(PAGASA 24-HOUR PUBLIC WEATHER FORECAST as of Wednesday, 30 October 2024) At 3:00 AM today, the center of the eye of Typhoon "LEON" {KONG-REY} was estimated based on all available data at 380 km East of Aparri, Cagayan or 395 km East of Calayan, Cagayan (18.8 °N, 125.2°E) with maximum sustained winds of 165 km/h and gustiness of up to 205 km/h. It is moving West Northwestward at 15 km/h. 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 rainshowers or thunderstorms due to Localized Thunderstorms. 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—‘: Moderate to Strong winds coming from West to Southwest will prevail with moderate to rough seas / (2.1 to 3.5 meters).


PIA News Service - Monday, February 16, 2009

ICT cluster joins Calagan Festival 2009

BUTUAN CITY – Business owners, academic institutions and other so-called industry players of the information and communication technology (ICT) will be holding a one-day conference during the week-long celebration of the 14th founding anniversary of the Caraga region.

The gathering dubbed as the 1st Caraga ICT Congress and spearheaded by the ICT Cluster of Caraga will be held on February 18, 2009 at the Almont Inland Resort Hotel, this city.
The congress which aims to discuss industry issues and trends has for its theme: "Caraga, Collaborate, Connect".

Joining hands to mount this event are the officials of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED), the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), Philippine Society of Information Technology Educators (PSITE) and Institute of Electronics and Communications Engineers of the Philippines (IECEP), academe, internet cafΓ© operators, and institutions in the field of communications, including non-government organizations in the region.

Major industry players have been invited to discuss the industry's situationer, potentials, opportunities and our bid to being globally competitive in terms of skills and manpower capabilities. Their presence and that of the other ICT cluster stakeholders will help ensure that the activity will also become a venue for networking, marketing, and business development and creation among ICT players.

With the grown and development of the ICT in Caraga, the Regional Development Council (RDC), through RDC Resolution No. 18, series of 2007 added it as one of the priority clusters in the region. The other priority industry clusters include abaca, seaweeds, banana, oil palm, coconut, high value crops, tourism, processed food, mining, arts and crafts, wood, and moringa.

The industry clustering strategy was adopted by the RDC as one of the strategies to boost the economic development of the region some four years ago. It encourages collaboration among key players of an industry to serve a bigger market. (DTI-13/ PIA-Caraga)


Quiz Show for IT wizards

The Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Cluster of Caraga will stage a quiz show to determine the Information Technology (IT) wizard in the region. The quiz show will be held during the First Caraga ICT Congress on Feb. 18, 2009 at Almont's Inland Resort, Butuan City.
College students from 24 institutions in the region will join the said quiz show. The Quiz Show will be a battle of knowledge basically in areas of information technology. It aims to encourage the youth to be updated with the current information and technology trends and to know the opportunities and potentials of the industry.

The show will be administered by Commission on Higher Education (CHED), the Philippine Society of Information Technology Educators (PSITE) and Institute of Electronics and Communications Engineers of the Philippines (IECEP) Caraga chapters.

The top three winners will receive cash prizes of Php 2,000.00, P1,500 and P1,000, respectively and plaques of recognition.

The ICT Congress is the first gathering of the key players of the information and communication technology players in the region. It aims to discuss the industry's trends and issues, provide a venue for networking, marketing, and business development and creation among ICT players; and enhance the human resource development program as the main requirement for business process outsourcing and e-services.

This year's theme is Caraga, Collaborate, Connect.

ICT is one of the priority industry clusters in the region. (DTI-13/ PIA-Caraga)


Cebuano News: Calagan Festival isaulog sa Caraga region

Capitol, Butuan City – Alayon sa pagsaulog sa ika-14 nga kasumaran sa pagkahimugso ning rehiyon sa Caraga, usa ka mabulokon ug kulbahinam nga pasundayag ang gipangandaman karon isip paghulagway sa kinaiyahan ning rehiyon.

Calagan Festival (Wow Araw ng Caraga), mao kini ang ulohan ning ika-14 nga kasaulogan diin gikatakda nga usa ka Caraga Urban Adventure Race ang ipahigayon karong Pebrero 22 dinhi sa dakbayan sa Butuan nga pwedeng salmotan sa tanang lumulupyo ning rehiyon, nagapanuigon ug 26 paubos, lalaki ug babae.

Ang maong race gilangkoban sa pito ka mga individual events sama sa Mountain Bike, Walkathon, Motorcycle, Rappel, Swim, Paddle ug Run. Ang mahimong mananaog makadawat ning mosunod: 1st place – P6,000.00; 2nd place – P4,000.00; ug 3rd place – P2,000.00. Adunay libreng commemorative shirt nga I-apud-apud ngadto sa mga participante.

