(PAGASA 24-HOUR PUBLIC WEATHER FORECAST as of Friday, 16 January 2026) Dinagat Islands will experience rains with gusty winds due to TS “Ada”. Possible flash floods or landslides due to moderate to heavy rains. Minimal to minor threat to life and property due to strong winds. Northern Mindanao and the rest of Caraga will experience cloudy skies with scattered rains and thunderstorms due to TS “Ada”. Possible flash floods or landslides due to moderate to at times heavy rains. The rest of Mindanao will experience partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms due to Localized Thunderstorms. Possible flash floods or landslides during severe thunderstorms. The eastern section of Mindanao will have moderate to strong winds from west to southwest with moderate to rough seas (2.1 to 3.4 meters). The rest of Mindanao will have light to moderate winds from northeast to northwest with slight to moderate seas (0.6 to 2.5 meters). At 3:00 PM today, the center of Tropical Storm "ADA" {NOKAEN} was estimated based on all available data at 270 km East of Borongan City, Eastern Samar (12.1°N, 127.9°E) with maximum sustained winds of 65 km/h near the center and gustiness of up to 80 km/h. It is moving Northwestward at 20 km/h. Northeast Monsoon affecting Northern and Central Luzon.


TOP STORIES – Wednesday, March 15, 2023

TODAY’S TOP STORIES (from online news monitoring)

15 March 2023, Wednesday, as of 9:00 a.m.

1. Philippine government seeks suspension of ICC drug war probe [Rappler, ABS-CBN News, CNN PHL, GMA News]

https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/863906/philippine-government-seeks-suspension-of-icc-drug-war-probe/story/

2. Palace reminds public of 5-day break in April as nation observes Holy Week, Araw ng Kagitingan [ABS-CBN News, GMA News, Manila Bulletin, Inquirer]

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1742810/palace-reminds-public-of-5-day-break-in-april-as-nation-observes-holy-week-araw-ng-kagitingan

3. PAGASA announces end of La Niña [ABS-CBN News, CNN PHL, GMA News, Inquirer, Philstar, Manila Bulletin]

https://mb.com.ph/2023/3/15/pagasa-announces-end-of-la-nina

4. House OKs constitutional convention bill on final reading

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

https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/03/14/23/house-oks-constitutional-convention-bill-on-final-reading

5. House panel lifts contempt order vs cold storage facility execs

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

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1742751/house-panel-lifts-contempt-order-vs-cold-storage-facility-execs

6. COVID-19 pandemic:

-Delivery of COVID-19 bivalent jabs facing ‘slight delay’—DOH

-15.3M doses of COVID-19 vaccines expiring in next 7 months

-DOH tallies 983 new COVID-19 cases from March 6 to 12

[CNN PHL, GMA News, Inquirer, Philstar, Manila Bulletin]

https://mb.com.ph/2023/3/14/delivery-of-covid-19-bivalent-jabs-facing-slight-delay-doh

7. PHL, US to hold first live-fire exercises in West PHL Sea at largest ever war games [GMA News, Inquirer, Philstar, Manila Bulletin, Manila Times]

https://www.manilatimes.net/2023/03/14/news/ph-us-to-hold-first-live-fire-exercises-in-scs-at-largest-ever-war-games/1882731

8. Mindoro oil spill:

-Senators to ask PBBM who will orchestrate gov’t response to oil spill

-DOH: 122 people fall sick due to oil spill in Oriental Mindoro

[CNN PHL, GMA News, Manila Bulletin]

https://mb.com.ph/2023/3/14/villar-senators-to-ask-pbbm-who-will-orchestrate-gov-t-response-to-oil-spill

9. Bill giving president powers to suspend PhilHealth premiums hike OK’d in 2nd reading [GMA News, Manila Bulletin, Inquirer]

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1742731/bill-giving-president-powers-to-suspend-philhealth-premiums-hike-okd-in-2nd-reading

10. Bersamin says resignation rumors part of 'black propaganda' [Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, ABS-CBN News]

https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/03/14/23/bersamin-resignation-rumors-part-of-black-propaganda

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