(PAGASA 24-HOUR PUBLIC WEATHER FORECAST as of Thursday, 30 June 2022) At 3:00 AM today, a Low Pressure Area (LPA) was estimated based on all available data at 1,020 km East of Northern Luzon (17.2°N, 131.3°E). Southwest Monsoon affecting Southern Luzon and Western Visayas. ACTIVE TROPICAL CYCLONE OUTSIDE PAR AS OF 3:00 AM TODAY TROPICAL DEPRESSION (FORMERLY "CALOY") LOCATION: 565 KM WEST OF CENTRAL LUZON (15.4N, 114.7E) MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS: 55 KPH GUSTINESS: UP TO 70 KPH MOVEMENT: WEST SOUTHWEST AT 40 KPH. Caraga region will experience partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms due to Localized Thunderstorm. Possible flash floods or landslides during severe thunderstorms. Light to Moderate winds coming from Southwest to Southeast will prevail with slight to moderate seas (0.6 to 2.1 meters).



Friday, July 16, 2021

SSF on mobile mariculture platform launched in Siargao towns

SURIGAO CITY, Surigao del Norte --  It is a big day for the returning Overseas Filipino Workers and Surigao State College of Technology (SSCT) Del Carmen Management Staff, and members of Dapa Coastal Barangays Farmers and Fisherfolks Association (DACOBAFFIA) when the Shared and Service Facilities (SSF) on Mobile Mariculture Platform was launched recently in the towns of Del Carmen and Dapa, Siargao Island.

The said Shared Facilities on Mobile Mariculture is the Department of Trade and Industry’s (DTI's) project to response to the Balik Probinsya Program of the government for returning OFWs, farmers, and fisherfolks as one of the beneficiaries.

The activity aims at informing the public of the presence of the platform as an instrument to improve the productivity of the fisherfolks in the said municipalities.

The event was led by DTI OIC-Regional Director Gay A. Tidalgo, Del Carmen Municipal Mayor Proserfina M. Coro, Dapa Mayor Elizabeth T. Matugas, Dr. Romy Jun A. Sunico, Kapitolyo Nan Siargao Administrator Mr. Lauris E. Congreso representing the offices of Congressman Bingo Matugas, and Governor Francisco “Lalo” Matugas and participated by DACOBAFFIA President Jielson T. Alvior, SB members, Municipal Agriculturists and Municipal Administrators of Dapa and Del Carmen. (DTI-Surigao del Norte/PIA-Surigao del Norte) 

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