BLOGGED PHILIPPINES

Typhoon Pablo is already in the Philippine Area of Responsibility and is estimated to make a landfall tomorrow, Tuesday. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAG-ASA), At 02:00PM today, the eye of Typhoon Pablo was located at 450km Southeast of Hinatuan, Surigao Del Sur (7.0°N 130.4°E) with maximum sustained winds of 175kph & gustiness of up to 210kph. It is moving West Northwest at 24kph. The storm is expected to hover the Visayas and Mindanao areas in the coming days. Image from PAG-ASA Class Suspensions The following are the latest announcements of class suspensions: - Lapu Lapu City Elemetary Level starting this afternoon - Caraga, All Levels, today and tomorrow - Mandaue City, All Levels, Public Schools, tomorrow - Cagayan de Oro, All Levels, starting today          - Xavier University/Ateneo de Cagayan, no classes tomorrow, Dec 4- Iligan City, up to ...

The bad weather condition we are experiencing today is expected to continue tomorrow, Tuesday. With the risk of continued flooding, some local government units have made up their minds and suspended tomorrow's classes. Here are the current list of towns, barangay and cities who have announced no classes tomorrow: - Laguna - Barangay Arkong Bato, Balangkas, Bisig, Coloong,  Isla, Mabolo, Palasan, Pariancillo Villa, Pasolo, Poblacion, Polo, Tagalag, Wawang-polo, (and Dalandan national HS), Valenzuela - Cavite - Obando, Bulacan - Dagupan City - Malabon: Panghulo HS, Dampalit ES main and Dampalit ES 1. To be updated...

Skyline of the City of Manila, seen from the Cultural Center of the Philippines (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) UPDATE: Class suspension for July 31, 2012 (Tuesday) Tropical storm Gener has brought a lot of rain in Metro Manila and Central Luzon. And because of the bad weather condition today which is expected to continue until tomorrow, some of the affected local government units (LGUs) have already declared suspension of classes. Here's the summary: Quezon City  - up to High School level, both private and public San Juan  -  up to High School level, both private and public Manila  -  up to High School level, both private and public Navotas City  -  up to High School level, both private and public Pasay City  -  up to High School level, both private and public Malabon  -  up to High School level, both private and public Obando  - all levels, both private and public (not sure if college included) ...

Skyline of the City of Manila, seen from the Cultural Center of the Philippines (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim has formally suspended the afternoon classes all over Manila due to heavy rain and floods. This suspension covers pre-school, elementary and secondary (high school) level. It is not sertain whether the announcement covers college classes. Classes in other Metro Manila cities was also suspended by their Mayors. For instance, all classes, except college, in Paranaque City has already been suspended earlier. Update: Pasay City suspends public and private classes up to high school. - @DepEd_PH Navotas suspends classes up to High School. Classes and offices in UP Manila until 12nn today Classes are now suspended in PUP-Sta. Mesa, PUP-San Juan, PUP-Commonwealth and PUP-Taguig. (TO BE UPDATED)

Image via Wikipedia Tropical depression Ramon is threatening to swipe the entire Visayas region based on the latest forecast from DOST-PAGASA as reported by the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC). As of 11 AM today, Ramon is located 245 KM East of Hinatuan, Surigao de Sur and continues to threaten Northeastern Mindanao and Eastern Visayas regions . Ramon has a sustained wind velocity of 55 kph near the center. Public Storm Warning Signal Number 1 has already been raised in the following areas: Eastern Samar  Western Samar  Leyte Provinces  Bohol  Biliran  Camotes Island  Northern Cebu  Northern Negros  Northern Iloilo  Capiz  Masbate  Ticao Island Surigao Del Norte  Siargao Island  Surigao Del Sur  Dinagat Group of Islands  Agusan Del Norte  Camiguin Island  Agusan Del S...

Image via CrunchBase Department of Education (DepEd) recently joined PAGASA in twitter! While PAGASA is twitting weather updates, DepEd twits class suspension announcements. DepEd's official twitter account is @DepEd_PH . Follow @DepEd_PH on twitter and receive timely updates. Recently, several government agencies has been using social media channels to facilitate fast distribution of information. Among them are the president's office @govph , MMDA @mmda , and PAGASA @dost_pagasa . Hopefully, this move by DepEd will help solve the issues of late announcements which most students and employees have been complaining about in the past years. I personally experience many trouble because of this. Here's my experience: When I was studying in college in Manila a few years ago, I have to travel at least 2 hours from home to school everyday. So when rainy seasons come, it poses a problem. There has been several times in my five years in college when after exerting...

Image via Wikipedia Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Administration (PAGASA) is now using twitter to facilitate the fast distribution of information especially weather updates. PAGASA's twitter account is @dost_pagasa . By following @dost_pagasa , you can receive real time update from the agency regarding weather forecast, typhoon updates and other services provided by the agency. This move by PAGASA is very timely since currently, typhoon "Megi" is threatening to pass over the Philippine area of responsibility. This move by PAGASA to use social networking site is the latest among the government's moves in the effort to use social media to inform the public. We can remember that in the previous months, the government launched its official gazzete online at www.gov.ph . Also, the Department of Finance recently launched www.perangbayan.com to gather information regarding corrupt officials under its umbrella.