Philippine Dreamscape

23/10/2024

23/10/2024

Cordillera Administrative Region is still at signal no. 2 as of 11 AM.

22/10/2024

BENGUET and the rest of the provinces in CAR are now under tropical cyclone signal no. 1.

TROPICAL CYCLONE BULLETIN NR. 7
Tropical Storm (TRAMI)
Issued at 5:00 PM, 22 October 2024
Valid for broadcast until the next bulletin at 11:00 PM today.

“KRISTINE” SLIGHTLY INTENSIFIES OVER THE PHILIPPINE SEA EAST OF BICOL REGION.

TCWS No. 2
• Wind threat: Gale-force winds
• Warning lead time: 24 hours
• Range of wind speeds: 62 to 88 km/h (Beaufort 8 to 9)
• Potential impacts of winds: Minor to moderate threat to life and property

LUZON:
Catanduanes, the eastern portion of Camarines Norte (Basud, Daet, Talisay, Vinzons, Paracale, Mercedes), the eastern portion of Camarines Sur (Caramoan, Presentacion, Garchitorena, Tinambac, Siruma, Lagonoy, Goa, San Jose, Saglay, Tigaon), the eastern portion of Albay (Rapu-Rapu, Bacacay, City of Tabaco, Malilipot, Malinao, Tiwi) and the eastern portion of Sorsogon (Barcelona, Gubat, Prieto Diaz)

VISAYAS:
The northeastern portion of Northern Samar (Palapag, Mapanas, Gamay, Laoang, Catubig, Lapinig, Pambujan, San Roque) and the northern portion of Eastern Samar (Jipapad, San Policarpo, Arteche)

TCWS No. 1
• Wind threat: Strong winds
• Warning lead time: 36 hours
• Range of wind speeds: 39 to 61 km/h (Beaufort 6 to 7)
• Potential impacts of winds: Minimal to minor threat to life and property

LUZON:
Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, La Union, Pangasinan, Apayao, Kalinga, Abra, Mountain Province, Ifugao, Benguet, Cagayan including Babuyan Islands, Isabela, Quirino, Nueva Vizcaya, Aurora, Nueva Ecija, Tarlac, Zambales, Bataan, Pampanga, Bulacan, Metro Manila, Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, Quezon including Pollilo Islands, Occidental Mindoro including Lubang Islands, Oriental Mindoro, Masbate including Ticao and Burias Islands, Marinduque, Romblon, the rest of Camarines Norte, the rest of Camarines Sur, the rest of Albay, and the rest of Sorsogon

VISAYAS:
The rest of Eastern Samar, the rest of Northern Samar, Samar, Leyte, Biliran, and Southern Leyte

MINDANAO:
Dinagat Islands and Surigao del Norte including Siargao - Bucas Grande Group

21/10/2024

is getting closer. Be on alert and monitor updates regularly.

Tropical Cyclone Update for Tropical Depression as of 8:00 AM today.

All are advised to monitor updates from DOST-PAGASA.

06/10/2024

The mountains are calling and my little driver is itching to ride out.

Turista sa sariling bayan.

01/10/2024

Super Typhoon "Julian"
Issued at 11:00 pm, 01 October 2024

Signal no. 1 is still in effect in the following areas: Batanes, Babuyan Islands, mainland Cagayan, Apayao, Kalinga, Abra, Mountain Province, Ilocos Norte, and Ilocos Sur

JULIAN is forecast to recurve northeastward tomorrow (2 October) morning, re-enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) tomorrow afternoon or evening, and make landfall over the southwestern coast of Taiwan tomorrow evening or on Thursday (3 October) early morning. After crossing the mountainous terrain of Taiwan, JULIAN will emerge over the sea east of Taiwan on Thursday morning or afternoon, continue moving northeastward until Friday (4 October) morning before turning northwestward over the East China Sea for the remainder of the forecast period. On the track forecast, JULIAN may re-exit the PAR region on Thursday evening or Friday morning.
At present, there is no dominant weather system influencing the general motion of JULIAN. As such, considerable shifts in the track forecast of succeeding bulletins are not ruled out.

JULIAN is entering a period of gradual weakening, which is expected to continue for the rest of the forecast period. The weakening will be exacerbated by the projected landfall over the mountainous terrain of Taiwan. JULIAN may be downgraded to typhoon category within the next 12 hours and to severe tropical storm category on Friday.

24/09/2024

WEATHER FORECAST
Issued At: 5:00 AM, 24 September 2024

Localized Thunderstorms affecting Northern Luzon.

The Cordillera Administrative Region will experience partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms caused by Localized Thunderstorms. Possible flash floods or landslides during severe thunderstorms may occur.

Light to moderate winds blowing from East will prevail over the region.



(Source: DOST-PAGASA)

20/09/2024

Winner of today's Search for the Best Tourism Village. Damag, Jacmal & Bunhian Aguinaldo, Ifugao. Story later.

16/07/2024

Sunset 34 years after the dreadful earthquake that devastated the landscape of Baguio. Although the city has recovered, it faces another dreaded misfortune, overdevelopment. Let us hope we can still enjoy sunsets such as this for a long time and pray we never encounter another disastrous earthquake ever again. Because if it happens again, there will be more casualties with all the highrise buildings our government allowed to be created even though the National Building Code of the Philippines (Presidential Decree No. 1096) sets a 5-story ceiling. We are behaving now as if the 1990 disaster ever happened. Will we ever learn?

03/03/2024

Rain of fire. closing fireworks display. Unfortunately, I am so close that I couldn't capture its entirety. Perhaps next time I should shoot in Dominican Hill once again.

29/01/2024

The San Juanico Bridge taken from Samar side.

07/01/2024

The Ripple

Maligcong, Bontoc, Mountain Province. Considered as one of the oldest and most beautiful rice terraces in the Cordillera.

20/09/2023

This is my travelogue during my visit to Cebu.

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20/09/2023

Sharing my article during our trip to Bohol.

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31/08/2023

A real farmville, Mt. Data National Park.

31/08/2023

Mount Pulag on my mind.