151140 Europe Media Monitor (EMM) reads and analyses around 40.000 new news items per day from around 1000 sites worldwide. The text of the items, extracted using EMM's own text extraction algorithm, is indexed using Lucene (see http://lucene.apache.org). Please make sure your area of interest is not already covered by one of the pre-defined categories (alerts). If it is, we kindly ask you to use the feed from that category as this significantly reduces the load on our system. This site is a joint project of DG-JRC and DG-COMM. The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer (see http://europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm). Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material http://www.manilatimes.net/leyte-lgus-waste-p11-m-disaster-fund/85566/Was Super Typhoon Yolanda really to blame for the tragedy it brought to Leyte last year or did local officials play a big part in the disaster? This question was raised after the Commission on Audit (COA) found that four local government units (LGUs) in Leyte wasted no less than P11 million of their....Wed, 26 Mar 2014 14:26:00 +0100manilatimes-d8ddcde18246b40bb3d603bb69a82ef220140326142600http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-03/26/c_133216015.htmMANILA, March 26 (Xinhua) -- The Philippine government said Wednesday that it will purchase 800,000 metric tons (MT) of imported rice via a tender set on April 15. The Philippines is racing to boost its stockpile to stabilize rice prices and to ensure that the country will have enough stocks during....Wed, 26 Mar 2014 12:49:00 +0100xinhuanet_en-ff0bdf7c901276a1fb2952e9b7ab510c20140326124900http://edition.cnn.com/2014/03/26/world/asia/philippines-prince-charles-measles-vaccination/index.html?eref=editionPrince Charles organizes for delivery of five million doses of measles, rubella vaccines.Wed, 26 Mar 2014 07:59:00 +0100cnn-6ff86a6568a81c58d2f9757ffab2f19820140326075900http://reliefweb.int/report/philippines/unhcr-iom-delivers-100-chainsaws-typhoon-survivors-ormoc-citySource: Government of the Philippines Country: Philippines ORMOC CITY, Leyte, March 24 (PIA) – The UN Refugee Agency and the International Organization for Migration, recently delivered 100 chainsaws in Ormoc City, in order to help provide durable and sustainable solutions to thousands of people left homeless by Typhoon Haiyan.Wed, 26 Mar 2014 06:45:00 +0100reliefWeb-e253c34441ef88ac1c4270a692cb070b20140326064500