(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).


Wednesday, 28 August 2024

Tagbina residents benefit from DSWD’s Oplan Pag-Abot

TAGBINA, Surigao del Sur (PIA) -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office Caraga recently provided P80,000 as livelihood assistance to two residents of Tagbina, Surigao del Sur, under the program on Oplan Pag-Abot.

 

 Prestine Garcia and Junjen Lara were selected as beneficiaries of the program, aimed at helping individuals and families who were previously living in street situations. The program focuses on improving their social status and providing them with opportunities to live safely and productively.

 

 Garcia and Lara, who had previously lived on the streets of Metro Manila, were reintegrated to Tagbina, as their hometown.

 

 On August 5, they received financial assistance to help them start new lives in their familiar environment. DSWD also collaborated with local partners to ensure ongoing support and to prevent them from returning to their previous vulnerable situations.

 

 The Oplan Pag-Abot Program aims to offer opportunities to beneficiaries to return to their hometown and be productive citizens of the place, encouraging them to stay and overcome challenges locally rather than migrating to busier cities. The DSWD Field Office Caraga continues to work with the Central Office to assist other qualified individuals and families in the future. (Photo courtesy of DSWD-13/PIA-Surigao del Sur)