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STURDY BUILDINGS. A busy street in Benguet's capital La Trinidad in this undated photo taken before northern Luzon was struck by a magnitude 7 earthquake on July 27, 2022. Since the big earthquake of 1990, residents in Baguio, Benguet, and other parts of Cordillera have learned to invest in the foundations and columns of their houses and buildings. (PNA photo by Liza T. Agoot) LA TRINIDAD, Benguet - An official of the disaster risk management office in this mountainous agricultural province said they are proposing to conduct more earthquake drills and are calling not only office employees but also residents to make the "duck, cover, and hold" part of their "muscle memory." "The earthquake drills aim to prepare us emotionally and mentally during an actual earthquake," Abner Lawangen, an official of the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO), said in Ilocano. Lawangen said they hope to have the logistics needed to conduct earth ....

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