THE Department of Education (DepEd) said on Wednesday that the estimated cost of repair and reconstruction of the schools damaged by the July 27 earthquake that shook Northern Luzon was P2.414 billion.

DepEd data said 475 schools in Regions 1 to 3 and in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) were damaged by the earthquake, whose epicenter was located in Abra.

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