A STRONG earthquake that rattled Batangas and other parts of the country, including Metro Manila, this month should be an equally strong reminder for government authorities to keep the public abreast of what actual contingency measures it has prepared in case the so-called Big One strikes.

If this supposedly super earthquake that would be generated by the West Valley Fault visited the Phil-ippines, what could we expect from the Duterte administration beyond the duck-cover-and-hold drills that in some places are not really taken seriously?

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