Task Force Kanlaon sounds alarm over decision to send evacuees home

NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, Philippines – The Task Force Kanlaon (TFK) has sounded the alarm over the decision of local governments in Negros Occidental to allow more than 4,000 evacuees living outside the six-kilometer permanent danger zone to return home starting Wednesday, January 8, despite the continued threat posed by the Kanlaon Volcano.

TFK head Raul Fernandez told Rappler on Thursday, January 9, that he disagreed with the decision to allow evacuees from La Castellana and the cities of Bago and La Carlota to return to their homes...