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  • Beyond the Fault Line: Why the Philippines’ Next National Crisis Won’t Be Just an Earthquake

    Beyond the Fault Line: Why the Philippines’ Next National Crisis Won’t Be Just an Earthquake

    For decades, the term “The Big One” has triggered a singular, terrifying image in the minds of Filipinos: the movement of the West Valley Fault and a catastrophic earthquake flattening Metro Manila. We map the fault lines, we retrofit our condos in BGC and Makati, and we run the Shake…

  • Budol-Budol in the 21st Century

    Criminals have indeed taken over cyberspace. They come disguised as your average friend, a stranger, or even a genuine business partner. They send you emails that seem innocent enough to merit attention; they ask you to search for a site that seems legitimate; and before you know it, you are…

  • Crisis Management and Continuum

    Very few are aware that when the Luneta bus hostage-taking was tragically developing, another one was unfolding in Pilar, Capiz on that fateful day of August 23, 2010. Eight (8) teenage boys were held hostage inside an Internet café. The hostage taker, who was armed with an M16 rifle of…

  • Young Girl Dies from Stray Bullet; New Year Injuries Now at 697

    The girl who was hit by a stray bullet in the head on New Year’s Eve died at East Avenue Medical Center in Quezon City on Wednesday, January 2, at 2:26 p.m., according to latest reports. The victim, identified as Stephanie Nicole Ella, 7, was hit by a stray bullet…

  • No Deaths, Lower Injuries Recorded from New Year Revelry

    MANILA, Philippines—There were no deaths in the New Year revelry, but 413 injuries were recorded from the period of December 21, 2012 to January 1, 2013, according to the latest statement issued by the Department of Health (DOH). Of the total injuries, 404 were fireworks-related, eight were from stray bullets,…

  • The Santa Cops of CamSur

    CAMARINES SUR, Philippines—The yuletide season brings about a heavy influx of tourists and balikbayans in the country who are here to celebrate the season with their families and friends, and in anticipation of this, the Camarines Sur Police Provincial Office (PPO) came up with the “Santa Cops Program.” The Santa…

  • Welcoming 2013

    MANILA, Philippines—The year 2012 is almost over and the new year, 2013, is just around the corner. The concluding year has had its advances. Although the security industry in the Philippines has some catching up to do with the rest of the world, improvements have been noted. More and more…

  • No to Firecrackers, Yes to ‘Torotots’–DENR

    QUEZON CITY, Philippines—It may be the season of merrymaking, but the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has again urged the public to do away with buying expensive fireworks or firecrackers and instead go for environment-friendly alternatives to welcome the coming New Year. Based on several sources, DENR Secretary…

  • ‘Quinta’ Lowered to a Tropical Depression; Several Flights Cancelled

    MANILA, Philippines—Tropical storm “Quinta” (International name: Wukong) that made landfall in Leyte has weakened into a Tropical Depression, according to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) in its latest weather bulletin released on Wednesday, December 26, at 11 a.m. PAGASA said that Quinta “continues to move over…