{"id":98125,"date":"2017-04-12T19:34:28","date_gmt":"2017-04-12T23:34:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=98125"},"modified":"2017-04-12T19:34:28","modified_gmt":"2017-04-12T23:34:28","slug":"dot-reminds-accredited-establishments-to-be-quake-ready","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/04\/12\/dot-reminds-accredited-establishments-to-be-quake-ready\/","title":{"rendered":"DOT reminds accredited establishments to be \u2018quake-ready\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_94397\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-94397\" style=\"width: 505px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Ortigas-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-94397\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Ortigas-2.png\" alt=\"The Department of Tourism (DOT) on Wednesday reminded accredited tourism establishments to remain vigilant following subsequent earthquakes that took place the past few days  (Photo: Jun Acullador\/Flickr)\" width=\"505\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Ortigas-2.png 505w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Ortigas-2-300x166.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 505px) 100vw, 505px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-94397\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Department of Tourism (DOT) on Wednesday reminded accredited tourism establishments to remain vigilant following subsequent earthquakes that took place the past few days (Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/acullador\/2325356933\/in\/photolist-4oFvk9-621ncY-4xu4AV-P2mT55-4xyhd3-nRWTg8-75XEzv-hJ5Rr-kuYZza-7aQTVN-inaTdz-oirbEP-7ezXZk-7VXDti-7aQUrb-M8fPd-4oBrFD-HTNY1-nsPkAb-7LPbL7-6VGNj4-oi6MRB-4DqhhG-qX65G7-vUUvui-hqETP7-877qWd-kv1jFV-877qWC-e1GHno-6VLLyW-85dr3s-wbhCfA-7VNXxg-7VSb15-E6Lsj\">Jun Acullador\/Flickr<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA\u2014The Department of Tourism (DOT) on Wednesday reminded accredited tourism establishments to remain vigilant following subsequent earthquakes that took place the past few days.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have always reminded accredited establishments to conduct earthquake drills from time to time,\u201d Tourism Undersecretary for Media Affairs Kat de Castro said in a text message to the Philippine News Agency.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s in being prepared that we can ensure the safety of all tourists,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>De Castro also assured that the agency continues to coordinate with the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Philvocs) and National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) for advisories and safety measures.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEarthquakes are still considered unpredictable so what we do at the DOT is to work closely with agencies like PHILVOCS and NDRRMC,\u201d De Castro said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe follow their lead when earthquakes or any other form of disaster takes place,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>Several earthquakes recently rocked areas in Luzon and Mindanao the past days ranging from magnitudes 5 to 6.<\/p>\n<p>Philvocs, meanwhile, urged the public to determine if their homes and work areas are safe by answering a 12-point questionnaire to assess the earthquake-readiness of their houses. It is based on the recommendation of the National Building Code and Structural Code of the Philippines.<\/p>\n<p>The checklist \u201cHouse safe is your house?\u201d is available in the Philvocs website, www.philvocs.dost.gov.ph.<\/p>\n<p>It says that an earthquake resistant house is one that will not collapse in an intensity 9 earthquake.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u2014The Department of Tourism (DOT) on Wednesday reminded accredited tourism establishments to remain vigilant following subsequent earthquakes that took place &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":94397,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[3487],"class_list":["post-98125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-department-of-tourism","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98125","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\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98125\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}