(PAGASA 24-HOUR PUBLIC WEATHER FORECAST as of Tuesday, 15 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, May 16, 2022

DTI AgNor awards Safety Seal certs; monitor prices in Butuan City establishments

BUTUAN CITY -- In support to the efforts of the government to protect clients, consumers, and the general public against COVID-19, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Agusan del Norte validated establishments in this city for the Safety Seal Certification and assessed if they continued to adhere to the minimum public health standards set by the government.

Photo credit: DTI-Agusan del Norte

On Friday, May 13, DTI Agusan del Norte provincial director Lorijane Sacote led the turnover of renewed Safety Seal Certifications to Interpace Corporation's supermarket, hardware, barbershop, and service and repair, and a new certification to Manja Spa and Salon.

According to Sacote, the Safety Seal Certification is a voluntary certification scheme that affirms that an establishment is compliant with the minimum public health standards set and integrates its contact tracing with StaySafe.ph. The DTI will only issue the certification to supermarkets, groceries, convenience stores, membership shopping clubs, construction supply/hardware stores, logistics service providers, barbershops and salons, and service and repair shops if they passed the standards set.

Meanwhile, the DTI Agusan del Norte also continues to monitor the compliance of the Fair Trade Law through the monitoring of establishments in the area. A weekly price monitoring of the basic necessities and prime commodities was also conducted by the agency. Twenty establishments were monitored by the department recently, all of which were found compliant. (NCLM/PIA-Agusan del Norte)