CITY OF SAN FERNANDO—Treks to Mt. Pinatubo through Capas, Tarlac, resumed on Tuesday as the Aetas of Botolan, Zambales, removed blockades and agreed to a dialogue on managing the environment of the volcano and benefiting from tourism activities there. Capas Mayor Antonio Rodriguez said the Botolan Aetas reopened the trail as they received the [...]
Two church bells that alerted some 3,000 families in Barangay (village) San Vicente here of the need to evacuate from lahar flows after Mt. Pinatubo’s eruptions in 1991 had been stolen early this month.
Lahar is not all about tragedy. In this former capital of the Philippines, it is also about victory against nature’s fury, mainly the 1991 eruptions of Mt. Pinatubo and the onslaught of volcanic sediments that entombed the town in a sandy grave that went as deep as 20 meters until 1997.
BACOLOR, Pampanga—In this town ravaged by Mt. Pinatubo’s 1991 eruptions, farmers like Moises Dimabuyu want the services of the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) back 20 years after the disaster. For lack of irrigation water, Dimabuyu on Wednesday shoveled the ground to direct water from a nearby creek to his less than 2-hectare rice land. Rains [...]
CITY of San Fernando—Saying their home is the mountains, a group of Aetas in Zambales said what they need are jobs and livelihood support, not housing projects that the government is offering. “[Mt.] Pinatubo is our home. We don’t have to be confined in one area, like subdivisions,” said Elsa Badar Novo, a councilwoman in [...]
(Last of two parts) IBA, Zambales—Residents of this province are still struggling under the weight of lahar that rolled down the slopes of Mount Pinatubo in 1991 and the ashfall that settled and irreversibly changed the landscape. Zambales bore the biggest damage to public infrastructures in 1991, data from the National Economic and Development Authority [...]
Twenty years and P50 billion later, some members of the communities devastated by Mt. Pinatubo’s catastrophic eruptions are still trying to rebuild their lives.
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO—Only another eruption can cause the collapse of the wall surrounding the lake that formed at the crater of Mt. Pinatubo after its eruptions 20 years ago, the country’s chief volcanologist said on Wednesday. No major collapse is expected to occur on the wall because the volcano, which gave the world its [...]
ANGELES CITY—A Department of Tourism (DOT) official has asked outdoor enthusiasts to postpone their trips to Mt. Pinatubo’s crater lake during the rainy season because heavy rains may trigger the collapse of the volcano’s crater wall. Ronaldo Tiotuico, DOT director in Central Luzon, said he is concerned about the safety and security of local and [...]
