Panayam kay Canlaon City Mayor Jose Chubasco Cardenas

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00:00The local government of Canlaon immediately carried out a forced evacuation of residents near Volcan Canlaon.

00:06We will talk to the phone line of Canlaon City Mayor Jose Cardenas for an update.

00:13Good morning Mayor, how is your situation there?

00:16Yes, good morning also Ma'am Naomi and good morning to all who are listening to us now.

00:23The situation here in Canlaon City is already a bit weak because of the volcano eruption.

00:31For now, it is not erupting anymore so we are hoping and praying that this will not continue.

00:41But since from Alert Level 2 is being heightened to Alert Level 3,

00:48our evacuees are being held in their respective evacuation centers.

00:54Mayor, how many barangays and residents are affected by the ashfall and how many have been evacuated so far?

01:04To be honest, there is no ashfall here in Canlaon because the ashfall is going to the southwest.

01:14It will go to the towns of La Carlota, La Castellana and Bago.

01:23Here in Canlaon, there is not much ashfall but the barangays situated at the foot of Mount Canlaon

01:31were affected by the tremors and portion of the ashfall as well.

01:38But in the town of Canlaon itself, the ashfall did not reach Ma'am Naomi.

01:44How about those who are under evacuation? Did the residents who you said were evacuated follow suit?

01:53In a barangay, in Barangay Masolog, Sitio Mananawin,

02:00which is located near the top of the volcano,

02:06we did not force evacuate them because they were already in danger.

02:13Because of the threat of imminent danger, they were the ones who were evacuated.

02:20In fact, in our evacuation center, 443 individuals were evacuated.

02:29Their families outside our evacuation center,

02:36because they have relatives here in the town,

02:39were also evacuated.

02:41So we did not have much problem in evacuating them

02:45because they were already in danger of imminent danger.

02:52So they were the ones who were evacuated.

02:54In the response that your LGU did after the eruption of the volcano,

02:59what were the problems that you encountered that hopefully will be resolved?

03:05Well, our first problem,

03:08first of all, because the number of people who went to the evacuation center was massive,

03:17the time of cooking,

03:20because we know that the people, the farmers,

03:24they cook early,

03:26because they cook around 4am.

03:28And here, it's a bit delayed.

03:31It's only 7am when they start cooking.

03:38So those are the basic problems that we encountered

03:44because of the food and non-food items that we prepositioned from the DSWD.

03:52Mayor, you mentioned earlier that there were no ashfalls in your area.

03:56But how is the health of the residents, especially those who are close to the volcano?

03:59Are there any respiratory issues that you have experienced?

04:05On the previous eruption on June 6,

04:10if I'm not mistaken, June 3,

04:14we also experienced calf and other illnesses.

04:20But it's tolerable.

04:23I mean, it's within the bracket that it's not really alarming.

04:27The only problem here are our farmers,

04:31the vegetable farmers,

04:33because the Kanlaon City,

04:35the way of life here is mainly farming.

04:40And it's composed of three farmers.

04:42We have sugarcane farmers, rice farmers, and vegetable farmers.

04:48So that's why the vegetable farmers are the ones who get affected.

04:53And occasionally, every time the volcano erupts,

04:56their crops get affected.

05:00And in fact, only 20% of the crops reach our market to be sold.

05:08That is why I will take this opportunity to call on the national government,

05:13the Department of Agriculture,

05:16to help our vegetable farmers here

05:21because our rice farmers have assistance coming from the RCEP.

05:27But our vegetable farmers are the ones who haven't received assistance

05:33coming from the national government.

05:36Thank you very much for your time.

05:37Be careful there, Mayor Jose Cardenas of Kanlaon City.

05:40Thank you, Ma'am Naomi.

05:42And thank you to everyone.

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