Police commanders in the Negros Island were instructed to strengthen health protection measures for personnel while maintaining public safety and security operations amid the rumblings of Kanlaon Volcano. Gen. Jose Melencio C. Nartatez, Jr., chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), said he...
CEBU CITY – Air quality in Metro Cebu has returned to safe levels but authorities continue to remind the public to be vigilant against the effects of the ashfall from the Mount Kanlaon eruption. In an advisory on Saturday, July 11, the Environmental Management Bureau of the Department of...
CEBU CITY – The Cebu provincial government recorded two cases of ashfall-related hospital admissions amid the persisting poor air quality caused by the Kanlaon Volcano eruption. According to the Capitol, the hospital admissions were recorded in Barili and Pinamungajan, two western towns in Cebu...
CEBU CITY – Classes were suspended after ashfall from the eruption of Mount Kanlaon on Negros Island reached parts of Cebu on Thursday, July 9. At least 20 local government units in Cebu suspended classes due to poor air quality caused by the ashfall. As of noon on Thursday, classes were...
BACOLOD CITY – Ashfall blanketed two local government units (LGUs) in Negros Island Region (NIR) which also reached Cebu province following the moderately explosive eruption of Kanlaon Volcano on Thursday morning, July 9. Donato Sermeno, director of the Office of Civil Defense (OCD)-NIR, said...
BACOLOD CITY – The Negros Occidental provincial government urged Negrenses to join efforts to rehabilitate the 547 hectares of forest area within the Mount Kanlaon Natural Park. Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz II said Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson gave instructions "to get the work started on...
A brief ash emission occurred at Kanlaon Volcano on Wednesday morning, July 1, sending a grayish plume above the summit crater, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). Phivolcs said the ash emission occurred at 10:14 a.m., generating grayish plumes that rose...
At least 20 ash emissions have been recorded at Kanlaon Volcano within 24 hours, including another on Tuesday afternoon, June 16, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said. The latest event occurred at 5:21 p.m. on Tuesday, producing a grayish plume that rose...
Kanlaon Volcano emitted an ash plume from its summit crater on Friday morning, June 12, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported. In an advisory, Phivolcs said the ash emission occurred at 8:28 a.m. and produced grayish plumes that rose about 300 meters above the...
An ash plume rose from Kanlaon Volcano early Thursday morning, May 28 as the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) reported an ongoing ash emission event that began at 6 a.m. Phivolcs said the activity generated grayish ash plumes rising about 1,200 meters above the summit...
BACOLOD CITY – The Office of Civil Defense-Negros Island Region (OCD-NIR) is preparing for possible evacuations and higher alert status for Kanlaon Volcano after an unusual crater glow, locally called as “banaag,” was seen Sunday night, May 10. Around 6,100 families could be preemptively...
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) on Monday, May 11, warned of possible rising magmatic activity at Kanlaon Volcano after a visible crater glow or “banaag” was observed at the summit over the weekend. Personnel at the Kanlaon Volcano Observatory in Negros...
