President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and members of her Cabinet walk on their way to the Main Dining Room of the Bonifacio Hall (formerly Premier Guest House) in Malacanang where they continued the National Disaster Coordinating Council/Bicol Calamity Assistance and Rehabilitation Effort (CARE) Commission Meeting following the intensity three earthquake that rocked Metro Manila Tuesday (November 27).(REY BANIQUET/OPS-NIB)

President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo presides over the National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC)/Bicol Calamity Assistance and Rehabiitation Effort (CARE) Commission Meeting Tuesday (November 27) at Malacanang's Aguinaldo State Dining Room. (REY BANIQUET/OPS-NIB)

President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo gestures as she confers with Energy Secretary Angelo Reyes at Malacanang gounds following the intensity earthquake that rocked Metro Manila Tuesday (November 27). (REY BANIQUET/OPS-NIB)

President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo gestures to stress a point as she talks with Presidential Management Staff Head Cerge Remonde and Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap on their way to the Main Dining Room of the Bonifacio Hall (formerly Premier Guest House) in Malacanang where they continued their National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC)/Bicol Calamity Assistance and Rehabilitation Effort (CARE) Commission Meeting following the intensity earthquake that rocked Metro Manila Tuesday (November 27). (REY BANIQUET/OPS-NIB)

President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo gestures as she confers with National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC) executive director Glen Rabonza (extreme right) at Malacanang grounds following the earthquake that rocked Metro Manila Tuesday (November 27). Also in photo are Presidential Management Staff Head Cerge Remonde and Energy Secretary Angelo Reyes. (REY BANIQUET/OPS-NIB)

President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo gestures to emphasize a point as she presides over the National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC)/Bicol Calamity Assistance and Rehabilitation Effort (CARE) Commission Meeting Tuesday (November 27) at Malacanang's Aguinaldo State Dining Room. With the President in photo are (from right) Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro, Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita, and Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap. (REY BANIQUET/OPS-NIB)