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December 5, 2010
Bulusan Residents Warned of Upslope Lahar

PHIVOLCS resident volcanologist for Bicol, Eduardo P. Laguerta warned that an estimated 100,000 cubic-meters of ashfall deposits on Mt. Bulusan’s upslope threatens to inundate the four river channels at the base of the volcano once these are triggered by heavy rains.

LEGAZPI CITY (3 December 2010) — Office of the Civil Defense (OCD) regional director Rafael Alejandro IV disclosed on Thursday that during the OCD updating conference on Mt. Bulusan at Camp Simeon Ola in this city, PHIVOLCS resident volcanologist for Bicol, Eduardo P. Laguerta warned that an estimated 100,000 cubic-meters of ashfall deposits on Mt. Bulusan’s upslope threatens to inundate the four river channels at the base of the volcano once these are triggered by heavy rains.

November 26, 2010
Continuing Bulusan Watch

Army Rescue Teams from the 9th Infantry Division keep a watcful eye on Mt Bulusan ...

BULUSAN WATCH. Army Rescue Teams from the 9th Infantry Division keep a watcful eye on Mt Bulusan which spews ash from time to time, from a vantage point in Buenavista Village in Irosin town. These soldiers are now assisting the clean up drive in the evacuation centers and school facilities which were hit by ashfall. (Photo by Major Harold M Cabunoc/ 9th Division Public Affairs Office)

November 8, 2010
Kasalogan: The Rivers in Us

(The exhibit from students of Department of Media Studies was caught between the Tercentenary celebration of the devotion to our Lady of Peñafrancia and the semester break that followed it. This article pays tribute to the young artists and saw publication on the Art Page of Business Mirror where the author is the resident Art And Media Critic.)

November 7, 2010
Saving Buhi

The municipality of Buhi headed by Mayor Rey Lacoste had recently met with a catastrophe in the form of an enormous tilapia fishkill which has been estimated to have reached 100 metric tons. The huge loss this entailed for the tilapia fish cage owners, small fishermen, and local fish vendors is reportedly staggering: Php 80 Million.