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Lockdown sa malaking bahagi ng Agoncillo, Laurel inalis na

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 27 07:22 PM

Pinayagan nang makabalik sa kanilang mga tahanan ang mga residente sa ilang barangay sa Agoncillo at Laurel, Batangas. Read more »

Hopes fade for those trapped as Turkey quake toll rises

Gokan Gunes, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 27 07:09 AM

Hopes faded Sunday of finding more survivors from a powerful earthquake in eastern Turkey as more bodies were pulled from the rubble and the death toll climbed to 35.   Read more »

Residents return home to ash-covered houses

George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 26 06:54 PM

Residents returning to Barangay Subic Ilaya in Agoncillo, Batangas, find their homes covered in ash, some already collapsed from the weight, after authorities allowed residents a window of four hours to return to their homes. Read more »

Powerful quake kills 20 people in eastern Turkey

Mahmut Bozarslan and Fulya Ozerkan, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 25 03:38 PM

A powerful earthquake has killed at least 20 people and injured more than 1,000 in eastern Turkey, as rescue teams searched through the rubble of collapsed buildings for survivors on Saturday.    Read more »

Kahit naka-lockdown, Balete binabalikan ng mga residente para sa kabuhayan

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 22 07:42 PM

Bumabalik pa rin ang ilang residente sa Balete, Batangas para sa kanilang kabuhayan.  Read more »

Pagpapalikas sa mga nasa loob ng Taal danger zone puspusan na

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 22 06:54 PM

Hanggang Huwebes ng madaling araw ang ibinigay na deadline ng mga awtoridad para lumikas ang mga residenteng pasok sa 14-kilometer danger zone ng Bulkang Taal, ayon sa pulisya. Read more »

DPWH speeds up construction of 200 evacuation centers

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 22 06:10 PM

The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said Wednesday it was fast-tracking the construction of over 200 evacuation centers all over the country amid the President's order to put up more emergency shelters.   Read more »

House committee endorses disaster resilience agency bill

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 22 12:18 PM

The House of Representatives appropriations committee on Wednesday endorsed a consolidated bill creating the Department of Disaster Resilience (DDR).   Read more »

Reopening of Tagaytay commerce despite Taal's rumbling 'not profiteering': Tolentino

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 21 07:23 PM

Establishments were not reopened just for the sake of making money, said Sen. Francis Tolentino, a former mayor of Tagaytay City. Read more »

What lies underneath Taal

Infographic by Pamela Ramos, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 24 12:01 AM

With the seeming lull in Taal Volcano, many evacuees now want return to their homes. But the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology insists it still isn't safe. Here's why.  Read more »

Signs of life at 'no-man's land' around Taal Volcano

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 21 04:29 PM

The island site was buried by massive deposits of ash when Taal erupted last week and remains under a mandatory evacuation order due to a feared bigger blast. Read more »

Senator cites need for disaster czar amid Taal Volcano crisis

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 21 04:38 PM

MANILA – Senator Joel Villanueva on Tuesday underscored the need for a disaster czar following the eruption of Taal volcano that forced thousands of residents to flee their homes.   Read more »

Disaster shelters sought in malls, commercial buildings under Senate bill

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 21 12:34 PM

Local governments may identify and create "permanent evacuation centers", including private commercial buildings, provided that they will pay for the use of these facilities after the calamity, Tolentino said in his Senate Bill No. 1272. Read more »

Philippine economic growth revs up as Taal Volcano looms

Jessica Fenol and Joel Guinto, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 21 10:59 AM

Gross domestic product likely grew 6.4 percent in the last 3 months of 2019, according to the median forecast of 22 economists in a Bloomberg poll. Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Ernesto Pernia gave a 6.6 percent forecast, compared to the 6.2 percent expansion posted in the previous quarter. Read more »

OPINION: History repeats itself with Taal Volcano

Karim Raslan — Certilah ASEAN
Updated as of Jan 21 05:06 AM

What it's like to live with a volcano cloud over your head   Read more »

Dozens of business establishments in Tagaytay City resume operations

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 21 12:28 AM

The Tagaytay City disaster office wants clarification from the interior department amid conflicting statements from its officials on whether establishments should stay closed until Taal Volcano's alert level has been lowered. Read more »

Paradise lost: Taal Volcano island residents worried about future

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 21 12:26 AM

Around 8,000 residents were uprooted from Taal Volcano island, their lives changed forever following last week's volcanic eruption.  Read more »

Disaster officials urge Taal evacuees to stay away from high-risk areas

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 21 12:17 AM

Local officials and evacuees in Batangas province are at loggerheads as authorities deny access to villages considered as high-risk areas amid a possible hazardous eruption from Taal Volcano. Read more »

NEDA lowers initial assessment of foregone income due to Taal eruption

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 21 12:07 AM

The National Economic and Development Authority lowered its assessment of foregone economic income from the Taal eruption, even as alert level 4 remains over the restive volcano. Read more »

DILG: Only 8 barangays in Tagaytay covered by no reopening of commerce order

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 20 11:33 PM

The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) clarifies its order mandating the closure of business firms near Taal Volcano's vicinity. Read more »