Pagasa’s budget up by 500%

THE weather bureau can purchase state-of-the-art equipment and hire more personnel, now that its budget for 2015 has been dramatically increased, Malacañang said on Saturday.

From P396.5 million last year, the budget this year for the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) is P3.46 billion, up by 525 percent, according to Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte.