REGIONAL | Classes resume in Camalig

Romeo Ranoco, Reuters

LEGAZPI CITY - Students in Camalig, Albay walk to school as volcanic ash spews out of a crater of Mayon volcano during an eruption on Monday. President Duterte visited Legazpi City to check on the situation as government authorities imposed forced evacuation of residents living within the 9-kilometer extended danger zone.

President Rodrigo Duterte on-the-other-hand is asking P30 million more from the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) for the relief operations here following Mount Mayon’s eruption.

PCSO, through board member Sandra Cam, handed over P5 million to Governor Al Bichara during a situation briefing with disaster and local officials on Monday afternoon.

“Can I ask for about P30 million more?” Duterte told Cam.

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During the start of the briefing, Duterte said in jest to Cam: “Hinahanap ka ni Balutan (Balutan is looking for you).”

The President was referring to PCSO General Manager Alexander Balutan, with whom Cam had a rift.

“Kaibiganin mo na iyan si Balutan. ‘Wag mo na awayin (Be friends with Balutan, don’t fight with him),” he said.

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LEGAZPI CITY — President Rodrigo Duterte is asking P30 million more from the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) for the relief operations here following Mount Mayon’s eruption.

PCSO, through board member Sandra Cam, handed over P5 million to Governor Al Bichara during a situation briefing with disaster and local officials on Monday afternoon.

“Can I ask for about P30 million more?” Duterte told Cam.

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During the start of the briefing, Duterte said in jest to Cam: “Hinahanap ka ni Balutan (Balutan is looking for you).”

The President was referring to PCSO General Manager Alexander Balutan, with whom Cam had a rift.

“Kaibiganin mo na iyan si Balutan. ‘Wag mo na awayin (Be friends with Balutan, don’t fight with him),” he said.

Duterte has given the provincial government of Albay an initial P20 million for relief operations and promised to send P50 million more on Tuesday. With Reports from Nestor Corrales of Inquirer