Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Alfonso Cusi has told the Task Force on Energy Resiliency (TFER) to prepare for the "worst-case scenario" in connection with the Taal Volcano situation, which has emerged alongside the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. DOE Secretary Alfonso Cusi (Photo...
Steam-rich plume was seen billowing out of Taal Volcano on July 3, 2021. Photo was taken from Agoncillo, Batangas. (MARK BALMORES / MANILA BULLETIN) The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) on Sunday, July 4, continued to detect volcanic earthquakes and high sulfur dioxide...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) reported Saturday, July 3, that more than 860 families or almost 3,300 individuals have been displaced by Taal Volcano’s magmatic unrest. Residents in Laurel, Batangas take temporary shelter at Barangay Ticub Elementary School on July 1,...
Phreatomagmatic eruption of Taal Volcano that took place at 3:16 p.m. on July 1, 2021. (Photo from Phivolcs) Communities surrounding Taal Volcano in Batangas were warned against high levels of volcanic sulfur dioxide (SO2) which may lead to another eruption of the restive volcano. In a bulletin...
In less than 24 hours, nearly 1,000 residents in Batangas have left their homes to seek safer shelters amid the continued unrest of Taal Volcano, a disaster management official disclosed Saturday, July 3. Residents in Laurel, Batangas take temporary shelter at Barangay Ticub Elementary School on...
A fisherfolk group has urged the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) to evaluate the damages caused by the recent Taal Volcano eruption to fisheries and aquaculture. Owners and caretakers attend to their fish cages as they continue with their normal lives in Agoncillo, Batangas amid...
Chito Miranda can't help but share online good friend Angel Locsin's recent gesture of goodwill towards his family. On Facebook, he uploaded a screenshot of his conversation with the actress. There, Angel is notifying Chito that he and his wife Neri, son Miggy, as well as other people in their...
A child rights group called on local government units (LGUs) to ensure the protection and safety of children by developing their respective comprehensive emergency programs. Children were among the residents of Laurel, Batangas who were evacuated following the phreatomagmatic eruption of Taal...
A giant white plume rising from Taal Volcano is observed on Friday, July 2, 2021. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) Taal Volcano continued to manifest heightened activity with a series of three short phreatomagmatic bursts that occurred on Friday morning, July 2, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology...
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...
