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Re-electionist Senator Cynthia Villar has urged the public to have their own emergency plans in the event of disasters. Following the 6.1 magnitude earthquake in Zambales and the 6.5 magnitude earthquake in Eastern Samar, Villar said each household should devise their own emergency procedure “which family members should know by heart and implemented in the event of natural and man-made emergencies.” “Our family emergency plan should supplement our government’s disaster- preparedness program. We cannot depend on the rescuers to immediately come to our aid when disaster strikes. We should be ready to help ourselves and our family members to be safe,” Villar said. Villar said the two quakes that rocked the country in two consecutive days remind us that a bigger disaster looms. The so-called “Big One” is a major earthquake which experts predict to bring massive casualties and widespread destruction in the National Capital Region. The Nacionalista Party Senator ad...

Asians began to observe the Hungry Ghost Festival on Aug. 11 until Sept. 9 as a popular feng shui master warned about the possible occurrence of a strong earthquake within the annual festival based on Chinese astrology. "This 2018, the Ghost Month is intense because it's the year of the Young Earth Dog. It's a double young earth which signifies a possible strong earthquake," says feng shui Master Hanz Cua during an exclusive interview in Mandaluyong City. Cua forecasts that the strong earthquake might strike in the northern part of the earth or northern part of the Philippines. "Why north? This year, the Three Killings and the Five Yellow affliction are located in the north. These two worst stars could be found in the north this year," adds Cua, who regularly appears on the ABS CBN morning show "Umagang Kay Ganda." The Double Earth, he says, signifies stagnation during the Ghost Month. "So it's possible that more projects...

Former Senator Nikki Coseteng has expressed concern over the use of quenched tempered (QT/TMT) steel in the country which she claimed poses a big risk when used in high-rise buildings and could be a failure in case the Big One hits the country. Coseteng made the reaction after she came across a study entitled "A Clear and Present Danger 2 - The Use of QT or TMT Bars in Seismic Zone 4" written by engineer Emilio Morales which has been uploaded on the internet 10 years ago. The paper, she said, showed that micro alloy (MA) steel has been replaced with QT/TMT rebars that have a brittle, outer skin, when tested, will pass for Grade 60 steel, but the inner core will only be Grade 40 after welding, bending, threading and galvanizing. Despite the warning, major steel manufacturers have taken it upon themselves without informing the contractors, engineers, architects, end-users and the public, to replace the MA steel bars with QT/TMT, she said.           ...