(PAGASA 24-HOUR PUBLIC WEATHER FORECAST as of Wednesday, 09 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).


Friday, October 28, 2022

PMO Surigao conducts bomb threat drill 

SURIGAO CITY, Surigao del Norte, -- To better prepare authorities on how to respond in case of a bomb explosion, the Port Management Office of Surigao conducted a simulated security drill at the Port of Surigao on October 27, 2022.

The said activity is in coordination with Philippine Coast Guard  K9 Unit, Surigao City PNP, BFP, Provincial EOD and Canine Unit, CDRRMO and Globalport Surigao Terminals Inc. 

According to PMO Surigao Acting Port Manager Froilan Caturla, the simulated exercise aims to demonstrate strategic decisive actions to resolve  bomb explosion crisis with the end view of aiding the formulation of bomb explosion management policies, integration, and orchestration of government and public efforts to resolve the crisis.

In said simulated exercise, the seat of explosion was isolated, while the circumstances at the bomb explosion crisis area were stabilized. 

Participating agencies identified their roles, for instance, who will provide needed manpower, and discussed what would be the participation of every stakeholder in the given scenario. (PMO- Surigao/PIA- Surigao del Norte)