(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, 18 July 2023

VMLP convenes in San Francisco town

AGUSAN DEL SUR -- Mayor Grace Carmel Paredes-Bravo of the local government unit of San Francisco in Agusan del Sur, led the Mayor's Night of the 2023 Caraga Regional Convention of the Vice Mayors League of the Philippines, which was held in Camp Madigun, Barangay Alegria, San Francisco Agusan del Sur on July 3, 2023.

Mayor Grace expressed her gratitude to the organizers and members of the VMLP for choosing the municipality of San Francisco as the venue for this significant event. 

"We have long been wanting to have conferences and activities where people from different provinces may come, so that people will get up close to our province," Mayor Bravo said.

Mayor Bravo also took the opportunity to thank Vice Mayor Arth Ryan Palabrica, as well as all the vice mayors in the Caraga region. She commended their unwavering commitment and exceptional leadership in leading the Sangguniang Bayan.

"I also want to take this opportunity to thank our vice mayor, Arth Ryan Palabrica, and all of you on behalf of all the local chief executives for the commitment and leadership you provided in the Sannguniang Bayan, which resulted to the passing of ordinances, resolutions, and actions that would be beneficial to the needs of the municipality," she added.

The event was also attended by the congressional representatives of Agusan del Sur namely, 2nd District Cong. Adolph Edward 'Ediebong' G. Plaza and 1st District Cong. Alfelito M. Bascug; and other distinguished participants in the different municipalities in the region. (MIO San Francisco/PIA-Agusan del Sur)