The provincial disaster risk reduction and management office (PDRRMO) of Batangas called on the national government on Sunday, July 4, to provide additional supply of masks, medicines, family tents for isolation, and other medical equipment as some evacuees -- particularly children -- in packed...
Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Alfonso Cusi has told the Task Force on Energy Resiliency (TFER) to prepare for the "worst-case scenario" in connection with the Taal Volcano situation, which has emerged alongside the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. DOE Secretary Alfonso Cusi (Photo...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) reported Saturday, July 3, that more than 860 families or almost 3,300 individuals have been displaced by Taal Volcano’s magmatic unrest. Residents in Laurel, Batangas take temporary shelter at Barangay Ticub Elementary School on July 1,...
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...
Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo T. Eleazar, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), ordered on Saturday, July 3, police commanders in Batangas to set up Police Assistance Desks in the evacuation centers for Taal Volcano evacuees to ensure security and health safety amid the threat of the coronavirus...
Amid the continued unrest of Taal Volcano in Batangas, the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Disaster Response Operations Monitoring and Information Center (DROMIC) has once again reminded the public about the importance of readying an emergency go bag. (DSWD-DROMIC Facebook...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has initially provided 1,000 modular and family tents, and is set to dispatch 13,500 family food packs to families in Batangas and Cavite affected by Taal Volcano’s unrest. Residents in Laurel, Batangas take temporary shelter at Barangay...
The threat posed by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has become an additional burden to thousands of people in Batangas who fled their homes following the phreatomagmatic (magma and steam-driven) eruption of Taal Volcano. Residents of Laurel, Batangas seek temporary shelter at Ticub...
The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) urged the public on Friday night, July 2, to be vigilant against a major eruption of Taal Volcano, which it said was "possible" in the coming days. NDRRMC Executive Director Ricardo Jalad presents updates on the volcanic...
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...
Senator Joel Villanueva said Friday, July 2, urged the government to prepare the necessary funds and contingency measures to avert any possible effects of the eruption of Taal Volcano to the delivery of COVID-19 vaccines to the Philippines and the efforts to reopen the economy. Senator Joel...
Given heightened threats posed by the phreatomagmatic eruption of the Taal volcano, the National Electrification Administration (NEA) has instructed the electric cooperatives (ECs), especially those in Region IV-A, to step up on their emergency preparedness and contingency measures, in case the...
