IPs cap 'productive, successful' Europe Truth Caravan vs. Reds
Some members of Indigenous Peoples (IPs), who have experienced the ill-effects of insurgency in the south, have described as "productive" and "successful" their just-capped Europe Truth Caravan against the Communist Party of the Philippines - New People's Army (CPP-NPA).
Philippine News Agency
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Iloilo local execs aiding rebels warned
The top cop of the Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO) on Saturday warned local chief executives against supporting the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA).
Philippine News Agency
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NPA team leader’s surrender leads to seizure of arms cache in NorthCot
The surrender of a team leader of the New Peoples’ Army’s (NPA) Special Partisan Unit (SPARU) operating in the hinterlands of Magpet, North Cotabato has led to the seizure of firearms in Matalam and President Roxas towns.
Mindanews, Philippine News Agency
Peace Talks
Incidents/ Operations
Top NPA officer in Mimaropa, 6 other rebels arrested in Palawan
Police and military operatives have arrested a top officer of the New People’s Army (NPA) operating in Palawan and nearby provinces at a checkpoint in Puerto Princesa City late Friday night.
Manila Bulletin, ABS-CBN News, CNN Philippines, Tempo
Karapatan claims illegal arrest of 7 human rights workers in Puerto Princesa
Seven human rights workers, including a former officer of Karapatan-Southern Tagalog, were arrested illegally in Puerto Princesa, Palawan on Friday, human rights group Karapatan said Saturday.
Philippine Star
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7 MILF, 4 BIFF men slain in Maguindanao clash
Seven Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) guerrillas and four members of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) were killed in an encounter in Shariff Saidona town in this province on Friday. The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao police identified the fatalities as Manaut Musbil, Mads Maytum, Tongan Tot, Laguiali Ali, Poangan Ganda, Kho Mamaluba and Jeomar Salansamen.
Philippine Star, BenarNews, Tempo, Manila Bulletin, Rappler, Philippine News Agency, NDBC News
7 MILF members killed by IS group were not among those decommissioned
Seven members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front’s (MILF) military wing, the Bangsamoro Islamic Armed Forces (BIAF), were killed in a half day battle against an Islamic State-linked group here.
Mindanews
Zamboanga tightens security
SECURITY HAS BEEN tightened around Zamboanga City with Mayor Beng Climaco telling police and military authorities to deny terrorists the opportunity to sow fear among locals. Climaco has met several times with police and military commanders to ensure the safety of everybody. She asked security forces “to be on their toes 24/7 to ensure the safety and security of the people” and called on the public to support and cooperate with the police and military in the implementation of security measures.
Mindanao Examiner
MARAWI
Beyond makeshift classrooms
IT HAS been two years since the siege that devastated the heart of Marawi City, but full recovery remains far out of arm’s reach to this very day. Obstacles to this include unexploded ordnances, possible threats of extremist resurgence, low trust in the national government, and the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ “poorly managed post-conflict rehabilitation.”
The Guidon
1K Marawi siege victims benefit from BARMM Project Tabang
Some 5,000 residents of Marawi City received on Friday basic government services from the Project Tabang of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM).
Philippine News Agency
SOUTHEAST ASIA AND THE WORLD
Suspect in Paris police stabbings had ties to Islamist extremist networks, prosecutor says
The suspect in a deadly knife attack at Paris police headquarters worked for more than 15 years in the complex as he began following a “radical vision” of Islam, a top prosecutor said Saturday amid tense political fallout from the incident.
Washington Post, Bloomberg
'Onerous' jail conditions and lack of education: Convicted terrorist appeals 22-year sentence
A convicted terrorist who conspired to attack an Australian Federal Police building and a NSW jail has appealed his 22-year sentence arguing his status as a high-risk inmate at Goulburn’s notorious Supermax jail is ‘‘very onerous’’.
The Sydney Morning Herald
The terrorist peril in the Sahel
Jihadist activity is spreading from Mali to Burkina Faso, Niger and beyond, to Togo, Benin, Cote d’Ivoire and Ghana.
The Arab Weekly
TV project is first step in tackling Islamophobia
THE decision made by the governments of Ma-laysia, Turkey, and Pakistan on the sidelines of the 74th United Nations General Assembly to jointly establish an English television channel to counter Islamophobia in the West is very timely.
The News Straits Times
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BARMM
Lanao del Norte solon wants House colleagues to look into implementation of BOL
Lanao del Norte Rep. Mohamad Khalid Dimaporo is urging his colleagues to look into the status of the implementation of the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL).
