TABACO CITY, Albay – Sen. Bong Go and Albay Rep. Joey Salceda have renewed their call for the creation of a Department of Disaster Resilience (DDR) as Mayon Volcano continues to exhibit unrest. Go, during a visit to evacuation centers here and the town of Malilipot, this province, on Thursday,...
TABACO CITY, Albay – The Department of Agriculture (DA)-Bicol and Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)-Bicol organized a Kadiwa ng Pangulo on Thursday, June 22, for Mayon Volcano evacuees from this city staying at the San Antonio Elementary School to enable them to buy cheaper basic commodities...
The effusive eruption of Mayon Volcano resulted in more rockfalls and lava dome collapses between Thursday, June 22, and Friday, June 23, data from the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) showed. Phivolcs defines effusive or “quiet” eruption as the outpouring of lava...
(Unsplash) Close to 2,000 individuals from an evacuation site in Albay will soon benefit from a water supply system project of Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co. Nearing completion according to Co's office is the level 1 water supply system in San Andres Elementary School, which presently serves...
Mayon Volcano continued to show signs of heightened activity between Wednesday, June 21, and Thursday, June 22, recording a “very slow” lava effusion, 299 rockfall events, and eight dome-collapse pyroclastic density currents (PDCs), based on the monitoring of the Philippine Institute of...
Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) Officer-in-Charge (OIC) Teresito Bacolcol is not discounting the possibility that lava flows caused by the ongoing “effusive eruption” of Mayon Volcano may breach the six-kilometer permanent danger zone. “So far 2.5 kilometers from...
SANTO DOMINGO, Albay – A total of 5,473 individuals or 1,688 families evacuated here due to restive Mayon Volcano returned home on Wednesday, June 21. Mayor Jun Aguas here said that evacuees decamped after Albay Gov. Grex Lagman issued an order that those living outside the six-kilometer Permanent...
Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda (left) and President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (Facebook) Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda has thanked President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. for committing to help keep the evacuees' collective dignity intact through cleanliness. This, after Marcos...
Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda (Rep. Salceda's office) Danger persists for the sector in Albay that's affected by Mayon Volcano's continued restiveness. Thus, said Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda, a former three-term provincial governor that has seen many Mayon-triggered evacuations...
Lava flow from Mayon Volcano’s effusive eruption has reached a “maximum length” of up to 2.5 kilometers from the summit crater, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said on Tuesday, June 20. Phivolcs said a “very slow effusion of lava from the summit crater of...
More than P1.3 billion worth of relief assistance has already been prepositioned by the national government to address the needs of residents affected by the restiveness of Mayon Volcano for 90 days, the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) disclosed Monday, June 19. *(File photo) * OCD Administrator...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – Hundreds of families affected by the ongoing Mayon Volcano unrest in the province of Albay are set to receive P5,000 cash assistance from the special fund of House Speaker Martin Romualdez. Albay Rep. Joey Salceda said on Monday, June 19, that families evacuated in Legazpi...
