Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical

and Astronomical Services Administration

Legal Basis

 Observatorio Meteorologico de Manila (April 28, 1884), a Spanish royal decree which
recognized the observatory originally established on January 1, 1865 by the Jesuits at the
Ateneo Municipal as an official institution of the government.

 Philippine Commission Act No. 131 (May 22, 1901) established the Philippine Weather Bureau.

 Presidential Decree No. 78 (December 8, 1972) reorganized the Weather Bureau into the
Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) and
transferred it from the Department of Commerce and Industry to the Department of National
Defense.

 Presidential Decree No. 1149 (June 2, 1977) amended PD No. 78 to include the establishment
of two additional major units, the Typhoon Moderation Research and Development Office
(TMRDO) and the National Flood Forecasting Office (NFFO), under PAGASA.

 Executive Order No. 984 (September 17, 1984) transferred the PAGASA from the Department/
Ministry of National Defense to the National Science and Technology Authority (NSTA).

 Executive Order No. 128 (January 30, 1987) mandated the reorganization of the NSTA into the
Department of Science and Technology (DOST) to which the PAGASA is attached.

Mandate

The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) is

mandated “to provide protection against natural calamities and utilize scientific knowledge as an
effective instrument to ensure the safety, wellbeing, and economic security of all the people, for the
promotion of national progress.”

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LOGICAL FRAMEWORK (PAGASA)
Sustainable Economic Growth
Societal Goal Towards Poverty Alleviation

Knowledge, S & T for Productivity, Economic

Sectoral Goal
Growth and Job Creation

Organizational Reduced loss of lives and damage to property

Outcomes and enhanced safety,
economic activity and social development.
Major Final Outputs
Forecast
Forecast&&Warning
warning Hazard Mapping and Risk Research
Research and Disaster Preparedness,
Services
services on weather, Assessment Services Development
and Development Risk Mitigation and Other
flood,climate,
flood, climate, astronomy
astronomy Services
andextreme
and extreme weather
weather
events
events
P/A/Ps
A.I.a.1 General Mgt. & Supervision A.I.a.1 General A.I.a.1 General A.I.a.1 General
A.I.a.2 Eng’g. & Maintenance
Services Management & Management & Supervision Management & Supervision
A.I.a.3 Construction/ Repair/Rehab Supervision A.I.a.4 Magna Carta for S&T A.I.a.4 Magna Carta for S&T
of Typhoon.... Personnel Personnel
A.I.a.4 MC for S&T Personnel A.I.a.4 Magna Carta for
A.II.c.1 Conduct of and A.II.a.1 O&M of Met. Data
A.II.a.1 O&M of Met. Data Banks, S&T Personnel Participation in Scientific… Banks…
including the …
A.II.b Training Activities in
A.III.a.2 Flood A.II.c.2 Implementation of A.II.c.3 Participation in the
Atmospheric, Geophysical … Forecasting and Philippine PAGASA… Inter-Agency Natural…
A.II.d Installation, Repair & Hydrometeorological
Maintenance of Telemetering..
A.III.a.2 Flood Forecasting A.III.a.2 Flood Forecasting
A.III.a.1 Typhoon Warning & Services and Hydrometeorological… and Hydrometeorological…
Weather Services, including… A.III.b.1 Observation, A.III.c.1 Atmospheric- A.III.a.5 O&M of
A.III.a.2 Flood Forecasting and Geophysical Astronomical.. Astronomical Observatories/
Hydrometeorological… A.III.a.3 Measurement,
O&M of FFWS for Dam Operation Recording… A.III.c.3 Conduct of Planetarium….
Project I … A.III.a.4 O&M of FFWS Research for Natural… A.III.c.1 Atmospheric-
A.III.c.1 Atmospheric-
for Dam Operation Project II … A.III.c.4 Agro-climatic Geophysical Astronomical..
A.III.a.5 O&M of Astro… Geophysical Research and Farm… A.III.c.2 Weather
A.III.b.1 Observation,
Measurement, Recording …
Astronomical.. Modification Activities…
A.III.b.2 Operation of Upgraded A.III.c.3 Conduct of
GMS Receiving… Research for Natural…
A.III.b.3 O&M of Weather
Surveillance Radar Network

