(PAGASA 24-HOUR PUBLIC WEATHER FORECAST as of Tuesday, 01 July 2025) At 3:00 AM today, a Low Pressure Area (LPA) was estimated based on all available data at 1,230 km East of Central Luzon (15.3°N, 133.1°E). Southwest Monsoon affecting Visayas, Mindanao, Central Luzon, and Southern Luzon. 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 cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms due to Southwest Monsoon. Possible flash floods or landslides due to moderate to at times heavy rains. 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 West will prevail with slight to slight to moderate seas (0.6 to 1.5 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)