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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.

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Transcript
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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