(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, 14 November 2023

DA-13 grants P3.8M to LGU - Madrid

MADRID, Surigao del Sur -- The Department of Agriculture (DA) Caraga through its Agribusiness and Management Assistance Division (AMAD) successfully turned over a financial grant worth P3.8 million to the municipality of Madrid, Surigao del Sur, under the Enhanced Kadiwa ni Ani at Kita, held at DA – Caraga Regional Office in Butuan City.

DA regional executive director, Engr. Ricardo M. Oñate, Jr., together with AMAD chief Lynn Pareñas, supervising agriculturist Marissa Garces, and market Specialist Marilou Gruyal handed over the check to Madrid municipal agriculturist Theresa Ilogon  and SB member and chairperson of the Committee on Agriculture, Vidal Dahonog.

The grant will be used to procure one hauling truck to fasten the mobilization of the agricultural products and resources in the municipality.

The Kadiwa ni Ani at Kita financial grant program under the DA is a direct marketing scheme where producers are directly linked to the consuming market, making food commodities available and affordable to consumers through the Kadiwa retail stores in strategic locations. (with report from DA-13/NGPB, PIA-Surigao del Sur)

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