BACOLOD CITY – The Canlaon City government in Negros Oriental has allowed displaced families living outside the six-kilometer Permanent Danger Zone around Kanlaon Volcano to return to their homes with certain restrictions. THE Department of Social Welfare and Development-6 assists Kanlaon Volcano...
BACOLOD CITY – The Office of Civil Defense-Western Visayas projects to spend about P15.3 billion if the alert level at Kanlaon Volcano is raised to Alert Level 4. The amount will pay for food and non-food items, P606,599,482; water, P189,428,931; facilities, P507,066,638, and cash...
Senate Majority Leader Francis “Tol” Tolentino said on Friday, Jan. 10, that the Senate will prioritize four key bills when the regular session resumes amid a busy legislative agenda. These include postponing the 2025 barangay elections, modernizing the Philippine Institute of Volcanology...
BACOLOD CITY – The Office of Civil Defense-Western Visayas vowed to strictly uphold the six-kilometer Permanent Danger Zone around Kanlaon Volcano. RAUL Fernandez (center), regional director of the Office of Civil Defense (OCD)-Western Visayas and chairman of the Regional Inter-Agency...
Ash emissions at Kanlaon Volcano were observed from 10:25 a.m. to 12:20 p.m. on Jan. 8, 2024. (Screenshot from Phivolcs Facebook page) The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said Kanlaon Volcano’s emission of ash that lasted almost two hours on Wednesday, Jan. 8 had...
BACOLOD CITY – Local government units (LGUs) in Negros Occidental are actively discussing the possibility of relocating residents within the danger zone of Kanlaon Volcano. KANLAON Volcano Kanlaon Volcano has been unstable with frequent earthquakes and sulfur dioxide emissions that sparked...
(File photo) Fearing the entire city of Canlaon in Negros Oriental will be buried under a thick carpet of pyroclastic surges and ashfall deposits, the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) is preparing to evacuate thousands of displaced individuals as Kanlaon Volcano again emitted ash on Wednesday morning,...
BACOLOD CITY – The provincial government of Negros Occidental is looking for a long-term solution for residents living within the four-kilometer Permanent Danger Zone of Kanlaon Volcano. KANLAON Volcano (FB) Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz said that one of the proposed solutions is for...
BACOLOD CITY – The provincial government of Negros Occidental ended on Monday, Jan. 6, its 14-day feeding program for thousands of individuals displaced by the eruption of Kanlaon Volcano and volunteers, peacekeepers, and social workers in various evacuation centers. A COMMUNITY kitchen...
Department of Social Welfare and Development- Disaster Response Operations Monitoring and Information Center (Facebook) The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said 4,070 families or 13,246 individuals are still sheltered in evacuation centers due to the ongoing magmatic unrest at...
Kanlaon Volcano (Phivolcs) The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) on Sunday, Jan. 5 reported a significant volcanic event at Kanlaon Volcano, which included an ash emission lasting 111 minutes over the past 24 hours. Phivolcs noted that the volcano continues to exhibit...
BACOLOD CITY – Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson disclosed that the P50-million assistance from the national government for Kanlaon Volcano evacuees would only last about a month and a half. Lacson said the provincial government has yet to use the assistance but he is concerned...
