BACOLOD CITY – The Office of Civil Defense is eyeing Himamaylan City in Negros Occidental as pilot tent city for Kanlaon Volcano evacuees. MAYOR Raymund Tongson (right) inspects tents being set up in Sitio Bingig, Barangay 3, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental. (Photo courtesy of Himamaylan City...
BACOLOD CITY – The Office of the Civil Defense is preparing for the potential evacuation of up to 100,000 residents when the alert level of Kanlaon Volcano is raised from Alert Level 3 to Level 4. THE Office of the Civil Defense led by Administrator Undersecretary Ariel Nepomuceno meets Negros...
BACOLOD CITY – Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson has expressed concern about the long-term viability of tent cities for Kanlaon Volcano evacuees. LACSON “I’d like to hear from him personally – what is the plan? How are we going to maintain them in a tent city? Is it the...
BACOLOD CITY – The Office of the Provincial Agriculturist reported P128.6 million in agriculture damage in 22 barangays in three municipalities in Negros Occidental due to Kanlaon Volcano. VEGETABLES sourced from Canlaon City, Negros Oriental are sold during market day in E.B....
BACOLOD CITY – At least 100 individuals will be deployed beginning Monday, Jan. 13, to help alleviate the workload of camp managers and personnel who have been working without relief for the past 31 days ensuring the proper care of Kanlaon Volcano evacuees in 10 evacuation centers in Canlaon...
The Bacolod City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office projected that 309,619 residents in the city are at risk from ashfall when Kanlaon Volcano erupts. KANLAON Volcano The figure comprised half of the city’s population. Barangay Estefania was projected with the highest number of...
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/File) Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian has instructed the agency’s Disaster Response Management Group to expedite the...
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) on Saturday, Jan. 11, reported “increased ground deformation” at Kanlaon Volcano and noted that the overall parameters suggest pressurization, which could lead to an eruption “broadly similar” to last month's event. (Kanlaon...
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...
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...
