Mayon Volcano in Albay province(PNA file photo) LEGAZPI CITY - The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) has raised Mayon Volcano's alert status from Level 0 to Level 1. Level 0 means "normal" while Level 1 signifies "low-level unrest". Phivolcs said daily visual and camera monitoring of the summit crater revealed that the remnant lava dome emplaced toward the end of the 2018 eruption has undergone a change in morphology and slight extrusion by 40,000 cubic meters between June and Aug. 20, this year. The Phivolcs bulletin onSunday said ground deformation observations from Global Positioning Systems (GPS), precise leveling (PL), electronic tilt, and electronic distance meter (EDM) monitoring "have tracked slight short-term inflation of the volcano edifice, particularly on the northwestern and southeastern slopes since April 2022." "In contrast, the latest measured Sulfur dioxide (SO2) emission on 12 August 2022 averaged 688
STEADY POLICY. The peso continues to fall victim to the US dollar's strengthening but authorities said the local currency remains in the middle of the pack in terms of depreciation among Asian currencies. Monetary authorities said monetary policy tools are being used to help tame inflation rate as well as help buoy the peso. (PNA file photo) #PBBMSONA2022 MANILA - Monetary authorities maintain that a market-determined exchange rate policy is still good for the Philippine peso despite its depreciation. To date, the peso is trading at 56-level against the greenback, a far cry from its 53-level at the start of the year. The local unit has depreciated by around 10 percent against the greenback since the start of the year but authorities said this performance remains at the middle compared to its counterparts in the region. President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. earlier said the rise in domestic inflation rate is due mainly to imported inflation, referring to the impact of
PRESTIGIOUS AWARD. Occidental Mindoro's Apo Reef Natural Park (ARNP) bags the prestigious Blue Park Award for exceptional marine wildlife conservation at the United Nations Ocean Conference in Lisbon, Portugal on July 1, 2022. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources said the award is a testament to the hard work of the government and all stakeholders in protecting and conserving the marine protected area. (Photo courtesy of DENR) MANILA - Occidental Mindoro's Apo Reef Natural Park (ARNP) bagged the prestigious Blue Park Award for exceptional marine wildlife conservation at the United Nations Ocean Conference in Lisbon, Portugal. Apo Reef, along with Indonesia's Raja Ampat Islands Marine Conservation Area and Colombia's Old Providence McBean Lagoon National Park, was selected by an international council of marine conservation experts, which was assembled by the United States-based non-government organization Marine Conservation Institute. "We are very ha
File photo CEBU CITY - The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in Central Visayas has appealed to the retailers to follow the suggested retail price (SRP) on basic commodities to help cushion the impact of inflation brought by the pandemic and the ongoing war in Ukraine. Maria Elena Arbon, DTI-7 regional director, cited the dynamics of the movement of prices of basic commodities, saying the rising cost of raw materials up to the manufacturing and from manufacturing to distribution to the consumers has an impact on the retail prices. "Ngano ni increase man ni sjla? Kitang tanan kahibalo man ta unsay panghitabo karon sa kalibutan. About sa Ukraine war, sige pud ta explain unsay hinungdan ani so kaning atong pagtaas sa presyo sa palaliton. Global gyud ni siya (Why is there an increase? We all know the happenings across the world. About the Ukraine war, we keep on explaining the causes in the increase of prices of goods. This is really a global phenomenon)," Arbon said. Arbon&
PAGASA logo MANILA - A low pressure area (LPA) formed about 315 kilometers southeast of Davao City embedded along the intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ) is affecting Mindanao, the weather bureau said Sunday. In its forecast, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said the ITCZ will cause cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms in regions of Caraga, Davao, and Soccsksargen which may possibly cause flash floods or landslides due to moderate to heavy rains. Metro Manila and the rest of the country will experience partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms due to the easterlies, it said. Meanwhile, PAGASA said winds going to the northeast in extreme northern Luzon will be moderate to strong, having moderate to rough coastal waters. The rest of Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao will have slight to moderate coastal waters, and light to moderate winds going to the direction of east to southeast,