6210 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/1095671MANILA The Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) on Thursday asked all churches to inform the faithful of the conduct of the First Quarter Nationwide Simultaneous Earthquake Drill (NSED) set to be held next week. “The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC)....Thu, 05 Mar 2020 11:03:00 +0100pna-f05da198a26fb50733f4d8fe85786f0720200305110300https://reliefweb.int/report/philippines/philippines-mindanao-earthquakes-emergency-operation-update-n-2-emergency-appealDescription of the disaster. On 29 October 2019, two strong earthquakes struck the province of North Cotabato, Mindanao, the first one of magnitude 6.6 in Tuluna at 09:04; the second of magnitude 6.1 and 9km deep at 10:42 with almost the same epicenter. Just two days after, on 31 October 2019 at 09:15, another tectonic 1 magnitude 6.Thu, 05 Mar 2020 06:42:00 +0100reliefWeb-a7e6b83eec51a9c3d7f726494813871f20200305064200https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/292109/aftershocks-continue-in-eastern-visayasA magnitude 3.4 quake, tagged as an aftershock of the March 2-Leyte earthquake, was felt in Eastern Visayas on Thursday, March 5. Its epicenter traced to about two kilometers east of Leyte. (Screengrab from Phivolcs) CEBU CITY, Philippines — Parts of Eastern Visayas continue to feel aftershocks from the Magnitude 5.Thu, 05 Mar 2020 04:52:00 +0100inquirer-8c5fce77edcb82cc0c7ef8f792f76b2120200305045200https://www.philstar.com/opinion/2020/03/05/1998257/korea-and-philippines-are-old-friends-71-years-friendshipThis Tuesday, March 3rd, marked the 71st anniversary of the estab-lishment of diplomatic ties between the Republic of Korea and the Philippines. This bond has deepened and blossomed into one of mutual respect and cooperation a friendship that was sealed when 7,420 members of the Philippine....Wed, 04 Mar 2020 17:55:00 +0100philstar-47c9e85f3db1c8bb41b6dc06d433bc6a20200304175500