In less than 24 hours, nearly 1,000 residents in Batangas have left their homes to seek safer shelters amid the continued unrest of Taal Volcano, a disaster management official disclosed Saturday, July 3. Residents in Laurel, Batangas take temporary shelter at Barangay Ticub Elementary School on...
Department of Social Welfare and Development Secretary Rolando Joselito D. Bautista has personally visited some evacuation centers in the municipalties of Laurel and Agoncillo in Batangas province to personally look into situation of the evacuee-families. DSWD Secretary Rolando Joselito D. Bautista...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development assured Friday, July 2, that it has enough resources to provide assistance to the local government units (LGUs) affected by Taal Volcano’s unrest. DSWD Secretary Secretary Rolando Joselito D. Bautista assures Friday, July 2, the provincial...
July is indeed a lucky month for a lone bettor from Batangas after winning the P84-million Superlotto 6/49 jackpot prize. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) In an advisory, the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) on Friday, July 2, announced that a winning ticket bought in Nasugbu, Batangas...
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) has recommended the evacuation in some areas in Batangas after Taal Volcano has been placed under Alert Level 3 on Thursday, July 1. Phreatomagmatic eruption of Taal Volcano that took place at 3:16 p.m. on July 1, 2021. (Photo from...
Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Art Tugade, together with Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) General Manager Jay Santiago, is set to inaugurate the rehabilitated and upgraded Port of Talaga in Mabini, Batangas on Wednesday, June 30. PPA General Manager Jay Santiago (File photo/...
Six local government unit (LGUs) in Batangas have been declared free of African Swine Fever (ASF)--the first "local declaration" in the country since its outbreak last year, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said. (Photo courtesy of the Department of Agriculture) “This is the first local...
An unplanned weekend excursion to Anilao, Batangas It was a quick trip. Two days, one night. It was also quickly organized. A message from a friend inviting me to spend the weekend at the beach with three other friends, I said yes without hesitation. Perhaps I needed the vacation. Maybe I needed a...
Wala Lang Neither Wall Street nor PSE can beat the Manila art auction record. I watched on Facebook live the other week’s Leon Gallery auction and record after record toppled. At prices in the millions (P7.5 million per basket of Anita Magsaysay-Ho’s painting, Women with Baskets, Fish and...
Colliers International Philippines recently said that there’s an increasing demand for smart buildings and homes. As expected, home seekers continue to look for places conducive to the WFH scheme, online learning, as well as e-commerce. A year after the lockdown started, people have adjusted to...
Good news to all Laguna and Batangas residents who are often displaced by typhoons and other extreme weather conditions. The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) has provided P50 million each to the local government units of San Pablo City in Laguna and the town of Lobo in Batangas...
PBA commissioner Willie Marcial is not ruling out the possibility that Batangas City may end up as a venue for the 46th season. Marcial said in a TV interview that the likelihood of having games in his hometown will depend on the COVID-19 situation and the success of the upcoming PBA practices in...
