00:00This is the GMA Regional TV News.
00:06We now bring to you the GMA Regional TV's hot news from Visayas and Mindanao,
00:11with Sara Gilomen de Lasco.
00:13Sara?
00:15Thank you, Raffy.
00:17There will be two weeks of no electricity on some islands in Surigao del Norte.
00:22More than 30,000 households are affected in Siargao and Bucas Grande Islands.
00:27According to the Siargao Electric Co-operative or Siarelco,
00:31it is not yet determined where the part of the submarine cable is damaged
00:35by a wide power outage.
00:38It is also said that the losses of Siargao are high because tourism is affected.
00:42The Surigao del Norte Provincial Government issued a 26 million pesos quick response fund
00:49to give generator sets to the affected barangays.
00:52The DTI also issued a price freeze on basic necessities in Siargao
00:57to avoid overpricing.
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