BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Eighteen employees of the provincial government of Negros Occidental are currently in hot water after being issued with show cause
FLOOD RESCUE.Personnel of the Bureau of Fire Protection in Cauayan, Negros Occidental were among those who rescued residents from their flooded homes due to torrential rains brought by Typhoon Karding on Sunday (Sept. 25, 2022). At least 13 families have been evacuated while most of the cities and municipalities in the province have suspended classes due to inclement weather.(Photo courtesy of BFP-Region 6 Cauayan Fire Station) BACOLOD CITY -Several families have been evacuated since Sunday while classes were suspended in majority of local government units (LGUs) in Negros Occidental on Monday following torrential rains brought by Typhoon Karding. Latest report showed that some 13 families in Cauayan town in the south have temporarily left their homes due to flooding. Based on the directive of Governor Eugenio Lacson, all disaster risk reduction and management (DRRM) centers in Negros Occidental have gone on red alert status for "close monitoring, consolidation of reports, and coo
A view of Mt. Kanlaon from La Castellana, Negros Occidental.(PNA Bacolod file photo) BACOLOD CITY - The Negros Occidental Command Center is closely monitoring the activity of Mt. Kanlaon after the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) raised the possibility of phreatic eruptions on Monday. Zeaphard Caelian, head of the Provincial Disaster Management Program Division, said the active volcano's seismicity has decreased to only 17 volcanic quakes as of 8 a.m. on Tuesday. A day earlier, some 21 volcanic quakes were recorded, while from 5 a.m. on June 30 to 2 p.m. on July 3, at least 41 volcanic tremors were monitored caused by movements or eruptions of magma. "Mt. Kanlaon is still at Alert Level 1 or low-level unrest. Although there is a possibility of a phreatic eruption because of the hydrothermal activity, with the presence of water and magma," Caelian added. However, the volcano's sulfur dioxide gas emission has not increased, remaining at 151
SHELTER AID. Representatives of the Province of Negros Occidental led by Zeaphard Caelian, head of the Provincial Disaster Management Program Division, receive the donated lumber from Iloilo Province during the turn-over rites held at the Panaad Park and Stadium in Bacolod City on Friday (May 13, 2022). The assistance was facilitated by the Office of Civil Defense in partnership with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Western Visayas.(Photo courtesy of Office of Civil Defense-Western Visayas) BACOLOD CITY - The Negros Occidental provincial government received on Friday some 42,400 board feet of lumber from the Office of Civil Defense-Western Visayas (OCD-6) that will be used for the shelter needs of Negrenses affected by Typhoon Odette. The lumber came from felled mahogany and gmelina trees at the national government's dam project site in Calinog, Iloilo. Cindy Ferrer, information officer of OCD-6, said they facilitated such kind of assistance for the first time