President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (Screenshot from YouTube) Philippine Ambassador to Amman, Jordan Wilfredo Santos told the House Committee on Overseas Workers Affairs that he has recommended to Malacañang the escalation of alert level in the Gaza Strip...
The Mayon Volcano Network has monitored a slight increase in Mayon Volcano’s earthquakes in the past 24 hours, said the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) on Thursday, Oct. 5. Photo from Pixabay In its 8 a.m. bulletin, Phivolcs said Mayon’s volcanic earthquakes...
Kanlaon Volcano in Negros (MANILA BULLETIN / FILE PHOTO) The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) on Wednesday, Sept. 6 advised the public and the concerned local government units of Negros Island to be on alert for a possible phreatic eruption after detecting an increase...
Mayon Volcano ejects massive pyroclastic density currents (PDC) toward the Basud Gully in Sto. Domingo town in Albay province around 5:30 p.m. on July 10, 2023. (Niño Luces/Manila Bulletin) The detection of tremor events accompanied by rumbling sounds during the previous 24-hour monitoring of the...
The “slow” lava effusion from Mayon Volcano continues, two months after its alert status was raised due “heightened magmatic unrest,” the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said on Sunday, Aug. 6. Mayon Volcano’s status was upgraded twice in June, first to level...
More low-frequency volcanic quakes (LFVQs) and rockfall events have been detected during the 24-hour monitoring of the Mayon Volcano in Albay, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said on Friday, Aug. 4. Between Aug. 3 and Aug. 4, the Mayon Volcano Network recorded 272...
The “increased” effusion of lava from Mayon Volcano has eased over the past 24 hours and is returning to a slow rate, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said on Wednesday, Aug. 2. On July 31, Phivolcs observed an intermittent “ashing” along with increases in...
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) observed a renewed eruptive activity at the Mayon Volcano’s summit crater, characterized by intermittent “ashing” and increased lava effusion on Monday, July 31. “Beginning at approximately 6 p.m. on July 31, eruptive...
The lava effusion from Mayon Volcano, which began in early June and prompted the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) to raise the volcano’s alert status, was still ongoing as of July 31. “Lava effusion from Mayon Volcano’s summit crater continues for the eighth...
For the fourth consecutive day, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) observed a “weakening” of the slow effusion of lava from the Mayon Volcano’s crater on Sunday, July 30. “In the past 24-hour period, there has been a marked weakening of slow lava effusion from...
The slow lava effusion from Mayon Volcano, which has fed lava flows in three gullies, has continued to weaken significantly over the past 24 hours, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said on Friday, July 28. “In the past 24-hour period, there has been a marked...
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) has observed a “weakening” of the slow lava effusion from Mayon Volcano’s crater between Wednesday, July 26, and Thursday, July 27. “In the past 24-hour period, there has been a marked weakening of slow lava effusion from the...