Manila Bulletin
BARMM to consult LGUs on regional development plan formulation
An initial draft of the 1st Bangsamoro Regional Development Plan (BRDP) will be presented to the different local government units in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) next month for consultation.
Luwaran
BARMM to advance IP rights over ancestral domains
The Ministry of Indigenous Peoples' Affairs (MIPA-BARMM) recently assessed and evaluated ancestral domains in the province in an activity held at the San Isidro Labrador Parish in North Upi, Maguindanao.
Philippine Information Agency
MAGUINDANAO AND COTABATO CITY
BIFF member killed while fleeing from Maguindanao checkpoint
Soldiers of the 40th Infantry Battalion gunned down a Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters combatant after the latter attempted to flee from a militia checkpoint in Pandag, Maguindanao.
GMA News, Sunstar Zamboanga
NORTH COTABATO
LANAO PROVINCES
BASILAN
More streetlights up in Basilan’s Isabela City
Residents of villages along stretches of a highway connecting the cities of Isabela and Lamitan can now safely motor through the route at nighttime, illuminated with new streetlights.
NDBC News
SULU
Natural gas refinery plant to rise in Sulu
ENERGY WORLD CORPORATION Ltd (EWC), an independent energy company engaged in the production and sale of power and natural gas, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Hadar and Medzar Oil and Gas Corporation (HMOGC) for a proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) and natural gas refinery plant on the island-municipality of Lugus in the southern Philippine province of Sulu.
Mindanao Examiner
TAWI-TAWI
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DRUGS
Duterte ordered probe on Albayalde; Sotto slams Panelo’s raps vs Senate
Malacañang said President Duterte ordered the investigation on Philippine National Police (PNP) chief General Oscar Albayalde to find out the truth about his alleged involvement in an irregular drug operation in 2013.
Manila Bulletin
Sotto irked by Panelo’s remarks on Senate ‘ninja cops’ probe
Senate President Vicente Sotto III slammed on Saturday Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo for insinuating that politics was involved in the Upper Chamber’s probe on so-called “ninja cops” tagged in illegal drug recycling.
Manila Bulletin
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Police official linked to ‘agaw-bato’ may spend time at New Bilibid Prison till 2020
Police Lieutenant Colonel Rodney Baloyo may be detained at the New Bilibid Prison in Muntinlupa City until 2022 should he refuse to cooperate with the Senate’s investigation on the questionable 2013 Pampanga drug bust.
Manila Bulletin
Albayalde: Let the court decide the fate of 13 ‘ninja cops’
Gen. Oscar Albayalde, chief of the Philippine National Police, says it’s up to the court now to determine the fate of the 13 so-called ninja cops accused of recycling part of the crystal meth stash seized in a 2013 anti-drug operation in Mexico, Pampanga.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
Police looking for Johnson Lee, suspected drug lord in questioned Pampanga raid
Authorities are now looking for Johnson Lee, the suspected drug lord whom Pampanga policemen allegedly allowed to flee after a drug raid that yielded hundreds of kilos of shabu in late 2013.
GMA News
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Gordon presses lifestyle check on Albayalde, 13 other cops
Senator Richard Gordon has called for a lifestyle check on Philippine National Police (PNP) chief General Oscar Albayalde and the 13 policemen involved in the questionable anti-illegal drugs operation in Pampanga in 2013.
Manila Bulletin
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Albayalde not feeling guilty
Gen. Oscar Albayalde, the Philippine National Police chief, did not feel alluded to when President Rodrigo Duterte said in Russia that two generals were still “playing with illegal drugs.”
Philippine Daily Inquirer
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Operations/ Incidents
Recovery and Rehabilitation
ILLICIT FIREARMS, EXPLOSIVES AND AMMUNITION
CROSS-BORDER TRADING/ SMUGGLING
HUMAN TRAFFICKING
KIDNAPPING
P1-million reward put up for info on kidnapping of British national, Pinay wife
The provincial government of Zamboanga del Sur announced on Saturday it is offering a P1-million reward for anyone who can give information that would lead to the arrest of the kidnappers of a British national and his Filipina wife.
GMA News
ILLEGAL GAMBLING
ILLICIT FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS/ EXTORTION
CIDG arrests 4 suspects in alleged investment scam
Four suspects allegedly running an investment scam were arrested in an entrapment operation by operatives of Criminal and Investigation Detection Group (CIDG) of the Philippine National Police (PNP) in Quezon City on Friday afternoon.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
Investment scam victims in GenSan press charges
A group of victims of an illegal investment scheme here operated by a religious group filed charges on Friday at the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI).
