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On their own: PWD students care for themselves and others at earthquake drill

Jul 03, 2016 11:46 AM

By ALLAN YVES BRIONES AND BRYAN EZRA GONZALES THOUSANDS of persons with disabilities (PWDs) participated in the recent annual earthquake simulation exercise, some of them showing they could take part in rescue operations and provide invaluable assistance to others in times of disaster. Among those who took part in the drill were four students of […]

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Hotel gets impromptu lessons on how to—and not to—evacuate PWDs during Shake Drill

Jul 30, 2015 7:42 PM

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 […]