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(PAGASA 24-HOUR PUBLIC WEATHER FORECAST as of Thursday, 20 August 2026) At 3:00 AM today, the center of Tropical Depression "NENENG" was estimated based on all available data at 675 km East of Itbayat, Batanes (21.3°N, 128.5°E) with maximum sustained winds of 55 km/h near the center and gustiness of up to 70 km/h. It is moving Westward at 15 km/h. Southwest Monsoon affecting Luzon and the western section of Visayas. TC Information TROPICAL CYCLONE OUTSIDE PAR AS OF 3:00 AM TODAY TROPICAL DEPRESSION LOCATION: 3,090 KM EAST OF NORTHEASTERN MINDANAO (8.1°N, 154.4°E) MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS: 55 KM/H NEAR THE CENTER GUSTINESS: UP TO 70 KM/H MOVEMENT: WESTWARD SLOWLY TROPICAL DEPRESSION LOCATION: 670 KM WEST OF CALAYAN, CAGAYAN (19.2°N, 115.1°E) MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS: 45 KM/H NEAR THE CENTER GUSTINESS: UP TO 55 KM/H MOVEMENT: WESTWARD AT 20 KM/H. Localized Thunderstorms ang makaapekto sa rehiyon sa Caraga.


Monday, August 9, 2021

OWWA Caraga gets safety seal certification

BUTUAN CITY – The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) Caraga received a Safety Seal certification issued by the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Caraga together with the Philippine National Police (PNP) and Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) Caraga after an ocular inspection was completed at the Regional Welfare Office Caraga on Thursday, August 5.

Handed by the Safety Seal Inspectors/Validators themselves, LGOO V Marissa M. Mones of DILG Caraga, FO3 Eric Alvin Gayon of BFP Caraga, SPO4 Winfel Villaruel of PNP Caraga to the OIC-Regional Director of OWWA Caraga, Ma. Ireen C. Cambaling with the presence of the OIC-PSD/OWWO III Rodel P. Deligero, and OWWO II Jean Mary R. Ladion.

The Safety Seal certification, signed by LGCDD Division Chief Charissa T. Guerta of DILG Caraga, serves as a recognition that the office abides to the minimum public health standards; it is granted to offices or establishments that have complied with all the Safety Seal Certification checklist in compliance to the minimum health safety protocols against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

This intervention is an inter-agency effort among the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), Department of Health (DOH), Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), Department of Tourism (DOT), and Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), which aims to increase the compliance of both public and private offices/establishments in promoting the strict implementation of Public Health Standards to mitigate the further spread of COVID-19. (OWWA-Caraga/PIA-Caraga)