(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).


Thursday, April 21, 2022

Caraga top cop visits Surigao Norte police station

BUTUAN CITY -- Police Regional Office (PRO) 13 Regional Director Police Brigadier General Romeo Caramat, Jr. visited the Surigao del Norte Police Provincial Office on April 20 in preparation for the national and local elections.

Police Colonel Renato Mercado, provincial director of the Surigao del Norte Police Provincial Office, received Director Caramat. and was accorded side honors by the personnel, followed by a talk to the men and women of Surigao del Norte PPO regarding the current situation of the PNP personnel.

The region's top cop presided over the command conference attended by the chiefs of police, mobile force commanders, and staff of the provincial police office. The region's top cop heeded every issue and concern of every police station, particularly on the placement of personnel for the upcoming election and their contingency plans.

"Now, with the remaining 18 days before the national and local elections, I expect my men and women to do their duties professionally to serve as examples by obeying the laws, rules, and regulations according to the CPNP's guidance," said the PRO-13 chief. (Police Regional Office-Caraga/PIA-Surigao del Norte)