The Amihan (northeast monsoon), bringing fresh air from the plateaus of the snowy region of Asia and the Himalaya, usually turns to Habagat (southwest monsoon), coming over the southwestern Pacific, in April or May.
See also our Climate page.
El Niño is the unusual warming of ocean temperatures in the Equatorial Pacific and is characterized by below normal rainfall.
The weather bureau said it is expecting a long dry summer this year due to the prevailing El Niño. It also warned of the possibility of temperatures rising and staying at 36 degrees Celsius over several days during the summer season.
An official of the Department of Agriculture said that at least 23 provinces would be hard hit by El Niño in the coming months. The total agricultural production losses would be from P8 billion to P9 billion in a mild (El Niño), while damage in a severe dry spell could reach up to P20 billion
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( 3.3 / 26 )South Phoenix Airways will soon launch domestic flights between Iba, Zambales and Metro Manila
The airline is looking at a minimum of three daily flights, three times a week. The route will shorten travel between Metro Manila and Iba to only 20 minutes.
South Phoenix’s Scheduled Commuter Flight Operations utilize YS-11 sixty (60) seater Turbo-prop aircrafts based in Zamboanga city and caters to the country’s backdoor traffic (traders and Overseas Filiipino Workers) linking Southern Philippines to the BIMP-EAGA (Brunei-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines East Asean Growth Area) region.
The network today is composed of:
VISAYAS
Cebu, Bacolod, Kalibo, Dumaguete, Tagbilaran,
MINDANAO
Butuan, Bislig, Camiguin, Cotabato, Dipolog, Pagadian, Iligan, Jolo, Tawi-tawi
INTERNATIONAL NETWORK
Labuan, Brunei, Sandakan and Sabah, Malaysia
See here for more information about South Phoenix Airways
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( 2.7 / 23 )A 3.8 magnitude earthquake shook Baguio City early this morning.
The weak tremor happened around 5:20 a.m., with the center traced in San Manuel, Pangasinan, northeast of Dagupan City.
The quake which was tectonic in origin was also felt in Clark in Pampanga.
Phivolcs recorded no aftershocks or significant damaged caused by the quake.
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( 2.8 / 36 )3 tectonic earthquakes have been reported on January 31.
The first quake with a magnitude of 5.5 happened at midnight southeast of General Santos. The epicentre laid only 4km deep.
The second one with a magnitude of 3.7 shook one hour later in San Carlos (Pangasinan). Its epicentre was in depth of 141km.
And the third one happened at 7:25 in the morning again southeast of General Santos. It had a depth of 198km and a magnitude of 4.8.
Only the las earthquake could be felt in and around General Santos.
None of the quakes caused any damage.
The Philippines is prone to earthquake occurrences as well as volcanic eruptions and tsunamis because of its geographic location within the Pacific Ring of Fire.
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( 2.8 / 16 )The Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission has imposed a two-year ban on tuna fishing on countries in the western and central Pacific region, including the Philippines, reportedly due to overfishing.
On the one hand this ban should allow the tuna to partially recover from overfishing.
On the other hand, there will be over 100'000 fishermen without work in southern Mindanao. This ban may push General Santos City into deep social problems. General Santos City is the Philippines tuna capital.
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( 2.7 / 19 )A magnitude 6.1 quake shook Bicol this morning at 3:11 am. No damages were reported.
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( 3.2 / 17 )As there is no recent ferry accident reported, we would like to show you, what we saw on December 27, 2009.
Sorry, the ferry is full! Oh no, we have a ticket and have to go now!
Pinoys do not know the word IMPOSSIBLE.
And a last lift!
Done! Who said, that the ferry was full?
PS: We took another ferry...
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( 2.9 / 9 )The Philippines Bureau of Immigration has introduced a new disembarkation card for international passengers.
The new card has was introduced on January 1st, 2010 and is called A/D card (arrival/departure card).
It seems, that this new card is machine-readable.
It also seems that not all airlines have yet received the new cards. Passengers of these airlines get the new card at NAIA, the International Airport of Manila.
As soon as we can get one of these new cards, we will publish a picture.
Meanwhile we have updated our visa page and publish the new visa extension fees.
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( 2.8 / 20 )PHIVOLCS today lowered Mayon's Alert from Alert Level 3 to Alert Level 2.
Main reasons are:
The lack of remarkable seismic events, such as harmonic tremors, suggests no active transport of magma to shallow levels.
The Mayon volcano returns to a deflated state, suggesting that no pressure build-up has taken place and reflect a general static condition of residual magma in the volcanic pipe and beneath the crater.
The decrease in concentration of SO2 gas emission indicates that no active magma intrusion is occurring beneath the volcanic edifice.
No ash ejections were observed since 29 December 2009. Steam emission was most of the time weak to moderate and white in color indicating considerable decrease in energy. Crater glow remained visible to the naked eye at night possibly due to the still-hot residual magma beneath the crater.
We therefore terminate our updates of Mayon volcano until new activity is reported.
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( 3.1 / 14 )We did not post the latest bulletins of PHIVOLCS because Mount Mayon did calm down.
In their bulletins 24 to 29, PHIVOLCS found a steadily decrease of activity. There are still some tremors (4 to 6 in 24 hours) and one or two steam clouds per day.
The inhabitants are allowed to go back to their houses but Alert Level 3 is still maintained.
Falling lava rocks are still encountered and last night a glow of the lava dome in the crater could be seen.
If Mount Mayon calms down, the next active period would occur in June 2011. During the last decades this volcano showed increased activity in a 18 months rhythm.
But do as I do, believe only in the statistics you forged yourselves.
We track all the volcanoes in the Philippines. For minor updates (activity without immediate danger) please see here: Philippines Volcanoes
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