Philippine News Agency
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CHR concerned over repression of human rights defenders, civil society in PH
The Commission on Human (CHR) has expressed grave concern over reports that the Philippines is one of the 48 countries where human rights defenders, activists, and civil society organizations have been experiencing rising reprisals.
Manila Bulletin
CHR calls on CHED to expedite implementation of anti-hazing law
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has called on the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) to immediately expedite the implementation of the Anti-Hazing Act of 2018.
Manila Bulletin
Press Freedom/ Freedom of expression
Martial Law
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PH-Russia sign 10 business deals; Duterte assures protection for Russian investments
President Duterte expressed gratitude to Russian business leaders for taking a chance on investing in the Philippines, assuring that the Philippine government will protect their investments following the signing of 10 business agreements between the two countries Friday evening.
Manila Bulletin
LOOK: Duterte tours Kremlin Palace in Moscow
President Rodrigo Duterte stopped by the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow and was given a tour of the complex during his five-day visit here.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
Duterte watches Pinoys perform at cultural show in Moscow
President Rodrigo Duterte graced the Philippine Cultural Gala Performance held Friday night in Moscow during his five-day official visit to Russia.
GMA News
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Duterte receives honorary degree in foreign diplomacy from Russian university
President Rodrigo Duterte received his first honorary degree from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations University (MGIMO) on Saturday, October 5, the final day of his official visit to Russia.
Rappler, GMA News
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EDITORIAL - Here to stay
Considering the culture and the environment, perhaps President Duterte was just being realistic when he said that violent fraternity initiation or hazing is here to stay. This, however, shouldn’t be seen as a statement of surrender. Law enforcement and the toughest penalties have not completely eradicated any crime.
Philippine Star
OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT
Robredo supporters hold vigil ahead of PET decision on Marcos’s poll protest
Vice President Leni Robredo thanked her supporters who have been camping outside the Supreme Court to monitor the progress of the electoral protest filed against her by former senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
Manila Bulletin
ELECTION RELATED
DISASTER
MINDANAO
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
JUDICIARY
SC suspends Gadon over foul language
Be careful with your language. For using foul language against a female doctor and her lawyer, lawyer Lorenzo “Larry” Gadon was suspended by the Supreme Court for three months.
Manila Bulletin
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300 guards relieved as BuCor starts cleansing at NBP
The Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) has issued a warning that the relief of hundreds of New Bilibid Prison (NBP) guards Friday was only the first action taken by newly-installed BuCor Director General Gerald Bantag in line with President Duterte’s directive to rid the facility of corruption.
Manila Bulletin
Battalion-size NCRPO strike force sent to Bilibid as drastic reforms start
The National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) has deployed a battalion-size police strike force at the New Bilibid Prisons (NBP) to assist in the conduct of special operations inside the corruption-tainted detention facility amid the aggressive and massive reform programs being planned by Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) Director General Gerald Bantag.
Manila Bulletin, GMA News
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DOJ approves release of 34 more PDLs
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has approved the release of 34 more persons deprived of liberty (PDL) who heeded the order of President Rodrigo Duterte to surrender.
Manila Bulletin
Prison officials advised to seek guidance on how to implement new IRR of GCTA
Prison officials have been advised to seek the guidance of the Department of Justice (DOJ) if they need clarification over the implementation of the revised implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of the good conduct time allowance (GCTA) law.
Manila Bulletin
LEGISLATIVE
Senate of the Philippines
Recto cites need to create more positions for public school teachers
Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph Recto on Saturday called on the government to create more teacher positions as a way to increase teachers’ salaries.
Manila Bulletin
De Lima hails senators for holding in contempt 2 BuCor officials
Sen. Leila De Lima on Saturday hailed the Senate for citing for contempt two Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) officials for lying in their testimonies during the hearing on the Good Conduct Time Allowance (GCTA) law.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
House of Representatives
Stricter nuclear safety, security measures sought with creation of PH atomic regulatory commission
Stricter nuclear safety and security measures are being sought in the House of Representatives with the creation of a single agency that will regulate activities or practices in the operation of nuclear installations and radiation facilities in the country.
Manila Bulletin
Solon wants tree-planting as prerequisite for graduation in college, high school
A leader of the House of Representatives wants to require graduating college and senior high school students to plant two trees as prerequisite for graduation.
Manila Bulletin
Solons sign deal to fight cyberbullying, promote mental health awareness among youth
Several legislators have signed a partnership with an international non-governmental organization to further raise mental health awareness among young individuals and combat cyberbullying.
