Just great, first the super typhoon and now this 😔 And that is NOT a "slight increase".
"#Phivolcs also observed a slight increase in #SulfurDioxide emissions in the past two weeks. From an average of less than 3,000 tons per day between April 1 and May 21, the average rose to 5,360 tons per day between May 22 and June 1." #Philippines#Volcanoes
"One of the four scenarios shows Alert Level 3 will be maintained, two scenarios would mean the declaration of Alert Level 4, and the worst-case scenario will lead to the raising of Alert Level 5 – the highest." #MayonVolcano#Philippines
"All population inside the seven-kilometer extended danger zone is placed under PREPAREDNESS STATUS — meaning, evacuation will be executed anytime and should bring with their necessities in the evacuation center,” #Albay Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said in an order signed by Albay Governor Edcel Greco Lagman. #MayonVolcano#Philippines
“With #MayonVolcano now on Alert Level 2 and #TaalVolcano on Alert Level 1, flights have been prohibited from operating 10,000 feet from the surface and advised to avoid flying close to the #volcano’s summit as ash from the sudden phreatic eruption can be hazardous to aircraft,” CAAP said in an advisory #Philippines
"#MANILA, #Philippines – “Significant” volcanic smog or #vog has hit areas surrounding #TaalVolcano in the province of #Batangas since Tuesday, June 6, due to the volcano’s ongoing degassing or emission of gas."
"Forced evacuation began on Friday according to the Department of Social Welfare and Development (#DSWD), after the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (#Phivolcs) raised Alert Level 3 over #Mayon." #MayonVolcano#Philippines
"#Phivolcs says #LavaFlows from the summit crater of #MayonVolcano began at 7:47 pm on Sunday, June 11. The lava flows reached the Bonga and Mi-isi gullies, 500 meters from the summit crater." #Philippines
"The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said in a Monday morning bulletin that there is 'current unrest driven by shallow magmatic processes,' which could lead to phreatic or steam-driven eruptions, or 'even precede a hazardous magmatic eruption.' "
"#MANILA, #Philippines – Residents of the municipalities of Balete, Laurel, and Agoncillo in #Batangas province reported volcanic smog or #vog on Sunday morning, June 4, coming from Taal Volcano.
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (#Phivolcs) said in a Sunday afternoon advisory that the vog was due to the #volcano’s 'increased and continuous degassing' or emission of gas."
I honestly do not understand why lato-lato (clackers) is viral here in #ASEAN.
Did some young generation kid re-discover our old #toy? 😅
I mean, I'm thankful the younger generations are playing our old games and toys. But at the same time, I'm curious how it was re-discovered and how the new craze started.
You bring your hands together and position it so there is a very small outlet of air to the front when you hit your hands to the ground. The air channel you produce should make the rubber band jump forward.
The basic rule is whoever gets to the target “finish line” first.
What the rewards or punishments are depends on the players.
However, back in the 80s, a monetary value was added to the rubber bands.
The thin, rainbow coloured rubber bands are the cheapest.
Then it goes up from there.
Yellow
Green
Blue
Red
Orange
Violet
Gold - the highest valued rubber band. It is also the most expensive to buy. And it is thick and heavy.
You can trade, for example ( I no longer remember the actual exchange rate) 10 Greens to get a 1 Blue rubber band.
However, you will rarely find anyone trading the rainbow coloured rubber bands for anything.
Oh, the trade exchange rate has nothing to do with how much the rubber bands actually cost in Philippine Peso. Haha. I have no idea how it worked, it just is.
And that's how new rules and rewards were added.
For example, in our games (and usually where I was the challenger):
Whoever can get 4 Reds to the “finish line” will get 1 Gold band from each player who joined.
Whoever can get an Orange band to fly this high (more below), will get 2 Gold bands, or equivalent, from each player.
Re: fly this high. Another kid will put their legs on top of each other, and in harder challenges, we also add our arms.
And yep, it is doable.
Another rule, who can make a {colour_here} band jump the farthest.
In the #Philippines, June is the #Independence month of the nation from the conqueror #Spain (Spaniards). The Philippines then was only the regions of Luzon and Visayas, and were under the control of Spain for 300 years.
There was also an anti-Spanish revolutionary secret society founded on January of 1982 called the «KKK».
What is the «KKK»?
The «KKK» (Baybayin-Tagalog: ᜃᜃᜃ), or «Katipunan» (Baybayin-Tagalog: ᜃᜆᜒᜉᜓᜈᜈ᜕), stands for «Kataástaasan Kagalang-galang na Katipunan ng̃ mg̃á Anak ng Bayan» or «Kataástaasang, Kagalanggalangang Katipunan ng̃ mg̃á Anak ng Bayan». It translates into English as the «Supreme and Honourable Association of the Children of the Nation».
(In Baybayin-Tagalog, it is written as: «ᜃᜆᜀᜐ᜔ᜆᜀᜐᜈ᜔ ᜃᜄᜎᜅ᜔ᜄᜎᜅ᜔ ᜈ ᜃᜆᜒᜉᜓᜈᜈ᜔ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜋᜅ ᜀᜈᜃ᜔ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜊᜌᜈ᜕» or «ᜃᜆᜀᜐ᜔ᜆᜀᜐᜅ᜔ ᜃᜄᜎᜅ᜔ᜄᜎᜅᜅ᜔ ᜃᜆᜒᜉᜓᜈᜈ᜔ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜋᜅ ᜀᜈᜃ᜔ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜊᜌᜈ᜕» respectively.)
Attached is the first flag of the «KKK» / «Katipunan».
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July 1 is the Philippine Air Force's 76th anniversary. We'll see if the new Secretary of Defense (Gibo Teodoro) actually signs the contract.
"For #Manila, it is a question of strengthening its defensive capacities, particularly in the face of the rise in tension with #China, whether around the question of #Beijing's #SouthChinaSea claims, as Sino-US tensions around #Taiwan."
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"In the #Philippines, 99.5% of the entire population hold biases against women, specifically: 99.33% of all men, and 99.67% of all women, according to WVS data from 2017 to 2022 presented by the UNDP’s study."
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