Bulusan Volcano (Photo from Pixabay) The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) on Wednesday, Oct. 25 raised the alert status of Bulusan Volcano from Level 0 (normal) to Level 1 (low-level unrest). In raising the alert level, Phivolcs noted that “Bulusan Volcano entered a...
CALAMBA CITY, Laguna – The Department of Health-Center for Health Development (DOH-CHD)-Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, and Quezon) placed hospitals and health facilities in the region on “code white alert” on Friday, October 20, from October 28 to November 5 for the barangay and...
President Marcos has called on Filipinos in Gaza to leave the area amid the ongoing war between Israel and the militant group Hamas. File photos Marcos said this after the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) raised the Crisis Alert Level for Gaza to Level 4 on Sunday, Oct. 15. In a post on his X...
Filipinos in war-torn Gaza are now required to evacuate after the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) raised the crisis status to Alert Level 4 amid the attacks between Israel and the militant group Hamas. DFA Undersecretary Eduardo de Vega Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Eduardo de Vega made this...
The Philippine government has imposed Alert Level 3 status in Gaza or a voluntary repatriation for Filipinos in the Palestinian territory. However, hurdles face Philippine officials​ from taking out Filipinos there as Gaza​'s borders, both with Israel and Egypt, have been sealed...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (Screenshot from YouTube) Philippine Ambassador to Amman, Jordan Wilfredo Santos told the House Committee on Overseas Workers Affairs that he has recommended to Malacañang the escalation of alert level in the Gaza Strip...
The Mayon Volcano Network has monitored a slight increase in Mayon Volcano’s earthquakes in the past 24 hours, said the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) on Thursday, Oct. 5. Photo from Pixabay In its 8 a.m. bulletin, Phivolcs said Mayon’s volcanic earthquakes...
Kanlaon Volcano in Negros (MANILA BULLETIN / FILE PHOTO) The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) on Wednesday, Sept. 6 advised the public and the concerned local government units of Negros Island to be on alert for a possible phreatic eruption after detecting an increase...
Mayon Volcano ejects massive pyroclastic density currents (PDC) toward the Basud Gully in Sto. Domingo town in Albay province around 5:30 p.m. on July 10, 2023. (Niño Luces/Manila Bulletin) The detection of tremor events accompanied by rumbling sounds during the previous 24-hour monitoring of the...
The “slow” lava effusion from Mayon Volcano continues, two months after its alert status was raised due “heightened magmatic unrest,” the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said on Sunday, Aug. 6. Mayon Volcano’s status was upgraded twice in June, first to level...
More low-frequency volcanic quakes (LFVQs) and rockfall events have been detected during the 24-hour monitoring of the Mayon Volcano in Albay, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said on Friday, Aug. 4. Between Aug. 3 and Aug. 4, the Mayon Volcano Network recorded 272...
The “increased” effusion of lava from Mayon Volcano has eased over the past 24 hours and is returning to a slow rate, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said on Wednesday, Aug. 2. On July 31, Phivolcs observed an intermittent “ashing” along with increases in...
