(Eagle News)–Batanes has been placed under a state of calamity.
The declaration was made after successive earthquakes hit the province over the weekend, leading to at least nine deaths and several injured.
President Rodrigo Duterte visited the province on Sunday, July 28, and ordered the construction of a P40-million clinic following the damages wrought on the hospital there.
The declaration will facilitate the release of calamity funds for the province’s rehabilitation.
Earthquakes struck the province since Saturday, July 27, with the highest magnitude reaching 5.9.