Manila, April 25 -- The government is ready to transmit information to the public in times of calamities, officials of the Presidential Communications Office (PCO) said Wednesday.

People's Television Network, Inc. General Manager Analisa Puod said the state-run TV station is one of the entities tasked to digitalize broadcasting and communications for the national government.

Puod said the early warning broadcast system (EWBS) is one of the means to transmit information, assuring that one of the priorities of the Marcos administration is to set it up in a nationwide scope.

"Right now, kapag may lindol, bigla pong tutunog 'yung mga telepono natin. Tunog lang po siya nang tunog hanggang pansinin mo siya. So, 'yung EWBS po na 'yun pine-per...