NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, Philippines – The ongoing transition from Western and Central Visayas to the newly created Negros Island Region (NIR) is taking a toll on government responses to help more than 14,000 evacuees now in six localities in Negros Occidental after Kanlaon Volcano erupted again on Monday, November 9.

Around 80,000 food packs and over 16,000 non-food items have been prepositioned in Negros Island after the eruption of Kanlaon Volcano, the Department of Social Welfare and

MANILA: A volcano in the central Philippines erupted for a second time this year, prompting emergency evacuations after it spewed a huge column of ash into the sky, authorities said on Monday (Dec 9).