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The 3 meters by 6 meters “Buglas” mural*  Buglas, a mural which depicts the history and culture Negros, is a stunning art piece that has helped a Bacolod-based foundation earn funds to provide 15,000 meals for undernourished children and victims of disasters, and a livelihood for its artisans. The 3 by 6 meters mural, which hangs at the lobby of   Bacolod’s newest hotel, is a livelihood project of the Negrense Volunteers for Change (NVC) Foundation.  “It was created by 16 NVC Artisans of Hope who spent four months crafting this expression of history and culture using broken ceramic tile pieces, discarded Nespresso coffee capsules, Capiz shell trimmings and broken glass, NVC president Millie Kilayko said. Centuries ago, Buglas was the Hiligaynon name for Negro...

Evacuees at St. Vincent High School in La Castellana, Negros Occidental undergo a stress debriefing activity with personnel of the Department of Social Welfare and Development and Municipal Social Welfare and Development Office on Tuesday.*DSWD photo   Families affected by the eruption of Mt. Kanlaon in Negros Island have received  P26.02 million in various assistance from the national government through the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). Based on the DSWD report as of 6 a.m. on Thursday, June 20 financial aid totaling P15.98 million and 8,032 family food packs worth P4.741 million were given to 1,598 beneficiaries. Non-food items amounting to P5.301 million, including 1,516 sleeping kits, 1,424 hygiene kits, 372 family kits, 86 ki...

La Castellana Mayor Rhummyla  Mangilimutan.* Arangka La Castellana FB page photo La Castellana Mayor Rhummyla  Mangilimutan  said  she is seeking the help of the national government for permanent relocation sites for La Castellana residents no longer allowed to   live or farm in the four-kilometer permanent danger zone of Kanlaon Volcano. There were initially 200 families living in the danger zone but the number has dropped to about 100, she said on Wednesday, June 19.There are about 3,000 evacuees in five evacuation centers in La Castellana who left their homes after the Kanlaon Volcano eruption on June  3 . Mangilimutan said  except for the evacuees from the permanent danger zone she is seeking advice on whether the r...

The restive Kanlaon Volcano.*Richard Malihan photoCanlaon City in Negros Oriental has cancelled its 57th Charter Day Anniversary activities as it recovers from the Kanlaon Volcano eruption and prepares for possible further volcanic activity with Alert Level 2 still up. Canlaon City usually celebrates its Charter Day on July 1 and various activities, including cultural presentations, leading to it begin in mid-June, Mayor Jose Chubasco Cardenas said on Wednesday, July 19.The mayor said he has only approved a mass in the morning and a night of worship on July 1. They are preparing for a worst case scenario because of the unpredictability of Kanlaon and it would be embarrassing for them to be celebrating while asking for help from the national government, he said....

The Metro Bacolod Chamber of Commerce and Industry delivers aid to the evacuees* The head of the humanitarian arm of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) appealed to the faithful to help communities in Negros Island that were affected by the eruption of Mt. Kanlaon. Fr. Carmelo Caluag, Caritas Philippines executive director, on Monday, June 18,  sought the public's help in assisting residents under four dioceses in the island -- the dioceses of San Carlos, Bacolod, and Kabankalan in Negros Occidental, and the diocese of Dumaguete in Negros Oriental. "We are seeking your help, either cash or in-kind donations, so that we can continue to send them to the families affected by the Mt. Kanlaon (eruption). It looks like this is not yet ending soon...

First Lady Liza Araneta Marcos (4th from left) with La Castellana Councilor Añejo Nicor, Local Government Secretary Benjamin Abalos, La Castellana Mayor Rhummyla Nicor Mangilimutan, Social Welfare and Development Secretary Rex Gatchalian, Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office General Manager Melquiades Robles, Bacolod Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez and Rep. Emilio Yulo III (l-r).* Thomas T. Delociento Jr. photo First Lady Liza Araneta Marcos led the distribution of P17.5 million worth of cash relief to 1,750 families affected by the eruption of Kanlaon Volcano in La Castellana and Bago City in Negros Occidental on Saturday, June 15. Also distributed were food packs and hygiene kits, La Castellana Mayor Rhummyla Mangilimutan said on Saturday. The First Lady was accompanied ...

Lahar from Kanlaon Volcano flowed through waterways in La Castellana on Monday.*Richard Malihan photosThe Kanlaon Volcano eruption has caused P68,497,436 in damage to crops and fisheries in two cities and one town in Negros Occidental, the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist reported.This has affected 885 farmers tilling 504.4 hectares of farmlands in Bago City, La Carlota City and La Castellana town, OIC Provincial Agriculturist Dina Genzola said in her report to Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson.Damage to rice was P1,368,956.35, corn – P555,000 and high value commercial crops - P65,978,480, Genzola said.The high value crops damaged by ash fall and lahar were coffee, bananas, vegetables and root crops in farms near the volcano, she said.Damage to fishponds was PP595,000, Genzola...

DENR Secretary Antonia Loyzaga (center)  at the Negros Occidental Capitol  in Bacolod City on Thursday.* The Department of Environment and Natural Resources will provide equipment to monitor air and water quality   in areas close to Kanlaon Volcano following its recent eruption, DENR Secretary Antonia Yulo Loyzaga said on Thursday, June 13. Loyzaga was in Negros on Thursday to see how her department can assist government agencies responding to the aftermath of the eruption. “What we are trying to do is work very closely with the province in order   to identify where it would be best to position the instruments so that they can actually be effective in terms of decision making,” she said. “The issue here is the lahar is mobilizing wher...

Negros Occidental and Bacolod City officials at their Independence Day rites On Wednesday.* Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson and Bacolod Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez   called for unity in the battle for change for a better Philippines at Independence Day rites on Wednesday, June 12. “Let us all work together to create a society in which no Filipino is left behind      and where every individual has the freedom, through equal opportunities, to achieve personal advancement and contribute to nation building,”  Lacson said in his speech at the provincial government’s Independence Day rites  at the Capitol Park and Lagoon in Bacolod City. Benitez, in his speech at the Bacolod Independence Day rites, said “our changin...