Philippine's Project NOAH

As the President of the Philippines, President Benigno S. Aquino III became upset with the much said FAIL weather forecasts, DOST (Department of Science and Technology) came up with a response by creating the "Project NOAH" or the (Nationwide Operational Assessment of Hazards). The Project aims to harness technologies and management services for disaster risk reduction activities by the the DOST through other Philippine agencies such as PAGASA, PHIVOLCS and DOST-ASTI (Advanced Science and Technology Institute, in partnership with UP National Institute of Geological Science and the UP College of Engineering. Launched last July 6, 2012 many had...  [ Read More ]

The Greenest Olympics?

(Image from Living Green Magazine) Have you noticed the "?" in my title? Well, this is because I'm not really decided which side should I believe. Please take a tour at my post to find out more about the London Olympics. As the London Olympics is nearing its end, have you ever heard that they tried to make it the greenest Olympics in modern history? According to what I’ve read from “Go Green” contributor Michelle Hallahan, LOCOG ( London Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games ) have taken much effort to make this possible.             What they have done: ·        ...  [ Read More ]

The Journal : August Monsoon

The Journal: August MonsoonLocation: Quezon City, PhilippinesDate: (August 7, 2012)Time: 10:12 AM ( GMT – 8 Pacific Time )Photos/Text By: Reilly Reverie Schools & Office ( Private & Public for NCR ) was now suspended according to the office of the President. I’m currently watching the news as of the moment and am witnessing serious flooding in different parts of Luzon. I can’t even count the leaks at our ceiling but currently the situation was quite stable for us here. The rain stops falling for almost 20 minutes now and great was my expectation for the flood to subside though a certain “barangay” is now requesting to cut their electric...  [ Read More ]

Light to Dark: New Color Coded Signals

Announced last August 9,  2012 At approximately 8:30 in the morning, PAGASA announced the newly color coded warning signals. As you can recall from my post "From Yellow to Green..." Green was the previous position holder of the color code Orange. Still, their description was the same... It was only the colors that was changed. From what I've read... (comments) It seems that the color code: Orange has higher acceptance rating to the people rather than its previous color. According to someone, "If you look at the stoplight, the color code: Green means "go" or "don't stop".... If that was the color assigned for those warning signals, then...  [ Read More ]

Philippine Emergency Hotlines

To those who still needs assistance and affected by the flood... You can call this numbers... PAGASA Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration: 433-85-26 NDRRMC (National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council): ( 911-14-06 ) / ( 912-26-65 ) / ( 912-56-68 ) MMDA Metro Manila Development Authority Metrobase: 136 PNP Philippine National Police: 117 MERALCO: 16211 Red Cross: 143 / (02) 527-00-00 BFP Bureau of Fire Protection: (02)729-5166, (02)410-6254, (02)431-8859, (02)407-1230 Philippine Coast Guard: 0917-(PDC-DOTC) DPWH Department of Public Works and Highways: (02) 304-37-13 NLEX North...  [ Read More ]

From Yellow to Green ... To Red!!!

From  Yellow to Green .... To Red!!! ( 11:30PM ) Originally posted: August 6, 201219:00 UPDATE: PAGASA 11:30pm advisory: RED warning(heavy-intense rains) in next 3 hours. Floods in low-lying areas, near rivers.  It’s all over the news tonight. From Yellow to Green the signals have already switched. As a typhoon (Typhoon Haikui)  out of the Philippine’s Area of Responsibility pulls clouds filled with rain to pour its devastating droplets to fill not only the country’s capital but other province’s streets as well. According to PAG-ASA: (If my memory serves me well) Green Signal – Possibility of EvacuationYellow Signal – Possibility...  [ Read More ]

Ty-Funs in the Philippines

It's more fun in the Philippines! And if I have something called sense of humor, I might have considered making a banner with "Ty-funs are fun in the Philippines!" ("Gener" four days ago from date of post) August 3, 2012 Didn't even heard that Typhoon Gener made a land fall but still, it left us terribly damaged. "Gener" with an International name of "Saolo" left the Philippines with 37 people dead and 33 were injured according to GMA News as of today. As I open social media sites, there were lot of posts there which hopes for the suspension of classes. There were no announced Typhoon Signal for Manila (the Capital of the Philippines) as...  [ Read More ]

A Run for Pasig River 2012

Another event for helping the environment! A Run for Pasig River is annually held in different locations in the Philippines since 2008 (As far as I can recall). An annual event that encourages others to take action on the problems of the said river. We commonly know that fun runs are used to produce funds and increase awareness about something. Besides those funds doesn’t just go to someone else’s pockets but to the needy. In this case, our beloved Pasig River. So who is "Pasig River...  [ Read More ]

Project Noah of DOST

It's been a while since I last post.And it's been a month since I heard about this innovation made by DOST...It was called "Project NOAH"The aim of the system is to predict the weather through the use of their advance technology.An online program that will tell the visitor the possibilities of rainfall shown in percentage and color coded ma...  [ Read More ]

The Manila Bay Clean Up

With all the terrifying news lately, I’ve seen an awesome portrayal of oneness to be highlighted. This happened during the second week of May. (Sorry I can’t specify the date, all I know is that they did this during this week) Had no internet connection for a few days. This video was aired last Tuesday (May 8, 2012...  [ Read More ]

What now for "Panatag" Shoal

"Panatag" Shoal, commonly known as "Scarborough Shoal" and China calls it "Huangyan Island". What do I know about it? Technically, I know nothing. I'm just a spectator on the news, hearing things and continuous problems that our country faces right now. So what's in it for me? I don't think this issue could even help me boost anything on my part but I'm just somewhat affected by the fact that some endangered species were being harvested by China-owned ships. I hope you don't get me wrong, I'm not against China, and to be honest, most of my belongings were made from China so I got nothing against them except for this issue....  [ Read More ]

Welcome!

Another aspiring writer / journalist / poet on the loose. Well that's just what I think. Hope you could stay with me throughout the process. What I'm aiming to do is spread the news about my country regarding nature and such. But still, everything counts. There might be some time that I'd be posting something that's not related to the niche of this blog and I hope you'd be kind enough to understand that. As you can see I already made a fan page about this before, hoping that we could spread the word together on saving our planet. We already posted some details, and images found in the web to attract attention and support about our dying planet and still, we should continue that no matter what. Thanks for your time. See you soon. God Ble...  [ Read More ]