- CHERYL G. CRUZ
The alert level status of Bacolod City and Negros Island will be reduced to Alert Level 2, from AL3, starting on Feb. 16 until the end of the month, the national Inter-Agency Task Force said Feb. 14.
The neighboring Iloilo City, Iloilo Province, and Guimaras in Region VI, as well as Zamboanga City in Region IX, Davao de Oro and Davao Occidental in Region XI, and South Cotabato in Region XII will remain on Alert Level 3.
Other areas on AL2 are Aklan, Antique, and Capiz in Western Visayas; Cebu City, Lapu-Lapu City, Mandaue City, Bohol, Cebu, and Siquijor in Central Visayas; and Ormoc City, Tacloban City, Eastern Samar, Leyte, Northern Samar, Western Samar, Biliran and Southern Leyte in Region VIII.
Cabinet Secretary and acting spokesperson Karlo Nograles also said that the National Capital Region will remain on Alert Level 2, as well as Abra, Apayao, Baguio City, Benguet, Ifugao, Kalinga and Mountain Province in the Cordillera Administrative Region; Dagupan City, Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, La Union and Pangasinan in Region I; Batanes, City of Santiago, Cagayan, Isabela, Nueva Vizcaya and Quirino in Region II; Bulacan, Angeles City, Aurora, Bataan, Nueva Ecija, Olongapo City, Pampanga, Tarlac and Zambales in Region III; Cavite, Rizal, Batangas, Laguna, Lucena City and Quezon Province in Region IV-A; Marinduque, Occidental Mindoro, Oriental Mindoro, Palawan, Puerto Princesa City and Romblon in Region IV-B; Albay, Camarines Norte, Camarines Sur, Catanduanes, Masbate, Naga City and Sorsogon in Region V.
The City of Isabela, Zamboanga del Sur, Zamboanga del Norte and Zamboanga Sibugay in Region IX; Bukidnon, Cagayan de Oro City, Camiguin, Iligan City, Lanao del Norte, Misamis Occidental and Misamis Oriental in Region X; Davao City, Davao del Sur, Davao del Norte and Davao Oriental in Region XI; General Santos City, North Cotabato, Sarangani and Sultan Kudarat in Region XII; Surigao del Norte, Surigao del Sur, Agusan del Norte, Agusan del Sur, Butuan City and Dinagat Islands in Region XIII; and Basilan, Maguindanao, Sulu, Tawi-Tawi, Cotabato City and Lanao del Sur in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. — CGC
