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Payo sa magta-Tagaytay: Mag-protective mask, humandang lumikas

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 18 06:56 PM

Hindi pa rin kasi nawawala ang mga bantang dala ng pag-alboroto ng bulkang Taal, gaya ng posibilidad ng malakas na pagsabog. Read more »

Taal’s unrest forces Good Shepherd to halt production in Tagaytay

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 17 11:55 PM

TAGAYTAY CITY - Good Shepherd on Thursday said it will temporarily stop producing pastries, including its famous ube jam, in Taytay City after Taal Volcano’s rumbling downed power and water lines, and forced people and tourists to evacuate from areas near the country’s second most active volcano. Read more »

Batangas seamstress sews face masks for Taal Volcano evacuees

Adrian Portugal, Reuters
Posted at Jan 17 07:56 PM

Rosalina Mantuano, a seamstress for 45 years, began sewing dozens of colorful masks using scrap fabric in her atelier and gave it away for free to her neighbors in Lipa City, just 20 km (12 miles) from the Taal Volcano. Read more »

EXCLUSIVE DRONE VIDEO: Taal Volcano island

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 17 05:10 PM

This exclusive drone video captured by ABS-CBN News cameraman Val Cuenca shows the Taal Volcano spewing steam on Friday at around 9:00 am. The aerial footage also shows houses in Sitio San Isidro, Talisay, Batangas covered in volcanic ash.    Read more »

LOOK: Tagaytay Picnic Grove after the eruption

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 17 05:59 PM

One of the famous tourist spots in Tagaytay, Picnic Grove, was not spared by Taal’s wrath. Read more »

Google maps Batangas evacuation centers to aid Taal response

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 17 09:27 PM

The map is accessible on Google Maps and by searching for "Evacuation centers for the Taal eruption" on Google.com, the internet giant's Manila office said. Read more »

PH Navy detects US submarine, a first in its 121-year history

Chiara Zambrano, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 17 12:15 PM

The Philippines’ first warship with subsurface capabilities has detected a United States submarine in Philippine waters, in what is considered a first submarine detection in the 121-year history of the Philippine Navy. Read more »

Cherry blossoms and cable cars: Baguio bares summer capital rehab plan

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 17 11:23 AM

MANILA — Baguio has big plans to boost tourism including planting cherry blossoms and tulips in public parks, building a railway and cable car line, and improving parking spaces and sidewalks, its mayor said Friday.  Read more »

Duterte's former ICC accuser dances around case's veracity

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 17 09:47 AM

The case against President Rodrigo Duterte before the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) was politically motivated, the lawyer who filed it said Friday, despite admitting that he "cannot say what is true" or not in the allegations. Read more »

Fishing in Taal: A fish dealer's plight

George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 17 02:27 AM

“Mas nakakamatay ang walang kita, kesa sa bulkan na 'yan ngayon.”  Read more »

Public reminded: Breastmilk best for babies in time of calamity, formula donations prohibited

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 16 08:57 PM

Donating formula milk to evacuees in need is prohibited by law. Read more »

THROWBACK: Ex-senator Biazon's mission in 1965 Taal Volcano eruption

Davinci Maru, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 16 08:21 PM

The 1965 volcanic activity left around 200 people dead and is considered one of Taal's deadliest eruptions.    Read more »

#WalangPasok: Biyernes, Enero 17, 2020 dahil sa pagsabog ng Bulkang Taal

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 16 07:25 PM

Kanselado ang pasok sa mga lugar na ito sa Biyernes, Enero 17, kasunod ng pagputok ng Bulkang Taal. Read more »

Taal lake, Batangas river drying up? Phivolcs explains why

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 16 09:21 AM

State seismology institute Phivolcs on Thursday identified 2 factors on why the Taal lake and a river in Batangas province dried up following the eruption of a volcano there last weekend.  Read more »

Gray pineapples: Volcano devastates Tagaytay farm

Adrian Portugal, Reuters
Posted at Jan 15 10:33 PM

Farmer Jack Imperial woke to a picture of devastation after ash spewed from a volcano in the Philippines - his verdant green pineapple field had been transformed to a dirty dark gray. Read more »

#WalangPasok: Huwebes, Enero 16, 2020 dahil sa pagsabog ng Bulkang Taal

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Updated as of Jan 15 09:33 PM

Kasalukuyang nakataas ang alert Level 4 sa bulkan at libo-libong residente na ang lumikas.  Read more »

UN says world has less than 11 years to save Earth's biodiversity

Marlowe Hood, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 15 04:14 PM

Thirty percent of Earth's surface across land and sea should become protected areas by 2030 to ensure the viability of ecosystems essential to human wellbeing, according to a UN plan released Monday. Read more »

WATCH: Solidum explains Taal volcano 'worst-case' scenario map

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 15 01:26 PM

The country's chief seismologist on Wednesday bared a map that authorities can use in the event the Taal Volcano situation turns for the worse. Read more »

Taal evacuees settle in shelters with help from each other

John Gabriel Agcaoili, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 15 09:57 AM

Lemery townmates find comfort in each other at an evacuation center in Bauan town, as they ride out Taal Volcano's rumbling. Read more »

Ground cracks also observed in 2 previous Taal eruptions: Phivolcs

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 15 09:45 AM

The giant ground cracks observed in parts of Batangas province this week were similar to the fissures that preceded 2 previous eruptions of the Taal Volcano, the state seismology institute said Wednesday.    Read more »