Situation Overview • August 15, 2021 marked the fifth consecutive day that the country has recorded five -digit increase in COVID-19 cases. In Metro Manila, despite being under the strictest lockdown, the trends in reported cases, severe cases, deaths and positivity continued to rise. • In Quezon City, COVID-19 cases are rapidly increasing which has...
The Citizens’ Disaster Response Center Foundation, Inc. (CDRC) condemns the harassment and human rights violations being experienced by the staff of Disaster Response Center (DIRECT), its partner organization based in Sarangani in Mindanao. On August 4, vehicles parked at DIRECT’s Koronadal Operations Center were intentionally burned by unidentified persons using Molotov – torches made up...
Situation Overview • On July 30, 2021, in a televised address, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque announced that Metro Manila and certain localities in Visayas and Mindanao will be placed under more restricted lockdown in August due to sudden increase of COVID-19 cases and to curb down the more contagious Delta variant. • The more tightened...
Situation Overview • On July 08, five (5) short phreatomagmatic bursts was seen. Taal Volcano also produced short jetted plumes that rose up to 700 meters above the Main Crater Lake. It has also recorded sixty-one (61) volcanic earthquakes, with five (5) explosion-type earthquakes, twenty-four (24) low frequency volcanic earthquakes, twenty-one (21) volcanic tremor events...
