Mt. Kanlaon (file)
BACOLOD CITY – LGUs affected by the eruption of Mt. Kanlaon in Negros Island will quickly obtain P63 million in extra monetary help from the Workplace of the President (OP).
“Parating na rin ‘yung karagdagang tulong na pinansiyal na galing ng Pangulong Bongbong Marcos. Iyan ay pirmado na namin lahat, hinihintay na lang natin ‘yan. Kailangan talaga alalayan, hindi talaga magiging sapat ‘yung pondo ng probinsiya, ng LGUs. Talagang kailangan tulungan rin ng (The extra monetary help from President Bongbong Marcos is coming. We’ve all signed that, we’re simply ready for it. The LGUs really want assist, the funds of the province and the LGUs wouldn’t be sufficient. They really want the assistance of the) nationwide authorities,” Workplace of Civil Protection (OCD) Administrator Ariel Nepomuceno mentioned in an interview throughout his go to to La Carlota Metropolis, Negros Occidental Friday.
Kanlaon Volcano’s newest explosive eruption on April 8 introduced heavy ashfall that primarily affected a number of villages in La Carlota Metropolis.
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The OCD chief mentioned the native chief executives in Negros Island requested the extra quantity.
“Ipa-follow up na lang namin ‘yung pag-release pabalik dito sa mga nangangailangan nating mga kababayan. Sana ‘yun na ‘yun, kung kakailanganin pa could assurance naman tayo sa ating Pangulo na dadagdagan niya subalit kailangan nating bigyan ng tamang dokumento ‘yan (We are going to simply comply with up on the discharge again right here to our individuals who want it. Hopefully that’s it. If extra continues to be wanted, we’ve got assurances from our President that he’ll present extra, however we have to present the proper paperwork),” he added.
Nepomuceno acknowledged that the Kanlaon-hit LGUs have already spent a lot for the wants of the internally displaced individuals (IDPs) since they have been evacuated after the primary eruption on Dec. 9 final 12 months.
“Mahaba na, mahigit apat na buwan na tayo nag-operate dito. Talagang na-uubusan na rin sila ang pondo (It’s been a very long time. We’ve been working right here for over 4 months. They’re actually operating out of funds),” he mentioned.
Negros Occidental initially obtained PHP50-million monetary help from the OP for the wants of the IDPs.
Mayor Rhummyla Nicor-Mangilimutan of La Castellana, which has probably the most IDPs in evacuation facilities, despatched a letter to Malacañang requesting for monetary help to maintain the day by day wants of the evacuees.
As of 6 p.m. Friday, there have been 1,770 households or 5,673 IDPs staying in 14 evacuation facilities from Kanlaon-hit LGUs in Negros Occidental.
These embody 1,362 households or 4,264 individuals in La Castellana; La Carlota Metropolis, 327 households or 1,127 individuals; San Carlos Metropolis, 59 households or 205 individuals; and Bago Metropolis, 22 households or 77 individuals, information of the Division of Social Welfare and Improvement confirmed.
Kanlaon Volcano stays underneath Alert Degree 3 (magmatic unrest), which implies the April 8 eruption “could also be adopted by comparable short-lived explosive eruptions within the brief time period and even progress to lava eruptions that generate lava flows and lava fountaining exercise,” in line with the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology. (PNA)
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