A blaze erupted along BMA Avenue in Barangay Tatalon, Quezon City on Thursday afternoon, May 21, 2026. The fire initially reached a positive alarm status before being raised to first alarm at 5:09 p.m. Firefighters continued efforts to contain the blaze at the time of reporting. Authorities have...
The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) placed the Visayas power grid on a six-hour yellow alert on Tuesday, May 19, warning of a potential supply strain due to prolonged outages at three major coal-fired power facilities. The grid operator said in an advisory that the alert will...
Rotating power disruptions are set to return to Luzon and Visayas on Friday, May 15, as the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) placed the two regional grids under yellow and red alert status due to widening supply deficit. The NGCP advised that the Luzon grid will experience yellow...
Country’s energy infrastructure is buckling under intensified seasonal demand, with grid operators warning of a second consecutive day of rotating power outages across the country’s two largest island groups. The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) placed both the Luzon and...
Pasay City has declared a red alert in response to an unfolding situation at the Senate complex, mobilizing emergency and security agencies to ensure public safety and maintain order in the area. According to an advisory issued by the Pasay City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office...
Police forces across the country were placed under highest security alert status following the incidents inside the Senate building where gunshots were heard in relation to the alleged attempt to arrest Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa. Police Brig. Gen. Randulf Tuaño, spokesman of the Philippine...
A lava-related collapse generated a pyroclastic density current (PDC) or “uson” at Mayon Volcano’s southwestern slopes on Wednesday morning, May 13, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). Phivolcs said lava effusion refers to the slow, non-explosive...
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) on Monday, May 11, warned of possible rising magmatic activity at Kanlaon Volcano after a visible crater glow or “banaag” was observed at the summit over the weekend. Personnel at the Kanlaon Volcano Observatory in Negros...
Lava flows, pyroclastic density currents (PDCs), rockfalls, and intermittent ash emissions continued to be observed at Mayon Volcano on the 120th day of its effusive eruption on Tuesday, May 5, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said. A brief collapse of lava on the...
Mayon Volcano remains under Alert Level 3 despite a series of pyroclastic density currents (PDCs), as overall monitoring parameters have not shown any significant change, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said on Sunday, May 3. Volcano Monitoring and Eruption...
The Quezon City Police District (QCPD) has placed its entire force on full alert and deployed security units across the city to ensure peace and order during the Labor Day observance. QCPD Chief Police Brig. Gen. Randy Glenn Silvio said the heightened security status took effect yesterday and will...
Low-level volcanic unrest continued at Taal Volcano after two brief steam-driven eruptions were detected within a 24-hour observation period, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). Phivolcs said its monitoring from 12 a.m. on April 25 to 12 a.m. on April 26...
