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...
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...
