Manila on Shaky Ground – by Our Correspondent

In the past 24 hours, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, or PHILVOLCS, the country has experienced 296 earthquakes with magnitude running up to 5.7, a largely typical day that appears to worry almost no one. Most of Manila’s residents greet the thought of a major quake blithely, lumping possible danger together with a l…