Tropical Depression "Romina" is no longer directly affecting Kalayaan Islands but there is still a chance for its intensification into a tropical storm within the next 12 hours, the state weather bureau said on Monday.

Signal No. 1 has been raised over Kalayaan Island even before the tropical depression that was forecast early Sunday threatens to enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR), the state-run weather agency said on Sunday.

Signal No. 1 remains raised over the Kalayaan Islands as Tropical Depression Romina is expected to intensify into a tropical storm within the next 12 hours.

The state weather bureau, PAGASA, raised Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal No. 1 over the Kalayaan Islands on Sunday, December 22, as Tropical Depression Romina continues to move north northeastward toward the Southern Kalayaan Islands.

State weather PAGASA lifted the wind signal no.1 it earlier hoisted over the Kalayaan Islands in southern Palawan as tropical depression ‘Romina’ moved

Tropical Depression Romina was spotted over the coastal waters of Gomez Reef, Kalayaan, Palawan as of the 8 p.m. bulletin Sunday of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration.

Tropical Depression Romina is moving northwestward slowly away on Monday morning and is no longer affecting Kalayaan Islands in Palawan, PAGASA said in its weather forecast. At 4 a.m., Romina's center was estimated to be located outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) at 165 km west of Pag-asa Island,

Tropical depression ‘Romina’ continues to move towards the southern Kalayaan Islands, which remains under tropical cyclone wind signal no. 1, including