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  A barangay councilor died after his motorcycle was hit by a 10-wheeler truck in Bacolod City’s Barangay Banago on Thursday morning, June 13. Police identified the fatality as 60-year-old Kagawad Jomarie Maniego of the said village. Police Major Ramel Sarona, head of the Traffic Enforcement Unit, said Maniego was driving his motorcycle, but failed …

By JEN BAYLON The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) supports the decision of the Negros Occidental provincial government to suspend cloud seeding operations in the province, as it will trigger lahar flows in communities near Kanlaon Volcano. “Rain can trigger lahars if there are volcanic deposits on the surface, especially after an eruption,” Phivolcs resident volcanologist Andylene Quintia said …

  Damage to agriculture brought by the eruption of Mt. Kanlaon in Negros Island has reached over P104 million in Regions 6 and 7, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) reported yesterday. In its latest update, the NDRRMC said the damage is equivalent to 3,947.27 metric tons of production. Affected farmers and …

  A total of 83 families or 263 individuals displaced by the recent eruption of Mt. Kanlaon were allowed to return home yesterday. Edna Lhou Masicampo, designated information officer of Canlaon City, said in an interview that these displaced families were from Barangays Pula, Masulog, and Linothangan, which are within the four-kilometer permanent danger zone …

  BY JEN BAYLON Cloud seeding operations in Negros Occidental have been put on hold as it will trigger lahar flows in areas already affected by the phreatic eruption of Kanlaon Volcano, Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson said yesterday. Lacson said the suspension of cloud seeding operations will prevent further damage to affected communities as this will induce more …

  Dumaguete City Mayor Felipe Antonio Remollo has lauded President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. who is about to sign into law the creation of the Negros Island Region on Thursday, June 13, saying this would spur economic development in Negros Oriental. Remollo made the statement yesterday ahead of the President’s scheduled ceremonial signing of Senate Bill 2507 …

  The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) announced that it has deployed a water filtration truck along with a seven-member rapid deployment team to Negros Occidental to help communities affected by the eruption of Mount Kanlaon on June 3. In a statement, OCD administrator Undersecretary Ariel Nepomuceno said the water filtration truck and RDT departed …

  An initial 30,000 food-poor families from Negros Occidental will be recipients of the government’s Walang Gutom 2027: Food Provision through Strategic Transfer and Alternative Measures Program (Food STAMP) that will be implemented through the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) starting July. “This is a scale-up program because the pilot implementation is already …

  By JEN BAYLON Acting Negros Occidental Provincial Administrator Alberto Nellas, Jr. hopes that the motion for reconsideration filed by suspended Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz II will be considered by the Office of the Ombudsman. “We’re hoping that the Ombudsman will approve the motion for reconsideration,” Nellas said in an interview yesterday. “It’s only temporary, pending …

  BY JEN BAYLON Negros Occidental Provincial Tourism Office head Cheryl Decena and five employees of the Mambukal Resort and Wildlife Sanctuary have been issued a show-cause order (SCO) for alleged unliquidated expenses. Provincial Legal Office head and Acting Provincial Administrator Alberto Nellas, Jr. said the SCO was issued to Decena under the principle of …