4950 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 https://www.rappler.com/move-ph/issues/disasters/knowledge-base/206354-earthquake-preparedness-checklist-households?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rappler+%28Rappler%29MANILA, Philippines – Is your household prepared for the "Big One"? According to the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), every household should be equipped with the knowledge and skills needed when dealing with earthquakes and other major disasters.Sat, 07 Jul 2018 03:50:00 +0200rappler-196e320683092b9523f6d3bcb1dfcb7620180707035000https://reliefweb.int/report/philippines/dost-phivolcs-7-launches-earthquake-impact-assessment-tool-metro-cebuBy Rey Anthony H. Chiu. CEBU CITY, July 4 (PIA)–Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (DOST-PHIVOLCS) launched an earthquake impact assessment tool, the Metro Cebu Earthquake Model (MCEM) Atlas on July 4, 2018 at DepEdEcotech Center, Ecotech Rd., Sudlon, Lahug, Cebu City.Fri, 06 Jul 2018 05:09:00 +0200reliefWeb-9287a12163f3425405cb9f09b306b54620180706050900https://reliefweb.int/report/philippines/laguna-government-promotes-disaster-resilience-communitiesJoy Gabrido. CALAMBA CITY, Laguna, June 27 (PIA) – The Provincial Government of Laguna continuously conducts drills to strengthen the disaster preparedness of the province. “Simple lang ang napakagandang aral natin dito na sa panahon ng sakuna ang kailangan ay magtulong-tulong po tayo at ini-imagine....Thu, 05 Jul 2018 08:24:00 +0200reliefWeb-39a08cc0d4b772bf7cd65abad3e91a3320180705082400http://www.bernama.com/en/world/news.php?id=1476844MANILA, July 3 (Bernama) -- A 5.5 magnitude earthquake struck Batangas province in the Philippine main Luzon Island on Tuesday, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs), reported Xinhua. Phivolcs said the quake, which struck at 12.Wed, 04 Jul 2018 04:31:00 +0200bernama-82971768fe582f1925013e7eeed7a60d20180704043100