Deadly Cebu earthquake leaves P1.67-B damage to schools

ILOILO CITY — Twenty days after a magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck Cebu, the Department of Education (DepEd) reported that 3,605 schools in different regions, even those outside the province, sustained damage worth an estimated P1.67 billion. The earthquake, which struck Bogo City on September 30, sent widespread tremors across the Visayas and parts of Luzon,