Tag: Caraga

Pres. Duterte conducts aerial inspection of areas hit by storm “Auring”

  (Eagle News) –President Rodrigo Duterte visited the areas which were severely affected by floods due to heavy rains dumped by the previous storm Auring. In the photos sent by Senator Christopher “Bong” Go, President Duterte and his former aide are seen inside a helicopter as they flew over the areas in the CARAGA region that had been badly hit by the previous storm. President Duterte and his former aide, Senator Go, made the aerial […]

More than 1,200 families preemptively evacuated in CARAGA to prepare for storm Auring – NDRRMC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZo3xusJ9K4&feature=youtu.be (Eagle News) — More than 1,200 families or some 5,000 people have been preemptively evacuated in the areas expected to be hit by storm Auring, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council. NDRRMC spokesperson Mark Timbal said that 1,241 families were already preemptively evacuated in the CARA region, and are now staying in 36 evacuation centers. Those overseeing the evacuation procedures were also making sure that they follow minimum health protocols […]

US agri dep’t seeks to help Mindanao farmers improve crop yield and agri practices

By Jodi Bustos Eagle News Service   QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News)— The United States Department of Agriculture is helping farmers in Mindanao boost their agricultural production, and modernize their systems in hopes of making the region, one of the main food baskets of the country. Through the Agricultural Cooperative Development International and Volunteers in Overseas Cooperative Assistance (ACDI-VOCA), the US government is working on two four-year agricultural projects in the Philippines focusing on Mindanao. […]

Heavy rainfall warning, itinaas ng PAGASA sa ilang lalawigan sa Visayas bunsod ng easterlies

(Eagle News) – Itinaas ng Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) ang heavy rainfall warning sa ilang lalawigan sa Visayas dahil sa tuloy-tuloy na pag-ulan na nararanasan bunsod ng umiiral na easterlies. Yellow rainfall warning naman ang umiiral sa Leyte, Bohol, Southern Leyte at Cebu partikular sa Metro Cebu, Northern Cebu at Camotes Island. Ayon sa PAGASA, posibleng makaranas ng pagbaha at landslides sa mga nasabing lugar. Samantala, maulap na papawirin na mayroong […]

DSWD Sec. Taguiwalo visits 4Ps beneficiaries in Butuan

AGUSAN DEL NORTE, Philippines (Eagle News) — Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary, Judy Marigomen Taguiwalo strolled around the rural areas of Butuan, Agusan del Norte on Wednesday, December 14, to check the condition of Filipino families who are beneficiaries of the government’s Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps). Accompanied by DSWD Caraga Regional Director Minda Brigoli and some other staff, they visited the indigenous families who were part of the 4.4 million beneficiaries of […]

LPA trough to bring rains over E. Visayas, parts of Mindanao

MANILA, Sept. 17 —  Eastern Visayas, CARAGA and the Davao region will still experience cloudiness and some rains Wednesday as a low pressure area or LPA still hovers about a thousand kilometers east of the Visayas region,  according to Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) as of 4 a.m .today, the LPA was estimated based on all available data at 1,070 km east of Visayas (13.2°N, 136.3°E). Because of this Eastern Visayas, Caraga and […]