OCD allows Kanlaon residents back to danger zone for farming

The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) has permitted residents to re-enter the six-kilometer extended danger zone of Kanlaon Volcano on Negros Island for essential activities like farming.

Residents can enter the danger zone between 6 a.m. and 4 p.m. to tend to their farms and livestock, following a decrease in the volcano's activity after a May 13 eruption.

Border control guards will monitor entries, and farmers needing to harvest produce must secure permits from their local government units.

The Department of Social Welfare and Development-Western Visayas has provided cash assistance to families displaced by the volcanic activity, with 1,711 families in La Carlota, La Castellana, and Bago City receiving P5,775 each.