(PAGASA 24-HOUR PUBLIC WEATHER FORECAST as of Wednesday, 09 October 2024) At 3:00 AM today, a Low Pressure Area (LPA) was estimated based on all available data at 165 km West Northwest of Coron, Palawan (12.3N, 118.7E) It is embedded along the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) affecting Southern Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao. 𝗙𝗒π—₯π—˜π—–π—”π—¦π—§ π—ͺπ—˜π—”π—§π—›π—˜π—₯ π—–π—’π—‘π——π—œπ—§π—œπ—’π—‘: Butuan City, Agusan del Norte, Agusan del Sur, Dinagat Islands, Surigao del Norte and Surigao del Sur will experience partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms due to ITCZ. Possible flash floods or landslides during severe thunderstorms. 𝗙𝗒π—₯π—˜π—–π—”π—¦π—§ π—ͺπ—œπ—‘π—— 𝗔𝗑𝗗 π—–π—’π—”π—¦π—§π—”π—Ÿ π—ͺπ—”π—§π—˜π—₯ π—–π—’π—‘π——π—œπ—§π—œπ—’π—‘: Light to moderate winds coming from Southwest to West will prevail with slight to moderate seas (0.6 to 2.5 meters).


Sunday, August 9, 2015

SurSur medical center set to launch ‘Hi5’ in kick off for 2015 National Hospital Week celebration

By Greg Tataro Jr.

TANDAG CITY, Surigao del Sur, Aug. 9 (PIA) – The state-owned Adela Serra-Ty Memorial Medical Center (ASTMMC) here headed by Dr. Ponciano Limcangco is set to launch on Monday the Universal Health Care (UHC) High Impact 5 or the “Hi5” program of the Department of Health (DOH) in time for the kick off ceremony of the National Hospital Week 2015 celebration on August 6-12.

According to Karl Roz, ASTMMC public information officer (PIO), the event is going to start at 7:00 a.m. by way of a motorcade.

He added however that the Hi5 formal launch is going to take place at the hospital ground at around 9:00 a.m.

It was learned that UHC Hi5 intensifies the implementation of the five major health programs of the DOH that aims to achieve various elements of the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) especially in the reduction of infant and maternal mortality as well as HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases.


A press conference is also set at 2:00 p.m. at the Conference Room of the said hospital. (NGBT/Radyo ng Bayan-Tandag/PIA-Surigao del Sur)