(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).


Wednesday, July 28, 2021

Groundbreaking ng ELCAC infra projects ginanap sa SurSur

By: Nida Grace P. Barcena

LIANGA, Surigao del Sur (PIA) -- Matagumpay na idinaos ang ground breaking ceremony nang proyektong pang imprastraktura na pinunduhan ng National Task Force - End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) sa pamamagitan ng Local Government Support Fund – Support to Barangay Development Program (LGSF-SBDP) sa probinsiya ng Surigao del Sur.

Photo credit to PGO-SDS

Kamakailan lang idinaos sa Sitio Simuwao (Kilometer 9), Barangay Diatagon, sa bayan ng Lianga, ang groundbreaking ng dalawang proyekto na farm-to-market road (FMR) at school building construction na nagkakahalaga ng P18 Milyon at P2 Milyon.

Napag-alaman na mahigit 6,000 mga residente ang makikinabang sa gagawing farm-to-market road samantalang nasa 200 mag-aaral naman ang makikinabang sa itatayong paaralan sa nasabing lugar.

Kinumpirma ni Regional Peace and Order Council Chair (RPOC) at Surigao del Sur Governor Alexander Pimentel na anim na proyekto ang pinunduhan ng NTF-ELCAC para sa limang barangay sa bayan ng Lianga.

Ito ay ang road concreting sa Barangay Bocawe, Barangay San Isidro,
Barangay San Pedro, at Barangay St. Christine, at FMR at construction of school building naman ang sa Barangay Diatagon. Bawat barangay parehong pinunduhan na nagkakahalaga ng P20 milyon mula sa NTF-ELCAC para sa mga proyektong nabanggit.

Una ng isinasagawa ang parehong aktibidad sa tatlong barangay sa bayan ng Tagbina sa Distrito 2 ng probinysa, ang road concreting sa Barangay Doña Carmen, at Barangay Soriano, at FMR naman sa Barangay Ugoban ng nasabing bayan. Bawat proyekto nagkakahalaga ng P20 milyon.

Samantala, sinabi ni Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Caraga Regional Director Lilibeth Farmacion na 60 proyekto ang pinunduhan ng pamahalaan para sa 46 na barangay sa probinsya ng Surigao del Sur. (PIA-Surigao del Sur)