Here’s a quick roundup of today’s top stories:
Signal No. 1 still up as Gener approaches Northern Luzon
Tropical cyclone wind signal no. 1 remains hoisted over several parts of the country as Tropical Depression Gener approaches Northern Luzon.
Based on Pagasa’s 5 pm bulletin on Monday, Sept. 16, 19 areas in Northern Luzon remain under Signal No. 1 as Gener continues to approach the country’s landmass.
BRP Teresa Magbanua’s return from West PH Sea ‘not a withdrawal’ – NMC
BRP Teresa Magbanua’s return from Escoda (Sabina) Shoal in the West Philippine Sea is “not a withdrawal,” said the National Maritime Council (NMC) on Monday.
“No, it’s not a withdrawal,” NMC spokesperson Alexander Lopez said in a chance interview with Palace reporters.
Speaker on alleged budget misuse: ‘Those with sins can’t point fingers’
Public officials who committed irregularities while on duty should not blame others for their mistakes, according to House Speaker Martin Romualdez.
In a speech Romualdez delivered during the opening of the 2025 General Appropriations Bill plenary deliberations on Monday, the House leader also said the chamber would not tolerate hypocrisy and those who “ignore their own misuse of public funds.”
Suspect in apparent Trump assassination attempt named
US media named Ryan Wesley Routh as the suspected would-be assassin of former US president Donald Trump.
US media said it was Routh who was arrested after US Secret Service agents “opened fire on a gunman” carrying an AK-47 style rifle near the boundary of Trump’s Florida golf course where the former president was golfing on Sunday, Sept. 15.
Fuel prices down by at least P1/liter anew starting Sept 17
Fuel retailers will again cut the prices of petroleum products by at least P1 a liter beginning Tuesday, September 17, following a weak global demand outlook and oversupply concerns.
In separate advisories on Monday, Seaoil, PetroGazz, Shell Pilipinas, and Cleanfuel said prices of gasoline would go down by P1 per liter, diesel by P1.30 a liter, and kerosene by P1.65 per liter.