Public satisfaction with President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. has fallen to a new personal low, with more Filipinos expressing dissatisfaction than approval, according to the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey conducted from March 24 to 31. The results of the March 2026 Social...
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) on Saturday, May 23, said it is monitoring two low-pressure areas (LPAs), including one inside the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) that may bring moderate to heavy rains over large parts of Mindanao...
The country appears to be facing a jarring climate contradiction as two major government agencies simultaneously activate emergency measures: one bracing for a looming severe drought while the other mobilizes for imminent and heavy flooding. According to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and...
The low-pressure area (LPA) being monitored inside the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) remains unlikely to redevelop into a tropical cyclone and continues to have no direct effect on any part of the country, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration...
More Filipino families experienced involuntary hunger in the first quarter of 2026, reaching its highest level in a year, based on a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey released on Tuesday, May 12. In a survey conducted from March 24 to 31, SWS found that 23.2 percent of families experienced...
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said the country may see one to two tropical cyclones either forming or entering the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) this May. PAGASA weather specialist Leanne Loreto said the next tropical cyclones entering or...
OF TREES AND FOREST I have seen the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) Social Weather Survey of March 24-31, 2026 which found that 50 percent of adult Filipinos felt that their lives got worse, 26 percent said it was the same, and 23 percent saying it got better, compared to twelve months ago....
The country will remain free of tropical cyclones this week, but hot and humid conditions with isolated afternoon or evening thunderstorms are expected, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said on Sunday, April 19. PAGASA weather specialist Veronica...
Filipinos can expect partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms across Metro Manila and the rest of the country on Easter Sunday, April 5, according to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA). In its 5 a.m. bulletin,...
Generally fair to partly cloudy weather will prevail across most parts of the country on Black Saturday, April 4, with no tropical cyclone expected in the next two to three days, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said. According to the...
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) on Good Friday, April 3, warned of hot and humid weather conditions across most parts of the country as easterlies continue to dominate the prevailing weather system. In its weather forecast, PAGASA said the...
Warm and humid conditions will continue to prevail across most of the country in the next few days, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said on Thursday, April 2. PAGASA weather specialist Loriedin de la Cruz-Galicia said the easterlies—or...
