213120 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://mb.com.ph/2023/02/09/japan-shares-best-practices-in-disaster-response-to-ph-counterparts/Japanese disaster management experts have presented their best practices and plans in responding to natural calamities to their Philippine counterparts during a dialogue on resilience building. The Philippine delegation is led by National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Chairperson (NDRRMC)....2023-02-09T09:56+0100mb-com-ph-c6aa34da54d602b26ef650941fdd5e6020230209095600https://mb.com.ph/2023/02/09/mop-prays-for-ph-search-rescue-troops-sent-to-turkey/Rev. Father Mario Aliwan of the Military Ordinariate of the Philippines and Office of the Chaplain Service led the blessing of the Armed Forces of the Philippines uniformed personnel who were part of the Philippine search and rescue contingent that was sent to Turkey on Wednesday, Feb. 8. Fr.2023-02-09T08:59+0100mb-com-ph-4d6306c24ee972a22c1d8c098c822c0c20230209085900https://globalnation.inquirer.net/210602/ph-mulling-sending-rescue-team-or-aid-to-quake-hit-syriaResidents search for victims and survivors amidst the rubble of collapsed buildings following an earthquake in the village of Besnaya in Syria’s rebel-held northwestern Idlib province on the border with Turkey, on February 6, 2022. – At least 1,293 people were killed and 3,411 injured across Syria....2023-02-09T08:55+0100inquirer-804a0f77bcd5de9c79d21e41a6536ffd20230209085500https://mb.com.ph/2023/02/09/filipinos-disaster-preparedness-declines-in-2022-sws/Despite the country being prone to natural hazards, such as earthquakes and typhoons, a survey conducted by the Social Weather Stations (SWS) found that Filipinos’ preparedness against disasters has declined in the past year. In the annual SWS survey review conducted on Feb.2023-02-09T07:53+0100mb-com-ph-19b5b8767fe68aac86405d3b5a5378c920230209075300