Cavite Contingency Planning for the “Big One”
It is not easy. Contingency Plans take time to develop. This is the second meeting in a series of steps needed to be taken in drafting Cavite’s Contingency Plan (CP).…
Big One Earthquake: Orientation on Cavite’s Contingency Plan Formulation
On April 25, 2018, the Provincial Government-Cavite Office of Public Safety (PG-COPS) in coordination with and guided by the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) - Region IVA held the Orientation…
Preparing for the Big One earthquake: Project VIPER
The “Big One” is a worst-case scenario of a 7.2-magnitude earthquake from the West Valley Fault, a 100-kilometer fault that runs through six cities in Metro Manila and nearby provinces.…
Business Continuity Planning in Action – Tacloban City
In June 2017, I visited Tacloban, a city in Leyte Province, eastern Philippines, to participate in the final Business Continuity Planning (BCP) programme training sessions and to orient the new…
Cavite province talks about preparing for the “Big One”
The frequency of recent earthquakes around the Philippines and in Cavite have people worried and fearful that “the Big One” might happen anytime. The “Big One” is a worst-case scenario…
Preparing for “The Big One”: Colloquium in Cavite, Philippines – 6 June 2017
In a joint study with the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) looked at earthquake scenarios…
The need for disaster preparedness in Kakamega County
In the stillness of one night in January 2007, the village of Kuvasali awoke to a loud noise that sounded like the eruption of a volcano. This was followed by…
