9730 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.globalnewlightofmyanmar.com/tougher-implementation-of-regulations-in-fragile-areas-key-to-reducing-deaths-in-disasters/Climate variations and extreme weather events are now a new normal to us. This year is evidence, which also shows that some countries, including Myanmar, suffered both droughts and flooding at the same time this year. Across the ASEAN Region, studies reveal that in terms of earthquake and tsunami....Sat, 05 Oct 2019 20:48:00 +0200globalnewlightofmyanmar-25f875d852d0751f185f235daf2b954e20191005204800https://www.philstar.com/nation/2019/10/06/1957778/senate-probes-realignment-p356-billion-metro-manila-subwayMANILA, Philippines The Senate committee on public services has started looking into the controversial realignment of stations in the proposed P356-billion Metro Manila subway project, which reportedly crosses a major earthquake fault. Sen. Grace Poe, chairperson of the committee, raised the issues....Sat, 05 Oct 2019 18:36:00 +0200philstar-6ba55fc651a14af1ed2d232ff9d7c77520191005183600https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3031618/indonesia-only-loser-us-china-trade-war-provides-aseanVietnam is the biggest winner, while Malaysia, Singapore and the Philippines have all picked up business from manufacturers shifting their supply chains; But Jakarta is taking note, with President Widodo pushing his cabinet ministers to take advantage of the situation Fishing boats were stranded....Fri, 04 Oct 2019 14:15:00 +0200scmp-e132b3a9729379f83403f042ef3cd99b20191004141500http://manilastandard.net/news/national/306542/alleged-smuggling-must-be-probed-.htmlposted October 03, 2019 at 10:05 pm by Maricel Cruz A resolution was filed at the House of Representatives directing the House Committee on Trade and Industry to investigate the alleged smuggling and proliferation of substandard steel products in the Philippines due to the “collusion between large....Thu, 03 Oct 2019 16:47:00 +0200manilastandard-ph-d334118f369ae1f5e27d255526f4450520191003164700