(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).


Wednesday, October 5, 2016


DepEd issues advisory to Grades 4-6 science club members, advisers for 2016 NCSIW

By Concepcion P. Vasquez

BUTUAN CITY, Oct. 5 (PIA) – The Department of Education (DepEd) recently issued an advisory dated September 29, 2016 informing DepEd officials, personnel and staff for the conduct of the 2016 National Children’s Science Interactive Workshop (NCSIW).

Target participants of the said workshop are elementary school science club members from Grades 4 to 6 and its advisers from both public and private schools.

The workshop aims to provide the participants with a thorough understanding of the concepts and impact of a selected Science, Technology and Engineering (ST&E) topic, which is Robotics and its multidisciplinary fields through interaction with experts in the field.

It also provides them with a venue for the exchange of ideas and promotion of camaraderie among them and encourages them to join science clubs and to be involved with the science clubbing movement.

The workshop is slated on December 17 to 20 in Bataan with the theme, "Technosurge: Rebooting the Syndroid System," sponsored and facilitated by the Philippine Society of Youth Science Clubs (PSYSC) Inc. (DepEd Butuan City Division/PIA-Agusan del Norte)


DSWD Caraga prepares workers for crisis situations under Kalahi-CIDSS program

By Marko Dave D. Reyes

BUTUAN CITY, Oct. 5 (PIA)  – The Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan – Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS) Caraga recently concluded the conduct of the Crisis Communication Workshop which aims to capacitate Sub/Regional Program Management Office (S/RPMO) and field workers on how to manage crisis situations faced during the program’s implementation.

The workshop, which was held on September 27-29, 2016 at the VCDU Prince Hotel here was participated by workers from the 1st and 2nd Clusters (municipalities of Surigao del Norte, Province of Dinagat Islands, and some areas of Surigao del Sur) of Kalahi-CIDSS Caraga.

The Kalahi-CIDSS is one of the programs of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) that addresses the needs of barangays/communities by giving them the opportunity to identify their needs, identify the project to address their needs, and allow them to implement the project themselves.

With the dynamics of the implementation of the program, and with the inclusion of different partner-stakeholders, there is a major risk for problems/crisis to occur.

The training aims to unify the program’s messaging for the different stakeholders from the RPMO down to the Area Coordinating Teams (ACTs) on the field especially in times of crisis and capacitate the workers on crisis management, specifically on how to respond to problems based on different situations encountered in the workplace.

The remaining workers who have not undergone the training workshop will have their sessions on a series of schedules for October – November. DSWD Caraga would continue to capacitate its workers to ensure that the Department will be able to deliver responsive and compassionate services to the people of Caraga. (Social Marketing Unit/DSWD Field Office Caraga/PIA-Surigao del Norte)


Tagalog News: Mahigit 2,000 IPs nakinabang sa 'Serbisyo Peace Caravan' sa Agusan del Norte

Ni Venus L. Garcia

BUTUAN CITY, Okt. 5 (PIA) - Mahigit 2,000 indigenous peoples o IPs kabilang ang mga kasapi ng tribung Mamanwa at Manobo ang masayang nabiyayaan at nakinabang sa benepisyo galing sa iba’t ibang ahensya ng pamahalaan sa ginanap na ‘Serbisyo Peace Caravan’ kamakailan lang sa Jabonga, Agusan del Norte.

Ayon kay Oliver Binancilan, Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) program manager, layunin ng Peace Caravan na maiabot sa mga miyembro ng komunidad lalung-lalo na sa conflict-affected areas ang pagsasagawa ng health services, social welfare programs, medical/dental services, legal assistance, information/education campaign, at pamimigay ng saku-sakong bigas, school supplies, seedlings, buntis kits, jerry cans, nutri curls at baby foods.

Bukod pa sa sinserong pakikilahok ng mga regional government agencies, ito ay sinuportahan din ng Caraga Conference for Peace and Development o CCPD kung saan agrisibo nitong pinagtibay ang networking sa mga stakeholders na siyang nagkaloob ng serbisyong nakaukol sa grassroots level.

Binigyang diin din ni Fr. Carlito Clase, executive director ng CCPD, na ang kanilang partisipasyun ay naaayon sa peace and development advocacy para sa rehiyon kalakip na ang networking at bridging peace efforts alinsunod na rin sa ‘Do No Harm’ principle nito sa pagpapalaganap ng kapayapaan.

Samantala, sinabi naman ni datu Raffy Pinao, mamanwa chieftain, na malaking tulong sa kanila ang Peace Caravan dahil sa pamamagitan nito ay maaari rin nilang maipaabot sa pamahalaan ang kanilang mga hinaing.

Laking pasasalamat naman ang ipinaabot ni mayor Jasmin Monton ng lokal na pamahalaan ng Jabonga sa malasakit at pakinabang na nailaan sa apat na mga barangay na saklaw nito. (VLG/PIA-Caraga)


Cebuano News: Living rosary gipahigayon sa probinsya

Ni Mary Jul E. Escalante

DAKBAYAN SA SURIGAO, Surigao del Norte, Okt. 5 (PIA) - Malampusong gipahigayon ang living rosary ug santos nga misa alang sa pag-selebrar sa bulan sa rosaryo niadtong Oktubre 3, 2016 didto sa Provincial Gym, ning syudad.

Ang maong kalihukan gimugna ug gipangulohan sa provincial government nga gipangunahan ni Gobernador Sol F. Matuga diin siya nagpasalamat gayud sa mga ahensya nga nahimomg katimbang sa pagkamalapuson sa maong kalihukan.

Nagpasalamat usab siya sa mga estudyante nga mitambong sa pag-rosaryo ug misa kay matud pa niya alang gayud kini sa mga kabatan-onan aron makaplagan nila ang pagkamaamumahon sa Birheng Maria.

Naghatag usab ug testimonya ang gobernador sa iyang mga kasinatian sa kinabuhi nga anaa kanunay nagtabang kaniya ang Mahal na Birhen Maria.

Gisaulog ang misa nga gipahitungod sa Birhen Maria ni Fr. Jun Luna, DCS. Iyang gipahimamat sa katawhan kung asa nag gikan ang Holy Rosary ug ang nahimomg "role" ni Maria sa pagkatawo sa anak sa Diyos. Gitagaan usab niya og dakong pagpasabot ang dapat nga pagkamaluluy-on ug pagkamatinabangon sa katawhan. (PGO-PIC/PIA-Surigao del Norte)