COMPANY PROFILE

Mission
Protecting lives and properties through timely, accurate and reliable
weather-related information and services.
Vision
Center of excellence for weather related information and services.
Organizational Chart

Core Values

Integrity, Commitment, Patriotism

Product/Services Offered
SERVICES
Weather Forecast & Tropical

PRODUCTS
24 Hr Public Weather Forecasts

and Severe Weather Bulletins

Hourly Tropical Cyclone Warning

Update
Shipping

Cyclone Warning for Shipping

Gale Warning
Meteorological Aviation Services

Cyclone Warning Services

for

Aeronautical

Access

Flood Forecasting & Warning

System

Forecasts

to

Tropical

Users

the

through

World

Area

Forecasts Systems (WAFS)

Rainfall Warning System
Basin
Flood
Bulletins

for

Telemetered Basins and General

Flood

Advisories

&

Farm

for

Telemetered Basins
Dam
Discharge
Information

Climatoligical

&

the

Non-

Warning

during

Spilling

Operation of Monitored Dams

Community-Based
Flood
Early

Warning System
Daily
Hydrological

during Non-Flood Watch

Daily Farm Weather Forecasts &

Advisories
10-day
Regional

Agroclimatic

Weather Advisories
10-day Philippine

Agroclimatic

Advisories
El Nio/La

Watch

Weather Services

Nia

Forecasts

and

Research and Development

Information
Monitoring

Seasonal Rainfall Forecasting

Dispatch of the Special Tropical

and

Cyclone

Prediction

of

Reconnaissance,

Information and Data Evaluation

(STRIDE) Quick Response Team to
threatened

and

typhoons
Conduct Calibration,
Testing

(for

government
Barometers

affected

by

Repairs

&

private

and

sectors)

of

and

other

related

Equipment
Assist Researchers from Different
Schools, Colleges, Universities and

Astronomical Services

other Agencies
Philippine Standard Time (PST)
Promotion of Astronomy through
Stargazing/Telescoping

Information, Education and

Sessions

and Planetarium Show

Planetarium Tour in selected Areas

in Luzon
Public Awareness Campaign on

Public Outreach

Natural
Weather,

Hazards

specifically

Climate,

Typhoons,

Floods, Storm Surges and other

related hazards
Conduct of Information, Education

and Dissemination Activities

Conduct of Seminars/Workshops
on

Meteorological

Hydrometeorological Hazards

and

Conduct of Seminar for Science

Teachers on Basic Astronomy

Public Information Drives for the

target areas of monitored Dams

Conduct of Flood Drills
Conduct of Annual Media Seminar-

Workshops on PAGASA Services

Conduct of Annual Typhoon and

Flood Awareness Week

Participation in Special Events like
Exhibitions,

School

Celebration

and other government and non

government organizations
Development of PAGASA

print

materials and non-print materials

(flyers,

brochures,

posters

and

exhibit display materials

Stakeholders
No Stakeholders
Company/Institution/Organizational History
o 01 January 1865 Philippine Meteorological Service begun under the
Observatorio Meteorologico de Manila now Manila Observatory.
o 7 July 1879 The first issuance of typhoon warning crossing Northern
Luzon made by the Observatorio and in November of the same year
predicted that a strong typhoon will cross over Manila
o 28 April 1894 Under the Royal Decree of Spain, the Manila
Observatory was recognized as an official institution under the Jesuits.
o 22 May 1901 - By act of the Philippine Commission, the Observatorio
was re-organized under the Act No. 131 and was formally named as
Weather Bureau under the administrative control of the Department of
Interior.

