3671350 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.gulf-times.com/story/644824/Classes-suspended-in-quake-hit-areasThe strong earthquake that hit several regions in Mindanao affected some 2mn students in 4,000 schools, according to the Department of Education (DepEd). Classes in these schools have been suspended indefinitely as authorities inspect buildings to assess the damage.Fri, 18 Oct 2019 23:09:00 +0200gulf-times-d4df6b1ffcb9bade162a5d374e0f795020191018230900https://www.manilatimes.net/2019/10/19/news/regions/6-3-earthquake-leaves-89-injured-6-dead/634000/Eighty-nine individuals were injured from the 6.3-earthquake that struck Mindanao on Wednesday night, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) report. Of the 89 injured, 68 were from the region of Soccsksargen (South Cotabato, Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat,....Fri, 18 Oct 2019 20:21:00 +0200manilatimes-4911b712af3658c3952ed320defac64420191018202100https://reliefweb.int/report/philippines/philippines-earthquake-update-gdacs-usgs-ndrrmc-dromic-media-echo-daily-flash-18Following the 6.4 M earthquake in North Cotabato Province (Mindanao Island, southern Philippines) on 16 October, the number of fatalities has increased to 5 and 89 people are injured. According to the national authorities, as of 18 October, 202 people have been displaced, 3,068 affected and at least 337 houses damaged.Fri, 18 Oct 2019 14:45:00 +0200reliefWeb-329b40e7a045d062c7d0e39952d13e2d20191018144500https://www.rappler.com/nation/242883-philippines-india-sign-maritime-security-deal-kovind-visit?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rappler+%28Rappler%29IN MANILA. President Ram Nath Kovind of India is accompanied by Manila Mayor Isko Moreno in laying a wreath at the Rizal Monument before heading to Malacañang. Photo by Inoue Jaena/Rappler. MANILA, Philippines – An agreement to cooperate in enhancing maritime security was signed by the Philippine....Fri, 18 Oct 2019 13:31:00 +0200rappler-cd82b1bece6a2940c8e042fb2c996ecf20191018133100