9230 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 http://manilastandard.net/business/business-columns/out-in-the-open/306993/substandard-ph-steel-products-still-proliferate.htmlBut authorities so far have not delved into the structural defects of buildings that collapsed in the April temblor. The Chuzon supermarket in Porac, Pampanga caved in after that April earthquake. Until now, despite the fact that Chuzon building was only four stories high and clear evidence of....Wed, 09 Oct 2019 16:25:00 +0200manilastandard-ph-673dec37672afdd62f38baf05e7ccdf220191009162500https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1175717/magnitude-4-0-earthquake-hits-water-off-sabtang-in-batanesMANILA, Philippines — A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck waters off Sabtang in Batanes on Wednesday, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said. The quake, which was of tectonic origin and has a one-kilometer depth of focus, occurred at 3:57 p.m. some 37 kilometers southwest of Sabtang.Wed, 09 Oct 2019 11:36:00 +0200inquirer-06a9a5dece56434fb075a49f8335334920191009113600https://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-6ba55fc651a14af1ed2d232ff9d7c77520191005183600