Explaining

Information as a
Function of
Communication

Prepared By: Ma. Erica C.

Ferrer
MANILA, Philippines – Typhoon Maria maintained its strength outside the Philippine Area of
Responsibility (PAR) on Saturday afternoon, July 7. It will be given the local name Gardo once it enters
PAR.
Maria or the potential Gardo is not expected to make landfall in the Philippines, but state weather
bureau PAGASA warned that it would enhance the southwest monsoon or hanging habagat.
In a bulletin issued 4 pm on Saturday, PAGASA said Maria is already 1,960 kilometers east of Central
Luzon, moving north northwest at 15 kilometers per hour (km/h). Since it's still outside PAR, it has no
effect on the country yet – even indirect.
The typhoon continues to have maximum winds of 185 km/h near the center and gustiness of up to
225 km/h.
If Maria's speed and direction do not change, it could enter PAR on Monday morning, July 9. It would
then stay inside PAR for just a day, as it is projected to exit on Tuesday morning, July 10.
Given that Maria or Gardo is not expected to make landfall, tropical cyclone warning signals will not be
raised even if it enters PAR.
What would directly bring rain is the southwest monsoon, to be enhanced by the typhoon.
PAGASA warned that the southwest monsoon will bring rain to the regions of Metro Manila,
Mimaropa, Central Visayas, and Western Visayas, as well as the provinces of Bataan, Zambales,
Batangas, and Cavite on Sunday, July 8.
Residents of those regions and provinces to be affected by the southwest monsoon, especially those in
low-lying and in mountainous areas, should be on alert for possible flash floods and landslides.
The rest of the country, meanwhile, will have isolated rainshowers and thunderstorms on Sunday.
Flash floods and landslides are possible, too.
Information
 A knowledge about a particular subject, issue, event or process.
Information can be obtained from various sources: you can be told
information, for example through a lecture or a television
programme, or you can find information through your own
research.
Two types of Giving
Information
a. Verbal cues
 A verbal cue is a prompt that is conveyed in spoken
language from one person to another or a group of
people.

Ex: The weather forecaster will not use too much

technical jargon to be understood by people listening to
the radio and watching TV.
b. Nonverbal cues
 Nonverbal cues include hand gestures, bodily action
(including postures), vocal tone (paralanguage), and
eye contact.
 These non-verbal signals can give clues and additional
information and meaning over and above spoken
(verbal) communication.

Ex: The forecaster calmly gestures on the map, pointing

out the path of the LPA, using a soothing tone of voice to
avoid alarming the audience.