courtesy resignations [CNN PHL, GMA News, Inquirer, Philstar, Manila Bulletin]

https://mb.com.ph/2023/02/07/ex-ca-justice-is-the-5th-man-to-evaluate-pnp-colonels-generals-in-narco-cops-purge/

5. Magnitude 5.1 quake jolts Camarines Norte — PHIVOLCS [ABS-CBN News, CNN PHL, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin]

https://mb.com.ph/2023/02/07/magnitude-5-1-quake-jolts-camarines-norte-phivolcs/

6. UN rapporteur to train 35 government docs in forensics [CNN PHL, Philstar, Inquirer]

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1726778/un-rapporteur-to-train-35-government-docs-on-forensics

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