Marcos tells Kanlaon evacuees: We won't leave you behind

Manila Bulletin

President Marcos assured families displaced by Mount Kanlaon's ongoing unrest that his administration would continue supporting them despite uncertainties about when the crisis would end.  READ: https://mb.com.ph/2025/2/21/we-wont-leave-you-behind  Subscribe to the Manila Bulletin Online channel! - https://www.youtube.com/TheManilaBulletin  Visit our website at http://mb.com.ph Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/manilabulletin Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/manila_bulletin Instagram: https://instagram.com/manilabulletin Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@manilabulletin  #ManilaBulletinOnline #ManilaBulletin #LatestNews

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00:00We will do everything we can to make sure that this doesn't take too long.

00:16No matter how long it takes, your government is here.

00:25We will continue to support you.

00:28This won't end until you need help.

00:34Until you need support, the government will provide it.

00:39It's a good thing that the national government and local governments coordinated well.

00:47That's why we did our best to support you and make sure that you are taken care of.

00:55We did our best to make sure that there is no change.

01:04That the help that we are providing to you will not be lost.

01:13We know that the number one thing you want to do is to go home.

01:22That's why every two or three days, I call the field box.

01:29The field box tells us what's happening in the volcano.

01:35I ask them what's really happening.

01:38Will it end? Will it explode?

01:41They say it's still the same.

01:44What we're afraid of is the eruption of the volcano.

01:50Because what the field box is saying is that the volcano is still erupting.

01:56It means that there is pressure inside.

01:59That's why before the pressure is released, it needs to be released.

02:04So that the eruption of the volcano can be reduced.

02:09Without pressure, the alert level that we are doing will be lost.

02:17At least for now, it's over.

02:20Because the pressure in the volcano has been released.

02:23Until now, what did you call it?

02:27There has to be a catastrophic, a culminating event.

02:33It means that something big needs to happen before this crisis ends.

02:39That's what we're waiting for.

02:41We're still praying that somehow, something happens, something can be done.

02:48Let's be lucky that it didn't erupt, but the pressure in the volcano is gone.

02:54We can't do anything.

02:57That's how the volcano is.

02:59We can't read it.

03:01All of our scientists, all of our specialists,

03:07our volcanologists,

03:12they know about the eruption of the volcano.

03:16They measure what is changing.

03:21They are there every day.

03:23Two or three times a day, they report on what is changing.

03:29So you can expect that we are well-guarded.

03:34We hope that we will be given that it didn't erupt and that the pressure is gone.

03:43But at least, we are hoping that if the eruption of the volcano continues,

03:52you will not be put in danger.

03:56So even though we know that it is difficult for you,

04:01that you need to be left here in the evacuation center,

04:04that you need to be vaccinated, that you are being guarded,

04:07I know that our relief goods are okay,

04:12but if you eat every day for a month, that's not okay.

04:16So, even if we give you a steak,

04:23if you eat every day, you might get sick.

04:27So that's what we did with the LGUs,

04:31both on the provincial and municipal level,

04:35not only here in La Carlota, but also in other cities.

04:43Because what we are doing,

04:46we are doing everything to make it more comfortable

04:52for you to be left here in these evacuation centers.

04:59So let's just pray that this crisis will end

05:06and God will help us in this situation.

05:12What we can do is to continue our coordination with the local government,

05:19to continue our monitoring with our scientists

05:26so that we can know the real situation

05:30so that we can be sure that you will not be put in danger.

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