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Around 13,000 people have been evacuated in north-east Philippines as the country's most famous volcano, Mayon, continued to ooze lava....

THE Department of Social Welfare and Development is considering offering cash assistance to households that may be affected by the continuing unrest of Mayon Volcano.

The Mayon volcano, famed for its perfect cone shape, is glowing a fiery red with increased activity.

The government of the United Arab Emirates has donated some 50 tons of different kinds of food items intended for Albay province residents who are most

'We allowed the farmers to harvest their crops so that it would not be wasted and for them to have money while in the temporary shelters,' says Tabaco City Mayor Krisel Lagman-Luistro

The Department of Tourism says 17 sites in Legazpi, Ligao, Camalig, and Daraga offer visitors vantage points for observing the volcanic activity

Riding lorries and buffalo-drawn carriages, people living within the “permanent danger zone” or six-kilometer radius fled to shelters.

Typhoon Chedeng (Guchol) is already 990 kilometers east of extreme Northern Luzon early Sunday, June 11, but it continues to enhance the southwest monsoon

No tropical cyclone wind signal has been hoisted over any part of the country, although PAGASA said it may cause moderate to rough seas in extreme northern Luzon in the next 24 hours.

There are 12,804 displaced individuals or 3,538 families from the Bicol region who have found shelter in 22 government evacuation centers as of Sunday morning, according to the latest report by the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council.