(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).


Tuesday, May 16, 2023

Tandag City turnovers projects to priority barangays

TANDAG CITY, Surigao del Sur -- Five (5) Local Government Support Fund-Support to the Barangay Development Program (LGSF-SBDP) projects were successfully turned over by the city government of Tandag under the administration of Mayor Roxanne C. Pimentel to the four barangays namely, Maitom, San Antonio, Awasian, and Mabuhay, all in Tandag City on May 12, 2023.

The Provision of Renewable Energy-Based Electrification was turned over to barangays of Maitom, San Antonio, and Awasian with a project cost of P3.9 million each. The project started on January 28, 2023, and was completed on February 28 of the same year.  

Moreover, Barangay Mabuhay reportedly received the upgrading of the water System and the construction of a level II potable water supply system with a project cost of P1.9 million. The project was implemented on January 27, 2023, and was completed on March 10 of the same year.

The LGSF-SBDP is the government’s priority program to usher development and deliver basic services to priority barangays affected by insurgency and terror caused by the communist party of the Philippines- new people's army terrorists (CNT).

Just recently, the city government of Tandag was recognized as one of the LGUs with high delivery rate on implementation of the LGSF-SBDP projects.

Consequently, Mayor Roxanne Pimentel will be reporting the best practices of the city government at the Regional Dialogue on the Implementation of the Local Government Support Fund-Support to the Barangay Development Program on May 16, 2023, in Butuan City. (NGPB/JDD/LGU-Tandag/PIA-Surigap del Sur)