Mt. Pinatubo is best for trekking, not for swimming. And don’t go there during heavy rain. Mayor Antonio Rodriguez of Capas, Tarlac, aired this advice on Friday after a 44-year-old man drowned at the volcano’s crater-lake on Jan. 2.
Fear and exhaustion showed on the face of Anita Tiamzon, 73, an hour after she, her three daughters-in-law and three granddaughters escaped the rising, strong current in Barangay San Pedro Cutud in the City of San Fernando on Aug. 7.
The FVR Megadike is no empty or lonely structure. It did not only trap lahar from the June 1991 eruptions of Mt. Pinatubo. In ways that seemed to have gone against the design of its builders 16 years ago, most parts of this 56-kilometer, U-shaped lahar catchment structure now teem with economic activity.
COMPREHENSIVE is an understatement for Robert “Robby” Tantingco’s book, “Pinatubo (The Volcano in Our Backyard).” It does not just tell the natural, scientific, cultural, religious, historical, political and governance aspects of the volcano and the disaster it wrought since June 1991 or even how the media covered the disaster. It deftly wove rich details and [...]
“Kaboom! Kaboom! Kaboom!” At least 32 Grade 6 pupils shouted this each time Mayor Oscar Rodriguez asked them to approximate the noise from an erupting volcano.
To mark the 20th anniversary of Mt. Pinatubo’s eruption, award winning photographs taken at the height of the volcano’s fury will be on
exhibition at the Olongapo City Convention Center starting June 15, Wednesday.
