April 30, 2025
The Quick Response Teams (QRTs) and ground personnel of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) are still on high alert after Mt. Bulusan erupted anew last Tuesday evening (April 29). Assistant Secretary Irene Dumlao of the DSWD’s Disaster Response Management Group (DRMG) said Secretary Rex Gatchalian has instructed the agency’s Field Office 5–Bicol Region to work double time amid the consecutive volcanic activities. “The DSWD Bicol Region’s logistics and relief supplies have already been prepositioned in areas affected by the last eruption,” Asst. Secretary Dumlao, who is also the agency spokesperson, said on Wednesday (April 30). On orders […]