Cebu LGUs to get satellite phones in preparation for Ruby

Local officials in Cebu will be issued satellite phones so they can be reached easily even after Typhoon Ruby hits, the province announced Friday.

 

In posts on its Facebook page, the Cebu provincial government said the phones were to be delivered to the capitol Friday afternoon and would be sent to the LGUs on Saturday morning.

 

Last year, communication went down in parts of the Visayas as Typhoon Yolanda damaged several cell sites there.

 

The provincial government also said it has prepositioned food supplies in Bogo City to speed up the distribution of food for possible evacuees in the northern towns.

 

For its part, the Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industries mobilized 175 volunteers to prepare for emergency relief operations in Bantayan Island (Bantayan, Madridejos and Sta. Fe). — Joel Locsin/JDS, GMA News