(PAGASA 24-HOUR PUBLIC WEATHER FORECAST as of Tuesday, 08 July 2025) At 3:00 AM today, the center of the eye of Typhoon "BISING" {DANAS} was estimated based on all available data at 385 km North Northwest of Itbayat, Batanes (24.1°N, 120.8°E) with maximum sustained winds of 130 km/h near the center and gustiness of up to 180 km/h. It is moving Northeastward at 25 km/h. Southwest Monsoon affecting the rest of the country. 𝗙𝗒π—₯π—˜π—–π—”π—¦π—§ π—ͺπ—˜π—”π—§π—›π—˜π—₯ π—–π—’π—‘π——π—œπ—§π—œπ—’π—‘: Butuan City, Agusan del Norte, Agusan del Sur, Dinagat Islands, Surigao del Norte and Surigao del Sur will experience partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rains or thunderstorms due to Southwest Monsoon. Possible flash floods or landslides during severe thunderstorms. 𝗙𝗒π—₯π—˜π—–π—”π—¦π—§ π—ͺπ—œπ—‘π—— 𝗔𝗑𝗗 π—–π—’π—”π—¦π—§π—”π—Ÿ π—ͺπ—”π—§π—˜π—₯ π—–π—’π—‘π——π—œπ—§π—œπ—’π—‘: Light to moderate winds coming from Southwest to South will prevail with slight to moderate seas / (0.6 to 2.1 meters).


Monday, 31 March 2025

RTWPB –13 launches Productivity Olympics

Butuan City – The Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB) Caraga launched the 2025 Productivity Olympics, a biennial competition of the National Wages and Productivity Commission that recognizes micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) with outstanding productivity efforts.

The kick-off ceremony, held at VCDU Prince Hotel, Butuan City on March 11, was attended by the regional board members headed by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Caraga Director Jason P. Balais and selected MSMEs in the region, in coordination with the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), Department of Agriculture (DA), Department of Tourism (DOT), and Department of Science and Technology (DOST).

Dir. Balais emphasized the importance of productivity as businesses continue to strive to increase their output, given the limited input. He also encouraged the participants to join the competition and assured them that the regional board and the secretariat will be assisting them. “We know that whatever positive things experienced by you, as owners, will also redound to the benefit of your employees,” he said.

Testimonies were also given by the 2023 Productivity Olympics national winners such as farm manager Janine Beutel of the Citrus Hill Plantation, and Engr. Ramon Barbosa, proprietor of Amparitas Integrated Farm.

Regional winners of the 2025 Productivity Olympics will be nominated at the national level, and will thereafter be reviewed by the national screening committee of the National Wages and Productivity Commission. (Attorney Lorainne D. Sacote, RTWPB Caraga/PIA Caraga)