(PAGASA 24-HOUR PUBLIC WEATHER FORECAST as of Saturday, 12 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).


Friday, 28 February 2025

RTWPB-13 conducts Usapang 2Ps to local entrepreneurs in Surigao Norte

SURIGAO CITY – In its continuous effort to apprise MSMEs in Caraga region on proper the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB) Caraga conducted its second leg of Usapang 2Ps: Pasahod at Productivity on February 11 at Maradjaw Event Center, Surigao City.

Board Secretary VI Earl dela Victoria, together with Cornelius Mahinay and Sara Mae Dahuyla, discussed the Productivity Toolbox, new minimum wage under Wage Order No. XIII-19 for private establishment and Wage Order No. XIII-DW-05 for domestic workers, wage exemption, facility evaluation, and productivity based incentive scheme to sixty-three (63) establishments hailing from Surigao City and Siargao Island, all in Surigao del Norte.  

In his opening message, he relayed to the participants the importance of giving proper compensation to the employees. “Our current Wage Order took effect last January 2, 2025, and this is a product of careful deliberation by the board members after conducting consultations and public hearings across Caraga,” BS dela Victoria said.

Usapang 2Ps is an information campaign of the RTWPB to the micro, small and medium entrepreneurs (MSMEs) of Caraga relative to the new wage orders and  other compensation-related information. (Atty. Lorainne D. Sacote, RTWPB Caraga/PIA Caraga)