MANILA : Some areas in the country will continue to experience rains caused by the easterlies and northeast monsoon, the weather bureau said Wednesday.

Zamboanga Peninsula, Northern Mindanao, Caraga, and Davao Region will have scattered rain showers and thunderstorms due to easterlies.

Cagayan Valley, Apayao, Aurora, and Quezon will also experience rains caused by the northeast monsoon.

Moderate to heavy rains in those areas may result in flash floods or landslides, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) added in its 4 a.m. bulletin.

The rest of Luzon will have isolated light rains also due to the northeast monsoon, but no significant impact is expected.

Isolated rain showers caused by localized thunderstorms will continue to prevail over the rest of the country.

Meanwhile, PAGASA forecast strong winds and rough seas to continue across Northern Luzon, while the rest of the island will still experience moderate to strong winds and moderate to rough seas
.

Light to moderate winds and slight to moderate seas also continue to prevail over the rest of the archipelago, the weather bureau added.

Source: Philippines News Agency

CAGAYAN: The city government this year will broaden its services to the “sitios” within the barangays here, an official said Thursday.

In a statement, Mayor Rolando Uy said that after conducting free social services in the majority of the city’s 80 barangays in the past year, he looks forward to revamping the city government’s outreach program for the city’s inner sitios or sub-villages.

“I will meet with our City Hall department managers to discuss our (outreach) program during our upcoming management committee meeting to find ways on how to reach out and serve the innermost sitios of our barangays,” he said.

Uy said they would conduct repeated visits to sitios that they believe need basic government services the most, especially those with limited access to social services.

Aside from providing free medical and dental services, the outreach program will also distribute PhilHealth cards, and process licenses, documentary requirements, and even lot titles, he said.

Uy will officiate the weekly “Kasalan N
g Bayan” or mass wedding during the upcoming sitio visits, having administered civil weddings to 3,000 couples over the past year.

He said each couple would also receive a roasted pig, a bottle of wine, and wedding gifts from the city government as those wedded by him last year

Source: Philippines News Agency