(PAGASA 24-HOUR PUBLIC WEATHER FORECAST as of Friday, 16 January 2026) Dinagat Islands will experience rains with gusty winds due to TS “Ada”. Possible flash floods or landslides due to moderate to heavy rains. Minimal to minor threat to life and property due to strong winds. Northern Mindanao and the rest of Caraga will experience cloudy skies with scattered rains and thunderstorms due to TS “Ada”. Possible flash floods or landslides due to moderate to at times heavy rains. The rest of Mindanao will experience partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms due to Localized Thunderstorms. Possible flash floods or landslides during severe thunderstorms. The eastern section of Mindanao will have moderate to strong winds from west to southwest with moderate to rough seas (2.1 to 3.4 meters). The rest of Mindanao will have light to moderate winds from northeast to northwest with slight to moderate seas (0.6 to 2.5 meters). At 3:00 PM today, the center of Tropical Storm "ADA" {NOKAEN} was estimated based on all available data at 270 km East of Borongan City, Eastern Samar (12.1°N, 127.9°E) with maximum sustained winds of 65 km/h near the center and gustiness of up to 80 km/h. It is moving Northwestward at 20 km/h. Northeast Monsoon affecting Northern and Central Luzon.


Monday, December 6, 2021

DSWD Field Office seals partnership with DTI-Caraga 

BUTUAN CITY -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office Caraga, through the Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP), inked a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)-Caraga for a livelihood convergence project.

Through the DSWD-SLP, 412 profiled beneficiaries of the DTI-Pangkabuhayan para sa Pagbangon at Ginhawa (PPG) Project will be provided with the Livelihood Assistance Grant (LAG). 

 

LAG is a recovery program implemented by the DSWD which offers financial assistance to low-income families whose livelihoods were affected by the imposition of the community quarantine. The grant serves as the program participants' seed capital fund to finance their small businesses.

 

Set to transpire from December 2021 until December 2023, this convergence initiative project shall cover a total of 14 cities and municipalities in the region.

 

Present during the MOU signing were OIC-Asst. Regional Director for Administration Ramil Taculod, DTI Caraga Regional Director Gay Tidalgo, DTI OIC-Asst. Regional Director Brenda Corvera, and SLP Regional Program Coordinator Mary Ann Manla. (DSWD-Caraga/PIA-Caraga)

 

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