Coast Guard to also bar tourists from getting near Taal
06/12/2010 The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has intensified its patrol operations to dissuade foreign and local tourists from going to Taal Volcano in Batangas, while preparing to carry out evacuation of residents after the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) raised the alert level on the crater lake to No. 2. According to the Provincial Disaster Coordinating Council (PDCC), the guidance is that women, children and people with disability are to be evacuated on voluntary basis. To ensure the safety of everyone, the PCG has been asked to dissuade tourists from going to the volcano island. “Currently, we are patrolling the area to dissuade tourists from going to the island. A Coast Guard team intercepted one motorized banca with more or less 15 Korean passengers on board and suspected heading toward Taal lake. The PCG operatives noticed the motor banca was deviating course, so the PCG team warned the Korean owner not to continue going to Taal,” PCG Batangas Station chief Lt. Commander Troy Cornelio said. Source: The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/nation/20100612nat9.html |
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