The generation of more pyroclastic density currents (PDCs) as a result of the collapse of a lava dome on Mayon Volcano, as well as the occurrence of more frequent volcanic earthquakes, characterized the “increased” eruptive activity at the restive volcano on Friday, June 30, said State...
Four dome collapse pyroclastic density currents (PDCs) from the lava dome of Mayon Volcano were recorded by the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) on Friday, June 30, indicating an increase in the activity of the restive volcano in Albay. In a bulletin issued at 8 p.m.,...
Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman (Facebook) An Albay congressman has seemingly taken the side of Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Christina Frasco amid the tit-for-tat with Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda on the lousy representation of Mayon Volcano in the agency's renewed national...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – The Energy Development Corp. (EDC) has donated thousands of food packs and drinking water to residents affected by the Mayon Volcano unrest in different evacuation centers in Camalig, this province. EDC employees distribute food packs and gallons of water to evacuees at the...
GUINOBATAN, Albay – One-hundred sixty-nine couples, 40 of them evacuees, were married in a mass wedding organized by the local government unit amid a restive Mayon Volcano on Wednesday afternoon, June 28. COUPLES kiss during the mass wedding organized by the local government unit of Guinobatan,...
Mayon Volcano (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda has boldy claimed that Philippine tourism is "incomplete" without the province's iconic Mayon Volcano. Salceda--apparently still smarting from Mayon’s exclusion from the Department of Tourism's (DOT) new...
Department of Social Work and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian on Friday, June 30 ordered the Disaster Response Management Group (DRMG) to increase the supply of family food packs (FFPs) in DSWD warehouses in Bicol for distribution to the Mayon-affected families in the region. “We have...
The “very slow” lava flow and sporadic lava dome collapse in Mayon Volcano have continued to result in rockfall occurrences and pyroclastic density currents (PDCs) in the past 24 hours, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said in its bulletin on Friday, June 30....
Two phreatic bursts occurred in Taal Volcano between Thursday, June 29, and Friday, June 30, said the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). It defines a phreatic burst as a steam-driven explosion that occurs when water beneath the ground or on the surface is directly heated...
Aboitiz Power Corp. (AboitizPower), through its social development arm, Aboitiz Foundation Inc. (Aboitiz Foundation), responded to calls by the provincial government of Albay to support families affected by the Mayon Volcano unrest. AGO Medical and Educational Center (AMEC) representative Nilo...
Taal Volcano had a phreatic or steam-driven burst around 12:54 p.m. on Thursday, June 29, said the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). Phivolcs said the phreatic burst, which lasted two minutes and 52 seconds, generated a 250-meter-high white plume before drifting...
Lava continues to cascade down the slopes of the erupting Mayon Volcano, based on the latest monitoring of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). Phivolcs said the “very slow” lava effusion from the crater of Mayon Volcano has persisted between Wednesday, June 28,...
