126300 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.pna.gov.ph/articles/1091244MANILA -- South Korea on Friday donated USD200,000 (or approximately PHP10 million) to the Philippines for the 45,000 evacuees displaced in last Sunday’s Taal Volcano eruption. Korean Ambassador Han Dong-man handed the check to Senator Richard Gordon, chairman of the Philippine Red Cross at the PRC Tower in Mandaluyong City.Sat, 18 Jan 2020 05:14:00 +0100pna-d9b464d6a97f2a2a652dc21301f34cad20200118051400https://www.philstar.com/opinion/2020/01/18/1985647/time-actTaal seethes and we continue to fidget with how best to cope. C’est la vie? But always there will be fingers pointed, whether critically or constructively, in the urge to provide predicates for our predicaments. Some from Congress would have wanted more adequate forewarnings. Netizens bewail belated local and national government responses.Fri, 17 Jan 2020 17:38:00 +0100philstar-741838dcf5f7004dd0ecdaf61ab1662f20200117173800https://reliefweb.int/report/philippines/act-alliance-alert-multi-disasters-philippinesSITUATION. The Philippines has been seeing a succession of disasters since December 2019 that have so far affected about 5.7 million people across the country. Overall these have taken a significant toll on the capacities of the government and other actors to support the affected population.Fri, 17 Jan 2020 15:46:00 +0100reliefWeb-39076f046d7a58fc1ad3c2dbe458062a20200117154600https://reliefweb.int/report/philippines/philippines-humanitarian-country-team-tulunan-north-cotabato-earthquakes-0Key Figures. As of 10 January 2020 (DSWD ) 1.8 M population in severely affected areas. 625,700 people affected and in need of assistance. 70,000 people displaced and in recognized evacuation centres. 73,100 houses damaged and destroyed. 247,000 people targeted for shelter/CCCM assistance. 31.8M required funding (US$) (1.Thu, 16 Jan 2020 06:57:00 +0100reliefWeb-56d6ebb394fb740649ff6a85362547e020200116065700