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OCD demands adherence to proper building standards

The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) emphasized Tuesday the critical need for constructing earthquake-resistant buildings and bridges, noting that up to 500,000 structures could...

Palace to LGUs: Ensure safety of bldgs, prepare for ‘Big One’

Following the deadly earthquake in Myanmar, Malacañang yesterday called on local government units to ensure the safety and integrity of buildings in their localities. This...

Will the ‘Big One’ hit Metro Manila

"It is obvious that China’s aggressive incursion within the Exclusive Economic Zone and on territories in the Philippines doesn’t seem to stop" THE 7.4 magnitude...

Quake drill slated March 9 to prep for ‘The Big One’

A National Simultaneous Earthquake Drill (NSED) will be conducted on March 9 to help the public prepare for a possible catastrophic earthquake, or “The...

Awareness, preparedness keys to saving lives

"Awareness and preparedness, as well as sound urban planning and reforestation, are keys to saving people’s lives from the horrors of major natural disasters" My...

Gov’t strengthens disaster drive

The government continues to strengthen its disaster readiness campaign to prepare the people in the event the “Big One” hit the National Capital Region. The...

Shake, rattle, and roll

"National and local government, as well as families and individuals, must prepare themselves."   In the past week, earthquakes have been shaking different parts of the...

The Godzilla of all earthquakes

It has been referred to as “the big one” but in this day and age of super bombs, the next earthquake to hit Metro...

4.4 quake jolts Ilocos, Cagayan

LAOAG CITY"•A magnitude-4.4 earthquake rattled the residents of Pagudpud in Ilocos Norte at 7:28 a.m. Monday, state seismologists said. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and...

Manila will be prepared for ‘Big One’ –Estrada

About 70 to 80 percent of the City of Manila’s population is ready when the “Big One” earthquake or similar disaster comes, Mayor Joseph...

Capitol Commons towers safe from “the big one”

The best condominiums aren’t just beautiful  buildings, they should be safe structures as well. Ortigas and Co. had this dictum in mind when it...
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