BACOLOD CITY – Sixty-one families or 225 individuals affected by the eruption of Kanlaon Volcano in La Carlota City, Negros Occidental returned home on Thursday, Aug. 14, after eight months in an evacuation center. The La Carlota City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office transported...
The Canlaon City government reopened tourism sites effective Aug. 8, eight months since the Dec. 9, 2024 eruption and days after the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology lowered the alert level of Kanlaon Volcano in Canlaon City, Negros Oriental from Alert Level 3 to 2 on July 29. ...
BACOLOD CITY – After eight months of staying in evacuation centers, 471 families or 1,548 individuals residing outside the four-kilometer danger zone of Kanlaon Volcano in La Castellana, Negros Occidental have returned home on Aug. 1, Mayor Añejo Nicor said. This follows the recent downgrading...
DUMAGUETE CITY – The local government of Canlaon City in Negros Oriental has closed seven evacuation centers after more than 500 families returned to their homes within Kanlaon Volcano’s extended danger zone, an official said Friday. Seth Cabanas Bariga, information officer of the city’s...
DUMAGUETE CITY – Canlaon City in Negros Oriental is laying down measures to ensure the safe return of evacuees to their homes after eight months of staying in shelters in the aftermath of Mount Kanlaon 's eruption last December. “We are now meeting at the Emergency Operations Center (EOC)...
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) lowered the alert status of Kanlaon Volcano from Alert Level 3 (magmatic unrest) to Alert Level 2 (moderate unrest) on Tuesday, July 29, following signs of decreased volcanic activity since its last eruption on May 13. According to...
BACOLOD CITY – Several Kanlaon Volcano evacuees who recently left an evacuation center in La Castellana, Negros Occidental without permission have starting returning, John de Asis, head of the Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (MDRRMO), said. In a phone interview on July 6,...
MOISES PADILLA, Negros Occidental -- Negros Occidental fifth district Rep. Emilio Bernardino Yulo III is asking for a clear plan for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) of Kanlaon Volcano. “There’s no clear plan what’s going to happen in the next three months, six months, or the next year,”...
BACOLOD CITY – The local government of La Castellana in Negros Occidental and the Incident Management Team (IMT) have urged Kanlaon Volcano evacuees who left an evacuation center without permission to come back. In a Facebook post, the local government emphasized that evacuees are allowed to...
BACOLOD CITY – The Office of Civil Defense-Negros Island Region (OCD-NIR) lifted the suspension of entry into the six-kilometer Extended Danger Zone (EDZ) during the window period for farmers on Thursday, June 26. The agency said that the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology...
BACOLOD CITY – The Regional Task Force (RTF) Kanlaon has indefinitely suspended entry within the six-kilometer extended danger zone of the volcano during certain periods of the day starting Tuesday. In an advisory on Monday, the Office of Civil Defense-led RTF Kanlaon said the Philippine...
BACOLOD CITY – The Department of Education (DepEd) has allowed Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) affected by Kanlaon Volcano to stay in classrooms at night in La Castellana, Negros Occidental, provided it does not interfere with regular class schedules. DepEd-Negros Occidental Administrative...
