00:00Meanwhile, the 7.7-magnitude ground shaker that devastated and ravaged Myanmar in parts
00:06of the island and left a trail of death and destruction has put the Philippine government
00:12mulling a big what-if of the country being next on the verge of the big one.
00:18Such scare or psychosocial effect is putting the squeezed and concerned agencies of government
00:24to work doubly harder on their preparations to assess and medicate probable damage and
00:30keep a lower body count even more.
00:33So efforts are afoot by the DPWH to refurbish or retrofit existing infrastructure that need
00:41reinforcement to withstand a magnitude of the likes of the big one.
00:46Further, the Public Works and Highways Department is lending a hand to help the DOT protect
00:52its existing railways lines with preventive maintenance measures.
00:57For their part, the DOST, PHIVOX, Office of Civil Defense, and MMDA are working closely
01:03to prepare the public through repeated fire and earthquake drills, which will great help
01:09in saving lives and doing the right thing when the big one hits.
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