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By JEN BAYLON Brigadier General Arnold Thomas Ibay, chief of the Police Regional Office in the Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR), announced that they are on full alert for Holy Week and the midterm elections. “We are considering all our security preparations to help us,” Ibay said. He said their personnel would not be allowed to …

By JEN BAYLON Negros Occidental has recorded seven dengue-related deaths, as the number of infections continues to rise, the Provincial Health Office (PHO) said yesterday. The most recent dengue fatality was a 49-year-old woman from Bago City, data showed. The PHO earlier recorded six deaths due to dengue, which included individuals aged nine to 22 …

More explosive eruptions are possible at Kanlaon Volcano as it had another minor eruption yesterday, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said. “The current eruptions are just a prologue. The major eruptions that we are seeing are taking place in shorter intervals now,” Mariton Bornas, chief of Phivolcs’ Volcano Monitoring and Eruption Prediction …

By JEN BAYLON The Negros Occidental provincial government is taking steps to relocate families living within Kanlaon Volcano’s six-kilometer extended danger zone to permanent, safer sites to restore normalcy in their lives, Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz said. Diaz stressed the importance of finding a permanent solution for the displaced residents. He explained that the evacuees, …

By JEN BAYLON The funding for the operation of community kitchens for evacuees of Kanlaon Volcano’s explosive eruption will be sourced from Malacañang’s P50 million grant. Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson confirmed that community kitchens, which provide meals to evacuees affected by the ongoing volcanic unrest, will continue operations until May of this year …

By JEN BAYLON Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson is concerned about the urgent need for clean water for affected residents following Kanlaon Volcano’s explosive eruption. “We should be concerned because water is a need and, for now, they cannot use their normal or regular source of water,” Lacson said. The ashfall from the volcanic …

The number of evacuees is expected to increase following Kanlaon Volcano’s explosive eruption on Tuesday morning, April 8, the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) said. “There are 2,000 families in 22 evacuation centers,” OCD spokesperson Chris Noel Bendijo said in a radio interview yesterday. “This could increase because the ashfall is really intense due to the …

By JEN BAYLON Kanlaon Volcano’s explosive eruption early yesterday morning was not a major one expected, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said. “There is an expectation of a bigger explosion, but we do not yet know when it will happen,” Phivolcs Research Specialist 1 Pearly Sianson said yesterday. Kanlaon erupted with a …

By JEN BAYLON Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson expressed confidence that the recent imposition of a 17 percent tariff on Philippine goods by the United States will not significantly impact the local economy. “I don’t think it has any major effect on our economy in Negros Occidental,” Lacson said. The governor’s optimism stems from the …

By JEN BAYLON A total of 25,102 individuals, comprising 7,656 families, have been displaced by the ongoing unrest at Kanlaon Volcano almost four months following its explosive eruption late last year. Based on data from the Department of Health’s (DOH) Mount Kanlaon Response Report, as of Saturday, April 5, affected residents are currently housed in …