244310 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://www.gfmd.org/iom-humanitarian-operations-and-clustersIn 2005, the Humanitarian Reform Process got underway with the Cluster Approach that includes nine thematic clusters/areas of work and cluster leads being agreed to by the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) Principles. IOM has played a substantial role in the Cluster Approach assisting in the....Mon, 30 Dec 2019 05:49:00 +0100gfmd-72547868d2d0ffc67d6a1b5d3ea5182b20191230054900https://reliefweb.int/report/philippines/dswd-dromic-report-51-ms-66-earthquake-incident-tulunan-north-cotabato-29Situation Overview. On 29 October 2019 at 09:04 AM, a 6.6 magnitude earthquake jolted the municipality of Tulunan, North Cotabato (06.81°N, 125.03°E - 022 km S 79°E) with a tectonic origin and a depth of focus of 7 km. The earthquake was also felt in the neighboring municipalities of North Cotabato and Davao Region.Mon, 30 Dec 2019 05:13:00 +0100reliefWeb-d0b936b1b718b08efdff90de3f779ce520191230051300https://sports.inquirer.net/379967/gretchen-ho-chosen-as-one-of-torchbearers-in-tokyo-2020-olympicsMANILA, Philippines — Television host and volleyball player Gretchen Ho has been selected as one of the torchbearers in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Ho took to Twitter to announce her successful application to be among the torchbearers in the awaited sports event.Sun, 29 Dec 2019 06:35:00 +0100inquirer-1303976dc0a8da8f81b0559bd623d68220191229063500https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/12/28/19/mindanao-quakes-structures-should-be-safe-if-ph-building-code-truly-followed-says-engineerWith the series of strong earthquakes that hit parts of Mindanao this year, there is increasing worry about the safety of structures in quake-hit areas. Officials of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) have urged residents to have their houses checked by engineers....Fri, 27 Dec 2019 19:10:00 +0100abs-cbnnews-765d17880c5a66c041a98018ebab1cc520191227191000