00:00Contingency plans have been alerted and deployed to the local governments in the vicinity of Vulcan Canlaon
00:06as a preparation in case the volcano erupts.
00:10Bernard Susbilla of PIA Negros Occidental has the latest.
00:17Contingency plans have been alerted and deployed to the local governments in the vicinity of Vulcan Canlaon
00:24as a preparation in case the volcano erupts.
00:28The local government units are not neglecting the eruption of Vulcan Canlaon
00:34and are already preparing the needs of their residents.
00:38In Lungsod ng Bago, the contingency plan for the worst-case scenario has been activated
00:43especially since the eruption of Vulcan Canlaon often happens in the past few days
00:47according to local disaster risk reduction and management officer Ryan Valero.
00:53Sir, we have ample of food and non-food items prepared already.
00:59So, we have a stockpiling here in our gender-sensitive evacuation center
01:07which is temporarily logistics hub in Bago City for our forward deployment.
01:15So, we have already continued to monitor and update,
01:20listen to specific radio stations or our forecasts, advices forwarded from the DOS TV Vox.
01:33Meanwhile, in Lungsod ng La Carlota, according to Public Information Officer Maria Carmela Valencia,
01:38the residents are still continuing their daily activities.
01:43We are still in Mt. Canlaon.
01:45Right now, we are on alert level 2.
01:48We are continuing our daily activities.
01:50Valencia also added that Lungsod ng La Carlota is also prepared
01:54along with other offices and agencies of the government.
01:58The town of La Castellana, which is often affected by the eruption of Vulcan,
02:03continues to provide assistance to the affected families
02:07who are still staying in the evacuation center
02:10because they are now prohibited from returning to their homes within the 4-kilometer permanent danger zone.
02:17The local government is also looking for a way to relocate the families to a safer place.
02:25Because of the number of times the residents have been evacuated in the past,
02:29the number of local government units of La Castellana prepared for the affected residents decreased rapidly.
02:36However, the Office of Civil Defense and the Department of Social Welfare and Development
02:41assured that the food and non-food items on standby are enough.
02:45From the Philippine Information Agency, Negros Occidental, Bernard Cecilia for Balitang Pabansa.
