BACOLOD CITY – The Regional Task Force (RTF) Kanlaon lifted over the weekend the prohibition of entry within the volcano’s six-kilometer extended danger zone but maintains the strict monitoring of volcanic activity in the Negros Island Region. Evacuated residents are again allowed to return...
A minor phreatic or steam-driven eruption occurred at Taal Volcano’s Main Crater at 9:18 p.m. on Thursday, May 29, said the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). It ended at 9:22 p.m. The eruption generated a 1,500-meter white plume, as recorded by the thermal camera at...
BACOLOD CITY – The local government of La Castellana in Negros Occidental, along with rescuers and other partners, is currently clearing roads blocked by lahar and debris that overflowed from a creek in Sitio Tamburong, Barangay Biak na Bato. The creek overflowed two weeks after the explosive...
BACOLOD CITY – The province of Negros Occidental suffered losses in agriculture amounting to P1.8 million from the recent eruption of Kanlaon Volcano. A report from the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist submitted to Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson on Monday, May 19, said high-value commercial crops...
BACOLOD CITY – The Office of Civil Defense-Negros Island Region is inspecting the proposed sites for permanent evacuation centers and resettlement areas for residents displaced by Kanlaon Volcano in four local government units in Negros Occidental. OCD-NIR Regional Director Donato Sermeno III...
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) maintained Alert Level 3 (magmatic unrest) over Kanlaon Volcano, as it warned that short-lived explosive eruptions remain possible following its eruption on May 13. As of Friday evening, May 16, Phivolcs reported no significant...
BACOLOD CITY – Ashfall from today’s moderately explosive eruption of Kanlaon Volcano was reported in 10 barangays here. Affected, according to the City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office, were Barangays 9, 21, 33, Alijis, Mansilingan, Singcang-Airport, Taculing, Tangub, Villamonte,...
(Phivolcs) A moderately explosive eruption occurred at Kanlaon Volcano early Tuesday, May 13, lasting five minutes and sending a towering ash plume 4.5 kilometers into the sky, reported the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). This is the fourth eruption of Kanlaon since...
BACOLOD CITY – Seven-hundred ninety-one families or 2,373 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) from five Kanlaon Volcano-hit barangays in Canlaon City, Negros Oriental will vote on May 12. Edna Lhou Masicampo, city’s public information officer, said that they have estimated three voters per...
BACOLOD CITY – Almost 5,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) from three Kanlaon Volcano-hit local government units (LGUs) will be transported from evacuation centers to polling centers to vote on May 12. Office of Civil Defense-Negros Island Region (OCD-NIR) Regional Director Donato Sermeno...
BACOLOD CITY – Four local government units (LGUs) in Negros Island are set to receive P203.8 million in additional funding from the national government to support ongoing response efforts related to Kanlaon Volcano. COMMISSION on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia (left) and Office...
BACOLOD CITY – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has affirmed that the May 12 mid-term elections will proceed as scheduled across Negros Island amid the threat of Kanlaon Volcano. COMMISSION on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia (third from left) and Office of Civil Defense...
