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DONATIONS. Photo shows barangay officials in the City of Naga, southern Cebu receiving medical items from Therma Power Visayas Inc. The private firm aims to support the government's pandemic response efforts through the donations. (Contributed photo) CEBU CITY - Village officials have cited a Cebu-based power firm for its PHP600,000 worth of disaster preparedness and medical equipment donated to the barangays in City of Naga, southern Cebu, reinforcing their capacity to respond to the ongoing pandemic and other natural calamities. Neil Bartolabac, barangay chairperson of Tangke, Naga City, said Therma Power Visayas Inc. (TPVI), a unit of AboitizPower, handed out to his village the much-needed disaster preparedness tools including diesel-powered generators, stretchers, first-aid kits, and gas masks, among others. He said the village's Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (DRRM) personnel have been participating in related trainings but they lack the budget to buy the necessary
There is ongoing gradual restoration of the power supply in the provinces of Cebu, Leyte-Samar, and Bohol, according to the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP).