Chances are higher for “potential explosive activity within weeks or even days.”

Phivolcs warned of potential hazards such as pyroclastic density currents, lava flows, rockfalls, ashfall, and lahar. There is a 6-kilometer-radius permanent danger zone surrounding the volcano.

Bookmark this page for Phivolcs bulletins, information on government response, updates about evacuations, and other news about Mayon Volcano.

Betty is also enhancing the southwest monsoon or habagat, which is causing rain and gusts in other parts of the Philippines.

Bookmark this page for PAGASA forecasts, updates on areas affected by Betty and the enhanced southwest monsoon, the latest news on government preparations and response, and other key information.

At the ASEAN Summit, Marcos is set to engage other Southeast Asian leaders to discuss key regional issues and build consensus on matters of mutual interest.

Bookmark this page for updates, video, context, and analyses from the 2023 ASEAN Summit.

While Charles automatically became king after the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, in September 2022, the coronation on May 6 formalizes the monarch’s reign and the transfer of titles and powers.

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Aside from a one-on-one with Biden on Monday, May 1, Marcos is expected to meet with key American leaders including Cabinet officials, legislators, and business leaders.

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Roel Degamo was gunned down on March 4 outside his family’s compound, and was pronounced dead at around 11:41 am on the same day. The suspects behind his killing – said to be former military members – are now facing charges.

Rappler sent a team of journalists to Negros Oriental to cover Degamo’s burial on Thursday.

Here are the live updates.

Since the incident, authorities have been on alert for oil spill in the affected area. Following the incident, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) created Task Force Naujan Oil Spill, led by Environment Undersecretary and Chief of Staff Marilou Erni, who previously served as the corporate ground response coordinator during the Guimaras oil spill in 2006.

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The winner of the special election will fill the seat in the House of Representatives vacated by former lawmaker Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla, who has been appointed justice secretary of the Marcos administration barely two weeks after he won the congressional election unopposed.

Republic Act No. 7166 or the electoral reforms law empowers the Commission on Elections to hold a special election for a legislative seat if there is still at least one year left in the lawmaker’s term. 

Bookmark this page for live updates on election day. – Rappler.com

Marcos visits Tokyo from February 8 to 12, at the invitation of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. In Japan, Marcos and his entourage are set to meet with their Japanese counterparts, sign bilateral agreements, and attend meetings with business leaders.

This is Marcos’ ninth overseas trip since assuming the presidency in June 2022.

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There, according to Marcos himself, he wants to “soft launch” his administration’s controversial sovereign wealth fund proposal, even if it has yet to pass the Senate.

In Davos, where attendance is expect to hit pre-COVID-19 lockdown levels, it’s going to be conflict – between countries, ideologies, and economic boundaries, among others – that will take the spotlight. The theme is “Cooperation in a Fragmented World,” so what will that mean for the Philippines?

Bookmark this page for updates on the goings-on in Switzerland as Marcos embarks on yet another trip abroad.