BACOLOD CITY – Six local government units (LGUs) on Negros Island urged communities to help protect the environment and conserve natural resources during the opening of the Mount Kanlaon Natural Park (MKNP) Festival Tuesday, August 9.
BAGO City Mayor Nicholas Yulo (left) and La Castellana Mayor
KANLAON FESTIVAL. Bago City Mayor Nicholas Yulo (left), La Castellana Mayor Rhumyla Nicor-Mangilimutan (right) and Protected Area Superintendent Denis Pinosa lead the symbolic "patik" (tapping) to formally open the Mt. Kanlaon Natural Park Festival in Bago's Bantayan Park on Tuesday (Aug. 9, 2022). This year's MKNP Festival marks the 21st year of the Republic Act 9154, otherwise known as MKNP Act, which was signed into law on Aug. 11, 2001.(PNA photo by Nanette L. Guadalquiver) BAGO CITY - Six local government units (LGUs) have renewed their commitment to protecting the Mt. Kanlaon Natural Park (MKNP), the site of Mt. Kanlaon, an active volcano in Negros Island, in a three-day festival here starting Tuesday. Hosted by the city government of Bago, just south of Bacolod, the fourth edition of "Halad kay Kang-laon" (Offering to Kanlaon) is being held in collaboration with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources and Protected Area Management Board. M
Mayor Nicholas Yulo, La Castellana Mayor Rhumyla Nicor-Mangilimutan and Protected Area Superintendent Denis Pinosa at the opening MKNP Festival celebrations at the Bago City Bantayan Park. GPB photo