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                    [Title] => Phivolcs declares Mayon back to normal
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Government volcanologists recommended yesterday the lowering of the alert status at Mayon Volcano here from 2 to 1 – which means back to “normal status” – following a sustained overall downtrend in its abnormal parameters since Feb. 13.

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Amid the threat of typhoon “Ramil,” a senior government volcanologist assured Central Luzon folk yesterday that Mt. Pinatubo’s 2.5-kilometer wide and over 100-meter deep crater lake can withstand unusually heavy rains in the magnitude of those dumped by storm “Ondoy” and typhoon “Pepeng.”

[DatePublished] => 2009-10-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804849 [AuthorName] => Ding Cervantes [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 505206 [Title] => Mayon has 3 minor ash explosions [Summary] =>

Mayon volcano spewed ash yesterday, showing new seismic activity since its last mild eruption in 2006, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said.

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The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) recorded over 250 volcanic earthquakes at Mt. Kanlaon in Negros Occidental in less than two weeks and government volcanologists allayed fears of an impending major eruption.

[DatePublished] => 2009-09-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804518 [AuthorName] => Ghio Ong [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 294804 [Title] => Phivolcs bares theft of seismic devices [Summary] => CLARK FIELD, Pampanga — Thieves are not sparing even special volcanic and seismographic equipment installed on the slopes of the country’s active volcanoes.

Such life-saving equipment, including solar panels and special batteries, have been stolen in Mt. Pinatubo in Pampanga and the volcanoes of Taal in Batangas, Mayon in Albay and Bulusan in Sorsogon.
[DatePublished] => 2005-09-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804849 [AuthorName] => Ding Cervantes [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 273850 [Title] => Phivolcs mulls higher alert level at Kanlaon [Summary] => CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga — The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) is studying the possibility of raising the alert level at Kanlaon Volcano which continues to spew ashes as high as 1,000 meters above its crater.

In a phone interview with The STAR, Phivolcs volcanologist Jaime Sincioco, a member of a five-man team of scientists now monitoring Kanlaon, said farmers in three sitios within the volcano’s four-kilometer radius have been told to move out.
[DatePublished] => 2005-04-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 237908 [Title] => Pinatubo lake unfit for swimming [Summary] => CLARK FIELD, Pampanga — From blue to bluish green, the waters of Mt. Pinatubo’s crater lake have turned into dark brown, almost black, prompting government volcanologists to advise tourists to refrain from swimming in the lake or drinking the water.

Jaime Sincioco, resident volcanologist of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs), said the discoloration was first observed last Jan. 22.
[DatePublished] => 2004-02-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804849 [AuthorName] => Ding Cervantes [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 208644 [Title] => Philvolcs lifts high-risk alert in areas around Mt. Pinatubo [Summary] => CLARK FIELD, Pampanga — Despite the continuing rains over Mt. Pinatubo in Central Luzon, the two-kilometer wide crater lake at the volcano’s summit is no longer in danger of collapsing, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said yesterday.
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"What was observed as a crack on the Zambales side of the crater rim was merely a natural gully with a spring whose water source is not even the crater lake," said volcanologist Jaime Sincioco.
[DatePublished] => 2001-07-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804849 [AuthorName] => Ding Cervantes [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) ) )
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                    [Title] => Phivolcs declares Mayon back to normal
                    [Summary] => 

Government volcanologists recommended yesterday the lowering of the alert status at Mayon Volcano here from 2 to 1 – which means back to “normal status” – following a sustained overall downtrend in its abnormal parameters since Feb. 13.

[DatePublished] => 2010-02-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096599 [AuthorName] => Cet Dematera [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 516548 [Title] => 'Nothing to worry about Pinatubo crater lake' [Summary] =>

Amid the threat of typhoon “Ramil,” a senior government volcanologist assured Central Luzon folk yesterday that Mt. Pinatubo’s 2.5-kilometer wide and over 100-meter deep crater lake can withstand unusually heavy rains in the magnitude of those dumped by storm “Ondoy” and typhoon “Pepeng.”

[DatePublished] => 2009-10-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804849 [AuthorName] => Ding Cervantes [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 505206 [Title] => Mayon has 3 minor ash explosions [Summary] =>

Mayon volcano spewed ash yesterday, showing new seismic activity since its last mild eruption in 2006, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said.

[DatePublished] => 2009-09-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 501079 [Title] => Volcanic quakes recorded at Kanlaon [Summary] =>

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) recorded over 250 volcanic earthquakes at Mt. Kanlaon in Negros Occidental in less than two weeks and government volcanologists allayed fears of an impending major eruption.

[DatePublished] => 2009-09-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804518 [AuthorName] => Ghio Ong [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 294804 [Title] => Phivolcs bares theft of seismic devices [Summary] => CLARK FIELD, Pampanga — Thieves are not sparing even special volcanic and seismographic equipment installed on the slopes of the country’s active volcanoes.

Such life-saving equipment, including solar panels and special batteries, have been stolen in Mt. Pinatubo in Pampanga and the volcanoes of Taal in Batangas, Mayon in Albay and Bulusan in Sorsogon.
[DatePublished] => 2005-09-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804849 [AuthorName] => Ding Cervantes [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 273850 [Title] => Phivolcs mulls higher alert level at Kanlaon [Summary] => CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga — The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) is studying the possibility of raising the alert level at Kanlaon Volcano which continues to spew ashes as high as 1,000 meters above its crater.

In a phone interview with The STAR, Phivolcs volcanologist Jaime Sincioco, a member of a five-man team of scientists now monitoring Kanlaon, said farmers in three sitios within the volcano’s four-kilometer radius have been told to move out.
[DatePublished] => 2005-04-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 237908 [Title] => Pinatubo lake unfit for swimming [Summary] => CLARK FIELD, Pampanga — From blue to bluish green, the waters of Mt. Pinatubo’s crater lake have turned into dark brown, almost black, prompting government volcanologists to advise tourists to refrain from swimming in the lake or drinking the water.

Jaime Sincioco, resident volcanologist of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs), said the discoloration was first observed last Jan. 22.
[DatePublished] => 2004-02-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804849 [AuthorName] => Ding Cervantes [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 208644 [Title] => Philvolcs lifts high-risk alert in areas around Mt. Pinatubo [Summary] => CLARK FIELD, Pampanga — Despite the continuing rains over Mt. Pinatubo in Central Luzon, the two-kilometer wide crater lake at the volcano’s summit is no longer in danger of collapsing, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said yesterday.
[DatePublished] => 2003-06-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804849 [AuthorName] => Ding Cervantes [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 130437 [Title] => Draining of Pinatubo crater lake on [Summary] => A dozen Aeta tribesmen with picks and shovels started climbing the Mount Pinatubo yesterday on a dangerous mission to drain a crater lake that threatens their villages with massive floods. [DatePublished] => 2001-08-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 127632 [Title] => Pinatubo crater rim not cracking up, says scientist [Summary] => CLARK FIELD, Pampanga — The resident volcanologist of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) here clarified yesterday that the crater rim of Mt. Pinatubo is not about to crack contrary to the alarm which the Regional Disaster Coordinating Council (RDCC) raised.

"What was observed as a crack on the Zambales side of the crater rim was merely a natural gully with a spring whose water source is not even the crater lake," said volcanologist Jaime Sincioco.
[DatePublished] => 2001-07-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804849 [AuthorName] => Ding Cervantes [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) ) )
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