THE provincial government of Surigao del Norte convened an emergency council meeting to address the power outage affecting Siargao Island, a known tourist destination.

The island has been without electricity since Dec. 1, 2024, due to a line ground break in the submarine cable connecting it to the Mindanao Power Grid.

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