The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) office in Baguio City today said it is now prepared to free “emergency frequencies” during natural and other disasters to assure undisturbed communications of rescuers and law enforcement agencies.

Melanie Fernando, chief of the NTC office here, claimed that in previous disasters there were those who tried to “break in” in these emergency frequencies which caused at times some moments of delay “just when every second counts in saving lives”.

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