(PAGASA 24-HOUR PUBLIC WEATHER FORECAST as of Saturday, 19 July 2025) As of 3:00 AM today, the center of Tropical Depression “CRISING” was located at 530 km east of Juban, Sorsogon (13.0°N, 128.9°E). It has maximum sustained winds of 55 km/h near the center and gustiness of up to 70 km/h. It is moving west-northwest at 15 km/h. Tropical Depression Crising is currently affecting Dinagat Islands and Surigao del Norte, while the Southwest Monsoon (Habagat) continues to affect the rest of Mindanao. Dinagat Islands and Surigao del Norte will experience cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms due to TD Crising. Flash floods or landslides are possible during moderate to at times heavy rainfall. Zamboanga Peninsula, Northern Mindanao, and the rest of Caraga will have cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms caused by the Southwest Monsoon. The rest of Mindanao will experience partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms, also due to the Southwest Monsoon. Winds will be moderate from the southwest to west, with moderate seas (wave height: 1.2 to 2.5 meters).


Sunday, October 7, 2018

Go to launch 10th Malasakit Center in Pampanga

MANILA, October 7, 2018 — Special Assistant to the President (SAP) Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go is set to launch the tenth Malasakit Center in Jose B. Lingad Memorial Regional Hospital in Pampanga tomorrow, October 8, 2018. 

On August 28, 2018, Go visited Pampanga to provide relief operations to those affected by the flooding. He promised to put up a Malasakit Center in Pampanga during his last visit.

Go eyed to put up a Malasakit Center in Pampanga to give Kapampangans easier access to financial assistance, in line President Rodrigo Roa Duterte’s commitment to provide quality health services to all Filipinos.

Go has been instrumental in putting up Malasakit Centers throughout the country. The Malasakit Center is a one-stop shop program of President Duterte to hasten the delivery of medical services and give poor patients access to free medicine.

Under the program, patients are assisted in availing themselves of the services and financial assistance provided by the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO), the Philippine Amusement and Games Corporation (PAGCOR), Department of Health (DoH), and the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD).

Pooled together, the assistance can push the patient's medical bill, including medicines, to the lowest possible amount.