MANILA, Philippines — Two lawmakers from the Bicol Region — where restive Mayon Volcano has forced 20,000 residents to flee their homes — are appealing to the Senate to prioritize a bill establishing permanent evacuation centers in the locality of every local government. The two lawmakers — Ako Bicol party-list Rep. Elizaldy Co and Albay 2nd District Rep. Joey Salceda — have already filed House Bill No. 7354 aimed at doing just that. The bill, which got the support of House Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez, passed its third and final reading last March.

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