(PAGASA 24-HOUR PUBLIC WEATHER FORECAST as of Friday, 05 December 2025) At 3:00 PM today, the center of Tropical Depression "WILMA" was estimated based on all available data at 180 km East of Borongan City, Eastern Samar (11.7°N 127.1°E) with maximum sustained winds of 45 km/h near the center and gustiness of up to 55 km/h. It is moving Westward slowly. Surigao del Norte, Surigao del Sur, Dinagat Islands and Camiguin Island will have rains with gusty winds due to TD Wilma. Possible flash floods or landslides due to moderate to heavy rains with at times intense rains. Minimal to minor threat to life and property due to strong winds. While the rest Northern Mindanao, the rest of Caraga, and Zamboanga Peninsula will have Cloudy skies with scattered rains and thunderstorms due to TD Wilma. Possible flash floods or landslides due to moderate to heavy rains. The rest of Mindanao will have Partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms due to Localized Thunderstorms. Moderate to Strong winds from Northeast to Northwest will prevail over the western sections of Mindanao with moderate to rough seas (1.5 to 2.8 meters). Elsewhere, moderate to strong winds from the Northwest to Southwest with moderate to rough seas (1.2 to 2.5 meters). At 3:00 PM today, the center of Tropical Depression "WILMA" was estimated based on all available data at 180 km East of Borongan City, Eastern Samar (11.7°N 127.1°E) with maximum sustained winds of 45 km/h near the center and gustiness of up to 55 km/h. It is moving Westward slowly. Northeast Monsoon affecting Luzon.


PIA News Service - Saturday, December 28, 2013

AgNor town lights up centennial tree

By Brian Jay Ceballos

AGUSAN DEL NORTE, Dec. 28 (PIA) - Dubbed as the country's centennial tree, the Bitaug Tree of the municipality of Magallanes this province was lighted-up with bright lights just in time for the Christmas season.

During the ceremony, Historian Mr. Florante A. More, said that the tree believed to have existed long before 1523 based on an existing set of maps which shows the island of Mindanao with its Northeastern side name Bitau and Betauo, undoubtedly referring to “Bitaug Tree” as it was then the custom of Filipinos to name places after the trees.

"This surviving Bitaug Tree also has been a mute witness to many Historical events, among others are the initial evangelization of Mindanao, the birth of Caraga as a Region during the Spanish Colonial Period, the struggle of the Agusanons against the Americans and the quadricentennial of the evangelization of Mindanao on September 7, 1997," said More.

In the lighting ceremony, second district representative Erlpe John M. Amante vowed to raise more money for the improvement of the tree and its facilities to accommodate more and more tourists.


It maybe recalled that Amante initiated the plan and successfully raised money from his own pocket and from the private sector to fund the lighting of the said tree. (NCLM/LGU-Agusan del Norte/PIA-Agusan del Norte)
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