The Department of Health in Region 4-A (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, and Quezon area) has declared “code white alert” from September 21 to 24 due to Taal Volcano's persistent sulfur dioxide emissions. Code white alert status refers to the readiness of the hospital workforce to respond...
BATANGAS CITY – Classes in Cavite, Batangas, and Laguna were suspended on Friday, September 22, due to volcanic smog or vog from Taal Volcano. Twenty-four areas in Cavite cancelled classes on all levels in public and private schools – Magallanes, Kawit, Ternate, Silang, Alfonso,...
IP camera images of Taal Volcano taken at 8 a.m. (left), 12:30 p.m. (middle), and 5:30 p.m. (right) from the Cuenca Observation Station (VTCU), with initially thin volcanic smog or vog thickening throughout Thursday afternoon, Sept. 21, 2023. (Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology)...
Taal Volcano (File photo / MANILA BULLETIN) The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) advised the public to stay at home and avoid making direct contact outside after a volcanic smog or vog was detected at Taal Volcano in Batangas on Friday, Sept. 22. The vog has been observed over Taal Lake Sept. 21 and...
The Taguig City government has decided to suspend afternoon classes on Sept. 22 due to the volcanic smog from Taal Volcano. “Due to the possible health hazards brought by the volcanic smog from Taal Volcano which has already spread over Metro Manila, afternoon classes in all levels (from...
Residents in the province of Cavite wake up to a hazy morning due to volcanic smog caused by Taal Volcano on Friday, Sept. 22, 2023. Classes in all levels, public and private, in several town of the province and nearby provinces of Batangas and Laguna as well as cities in Metro Manila were...
IP camera images of Taal Volcano taken at 8 a.m. (left), 12:30 p.m. (middle), and 5:30 p.m. (right) from the Cuenca Observation Station (VTCU), with initially thin volcanic smog or vog thickening throughout Thursday afternoon, Sept. 21, 2023. (Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology) The...
Muntinlupa Mayor Ruffy Biazon suspended classes on Sept. 22 in all levels in public and private schools in the city due to volcanic smog from Taal Volcano. Biazon made the announcement on Sept. 21 as Muntinlupa’s air quality recorded an unhealthy level. Taal volcano on Sept. 14...
BATANGAS CITY – The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) has called on school authorities in affected Batangas town to hold online classes to keep students safely at home amid Taal Volcano’s renewed spewing of volcanic smog or “vog.” In an interview on Thursday,...
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) on Thursday, Sept. 21 said that volcanic smog or vog has been observed by the Taal Volcano Network (TVN) over the Taal Lake since 12:30 p.m. Courtesy of Phivolcs Phivolcs said that an upwelling persists at the Taal Main Crater Lake...
Taal Volcano is covered by volcanic smog, as seen from Talisay, Batangas on June 7, 2023 (Juan Carlo de Vela / Manila Bulletin) The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) on Friday, Sept. 15 issued a warning to residents near Taal Volcano that a volcanic smog, or "vog," had...
In the '80s, husband and wife Renato and Lolita Miclat started a manufacturing business in San Fernando producing wooden Roman shades, then supplying them to American offices and residences in Clark, Pampanga, and Subic in Zambales. On Feb. 10, 2006, the couple’s fourth daughter Joy...
