LEGAZPI CITY: A mega tent city will be built here to decongest the 78 temporary evacuation camps now sheltering 22,000 families or 84,415 people packed like a sardines for more than three weeks now since Mount Mayon erupted on January 13. Al Francis Bichara said the provincial government will replicate the tent city evacuees established in Santo Domingo town to prevent the spread of diseases and improve sanitation. Bichara said Bicolano business tycoon Elizaldy Co, chief executive officer of Sunwest Group of Companies, offered a 40-hectare land in Barangay Lamba for the establishment of the tent city. The governor said that through the tent city, the schools now being used as evacuation centers can now accommodate students who can continue their education. The NFA market monitoring showed that average prevailing rice prices in Albay remains at P38 per kilo for regular milled, P40 per kilo for well milled, while NFA rice remains at P27 per kilo.

Source: Manila Times January 30, 2018 13:41 UTC