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...
Following the unrest of Taal Volcano, the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) immediately responded to the affected by sending rescue vehicles and deploying a food truck to assist those who are in need. Philippine Red Cross sends rescue vehicles and volunteers as Taal Volcano erupts anew (Photo from PH Red...
A giant white plume rising from Taal Volcano was observed on July 2, 2021. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) The upwelling of hot volcanic fluids within Taal Volcano's main crater has generated three-kilometer high steam plumes on Friday, July 2. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology...
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...
While Taal Volcano is acting anew following a short-lived phreatomagmatic eruption that triggered massive evacuation from nearby localities, the Commission on Audit aired serious doubts that displaced residents of a similar explosion last year had received the donations the Food Terminal, Inc. said...
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...
Tourists and tourism operators near the Taal Volcano were advised to evacuate Friday, July 2, after state volcanologists raised the alert status for the restive volcano that spewed a kilometer-high plume of gas and steam. Taal Volcano (Ali Vicoy/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) In a...
A giant white plume rising from Taal Volcano is observed on Friday, July 2, 2021. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) The Department of Health (DOH) reminded the public to be vigilant as there are possible health risks if exposed to sulfur dioxide emissions and ashfall amid the continued volcanic...
