(PAGASA 24-HOUR PUBLIC WEATHER FORECAST as of Saturday, 12 July 2025) The Southwest Monsoon (Habagat) continues to affect Mindanao. FORECAST: The Zamboanga Peninsula will experience cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms due to the Southwest Monsoon. These conditions may lead to possible flash floods or landslides, especially during moderate to occasionally heavy rainfall. The rest of Mindanao will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms also influenced by the Southwest Monsoon. Winds will be light to moderate from the southwest, with slight to moderate seas (wave height between 0.6 to 2.1 meters).


Monday, January 31, 2022

DTI Dinagat Islands distributes livelihood kits to typhoon-hit MSMEs in PDI

SAN JOSE, Dinagat Islands -- The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) - Dinagat Islands rolls out the first batch of Negosyo Kits to micro, small, and medium entrepreneurs in the Province of Dinagat Islands.

A total of 40 beneficiaries received their Negosyo Kits worth PhP8,000 under the Livelihood Seeding Program - Negosyo Serbisyo sa Barangay (LSP-NSB).

According to DTI Dinagat Islands provincial director Elmer C. Natad, the Negosyo Kit includes groceries, kitchenware, tools and equipment that serves as fresh inventories to aid them restart their businesses.

Director Natad said that the LSP-NSB is a program of DTI that allows a wider reach of business development assistance by bringing government services closer to the people through partnerships between relevant local government units and DTI officials.

Present during the distribution were San Jose vice mayor Felix Portullano, Sangguniang Bayan Committee on Trade and Industry member Julmore Pesito and Director Natad. (SDR/DTI-Dinagat Islands/PIA-Dinagat Islands)