338200GDACS 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 Two damaging tremors highlight the Philippines coast-to-coast earthquake problem - Temblor.nethttp://temblor.net/earthquake-insights/two-earthquakes-on-opposite-shores-highlight-the-coast-to-coast-seismic-risk-in-the-philippines-8639/By Chris Rollins, Ph.D., Michigan State University, and Ross S. Stein, Ph.D., Temblor, Inc. Two deadly and damaging quakes late last month were probably unrelated to each other. Citation: Rollins, C., Stein, R.S., (2019), Two damaging tremors highlight the Philippines’ coast-to-coast earthquake problem, Temblor, http://doi.Thu, 16 May 2019 21:52:00 +0200manilametro-245fa62e5ea27dc1170079aa3ab1b69e20190516215200Philippines 5 Filipino victims of human trafficking rescued The human trafficking victims are lured into prostitution or are... READ MOREhttps://www.khaleejtimes.com/international/philippinesThe human trafficking victims are lured into prostitution or are enslaved and given salaries far below industry standards. The move was a warning to Canada that the Philippines was ready to sever ties over the issue. The daughter of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos, Imee Marcos from Nacionalista Party, came in third with 11,662 votes.Thu, 16 May 2019 11:51:00 +0200khaleejtimes-0cccd5fab65b604773adaf2e14b6f5f020190516115100Violent earthquake hits Papua New Guinea A powerful earthquake has struck an island chain off Papua New Guinea's north coast. A tsunami warning was briefly issued but later lifted. The extent of any damage was expected to become clear after sunrise.https://www.dw.com/en/violent-earthquake-hits-papua-new-guinea/a-48738097A shallow, violent offshore quake hit Papua New Guinea's remote New Britain island late on Tuesday. The 7.5 magnitude quake initially triggered a tsunami warning. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre warned that unusually large waves could reach Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines and Indonesia, however it later said the tsunami threat had passed.Thu, 16 May 2019 04:52:00 +0200deutschewelle-en-5b722d906ebd3ce23dc75cc5ce9b5e3820190516045200Powerful quake rattles residents on Papua New Guinea islandhttp://www.terradaily.com/reports/Powerful_quake_rattles_residents_on_Papua_New_Guinea_island_999.htmlA violent 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck an island chain off the north coast of Papua New Guinea late Tuesday, knocking out power and sending residents fleeing for safety. The shallow quake occurred around 11pm (1300 GMT), some 44 kilometres (27 miles) northeast of Kokopo on New Britain island, the US Geological Survey said.Wed, 15 May 2019 10:54:00 +0200terradaily-c206420bf43f90d5ea2ae99bf5dacb8c20190515105400