The Trough of Low Pressure Area (LPA) is affecting Visayas and Mindanao. The Northeast Monsoon is affecting Luzon. According to PAGASA, the trough of LPA, will bring cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms over Visayas, Mindanao, Bicol Region, and the southern portion of Palawan including Kalayaan Islands.#In60words

More than 88,000 faithful on Sunday dawn, January 8, graced the Walk of Faith in Quiapo, Manila, as a part of the celebration of the Feast of the Black Nazarene, the Quiapo Church Command Post reported. Following a midnight liturgy presided over by Fr. Rufino Sescon in the Quirino Grandstand, the walk began toward the Minor Basilica of the Black Nazarene, popularly known as the Quiapo Church. #In60words...

The Philippine National Police in the Davao Region, including its National Support Unit, received the courtesy resignations of three police brigadier generals and 22 full-fledged colonels. #In60words

The Philippines fisherfolk group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (PAMALAKAYA) asserted that the government must strengthen local production and end the importation of fish this year to secure the exclusive rights of anglers in their fishing grounds and coastal communities. #In60words

The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported Friday that the unemployment rate in November 2022 slipped to 4.2%, representing some 2.18 million jobless Filipinos. The November data is lower than the 4.5% logged in October 2022, representing some 2.24 Filipinos. It is also lower than the 6.5% recorded in November 2021. #In60words

A trough of the Low Pressure Area (LPA) is affecting Visayas and Mindanao. According to PAGASA, the trough of the LPA will bring cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms over Visayas, Caraga, Davao Region, Northern Mindanao, Zamboanga Peninsula, and Palawan.

As a result of flight cancellations brought on by a technical problem at the Air Traffic Management Center (ATMC) at Ninoy Aquino International Airport on January 1, thousands of passengers from numerous airline companies were left stranded at Davao International Airport (DIA). #In60words

The Libreng Sakay program that has benefited commuters since the pandemic started would continue its operation in 2023, Senator Sonny Angara assured on Friday, December 30.

The Shear Line or a wind convergence, is now affecting the eastern sections of Northern and Central Luzon. This weather system will bring cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms over Cagayan, Isabela, and the northern portion of Aurora. The Northeast Monsoon meanwhile will continue to bring cooler weather over the rest of Northern Luzon. #In60words...

The Low Pressure Area (LPA) had slightly moved northward and was last spotted at about 100 km Southeast of Guiuan, Eastern Samar According to PAGASAs rain forecast, the LPA will continue to bring cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms over MIMAROPA, CALABARZON, Bicol Region, Eastern, and Western Visayas, which may trigger floods and landslides....

The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said it had repatriated 7,880 overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) from January to November 2022. The agency reported that 57.67 percent of the workers are from the Middle East, 942 OFWs and distressed Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) are from Kuwait, and 70 are from Sri Lanka.

Christmas Day floods in the Philippines forced the evacuation of nearly 46,000 people from their homes, civil defence officials said Monday. Two people were killed and nine others were missing after heavy seasonal rain inundated parts of the southern region of Mindanao, the officials added. The disaster dampened celebrations on the mainly Catholic nation's most important holiday....

At her family's annual Christmas gift-giving for the Dabawenyos on Sunday, Vice President Sara Duterte attended the event at the ancestral home of former President Rodrigo Duterte along Taal Road in the Central Park Subdivision, Bangkal, Davao City.

The Philippines has detected four cases of Omicron BF.7, a sublineage of the highly transmissible Omicron BA.5 subvariant, the Department of Health said Friday. The variant was detected through genome sequencing on 133 samples conducted by the University of the Philippines - Philippine Genome Center (UP-PGC) Diliman and Mindanao from December 14 to December 15. #In60words...

The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) will implement a no work, no pay policy on dates declared as special non-working holidays, including December 26, 2022, and January 2, 2023. DOLE Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma stated that those who report for work on both days would be paid an extra 30 percent of their daily salary. #In60words