Here's a quick roundup of today's top stories:

Rain to persist in parts of PH as Super Typhoon Mawar looms outside PAR
Read more: https://inq.news/STMawarNearPAR

Bongbong Marcos: LGUs to take lead on Mawar response; nat’l gov’t to assist
Read more: https://inq.news/LGULeadMawarResponse

PPA suspends sea trips due to Super Typhoon Mawar
Read more: https://inq.news/PPAsuspendsTrips

Supertyphoon Mawar not stopping Bacolod chicken inasal festival
Read more: https://inq.news/BacolodChickenInasal

Lightning strikes in Cavite; 2 dead, 1 hurt
Read more: https://inq.news/LightningCavite

Bongbong Marcos says two new Navy gunboats will patrol West PH Sea
Read more: https://inq.news/GunboatsWPSpatrol

SEA power pursuit? Bongbong Marcos says gov’t plans to acquire PH’s first-ever submarine
Read more: https://inq.news/PHsubmarine

China: Buoy installation in WPS is ‘an act of exercising sovereignty’
Read more: https://inq.news/ChinaBuoysWPS

Ano: PH buoys in WPS provocative? Laser pointers are the real provocateurs
Read more: https://inq.news/AnoPHBuoys

Bongbong Marcos nixes total ban on OFWs deployment to Kuwait
Read more: https://inq.news/MarcosnixesOFWban

NBA: Celtics cruise past Heat in Game 5, extend series again
Read more: https://inq.news/CelticsWinGame5