3610 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://reliefweb.int/report/nepal/barriers-urban-shelter-self-recovery-philippines-and-nepal-lessons-humanitarian-policyMost households affected by disasters reconstruct their houses themselves by self-building or employing local labour: they ‘self-recover’. Humanitarian agencies’ experience in assisting self-recovery in urban communities is limited; little is known about how to support it in practice.Mon, 16 Sep 2019 20:05:00 +0200reliefWeb-a3fdddf5c120052bcb3cd107e848e90120190916200500https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1165037/magnitude-4-4-earthquake-jolts-tawi-tawiMANILA, Philippines – A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck off South Ubian, Tawi-Tawi at 7:21a.m., the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said. The earthquake’s epicenter was traced 312 kilometers southeast of South Ubian. It was of tectonic in origin and had a depth of 593 km, Phivolcs said in its initial bulletin.Mon, 16 Sep 2019 06:00:00 +0200inquirer-99e182784ae28613274513717cd0a2c820190916060000https://www.omanobserver.om/philippine-capital-jolted-by-quake/MANILA: An earthquake that struck east of the Philippine capital Manila on Friday set buildings swaying and sent scores into the streets, but authorities said they did not expect any damage. The 5.2-magnitude jolt hit offshore near sparsely populated Polillo Island, about 130 kilometres from Manila, according to the US Geological Survey.Sat, 14 Sep 2019 04:36:00 +0200omanobserver-om-f2420428e296a55a27520d215a4b8bfc20190914043600https://www.rappler.com/nation/240066-friday-13th-vico-sotto-pasig-earthquakeWelcome to Rappler, a social news network where stories inspire community engagement and digitally fuelled actions for social change. Rappler comes from the root words "rap" (to discuss) + "ripple" (to make waves). Friday the 13th in Vico Sotto’s Pasig.Sat, 14 Sep 2019 02:49:00 +0200rappler-f3fd8c30f1424355fcd22d50e28ce3ae20190914024900