The national government stands ready to assist local government units (LGUs) affected by the latest eruption of Mt. Kanlaon in Negros Island early Tuesday, April 8.

In a press briefing in Malacañang, Palace Press Officer and Presidential Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro said the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is actively coordinating with local authorities to provide assistance to residents in affected areas upon the directive of President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr.

Castro said the government is assessing the situation and will provide necessary resources to affected LGUs.

“Kung kinakailangan po, ito po’y titingnan pong mabuti kung ano po ang pangangailangan ng mga LGUs at agad-agad pong bibigyan po ito ng tulong,” she said.

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said the volcano’s explosive eruption occurred at 5:51 a.m.

Hundreds of families have been staying in various evacuation centers in Canlaon City since the December 9, 2024 eruption.

This is the volcano’s third eruption, with the first on June 3, 2024.

Alert Level 3 remains in effect over Kanlaon, Phivolcs said. (PNA)