September 11, 2024
The Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Field Office (FO) 7 – Central Visayas has been closely monitoring the ongoing preemptive evacuation in Canlaon City amid the volcanic unrest of Mt. Kanlaon in Negros Oriental. In a report to DSWD Secretary Rex Gatchalian, Central Visayas Regional Director Shalaine Marie Lucero said that as of 10 pm Tuesday (September 10), about 88 families or 248 individuals have been evacuated in three different public high schools for their temporary shelter. In Barangay Masulog, 65 families or 204 individuals have been evacuated to the Masulog High School. In Barangay Malaiba, 10 families […]