PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte should declare Eastern Visayas under a state of calamity after a magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck the region, damaging homes and power lines that have left the affected areas in the dark for a week, a lawmaker said on Wednesday.
Reps. Ben Evardone of Eastern Samar and Edgar Sarmiento made the call after the July 6 quake damaged the Tongonan geothermal plant, which is the region’s primary power source.
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