GMA News
BUDGET, FINANCE and TAXATION
LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS (LGUs)
DEFENSE AND SECURITY
General, admiral get posts in PH Navy after Cusi departure
The Philippine Navy (PN) has installed a major general and a rear admiral as its new vice commander (VCom) and chief of naval staff (CNS), respectively, following the assumption of Rear Adm. Allan Cusi as the new superintendent of the Philippine Military Academy (PMA).
Manila Bulletin
Australian Air Force plane makes emergency landing at Tacloban airport
An Australian Air Force plane had an emergency landing at the Daniel Z. Romualdez Airport in this city past noon on Saturday, October 5.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
ECONOMY AND INVESTMENTS
Invest more in Philippines, Russian businessmen told
As he wrapped up his five-day visit, President Duterte on Friday urged Russian investors to come to the Philippines and enjoy competitive incentives that have inspired “record-breaking” investments.
Philippine Star
BUILD, BUILD, BUILD and PUBLIC WORKS
OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
AUDIT, GRAFT AND CORRUPTION
Sandiganbayan grants demurrer of ex-DBM execs, acquits them of graft
The Sandiganbayan Sixth Division has acquitted former Department of Budget and Management (DBM) officials of graft in relation to the purchase of reportedly substandard inflatable rubber boats for the Philippine Navy worth P3.465 million back in 2010.
Manila Bulletin
FOREIGN RELATIONS
Israel envoy conveys gratitude to Marikina for safe haven given to Jews during WW II
Israeli Ambassador to the Philippines Rafael Harpaz has personally expressed his gratitude to the City of Marikina for the pivotal role it played when hundreds of Jewish refugees fled there at the height of the Holocaust in Europe.
Manila Bulletin
West Philippine Sea
LABOR
TRANSPORTATION
Junking of charges against protesting jeepney drivers sought
The Kalipunan ng Damayang Mahihirap (Kadamay)-Metro Manila slammed Valenzuela City Mayor Rex Gatchalian for filing charges against jeepney drivers and operators who joined the September 16 city-wide transport strike.
Manila Bulletin
HEALTH
DOH assures public that there is no meningococcemia outbreak
The Department of Health (DOH) on Saturday allayed fears of the public over the reported cases of meningococcemia, saying that there is no outbreak of the respiratory disease in the country.
Manila Bulletin
2 patients being treated for meningococcemia at San Lazaro Hospital
Two patients, who tested positive for meningococcemia, are now being treated at the San Lazaro Hospital in Manila.
Manila Bulletin
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE
EDUCATION
Not too much to celebrate about on World Teachers’ Day for many Filipino educators
A tribute here, a celebration there. Discounted purchases here, tons of freebies there. As greetings from people from all walks of life poured in, teachers were definitely treated like “rock stars” Saturday with the celebration of World Teachers’ Day (WTD).
Manila Bulletin
Sen. Tolentino urges schools to consider implementing early Christmas break
Senator Francis Tolentino on Saturday urged school authorities to consider implementing an early Christmas break for students to ease the anticipated holiday traffic.
Manila Bulletin
TESDA launches Tsuper Iskolar Program in Region IV-A
Another installment of the Tsuper Iskolar Program by the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) has been launched in Region IV-A at the STI Colleges in Lipa City.
Manila Bulletin
Student councils of state med schools seek reinstatement of budget for full tuition subsidy
Student councils of the country’s medical schools reiterated the appeal for the continued implementation of the full tuition subsidy which was “removed” in the 2020 budget following the budget cuts received by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED).
Manila Bulletin
‘More than just a job’: Teachers, students voice out important role of educators
National Teacher’s Day is a time of celebration for the modern day heroes recognized for their significant role in educating the next generation.
Rappler
ENERGY
POVERTY
SOCIAL WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT
HOUSING
TOURISM
Farm tourism growing in PH
Even as the world goes further high-tech through what pundits are calling the Fourth Industrial Revolution, agriculture and farms are regaining importance due to deepened awareness of healthy living and an increased desire for alternative experiences.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES
DENR to lead int’l bird conservation conference
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is set to lead an international bird conservation conference that will help strengthen partnership among nations, in time for the bird migration season.
Manila Bulletin
PCG to establish monitoring center in Talim Island, Rizal
A new station and monitoring center of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) will be established in Barangay Gulod, Talim Island in Rizal, the agency said Friday.
Manila Bulletin
Water crisis
INFORMATION, COMMUNICATION AND TECHNOLOGY
DEVELOPMENT SECTOR
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