Malacañang on Sunday said that concerned government agencies are monitoring the haze from Indonesia that has reached some areas in southern Philippines.

According to Communications Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr., the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Department of Science and Technology (DOST); Department of Health (DOH); Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) and various local disaster risk reduction management councils are looking into long-term effects of the haze.

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