MANILA — State weather bureau PAGASA said it welcomes constructive criticisms and suggestions to further improve its services and information dissemination.

This, after Senator Imee Marcos expressed dismay over the agency's alleged lack of early warnings that led to Severe Tropical Storm Kristine's high death toll.

"If PAGASA had properly alerted the LGUs about the intensity of the rainfall, people could have evacuated earlier, and these lives might have been saved. We have sufficient funds, so why do warnings seem to fall short every time there’s a typhoon? What happened?" Marcos said in a statement on Sunday.

PAGASA deputy administrator for research and development Dr. Marcelino Villafuerte said they are currently addressing the issue.

"Comments like those...nagpapasalamat kami. We consider them as constructive criticism and we are doing our best to further enhance our services and provide better information to the public," he said in a press conference on Monday.

Villfuerte enumerated some products that PAGASA introduced beforehand to warn the public ahead of incoming severe weather events.

"Una 'yung ating tropical cyclone threat potential forecast. As early as two weeks before pa mangyari yung event, we have already informed the public there's a potential tropical cyclone that could enter or develop within the Philippine area of responsibility," he explained.

The second product is the weather advisory, which provides forecast on areas that may receive significant amount of rainfall in the next three days from different weather systems.

"We welcome any other suggestions pertaining sa ating mga services. So hopefully, we can provide better information particularly dito sa mga communities that are going to be affected [by storm Marce]," Villafuerte added.

Last week, Senator Francis Tolentino called for the resignation of PAGASA administrator Nathaniel Servando for the agency's alleged failure to provide rainfall estimates during the passage of Kristine.