(PAGASA 24-HOUR PUBLIC WEATHER FORECAST as of Thursday, 20 November 2025) Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) affecting southern Mindanao. Shear Line affecting the eastern section of Northern Luzon. Northeast Monsoon affecting the rest of Northern Luzon. Davao Region, SOCCSKSARGEN, Basilan, Sulu, and Tawi-Tawi will have cloudy skies with scattered rains and thunderstorms caused by ITCZ. Possible flash floods or landslides due to moderate to at times heavy rains. Rest of Mindanao will be partly cloudy to cloudy with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms due to ITCZ. Possible flash floods or landslides due to severe thunderstorms. Light to moderate winds from the northeast to north with slight to moderate seas. (0.6 to 2.5 meters).


Saturday, March 28, 2020


370 Caraga cops on standby vs COVID-19

BUTUAN CITY, Mar. 28 -- The Police Regional Office (PRO) 13 has prepared additional 370 policemen on standby in case an additional force is urgently needed on the ground in the fight against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

"If there is a need for additional frontliners, we have 370 police personnel serving as Reactionary Standby Support Force (RSSF) for COVID-19. They will be mobilized for the strict implementation of guidelines on localized community quarantine as well as the protocol set by the Inter-agency Task Force for the Management of Infectious Disease," Brigadier General Joselito Esquivel, Jr., Regional Director of PRO13 said.

As of now, almost 2,000 personnel from PRO13, Philippine Army's 4th Infantry Division, Philippine Coast Guard District Northern Mindanao, Bureau of Fire Protection 13, Department of Health, and local government units were already deployed to the different Quarantine Control Points regionwide.

Meanwhile, BGen. Esquivel continued to appeal to the local populace to cooperate with the personnel manning the quarantine control points adding that ensuring public safety against this dreadful disease is everyone's concern. (PRO13/PIA-Caraga)