NO overseas Filipino worker (OFW) was hurt from the recent volcanic activity of Mount Ibu in Indonesia, according to the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW). In a Viber message on Tuesday, DMW spokesperson Toby Nebrida said they have yet to receive any report of a Filipino casualty from the incident.…
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Indonesian authorities evacuated residents of seven villages within a nearly 4-mile radius of a volcano on the remote island of Halmahera in Indonesia, after it erupted and spewed ash about 2.5 miles into the sky. Reuters reported that Mount Ibu erupted on Saturday night, turning the sky into a spectacle of gray ash spewing out of the volcano's crater, with flashes of purple lightning. A crew