Four dome collapse pyroclastic density currents (PDCs) from the lava dome of Mayon Volcano were recorded by the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) on Friday, June 30, indicating an increase in the activity of the restive volcano in Albay. In a bulletin issued at 8 p.m.,...
Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman (Facebook) An Albay congressman has seemingly taken the side of Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Christina Frasco amid the tit-for-tat with Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda on the lousy representation of Mayon Volcano in the agency's renewed national...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – The Energy Development Corp. (EDC) has donated thousands of food packs and drinking water to residents affected by the Mayon Volcano unrest in different evacuation centers in Camalig, this province. EDC employees distribute food packs and gallons of water to evacuees at the...
GUINOBATAN, Albay – One-hundred sixty-nine couples, 40 of them evacuees, were married in a mass wedding organized by the local government unit amid a restive Mayon Volcano on Wednesday afternoon, June 28. COUPLES kiss during the mass wedding organized by the local government unit of Guinobatan,...
Mayon Volcano (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda has boldy claimed that Philippine tourism is "incomplete" without the province's iconic Mayon Volcano. Salceda--apparently still smarting from Mayon’s exclusion from the Department of Tourism's (DOT) new...
Department of Social Work and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian on Friday, June 30 ordered the Disaster Response Management Group (DRMG) to increase the supply of family food packs (FFPs) in DSWD warehouses in Bicol for distribution to the Mayon-affected families in the region. “We have...
The “very slow” lava flow and sporadic lava dome collapse in Mayon Volcano have continued to result in rockfall occurrences and pyroclastic density currents (PDCs) in the past 24 hours, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said in its bulletin on Friday, June 30....
Aboitiz Power Corp. (AboitizPower), through its social development arm, Aboitiz Foundation Inc. (Aboitiz Foundation), responded to calls by the provincial government of Albay to support families affected by the Mayon Volcano unrest. AGO Medical and Educational Center (AMEC) representative Nilo...
Lava continues to cascade down the slopes of the erupting Mayon Volcano, based on the latest monitoring of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). Phivolcs said the “very slow” lava effusion from the crater of Mayon Volcano has persisted between Wednesday, June 28,...
Cebu 5th district Rep. Vincent Franco "Duke" Frasco (left), and Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda (Facebook) The Department of Tourism's (DOT) new-fangled "Love the Philippines" campaign is not just about one promotional video. House Deputy Speaker Cebu 5th district Rep. Vincent Franco "Duke"...
Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda (Facebook) Mayon Volcano in Albay has been very prominent in the headlines during the past few weeks because of its restive state. Congressman Joey Salceda of the province's second district just wished that Mayon was as prominent in the Department of Tourism's...
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) recorded 372 rockfall occurrences in Mayon Volcano between 5 a.m., Tuesday, June 27, and 5 a.m. Wednesday, June 28. The “very slow” effusion of lava from Mayon Volcano occasionally causes the lava front to collapse, resulting in...