Libre ang registration fee ug ang registration matigayon karong Pebrero 15-21, 2009 ug magdala lang ang mga partisipante sa ilang birth certificate ug medical clearance isip pagmatuod nga sila physically fit ug dili over-age.

Ang maong adventure race pagasugdan sa usa ka Familiarization Tour sa alas 9:00 hangtod sa alas 11:00 ang takna sa buntag ug mosunod dayon ang actual race sa ala 1:00 hangtod sa alas 5:00 ang takna sa kahaponon.

Alang sa dugang kasayuran pwedeng motawag sa mga mosunod; 341-2185 sa provincial government sa Agusan del Norte; 341-8413 sa Department of Tourism 13; 09057226426 kang Mr. Daniel Calo, Race Director; ug sa 09177035558 kang Mr. Mark Aldea, Race Coordinator. (Madilyn Veluz-Oraiz, PGO-ADN/PIA-13)


Cebuano News: AgNor finalist sa Phil Web Awards 2009

Capitol, Butuan City – Ang probinsiya sa Agusan del Norte napili isip finalist sa Philippine Web Awards 2009 sa eLGU category.

Ang maong pagpili gipangunahan sa Media Gateway Corporation pinaagi sa pag-abag sa National Computer Center (CICT). Niini nga tuig, ang 11th Philippine Web Awards gilangkoban sa nagkadaiyang kategorya sama sa eLGU, arts and portfolio, community and portal, e-commerce, corporate, e-services, ug daghan pang uban.

Kahinumduman, ang website ning lalawigan kun ang http://www.agusandelnorte.gov.ph/ gilusad niadtong miaging tuig dungan usab sa pagpatuman sa computerization project sa panggamhanang probinsiyal ug sa unom ka mga local government units diin maoy usa sa hinungdan nga napili kita isip usa sa tulo ka mga finalists.

Ngani, ang 6-point agenda ni Gobernador Erlpe John Amante maoy nakahatag ug dakong puntos sa criteria ubos sa mga programa ug proyekto nga gipatuman ubos sa iyang duha ka termino diin nakapaangat sa Agusan del Norte ikumpara sa ubang mga probinsiya sa Pilipinas.

Kalabot niini, gi-awhag ang tanan alang sa pagboto aron atong makuha ang unang ganti. Ang pagboto pinaagi sa SMS ug online kun pinaagi sa internet aron makuha ang Peoples Choice Award. Gisugdan na ang botohan niadtong Enero 15, 2009 ug matapos karong Pebrero 26, 2009 sa alas 11:59 ang takna sa kahaponon.

Ania ang paagi sa pagbotar. Kung pinaagi sa cellphone: i-type lang ang WEBBYSVOTECANDIDATE ID>SEND to 2973 (alang sa Globe ug TM) samtang sa Smart ug Talk and Text subscribers i-send sa 2955. Ang candidate ID sa Agusan del Norte is 55.
Alang sa online voting kun sa internet, log-in lang sa
http://www.philippinewebawards.com/ ug dayon i-click ang members lounge dayon magpa-register. Sunda lang ang instruction nga makita sa screen. Ug pangitaa dayon ang "VOTE A SITE" ug ang e-LGU's province dayon i-click ang button sa http://www.agusandelnorte.gov.ph/. (Madilyn Veluz-Oraiz, PGO-ADN/PIA-13)


Cebuano News: Gob. Barbers mipadala ug dali sa mga hinabang sa taga Brgy. Capalayan

Surigao del Norte – Tungod sa kusog nga ulan dala sa bagyong "Bising", 97 na ka mga lumulupyo sa Brgy. Capalayan ang girescue sa RESCUE 44 ug gi-evacuate didto sa pinkaduol nga elementary school uban ang pagpanghatag sa mga pagkaon nga daling gipadala ni Gov. Ace Barbers para sa mga biktima pinaagi sa DSWD sa probinsya.

Sa ngalan sa Gobernador Ace Barbers, si Provincial Administrator Adolfo Pantilo, Sr., mibutyag nga gipadali gayud dayun ni Gob. Ace Barbers ang pagparespondi sa mga taga Brgy. Capalayan diin ubay-ubay kanila ang nahiagum sa landslide.

Dako gayud ang pasalamat ni Brgy. Kapitana Herminia Crisologo ug mga katawhan sa Brgy. Capalayan sa gipakita ni Gov. Barbers nga dali nga tabang ngadto kanila ang tanan ug walay gipili ang makadawat sa maong mga hinabang.

Uban sa maong rescue operation mao usab ang hepe sa DSWD sa probinsya, Rosemarie Catelo, Al Lumapas, Team Leader sa Rescue 44, ug Jovito Litang sa PDCC Secretariat. (SdN PGO-Media Bureau/PIA-Caraga)