SHELTER AID. Representatives of the Province of Negros Occidental led by Zeaphard Caelian, head of the Provincial Disaster Management Program Division, receive the donated lumber from Iloilo Province during the turn-over rites held at the Panaad Park and Stadium in Bacolod City on Friday (May 13, 2022). The assistance was facilitated by the Office of Civil Defense in partnership with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Western Visayas.(Photo courtesy of Office of Civil Defense-Western Visayas) BACOLOD CITY - The Negros Occidental provincial government received on Friday some 42,400 board feet of lumber from the Office of Civil Defense-Western Visayas (OCD-6) that will be used for the shelter needs of Negrenses affected by Typhoon Odette. The lumber came from felled mahogany and gmelina trees at the national government's dam project site in Calinog, Iloilo. Cindy Ferrer, information officer of OCD-6, said they facilitated such kind of assistance for the first time
RESCUE OPERATION. Personnel of Talisay City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office in Negros Occidental conduct a rescue operation in a flooded residential area on Monday (April 11, 2022). Torrential rains brought by Tropical Depression Agaton caused the evacuation of at least 1,168 individuals from nine barangays in the northern Negros city.(Photo courtesy of Negros Occidental-Talisay City PIO) BACOLOD CITY - At least 4,202 individuals from 1,005 families have been evacuated from their homes in 52 barangays in northern Negros Occidental since Monday due to non-stop rains that caused floods and soil erosion brought by Tropical Depression Agaton. Data released by the Provincial Disaster Management Program Division (PDMPD) on Tuesday showed seven local government units have been affected, including the towns of Manapla and E.B. Magalona as well as the cities of Talisay, Silay, Victorias, Cadiz, and Escalante. Evacuated families took shelter in schools, chapels, covered courts, mun
BACOLOD CITY - At least 1,239 families here and in Negros Occidental have been evacuated since Monday due to massive flooding and landslide brought about by Tropical Depression “Agaton.” Based on the data from Dr. Zephard Caelian, head of Provincial Disaster Management Program Division (PDMPD), 261