Manila, Oct. 25 -- Over 75,000 family food packs at the Department of Social Welfare and Development - Negros Island Region (DSWD - NIR) field office are available for relief operations following the latest minor explosive eruption of Mt. Kanlaon on Friday night.

"Our field office coordinated with the local government units (LGUs) kung kinakailangan ng tulong ng DSWD. Inalam din natin kung ano ang sitwasyon (Our field office coordinated with the LGUs if they need help from the DSWD. We are also monitoring the situation)," Assistant Secretary Irene Dumlao of the Disaster Response Management Group said in a statement on Saturday.

In a report to Secretary Rex Gatchalian on Saturday, DSWD-NIR Regional Director Arwin Razo said no internally ...