Here鈥檚 a quick roundup of today鈥檚 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鈥檚 5 pm bulletin on Monday, Sept. 16, 19 areas in Northern Luzon remain under Signal No. 1 as Gener continues to approach the country鈥檚 landmass.
BRP Teresa Magbanua鈥檚 return from Escoda (Sabina) Shoal in the West Philippine Sea is 鈥渘ot a withdrawal,鈥� said the National Maritime Council (NMC) on Monday.
鈥淣o, it鈥檚 not a withdrawal,鈥� NMC spokesperson Alexander Lopez said in a chance interview with Palace reporters.
Speaker on alleged budget misuse: 鈥楾hose with sins can鈥檛 point fingers鈥�
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 鈥渋gnore their own misuse of public funds.鈥�
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 鈥渙pened fire on a gunman鈥� carrying an AK-47 style rifle near the boundary of Trump鈥檚 Florida golf course where the former president was golfing on Sunday, Sept. 15.
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.