(PAGASA 24-HOUR PUBLIC WEATHER FORECAST as of Thursday, 03 April 2025) Easterlies affecting the country. 𝗙𝗒π—₯π—˜π—–π—”π—¦π—§ π—ͺπ—˜π—”π—§π—›π—˜π—₯ π—–π—’π—‘π——π—œπ—§π—œπ—’π—‘: Dinagat Islands, Surigao del Norte will experience cloudy skies with scattered rains and thunderstorms due to Easterlies. Possible flash floods or landslides due to moderate to at times heavy rains. While Butuan City, Agusan del Norte, Agusan del Sur and Surigao del Sur will be partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshoer or thunderstorm due to Easterlies. Possible flashflood or lanslide during thunderstorn. 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 East to Northeast will prevail with slight to moderate seas / (0.6 to 2.5 meters)


Tuesday, February 21, 2023

DENR turns over SWIS to BLGU in Lanuza 

LANUZA, Surigao del Sur -- The Department of Environment Natural Resources (DENR) officially turned over the newly established Small Water Impounding System (SWIS) Project to the  Barangay Local Government Unit of Agsam in Lanuza, Surigao del Sur.

Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office (PENRO) - Surigao del Sur (SDS) led by PENR Officer Victor B. Sabornido, and Community Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) Cantilan headed by CENR Officer Gay P. Resullar facilitated the formal turnover ceremony in collaboration with the LGU concerned. A Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) was also inked during the event.

The activity kicked off with a ceremonial ribbon-cutting at the SWIS facility in Sitio Himatagan, Barangay Agsam, in Lanuza town. The Signing of the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) entered into by and between the BLGU Agsam represented by Barangay Captain Annabelle J. Yparraguirre (Donee), Municipal LGU of Lanuza represented by Mayor Marvin T. Azarcon (Donee), and DENR-PENRO SDS chief Victor B. Sabornido (Donor) held at the Lanuza Surf Camp also followed on the same day..

This is one of the projects of the department which is to provide a decent facility for a  sustainable water supply under the National Greening Program (NGP) plantations and reforestation projects in the barangay, as well as to supply water to the nearby communities for domestic use.

Present during the event were DMO III Ramonito Lagahit, DMO III Melissa Y. Arpilleda, Lanuza MENR Officer Melchor John Largo, Lanuza Tribal Community Chieftain Mr. Redel Salazar, BLGU Agsam Officials, and other concerned stakeholders. (NGPB/CENRO-Cantilan/PIA-Surigao del Sur)