Diwata is one of two micro-satellites the Philippines hopes to launch in 2016 and 2017. It is expected to improve weather forecasting, disaster management, forest protection and other public services.

Diwata-1 ushered in an age of Earth satellite observation in the Philippines, contributing to science-based approaches to planning, conservation, risk management, and mapping.

MOUNT DIWATA, PHILIPPINES (Reuters) - Erich Mulato walked out of a dingy workshop in this mountain village and into a gold shop next door, clutching a handful of shiny warm nuggets newly refined ...

Philippine microsatellite Diwata-1 can help keep an eye on the rehabilitation of Manila Bay, the Department of Science and... Science and Environment SIGN-UP or sign in with ...

The Philippines’ first microsatellite, the Diwata-1, was deployed into space on Wednesday night to start its mission as the country’s own “eye in the ...

MOUNT DIWATA (Philippines): Fortune favours the brave in this gold rush region of the southern Philippines, but the poison that goes with the new wealth spares no one.

MOUNT DIWATA, Philippines, Dec 26 (Reuters) - Maoist rebels in the Philippines are demanding that miners compensate communities and protect the environment and are threatening to attack and stop ...

MOUNT DIWATA, PHILIPPINES (Reuters) - Erich Mulato walked out of a dingy workshop in this mountain village and into a gold shop next door, clutching a handful of shiny warm nuggets newly refined ...