MANILA, March 25 -- The quarterly National Simultaneous Earthquake Drill (NSED) aims to enhance the "conditioned response" of Filipinos for sudden tremblors and other disasters, Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. said on Monday.

"Every quarter po ay ginagawa po itong NSED, upang, numero uno, magkaroon ng 'conditioned response' ika nga o 'automatic response' ang ating mga mamamayan sa 'duck, cover, and hold' na kanilang kailangan gawin tuwing meron lindol (We are doing every quarter, we are doing the NSED, number one, to ensure that our citizenry will have the 'conditioned response' or 'automatic response' to immediately do the 'duck, cover, and hold' should an earthquake suddenly strikes)," Teodoro said d...