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Cebu under state of calamity

/ 04:10 PM December 09, 2014

CEBECO and cable linemen working on the restoration of lines after it was hit by typhoon Hagupit (Ruby) in Medellin, Cebu. (CDN PHOTO/TONEE DESPOJO)

CEBECO and cable linemen working on the restoration of lines after it was hit by typhoon Hagupit (Ruby) in Medellin, Cebu. (CDN PHOTO/TONEE DESPOJO)

MANILA, Philippines–Following the devastation of Typhoon “Ruby,” Cebu has declared a state of calamity.

The Cebu provincial government announced over social media that the provincial board had declared the entire province under a state of calamity.

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“The ‪#‎Cebu Provincial Board today declared the entire Cebu province under State of Calamity following the devastation caused by the Typhoon Ruby,” its public information office said on Monday.

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The declaration of state of calamity will allow the province to receive additional allocation from the government’s calamity funds.

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