3 areas under Signal No. 1 due to Obet
Tropical Depression Obet maintained its strength and put three areas in Northern Luzon under Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal (TCWS) No. 1, PAGASA said.
Batanes and Babuyan Islands under Signal No. 2 as Siony exits Misanga Island
Siony is expected to exit the Philippine Area of Responsibility by Friday evening. It is also forecasted that the typhoon to either maintain its current strength of 95 km/h or slightly intensify to 100 km/h within the next 24 hours.
8 Coast Guard men guilty of killing Taiwanese fisherman
Eight Philippine coast guard personnel have been sentenced to 14 years and 8 months in jail over the killing of a Taiwanese fisherman in the Balintang Channel in May 2013
