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P1M aid for Kanlaon evacuees

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN

One million pesos in financial aid for Kanlaon evacuees was given by the Davao City government to the provincial government of Negros Occidental.

The P1 million check was turned yesterday by retired P/Col. Alfredo Baloran, head of the Davao City Risk Reduction and Management Office, and City Treasurer Virgilio San Pedro, to Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson at the Provincial Capitol in Bacolod City.

The Department of Social Welfare and Development reported that there are presently 1,860 families, composed of 5,824 persons, staying at 15 evacuation centers in Negros Occidental.

Seven ash eruptions were recorded by the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology on Sunday and Monday at Kanlaon volcano.

Those events generated grayish plumes that rose up to 400 meters above the summit crater before drifting northwest and southwest to west, according to PHIVOLCS.

Alert Level 3 prevails over Kanlaon Volcano.

On the other hand, the local government of Canlaon City in Negros Oriental turned over this week more than P12 million worth of infrastructure projects to Barangay Linothangan and Barangay Bucalan, despite continuing challenges posed by the Mt. Kanlaon eruption.

City information officer-designate Edna Lhou Masicampo said Saturday that the projects were completed last year but the turnover was delayed due to Mt. Kanlaon’s eruption on December 9.

“These projects were at different stages of completion before the eruption,” she said.

Barangay Linothangan received 17 projects totaling P6 million. These include improvements to the livestock auction market, solar lighting for the village hall’s covered court, waiting sheds, pathways, daycare center rehabilitation, a materials recovery facility and a water system.

Funds were also allocated for basketball court enhancements, multipurpose pavement, and canal concreting.

Meanwhile, Barangay Bucalan received nine projects amounting to P6.8 million – construction of waiting sheds, pathways, and solar-powered street lights; road concreting in key areas; and improvements to the covered court.

The local government fully funded the projects.* with PNA reports

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