8720 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://qnewshub.com/science/strong-earthquake-jolts-central-philippines-homes-damaged/A powerful earthquake struck a central Philippine region Tuesday, trapping a family in a collapsed house, damaging other houses, low-slung buildings and a seaport and prompting people to dash outdoors for safety. Roads and bridges were cracked in Cataingan, the coastal town nearest the epicenter,....2023-08-12T18:41+0200qnewshub-64c4b7d23e6fe39f61f42f0642b3034c20230812184100https://manilastandard.net/news/national/314359336/house-passes-new-national-building-code-mandating-disaster-resilient-structures.htmlThe House of Representatives has approved on third and final reading House Bill (HB) 8500 mandating the country’s proposed new National Building Code. Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez said if enacted, the new law would “protect the public against multiple hazards like fire, weather disturbances,....2023-08-10T17:42+0200manilastandard-ph-79706542498348a058b2d2724733708c20230810174200https://article.wn.com/view/2023/08/10/Magnitude_47_earthquake_jolts_Philippines/An earthquake of magnitude 4.7 struck 157 km South South East of Sarangani, Philippines on Thursday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported. Philippines Earthquake: The quake occurred at 03:11:16 (UTC) and its depth was registered at 116.2023-08-10T11:15+0200wn-691038de4759a7744824c61d92cd2ed620230810111500https://www.nepalnews.com/s/global/magnitude-4-7-earthquake-jolts-philippinesAn earthquake of magnitude 4.7 struck 157 km South South East of Sarangani, Philippines on Thursday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported. Sarangani is a province located in the Soccsksargen region of the Philippines. The quake occurred at 03:11:16 (UTC) and its depth was registered at 116.2023-08-10T10:03+0200nepalnews-a6b16f77ece8320f58db64c1ab3103d420230810100300