Text and photos by YVONNE T. CHUA AT 10:30 a.m., the hotel emergency alarm went off, signaling the start of Thursday’s “Shake Drill” designed to prepare Metro Manilans for a 7.2 magnitude earthquake or the “Big One.” Many of the 30 or so guests meeting at the hotel’s fifth-floor function room quickly stood up and
By YVETTE B. MORALES With the threat of tsunami from the Manila Trench and the anticipated 7.2 magnitude earthquake of the West Valley Fault, the Redemptorists of Baclaran have decided to be more proactive instead of reactive in disaster management. As a first step, the National Shrine of the Mother of Perpetual Help conducted Friday
By COOPER RESABAL JR. TORIL, Maribojoc – On the eve of their fiesta, residents of this scenic barangay buried on Thursday a mother and a teenage girl who were casualties in a landslide triggered by the 7.2-magnitude earthquake that hit the island province of Bohol early morning on October 15. Ten days after the tremor that
(UPDATED) NO candidates in the upcoming barangay elections will be allowed to take part in relief operations in earthquake-ravaged Bohol, Elections Chairman Sixto Brillantes Jr warned on Wednesday. “The Commission on Elections is making sure that the distribution of relief will not be used for political purposes,” he said in a press briefing, adding that the
By YVONNE T. CHUA CEBU CITY—Thirtysomething Eddie had just exited the basement parking of a hotel when he heard a loud crashing noise from behind his van. He got out and saw a large concrete block near the rear of his vehicle, then realized people were screaming, “Earthquake! Earthquake!” Fear seized him as he now
By AVIGAIL OLARTE, LALA ORDENES and YVONNE T. CHUA (UPDATED) CEBU CITY—A powerful earthquake on Tuesday morning took Central Visayas by surprise, forcing residents to stay off the streets and businesses to close shop as a series of aftershocks continued to shake the city till evening. The epicenter of the 7.2-magnitude temblor struck Carmen in
By JOSEPH HOLANDES UBALDE
WHILE seismologists have yet to give the official cause of the magnitude 6.9 quake that ripped through Negros province and nearby Visayas islands on Monday, some point to a likely suspect: a “blind fault.”
SHOULD the feared 7.2-magnitude earthquake strike Metro Manila, the cities of Marikina and Pasigthat lie along the West Valley Fault have pledged to be prepared to respond to this and other similar disasters.
By AMER R. AMOR
AFTER the earthquakes that hit Japan and New Zealand, volcanologists are drawing attention to the possibility a big one could hit Baguio, but the city lacks a comprehensive disaster management program and has in fact repeatedly failed to enforce environment rules that could mitigate disaster.
