2100GDACS EMM News Feed 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 Papua New Guinea: Papua New Guinea: Humanitarian Situation Report No. 6 (Mid-Year Report 01 January through 31 July 2018)https://reliefweb.int/report/papua-new-guinea/papua-new-guinea-humanitarian-situation-report-no-6-mid-year-report-01Highlights. • During the first half of 2018, the humanitarian situation in Papua New Guinea (PNG) deteriorated and remains grim due to three States of Emergency in PNG: Earthquake disaster for 4 provinces; Peace and Security for Southern Highlands; Public Health emergency due to polio outbreak.Sat, 01 Sep 2018 00:48:00 +0200reliefWeb-45b92646dad7909ae4a856b97f33457820180901004800Papua New Guinea travel advicehttps://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/papua-new-guineaNatural disasters section (Volcanoes) - addition of information; the volcano on Manam Island, off the north coast of Papua New Guinea, erupted on 25 August 2018 forcing a mass evacuation to the mainland The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) advise against all but essential travel to Hela and....Wed, 29 Aug 2018 17:55:00 +0200gov-uk-8107c13185b281752881ec87c1d6b80220180829175500A shake-up call THE AFTERSHOCKS of Tuesday’s historic earthquake should be not only the further tremors which normallyhttps://newsday.co.tt/2018/08/23/a-shake-up-call/A shake-up call. THE AFTERSHOCKS of Tuesday’s historic earthquake should be not only the further tremors which normally accompany any major seismic event, but also renewed fervour when it comes to bolstering our readiness for similar types of events. That readiness is a matter as much about mindset as it is about infrastructure and resources.Thu, 23 Aug 2018 07:06:00 +0200newsday-tt-e46697c480ed2b387c3c8e177dda9dfe20180823070600Papua New Guinea earthquake: 5.8 quake strikes Ring of Firehttps://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1007094/papua-new-guinea-earthquake-panguna-latest-ring-of-fire-tsunami-warning-updates?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+daily-express-news-showbiz+%28Express+%3A%3A+News+%2F+Showbiz+Feed%29The quake struck 81km from Panguna in Papua New Guinea. Papua New Guinea rests on the so-called ' Ring of Fire ' a hotbed of seismic activity surrounding a tectonic plate that spans the pacific. Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands have been hit by the earthquake.Wed, 22 Aug 2018 21:27:00 +0200express-c2e38283afad1660a3e3bb04112e2d5620180822212700