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http://www.pagasa.dost.gov.ph/

· 01 January 1865 OBSERVATORIO DEL ATENEO MUNICIPALPrior to this date, meteorological observations were being made by the Jesuit Fathers. Tne systematic recording of meteorological observations started on this date.
· 28 April 1884 OBSERVATORlO METEOROLOGICO DE MANILAA Spanish royal decree recognized the observatory as an official institution of the government.
· 22 May 1901 WEATHER BUREAUAct No. 131 of the Philippine Commission established the Weather Bureau.
· 08 December 1972 PAGASAPresidential Decree No. 78 reorganized the Weather Bureau into the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) and transferred it from the Department of Commerce and Industry to the Department of National Defense.
· 02 June 1977 PAGASAPresidential Decree No. 1149 amended PD No. 78. The amendments include the establishment of two additional major units. The Typhoon Moderation Research and Development Office (TMRDO) and the National Flood Forecasting Office (NFF0).
· 17 September 1984 PAGASAExecutive Order No. 984 transferred the PAGASA from the Ministry of National Defense to the National Science and Technology Authority (NSTA) and also provided from certain changes in its structure.
· 30 January 1987 PAGASA Executive Order No. 128 mandated the reorganization of the NSTA now the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) under which the PAGASA belongs.
· 01 January 1988 PAGASAPursuant to Executive Order No. 128, the PAGASA was reorganized consisting of (5) major branches and three (3) support units.

http://www.phil-lamp.org

In November 1997, the Lands Management Bureau (LMB) submitted a concept proposal to DENR which was subsequently endorsed to the World Bank through the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA). The LMB sought to improve its efficiency through the fasttracking of the issuance of patents, mass conduct of cadastral surveys and improvement of the records.
In March 1998, the World Bank sent a fact-finding mission to further investigate the country’s land administration and management problems and constraints.
A joint WB-Government of the Philippines (GOP) mission conducted field visits and dialogues/meetings with stakeholders. As a result, they prepared an Informal Policy Note [pdf file, 735kb] discussing the issues in the land sector and a framework plan to resolve these issues.
The Government responded through DENR by convening the major agencies responsible for land administration. Through these meetings, the GOP came up with long-term and short-term plans.
Since the problems are so complex and a consensus could not be reached on how to best address them, it was thought prudent to start with a small project, a World Bank Learning and Innovation Loan (LIL) was sought with a parallel AusAID TA.
In July 1999, Executive Order No. 129 creating an Inter-Agency Coordinating Committee (IACC) tasked to prepare and coordinate the implementation of a Land Administration and Management Program (LAMP).
The Project Design Preparation was financed by Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) and, through a participatory process came up with a Project Preparation Report (PPR) [pdf file, 180kb]. The PPR was used as the basis for NEDA Board approval.
NEDA approved the Policy Statement for the Program and the 2 ½ to 3 year LIL Project last December 1999.
In March 2000, World Bank appraised the Project.
In August 2000, Loan Negotiation with the Bank was held.
In October 2000, the Loan Agreement was signed and Project became effective on January 09, 2001.
To counter a delay in the processing and approval of the Main Technical Assistance Program, the AusAID financed a bridging TA to the Project from October 2000-October 2001.
Project start-up and implementation was slowed down in the first half of year 2001 due to the change in government and appointment of DENR management.
In October, 2001, a Memorandum of Subsidiary Agreement (MSA) between the Australian government and the Republic of the Philippines thru the DENR was signed. Thus, the Main Technical Assistance Team was mobilized.
With the Main TA in place, project activities scaled-up and implementation speeded up.
In March 2002, Executive Order No. 82 was issued creating a Task Force for the Expeditious Implementation of the LAM Program. Chaired by the Senior Consultant on Poverty Alleviation and Good Governance with the Secretaries of Environment and Natural Resources, Justice, ODA Absorption and NEDA Director General and two (2) private sector representatives as members. This repealed E.O. 129 and abolished IACC.

http://bas.gov.ph

The emergence of the Bureau of Agricultural Statistics’ (BAS) was spurred by government efforts to improve the agricultural data base in the country. In the past, the agricultural data system suffered from significant gaps, some duplications and occasional issues on the relevance of some data series to users. The major reasons were: (1) the agency responsible for agricultural statistics, the then Bureau of Agricultural Economics (BAEcon), was originally set up as a user rather than a producer of statistics, (2) the development of agriculture statistics received very low priority in the sharing of limited resources allotted to the statistical system, and (3) the widespread duplication of statistical activities among government agencies resulting in conflicting figures and confusion among data users.
To address this situation, the BAS was established as one of the seven (7) bureaus of the Department of Agriculture under Executive Order No. 116 issued on January 30, 1987, to take charge of the production of statistics on agriculture, fishery and related fields. The BAS has assumed most of the functions of its predecessor, the BAEcon. In year 2000, the BAS structural organization was strengthened and reoriented pursuant to the relevant provisions of DA Administrative Order No. 6 series of 1998 in compliance with the provisions of the Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Act or RA8435 of 1997. This law designates BAS as the central information source and server of the National Information Network (NIN) of the DA.