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The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) announced yesterday that the Himamaylan Tent City, which it supports, has successfully established 300 family tents. With this, the facility is now ready to provide shelter for evacuees amid the threat from Mt. Kanlaon’s unrest. OCD administrator Undersecretary Ariel Nepomuceno, in a statement, emphasized the agency’s commitment to a …

Three evacuation sites are being prepared by the San Carlos City government for evacuees in case Kanlaon volcano erupts, Mayor Renato Gustilo said yesterday. Gustilo said the city government is developing the evacuation sites in the Cudcud-Quezon area, a two-hectare land in Barangay Prosperidad, and another three-hectare lot on the city government’s property. “We are currently …

Negros Occidental province’s palay production decreased by 11.97 percent in 2024 due to the effects of a prolonged dry spell brought by El Niño, data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) showed. From January to December last year, total production was only 427,871.60 metric tons (MT). It was 58,182 MT lower than the 486,053.60 MT …

The elections in Canlaon City will proceed as scheduled. This was announced by Lawyer Lionel Marco Castillano, Commission on Elections Negros Island Region (Comelec-NIR) director. Castillano said Comelec Chairperson George Garcia has instructed them not to postpone the elections in Canlaon City despite the possibility of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) declaring …

By MA. THERESA LADIAO A sweeping anti-illegal drug operation conducted by the Police Regional Office in Western Visayas (PRO-6) has resulted in the confiscation of P11.76 million worth of illegal substances and the arrest of 111 individuals across the region. The weeklong campaign, spanning from February 10 to 16, led to the seizure of 1,729 …

By JEN BAYLON The Negros Occidental Provincial Joint Security Control Center (PJSCC) will convene today to finalize the categorization of the province in the May 12 midterm elections. “We will be finalizing the final recommendation on what color or category to assign to the province of Negros Occidental,” provincial election supervisor Ian Lee Ananoria said. The …

Bacolod City recorded a total of 124 dengue cases as of February 8, data from the City Health Office (CHO) showed yesterday. This is 96.8 percent higher than the 63 cases recorded in the same period last year, data revealed. The CHO recorded no fatalities due to dengue within the period. Barangay Mansilingan logged the …

The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) have conducted site inspections for their respective Negros Island Region (NIR) regional offices in the highly-urbanized Bacolod City. In a report yesterday, the Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (NOCPPO) said the proposed location of the Police Regional Office-(PRO-NIR) Regional Finance Service Unit …

By JEN BAYLON Sixteen houses were gutted after a fire hit Purok Paglaum in Bacolod City’s Barangay 17 at 8:15 p.m. on Friday, February 14, leaving 57 individuals homeless. Nine houses were destroyed while seven others suffered partial damage in a 38-minute fire, the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) in Bacolod reported. The blaze caused …

Kanlaon Volcano released a grayish ash plume 1,500 meters above its crater following an eight-minute minor eruption at 2:32 p.m. on Saturday, February 15. Ashfall and sulfurous smells were reported in several localities of Negros Occidental’s Bago City, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said in a report. The winds carried the ash westward, …