(PAGASA 24-HOUR PUBLIC WEATHER FORECAST as of Tuesday, 25 November 2025) At 3:00 PM today, the center of Tropical Depression "VERBENA" was estimated based on all available data over the coastal waters of Cuyo, Palawan (10.8°N, 120.9°E) with maximum sustained winds of 55 km/h near the center and gustiness of up to 70 km/h. It is moving West Northwestward at 25 km/h. Shear Line affecting the eastern section of Luzon. Northeast Monsoon affecting the rest of Northern Luzon. CARAGA will have rains with gusty winds caused by TD Verbena. Possible flash floods or landslides due to moderate to heavy with at times intense rains. Minimal to minor threat to life and property due to strong winds. Rest of Mindanao will have cloudy skies with scattered rains and thunderstorms due to TD VERBENA. Possible flash floods or landslides due to moderate to heavy rains. Moderate winds from northwest to southwest prevails on the rest of Mindanao, with moderate seas (1.5 to 2.5 meters).


Thursday, November 3, 2022

Parents of child laborers in AgSur provided with emergency employment

SAN FRANCISCO, Agusan del Sur – Some four hundred sixty-three (463) parents of child laborers (CLs) from the various ocal government units of this province were provided with emergency employment through the Department of Labor and Employment's (DOLE) Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa ating Displaced/Disadvantaged Workers (TUPAD) program.

Of the 463 beneficiaries, 173 are residents of La Paz, 85 are from Bayugan City, 55 from San Francisco and 50 residents from Talacogon, 50 from San Luis, and 50 also from Rosario. The selected priority areas of implementation are identified with a high number of profiled CLs in the province based on the on-site house-to-house profiling conducted by the DOLE.  

Juana de la Cruz, not her real name, a mother of a 17-year-old CL engaged in quarry works expressed her gratitude for being chosen as one of the beneficiaries of TUPAD.

"Makatabang gyud ning TUPAD sa among pang adlaw adlaw nga gasto labi na nga nag balik na ang face to face classes. Maayo nalang naa mi ikagasto sa balay (TUPAD is really a big help to sustain our daily needs especially that face-to-face classes have resumed)," Cruz said. 

The intervention to the parents of CLs was made possible through the partnership of DOLE Agusan del Sur Field Office (DOLE ADSFO) with the Provincial Public Service Office of Agusan del Sur (PESO ADS) headed by PESO Manager Divina P. Lagumbay. This initiative is also part of the Boyad Roadshow Culmination on November this year. 

Both the Child Labor Prevention and Elimination Program (CLPEP), a program that conducts nationwide profiling of child laborers to identify the children who will be referred to appropriate agencies/organizations for the provision of necessary services/interventions to remove them from child labor, and TUPAD, a community-based package of assistance that provides emergency employment for displaced workers, underemployed and seasonal workers, for a minimum of period of 10 days and maximum of 30 days, are core programs of DOLE that aim to uplift the lives of the marginalized sectors. (FLIP, CLPEP-CF/DOLE-ADSFO/PIA-Agusan del Sur)

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