{"id":50488,"date":"2015-05-27T00:15:08","date_gmt":"2015-05-26T16:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=50488"},"modified":"2015-05-27T00:15:08","modified_gmt":"2015-05-26T16:15:08","slug":"mmda-proposes-5-hour-drill-in-metro-manila","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/05\/27\/mmda-proposes-5-hour-drill-in-metro-manila\/","title":{"rendered":"MMDA proposes 5-hour drill in Metro Manila"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_37172\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37172\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Francis-Tolentino-MMFF-MMDA.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-37172\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Francis-Tolentino-MMFF-MMDA-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"MMDA Chairman Francis Tolentino during the MMFF 2014 Selection and Announcement of Official Entries at Seda Hotel, Bonifacio Global City (Facebook photo)\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Francis-Tolentino-MMFF-MMDA-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Francis-Tolentino-MMFF-MMDA-900x596.jpg 900w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Francis-Tolentino-MMFF-MMDA.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37172\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">MMDA Chairman Francis Tolentino during the MMFF 2014 Selection and Announcement of Official Entries at Seda Hotel, Bonifacio Global City (Facebook photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA \u2013 The Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) is proposing a five-hour earthquake drill to simulate the effects of a huge earthquake.<\/p>\n<p>MMDA Chair Francis Tolentino on Monday said that he has drafted an executive order to be approved by the President.<\/p>\n<p>The said order will call for an earthquake simulation which will happen on or before the end of July from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just submitted a draft executive order for an earthquake drill which should happen before the end of July this year. It calls for a simultaneous experience\u2026 It will have a daytime and a nighttime scenario,\u201d Tolentino said.<\/p>\n<p>During the drill, all electricity, water and communication services will be shutdown.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe purpose is to acquaint the citizens of Metro Manila\u2026.Hindi ito para takutin (ang tao) kundi para paghandaan (ang malakas na lindol),\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>(This is not intended to scare them but to prepare for the big earthquake.)<\/p>\n<p>While some are concerned about the impact of the shutdown on businesses in Metro Manila, Tolentino explained that the survival of residents should still be the priority.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAng kita, puwedeng mabawi, ang buhay hindi na,\u201d Tolentino said.<\/p>\n<p>(You can regain profits but not your life.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA \u2013 The Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) is proposing a five-hour earthquake drill to simulate the effects of a &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":37172,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news-ph","mauthors-lei-fontamillas","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50488"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50488\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}