Overall Situation · On January 12, 1pm, a phreatic or steam-driven eruption begun in several points inside the Taal Volcano’s main crater. An ash column 10-15 km high was generated. It belched a 50,000-feet tall ash cloud, which blanketed parts of Metro Manila and nearby areas. · Alert Leverl 2, 3, and then 4 were...
This is not the time to politicize humanitarian aid and development work. While Citizens’ Disaster Response Center Foundation, Inc. (CDRC) and fellow development workers are tirelessly conducting emergency response operations and delivering aid to Mindanao Earthquakes Survivors and in close coordination with government line agencies on the ground, the state military forces have their hands...
