6201490 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://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1638051/price-freeze-sought-on-essential-commodities-in-earthquake-hit-areasLACKING THE BASICS Residents affected by the July 27 earthquake in Bangued, Abra, wait in line for their water supply in this photo taken on Friday. —REUTERS. MANILA, Philippines — A party-list representative called on government agencies to implement a price freeze on essential commodities in....2022-07-31T07:10+0200inquirer-c8e06ba86085a7e7296368b98715e76c20220731071000https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1638042/bongbong-marcos-says-rotc-could-help-bolster-countrys-disaster-responseMANILA, Philippines — After calling on Congress to pass a law mandating the implementation of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) program, President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. said that military training could help bolster the country’s disaster response capability.2022-07-31T06:43+0200inquirer-006c42058c031f717923a0544ef89ba120220731064300https://www.tellerreport.com/news/2022-07-31-philippines-earthquake-kills-10.HyfTtPKXpc.htmlThe earthquake that occurred in the Philippines on Wednesday, July 27, affected more than 314 thousand people, killing ten people. This was reported in a report by the Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction Council (NDRRMC). According to the agency, a total of 314,161 people somehow encountered a natural anomaly.2022-07-31T06:43+0200tellerreport-1558d0a39be4ef57fcd269dc29f2a4f720220731064300https://mb.com.ph/2022/07/31/xi-conveys-sympathy-to-marcos-over-july-27-earthquake/Chinese President Xi Jinping conveyed sympathy to his Filipino counterpart President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. over the devastating magnitude-7.0 earthquake that struck Luzon last July 27. In his message, Xi said he was shocked to learn that the earthquake caused casualties and property losses.2022-07-31T06:12+0200mb-com-ph-3c1620795d123318bd0ef155a9fbd19120220731061200