Water sources around Mayon checked for safety

LIGAO CITY, ALBAY, Philippines — The Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Environmental Management Bureau (DENR-EMB) in Bicol has stepped up weekly water quality monitoring of rivers and creeks that could be affected by lava flows and ashfall, as Mayon Volcano remains under an effusive eruption. Rudolph Lita, supervising environmental management specialist of DENR-EMB in Bicol,