Police forces across the country were placed on the highest security alert status starting Tuesday March 31, to ensure maximum security coverage as millions of Filipinos travel and observe the Holy Week. Gen. Jose Melencio C. Nartatez, Jr., chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), said the...
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) on Monday, March 30, announced that it has placed its operations on high alert amid an anticipated surge in travelers during the Holy Week exodus. With millions of Filipinos expected to head to provinces, pilgrimage sites, and vacation destinations, the PRC will...
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported minor Strombolian activities at Mayon Volcano on Sunday, March 29, generating ash plumes that rose about 500 meters before drifting southwest. According to the agency, the Strombolian events occurred at 12:30 a.m. and 6:46...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) has mobilized almost 60,000 policemen to secure all activities relating to the observation of the Holy Week as millions of people are expected to travel to their home provinces for the annual religious activity, and to take advantage of the long holiday break....
The Department of Health (DOH) said it will place its offices and hospitals under Code White alert from March 30 to April 6 to prepare for medical emergencies during the Holy Week. “Alerto at nasa Code White alert ang DOH simula March 30 hanggang April 6, 2026 bilang parte ng pag-tugon ng...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Monday, March 2, released the current list of Crisis Alert Levels in countries in the Middle East amid the ongoing conflict in the region. The DFA is the prime source of alert levels for Filipinos in any country, as it is the one setting them. Here are...
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported a moderately explosive eruption that occurred at the summit crater of Kanlaon Volcano at 7:04 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 26. The eruption, which lasted two minutes, produced a dark plume that rose 2,500 meters above the crater...
Effusive or non-explosive eruption at Mayon Volcano entered its 51st consecutive day on Wednesday, Feb. 25, with continued lava effusion and ash emission recorded at the summit crater, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said. Phivolcs reported episodes of lava...
An ash plume rose anew from Mayon Volcano on Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 24, reaching about one kilometer above the summit crater as the volcano remained under Alert Level 3, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said. Time-lapse footage recorded at 1:50 p.m. showed a...
Mayon Volcano remains under Alert Level 3 as lava flows reached up to 3.8 kilometers (km) from the summit crater, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported on Sunday, Feb. 22. In its 24-hour observation summary covering 12 a.m. Feb. 21 to 12 a.m. Feb. 22, 2026, the...
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said Kanlaon Volcano remains under Alert Level 2 following a “moderately explosive eruption” on Thursday afternoon, Feb. 19, adding that current monitoring data do not indicate the need to raise the alert status. The eruption,...
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported that grayish ash plumes rose from the summit of Kanlaon Volcano in Negros Island on Monday, Feb. 16, as the volcano remained under Alert Level 2. Time-lapse footage from the Canlaon City Observatory showed the plumes rising...
