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Jun132024 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

DENR providing equipment for Kanlaon air, water testing

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...

Jun132024 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Unity urged in battle for change; Guv thanks Kanlaon frontliners

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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...

Jun132024 by Nanette GuadalquiverNo Comments

Social workers receive ‘thank you’ cards from Kanlaon displaced kids

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Two of the “thank you” cards received by the social workers* For helping displaced families cope with the impact of the eruption of Mt. Kanlaon, government social workers received “thank you” letters from children staying in one of the evacuation centers in La Castellana, Negros Occidental. Since the active volcano in Negros Island erupted on June 3, more than 4,000 individuals have been evacuated in the central Negros town, and social workers of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) led in facilitating proper camp management and providing psychosocial intervention to affected adults and children. May Rago-Castillo, information officer of DSWD 6 (Western Visayas), underscored the value of social workers in disaster response, in this case, the erupti...

Jun112024 by Romeo SubaldoNo Comments

Phivolcs naga paandam batuk sa lahar kag mud flow gikan sa bulkan Kanlaon

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Phivolcs naga paandam sa mga banwa kag siudad malapit sa bulkan Kanlaon nga mag ulu-aligmat batuk sa lahar kag mud flow. Bangud maulanon na ang panahon, dako ang posibilidad sang pagluntad sang lahar gikan sa bulkan Kanlaon.Suno sa kay Ma. Antonia Bornas, ang chief sang volcano monitoring sang PHIVOLCS, delikado ang lahar ilabi kun may dala nga mga bato kag mga kahoy.Ang malapuyot nga daw gina mix nga semento nga gikan sa bulkan parehos sang natabo sa Biak na Bato sa La Castellana amo ang gina tumod nga lahar samtang ang tubig naman nga may upod nga abu nga makita sa mga suba kada mag ulan amo naman ang muddy stream flow.Balantayan suno sa kay Bornas ang lahar kay mahimo ini nga magsaka sa mga taytay, magpang guba sang mga balay kag may mga kaupod ini nga mga bato kag ka...

Jun102024 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Phivolcs: Kanlaon highly dangerous, hope for best but prepare for worst

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Kanlaon Volcano as seen during an aerial survey on Monday, June 10.*Richard Malihan photo“Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.” That was the advice of Teresito C. Bacolcol, Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) director, at a briefing on the current restive state of Kanlaon Volcano in Negros Island that remains at Alert Level 2. Bacolcol and Ma. Antonia Bornas, Phivolcs chief science research specialist, briefed Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson on the state of the volcano, which erupted on June 3, at the Capitol in Bacolod City Monday afternoon. Kanlaon remains highly dangerous with a very high possibility of follow up phreatic and magmatic eruptions, Bornas said. She pointed out that the v...

Jun102024 by Romeo SubaldoNo Comments

Phivolcs: Liwat nga paglupok sang bulkan Kanlaon posible

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajcEoE0aK7MLiwat nga paglupok sang Kanlaon posible suno sa Phivolcs. Mga LGU sa palibot sang bulkan ginapahanda.

Jun92024 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Kanlaon sulfur emission increases; It smells like rotten eggs – mayor

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Kanlaon Volcano after its moderately explosive eruption on June 3.*Romeo Subaldo photo Kanlaon Volcano is emitting heavy sulfurous odor that smells similar to rotten eggs. Residents in some villages close to Kanlaon Volcano reported the strong odor late Saturday, La Castellana Mayor Rhummyla Nicor Mangilimutan said on Sunday, June 9. About 4,000 La Castellana residents are in evacuation centers with another Kanlaon Volcano eruption still possible. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) at 9:30 p.m. Saturday issued a notice of elevated volcanic sulfur dioxide (SO2) gas emission from the summit crater of Kanlaon based on its campaign Flyspec measurements at 4,397 tons. This is the highest emission this year measured ...

Jun82024 by Mark L. GarciaNo Comments

NPA, gov’t troops help residents in Kanlaon area

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The Philippine Army’s 79th Infantry Battalion soldiers delivering aid.*Philippine Army and New People’s Army troops are both helping villagers affected by the eruption of Kanlaon Volcano.The PA and NPA, in separate statements, pledged to assist affected residents.The NPA’s Leonardo Panaligan Command Central Negros Guerilla Front, in a press statement, said it has tasked all its militia units to serve the masses while observing an active defense amid the calamity.The NPA also called on various organizations, including the Church and non-government organizations, to take steps to help the residents in Central Negros affected by the eruption.The 62nd Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army has been conducting Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster R...

Jun72024 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

SRA: Kanlaon ash damage to sugarcane fields minimal

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sugarcane field near Kanlaon Volcano*The Sugar Regulatory Administration on Friday, June 7, assured that the damage to sugarcane fields caused by the Kanlaon Volcano eruption is very minimal.The rain is helping neutralize the acidity of the volcanic ash, SRA Administrator Pablo Luis Azcona said in a report released to the media on Friday, June 7.The SRA on Tuesday had sent out research teams to conduct soil and leaf sampling of ash affected areas, as well as assess potential damage to sugarcane fields.Farmers are out in the fields continuing to replant the El Niño damaged sugarcane and its business as usual for them, Azcona said on Friday.He also reiterated that the SRA Disaster Committee met on Tuesday and he approved the use of P2.5 million of their cor...

Jun72024 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

House Speaker delivering aid to Kanlaon affected areas: Albee

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The Department of Social Welfare and Development said 10,000 Family Food Packs have arrived for residents affected by the Kanlaon Volcano eruption.*DSWD photoBacolod Mayor Alfredo Abelardo “Albee” Benitez on Thursday, June 6, said House Speaker Martin Romualdez may visit areas in Negros Occidental, affected by the Kanlaon Volcano eruption.Romualdez earlier said he is expediting the release of P40 million worth of government aid for residents affected by Kanlaon’s eruption. He is coordinating with the Department of Social Welfare and Development and the Department of Labor and Employment for the allocation of P20 million each under the Ayuda para SA Kapos ang Kita Program (AKAP) and the Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers (TU...