Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA)

         Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) is a government agency for weather forecasting, flood control, astronomical observations, and time service. PAGASA is dedicated to provide flood and typhoon warnings, public weather forecasts and advisories, meteorological, astronomical, climatological, and other specialized information and services primarily for the protection of life and property and in support of economic, productivity and sustainable development. The government agency was created on December 8, 1972 by virtue of Presidential Decree No. 78 reorganizing the Philippine Weather Bureau into PAGASA.

          PAGASA has the following functions: (a) Maintains the national standard of time and frequency; (b) Disseminates the precise time and frequency via Internet, radio broadcast and other means; (c) Extends time and frequency calibration and standardization services to industrial and scientific institutions; and (d) Exchanges data on time and frequency with overseas institutions.

 

          The Vision of PAGASA is to establish a poverty-free society. And its Mission is to provide an avenue and opportunity for the entrepreneurial poor having an access to financial services to improve their economical and social condition. PAGASA's Goal is to provide sustainable financial services to the entrepreneurial poor, to enhance their enterprises, thereby, to make them economically self-reliant.

 

         We all know that this is one of the company of the government that is very important to the people and to society for it is the source of information about any nature disasters, weather forecasts, astronomical news and updates. Visiting the Office of the PAGASA in Cebu is such an honor, we did learn how typhoon names came from, how typhoon and tornados made up and how can it affect our environment. The lecturer may not be a good speaker but then the topics that she had given is interesting in my opinion. She talked about the tools and equipment they used in predicting and watching the climate and weather all over the country.