(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).


Friday, June 3, 2022

Keeping the Tsokolate tradition with Lisbos Cacao Trading 

SURIGAO DEL NORTE, June 3 (PIA) --Who can resist and say no  to a fresh, homemade pure tablea? What about the rich flavor and aroma of a Filipino style hot chocolate in an early cozy morning? 

Lisbos Cacao Trading produces Bacuag's Best Homemade Pure Tablea, the number one traditional homemade unsweetened pure tableya from 100% quality cacao beans. 

It offers a variety of high-quality products to choose from, starting with their Unsweetened Pure Tablea, Roasted Unsweetened Cacao Nibs, Candied Nibs, Yema Tableya Chocolate Spread, up to traditional tsokolateras and batirols. 

Their products are always freshly made and are noted for the rich flavor and aroma wrapped with  attractive and clean packaging.

The business started simple when they needed to make their own tablea after their supplier could no longer meet their orders due to health conditions. Their first customers were close friends and colleagues from work. 

In 2019, DTI Surigao del Norte recognized Mrs. Rosanna Lisbos as one of the Successful Women Entrepreneurs in Caraga. Despite the challenges in the beginning of the pandemic, their food products were on high demand online. 

In 2021, Lisbos Cacao Trading availed of the Small Enterprise Technology Upgrading Program of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Caraga, through its Provincial Science and Technology Center – Surigao del Norte, to procure their processing equipment. 

On the same year, the enterprise was awarded as Best Firm Implementor under the DOST Manufacturing Productivity Extension Program and received their License to Operate from the Food and Drug Administration for their manufacturing facility.

For more information about Lisbos Cacao Trading and their products, follow them on Facebook @lisbostablea. You may contact them through their mobile number 0917-174-3370 and/or email them at bacuagsbestlisbostablea2018@gmail.com. 

You can also browse their website https://bacuagstablea.webph.biz/ or visit them at Bacuag's Best Homemade Pure Tablea in Gloria St., Poblacion, Bacuag, Surigao del Norte. Patronizing their products will definitely  keep the tsokolate tradition flourishing.

We are also inviting interested MSMEs in the province to avail of the SETUP Program. Message our page Department of Science and Technology - Surigao del Norte to know more about the benefits, requirements, and identified priority sectors. (DOST- SDN/PIA- Surigao del Norte)

 

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