Performance Indicators
• •No.
No.of of clients served by type
• No. of timely and • No. of Hazard maps • No. of R&D projects ofbyservice
clients served
• No. of timely
accurate and
forecasts • No. of Hazard Maps
generated/updated • No.implemented
of technical papers
type of service
- participants
- participants totoIECIEC lectures
accurate
on weather, flood, on
forecasts •generated/updated
No. of clients •prepared
No. of technical
vis-à-vis no. lectures
- drills
- drills
weather, flood, and ofpapers prepared
published papersvis-
in - -visitors
visitors totoagency
agency facilities
and climate served - visitors
facilities to space science
à-vis no. of published
International Science
•climate
No. of timely and - scientific
• No. data/
of clients served Institute
papers in(ISI)-listed and
- visitors availing of space
science and services
planetarium
accurate warnings information
- scientific data/ journals
International Science planetarium services
• •No. of information materials
• No. of timely flood
on weather, and requests
information Institute (ISI) listed
No.of information materials
developed
developed
accurate warnings on
and climate -requests
income generated • No. of Intellectual
journals • •No.
No.training/ seminars/
of information materials

•Property (IPs) applied/ disseminatedconducted for

workshops
Astronomical
weather, flood and - income generated No. of Intellectual • No. of training/ seminars/
approved various stakeholders
services
climate Property (IPs) workshops conducted for various
• No. of climatological data,
stakeholders
- No. of clients applied/ approved •astronomical publications/
No. of climatological data,
• No. of Research and • No. of R&D info and weather
astronomical publications/ info
served
• Astronomical services Development collaborative projects
and weather certifications
certifications
disseminated
issued/ issued/
- No. of clients projects implemented with international •disseminated
Income generated

served scientific
organizations

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 PERFORMANCE MEASURES AND TARGETS
(Amounts in Thousand Pesos)
F Y 2007 F Y 2008 F Y 2009
Particu lars Actu al/ Targ et/ Targ et/
Amo u n t Amo u n t Amo u n t

MFO 1
F o recast an d W arn in g S ervices o n weath er, flo o d ,
climate, astro n o my an d extreme weath er even ts 281,629 429,555 652,069

1. N umber of timely and accurate forecasts on w eather

flood and climate 40,811 38,292 38,317
2. N umber of timely and accurate w arnings on w eather
flood and climate (as necessary ) 821 As need arises As need arises
3. N umber of clients serv ed (astronomical serv ices) 8,883 9,000 9,200

MFO 2
H azrad M ap p in g an d R isk Assessmen t S ervices 26,199 18,436 21,660

1. N umber of H azard M aps generated/updated 16 22 26

2. N umber of clients serv ed (scientific data/information
requests) 92 90 90
3. N umber of R esearch and D ev elopment projects
implemented 27 29 29

MFO 3
R esearch an d D evelo p men t 38,820 36,721 40,263

1. N umber of technical papers prepared v is-à-v is

published papers in Science Institute (ISI) listed
journals 2 2 -
2. N umber of Intellectual Property applied/approv ed 9 9 9

MFO 4
D isaster Prep ared n ess an d R isk M itig atio n an d Oth er
S ervices 58,572 44,447 53,489

1. N umber of clients serv ed:

- IEC lectures 305,226 demand driv en demand driv en
- D rills 2,849 U pon request U pon request
- H y dromet/climatological facilities 30,712 U pon request U pon request
- Space science and planetarium 23,168 U pon request U pon request
2. N umber of information packages dev eloped 10 12 12
3. N umber eof trainings/seminars/w orkshops conducted 20 U pon request U pon request
4. N umber of climatological hy dro-metreological data
publications information and w eather certifications issued 943 U pon request U pon request

TOTAL 405,220 529,159 767,481

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 FY 2009 MFO BUDGET

By MFO/By Expense Class

(In thousand pesos)

Particulars PS MOOE CO TOTAL % SHARE

MFO 1
Forecast and Warning Services on weather,
flood, climate, astronomy and extreme
weather events 196,701 117,868 337,500 652,069 85%
MFO 2
Hazard Mapping and Risk Assessment
Services 10,408 11,252 - 21,660 3%
MFO 3
Research and Development 27,026 13,237 - 40,263 5%
MFO 4
Disaster Preparedness, Risk Mitigation and
-
other Services 27,315 26,174 53,489 7%
TOTAL 261,450 168,531 337,500 767,481 100%
% SHARE 34% 22% 44% 100%

MFO 3 MFO 4
5% 7%
MFO 2
3%

MFO 1
85%

MOOE
22%
CO
44%

PS
34%

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