BACOLOD CITY – A woman and her friend were killed in a motorcycle accident in Sitio Barca, Barangay Jonob-Jonob, Escalante City, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, June 5. TWO persons were killed and their back rider was injured in a motorcycle accident in Barangay Jonob-Jonob, Escalante City,...
BACOLOD CITY – Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson told evacuees from barangays on the foot of Kanlaon to stay in evacuation centers while the volcano remains on Alert Level 2. Lacson visited the town of La Castellana and La Carlota City on Wednesday, June 5, to check the...
CEBU CITY – The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) on Thursday, June 6, insisted that it has given ample advisory before Kanlaon Volcano in Negros Oriental erupted on Monday night, June 3. PHIVOLCS Director Teresito Bacolcol said enough advisory was issued before the...
BACOLOD CITY – The Office of the Ombudsman has suspended two Negros Occidental provincial government officials for six months without pay due to conflict of interest when they engaged in private law practice in 2020. NEGROS Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson and Provincial Administrator Atty....
BACOLOD CITY – Police seized 105 grams of suspected shabu worth P714,000 from a couple in a buy-bust operation in Barangay III (Poblacion), La Carlota City, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, June 4. A COUPLE was arrested by the police in a buy-bust operation in Barangay III (Poblacion), La...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Rhummyla Nicor-Mangilimutan imposed forced evacuation in several sitios in Barangay Bi-ak na Bato, La Castellana, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, June 5, following mudflow or lahar from the Kanlaon Volcano eruption. LAHAR floods a road on June 5 in Barangay Bi-ak na Bato, La...
BACOLOD CITY – The town of La Castellana in Negros Occidental was placed under a state of calamity on Tuesday night, June 4, a day after the eruption of Kanlaon volcano in the neighboring city of Canlaon in Negros Oriental. ASH blankets plants in Sitio Trencera, Barangay Sag-Ang, La...
A Philippine Air Force (PAF) aircrew covers his face due to the stench of the volcanic ash fall during the conduct of a rapid damage assessment and needs analysis in Negros Occidental on June 4, 2024 following the eruption of Mt. Kanlaon. (Photo by PAF) Residents in Western Visayas (Region 6) and...
BACOLOD CITY – Almost 1,700 farmers in five barangays in Canlaon City, Negros Oriental were affected by the eruption of Kanlaon Volcano on Monday night, June 3. In a press briefing on Tuesday, June 4, Mayor Jose Chubasco Cardenas said that there were 655 farmers in Barangay Pula, 290 in Barangay...
BACOLOD CITY – Canlaon City in Negros Oriental declared a state of calamity on Tuesday afternoon, June 4, less than 24 hours following the eruption of Kanlaon Volcano on Monday night, June 3. CANLAON City was placed under a state of calamity due to the eruption of Kanlaon Volcano on Monday night,...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) House Speaker Martin Romualdez on Tuesday, June 4, expressed sympathy to the residents affected by the eruption of Kanlaon Volcano in Negros Island. “Syempre ipinagdadasal natin lahat ng...
ILOILO CITY – Western Visayas has been placed under blue alert following the eruption of Mount Kanlaon in Negros Oriental on June 3. KANLAON Volcano as seen from Canlaon City, Negros Occidental erupts on Monday night, June 3, 2024. (Photo courtesy of Ethan Asentista-Khoo) “This is to...
