(PAGASA 24-HOUR PUBLIC WEATHER FORECAST as of Friday, 06 September 2024) Southwest Monsoon affecting Central Luzon, Southern Luzon, and Visayas. Trough of Super Typhoon {YAGI} (formerly "ENTENG") affecting Extreme Northern Luzon. Southwest Monsoon affecting the rest of Luzon. TROPICAL CYCLONE OUTSIDE PAR AS OF 3:00 AM TODAY SUPER TYPHOON YAGI (2411) LOCATION: 825 KM WEST OF NORTHERN LUZON (19.2°N, 112.8°E) MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS: 195 KM/H GUSTINESS: UP TO 240 KM/H MOVEMENT: WESTWARD AT 20 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—‘: Light to moderate winds coming from South to Southwest will prevail with slight to moderate seas (0.6 to 2.5 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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