(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).


Tuesday, October 18, 2022

1502nd RRIBn installs a new Commander in “A” Coy

ESPERANZA, Agusan del Sur – The Alpha Company of 1502nd Ready Reserve Infantry Battalion (RRIBn) has installed a newly-designated Acting Company Commander, Captain Henry O. Tiu II, in a recently concluded activity of the Joint Turn-over of Company Commander Ceremony and Closing Ceremony of Basic Life Support (BLS) Training held on October 16, 2022, at Evacuation Center Purok 11 Poblacion Esperanza this province. 

Captain Tiu is a Medical Doctor who was commissioned last February 2022 under the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Circular Number 4 and a member of Technical Services Reserve Units-Armed Forces of the Philippines Reserve Command (AFPRESCOM).

 

Meanwhile, a total of 22 participants successfully completed the course, comprising with 6 DepEd Teachers and 16 Enlisted Reservists of the said company. (2Lt Adones L. Apilada, Executive Officer, 1502 CDC)