o 1917 The Weather Bureau was placed under Department of

Agriculture and Natural Resources when the latter was created.
o February 1945 The Weather Bureau was blasted to destruction during
the battle of Manila. All instruments, records and scientific knowledge
accumulated through the years were lost.
o 24 July 1945 Re-establishment of the Weather Bureau with 7 men
constituting its personnel under Mr. Edilberto Parulan as OIC
o 1946 Pursuance to the provision in the Philippine Rehabilitation Act of
1946, a U.S. Weather Mission was sent to Manila to undertake survey
of the Bureaus need. As a result, the Bureau acquired meteorological
equipment and technical assistance from the U.S. and pave the way for
the establishment of standard weather services patterned after similar
institutions in the more technically advanced countries of the world.
The Bureau was placed under the Department of Commerce and
Industry during this time.
o 1947 The Weather Bureau under the Commonwealth era was
transferred to the Department of Agriculture and Commerce and for a
brief

period

under

the

Department

of

Public

Works

and

Communications during the Japanese Occupation. Likewise, the

Weather Bureaus Central Office was moved to Marsman Bldg. opposite
Pier 15 at the Port Area, while the Forecasting Center was transferred
to the MIA Balagbag terminal and it became the Manila Main
Meteorological Office or MMMO.
o 1949 New Geophysical Observatory was set-up behind the UP
grounds.
o 1950 A teletype service connected the Forecasting Center to Clark Air
Force

Base,

Sangley

Telecommunications.

Point

Naval

Exchange

of

Base

weather

and

the

reports

Bureau
with

of

foreign

countries, aircrafts-in-flight and four aeronautical stations in the

country Laoag, Legazpi, Cebu & Zamboanga began at this year.
o 1954 Astronomical Observatory, UP Diliman Campus. Time signals
were transmitted seven times daily by radio.

o 15 July 1954 Dr. Casimiro del Rosario was appointed Vice Chairman of
the NSDB and Mr. Ricardo C. Cruz Chief of the Astronomical Division
was appointed OIC.
o 1 August 1958 - Dr. Roman L. Kintanar was appointed Director of the
Weather Bureau. The youngest ever to hold the post anywhere in the
government at the age of 29.
o 1963 The first weather surveillance radar was installed atop the
Marsman Building. It was damage by fire and beyond repair in 1978.
o 1968 Computerization of the Weather Bureau and the setting up of a
Telemetry System in Marikina River Basin.
o 1969 Weather Bureau Central Office moved once again to its new
office at the Asiatrust Bldg, Q. Ave. Q.C.
o 1970 - Satellite Meteorology came of age in the Philippines when an
Automatic Picture Transmission (APT) system was set-up to intercept
photo-transmission of the upper atmosphere by satellite. ESCAP/WMO
Typhoon Committee Secretariat established its headquarters in the
Weather Bureau.
o 1971 Five new radar stations were linked with the Manila radar
station to form the Weather Radar Surveillance Network.
o 1972 Establishment of PAGASA under PD 78. PAGASA was transferred
from Department of Commerce and Industry to Department of National
Defense.
o 02 June 1977 - Transfer of the administrative control of the Typhoon
Moderation Research and Development Council to PAGASA
o 17 September 1984 PAGASA under EO 984 was transferred from
Ministry of National Defense (MND) to National Science & Technology
Authority (NSTA)
o 30 January 1987 -- EO No. 128 mandated the reorganization of NSTA
now Department and Technology (DOST) in which PAGASA is one of
their line agency
o 01 January 1988 Pursuant to EO 128, the PAGASA was reorganized
consisting of (5) major branches and (3) support units.

o 15 January 2003 PAGASA Central Office moved again to a new

building and now its permanent headquarters, at the Science Garden,
Agham Road, Diliman, Quezon City.
o October 2008 Pursuant to Executive Order 366 series of 2004, the
PAGASA was then re-organized under the Rationalization Program in a
goal to make the government focus its efforts on vital/core functions
and enhance effectiveness and efficiency of public service. PAGASA
was re-organized to 5 technical divisions, 5 Regional Services Divisions
and 2 support divisions.

Logo and its Meaning

The four circles joined together signify S & T Progress through;

Excellence, Relevance, Cooperation and Cost-Effectiveness. The 6 stars are
for the major PAGASA Branches and the date 1865 to commemorate the
Weather Services as one of the first in Asia. The wind vane and anemometer

represent the agency's functions, and the colors (black) represent the
Unknown, (white) truth and Enlightenment and (blue) Progress.