[OPINION | Newspoint] A never-ending cleanup
Just about halfway through his 6-year term, the question is already being asked: How do we clean up after President Rodrigo Duterte? How do we undo his drug war, which has claimed thousands of lives but still done nothing to curb drug trafficking? Or recover the strategic and mineral-rich territorial waters he has treasonously ceded to China in exchange for odious patronage? Or, indeed, restore the values lost under his corrupt and lawless regime?
Rappler

OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT

Robredo to attend Cabinet meetings only if invited by Malacañang
Despite her recent appointment as co-chair of the Interagency Committee on Anti-Illegal Drugs (ICAD), Vice President Leni Robredo on Saturday said she would only attend Cabinet meetings if invited by Malacañang.
GMA News

Robredo's security stepped up after VP accepted ICAD co-chair post —spokesperson
The security provided to Vice President Leni Robredo has been stepped up after she accepted the post as co-chair of the Inter-agency Council on Anti-Illegal Drugs, her spokesperson Atty. Barry Gutierrez said on Saturday.
GMA News, Philippine Daily Inquirer

ELECTION RELATED

Bersamin says he favored none in PET protest
Retired Chief Justice Lucas Bersamin has assured that during his tenure as top magistrate he favored none of the parties in the poll protest of former Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.
Manila Bulletin

DISASTER

NDRRMC: 4 dead as typhoon ‘Quiel’ exits PAR
At least two more people died in Cagayan province, bringing the death toll to four, as typhoon “Quiel” pummeled northern Luzon, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) reported on Saturday.
Manila Bulletin

Cagayan under state of calamity as 11 towns remain flooded; 4 dead, 1 missing
The province of Cagayan was placed under a state of calamity on Friday due to the flooding that has affected many towns in the northwest area.
GMA News

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4.1-magnitude earthquake rocks Tulunan, Cotabato
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake rocked Tulunan, Cotabato on Saturday, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said.
Philippine Daily Inquirer

20K Cotabato residents to go waterless for 6 months —official
Some 20,000 residents in the city and nearby Makilala town in Cotabato province in Mindanao will have no tap-water supply for the next six months, a local water district official said Saturday.
GMA News

Classes still canceled in 31 Kidapawan public schools due to earthquake damage
Classes remained canceled in at least 31 public schools in Kidapawan City in Cotabato on Saturday after city engineers and a building official found cracks on  beams, columns, and walls following strong earthquakes that rocked Mindanao in southern Philippines recently.
GMA News

1K Kidapawan workers ‘jobless’ due to quakes: DOLE
More than 1,000 daily wage earners have been displaced by the series of tremors that rocked this city and nearby towns in North Cotabato, the regional labor department said Saturday.
Philippine News Agency

Mindanao quake communications team formed
The Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) has formed a communications team that will raise public awareness concerning the series of earthquakes that shook Mindanao last month. 
Philippine News Agency

Mindanao church urges Catholics to help in earthquake relief
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) is calling on Catholics to help the victims of the Mindanao earthquakes, which killed 22 people and displaced thousands.
Philippine Daily Inquirer

Children suffering most from brunt of tremors
It is the children suffering most from the brunt of earthquakes that jolted Kidapawan City and nearby towns in North Cotabato. Health workers are scrambling to provide children with medical interventions to prevent the spread of contagious diseases in evacuation sites.
NDBC News

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'Those in power have long abused the Filipino's resiliency'
A climate justice program manager for a German foundation based in Manila urged Filipinos to rethink the mainstream representation of our resilience. Alanah Torralba, Rosa Luxemburg Foundation's program head for its climate justice projects in the country and in Indonesia, said Filipinos should not mistake our resiliency for docility.
Rappler

'Yolanda'-hit Leyte town gets P200-M new housing project
An additional 564 housing units will soon rise in this town, which was heavily devastated by Super Typhoon Yolanda six years ago. The PHP200-million resettlement project is tagged by the National Housing Authority (NHA) as the "New Yolanda Project" due to its upgraded standard design.
Philippine News Agency

OCD commemorates Yolanda with disaster risk reduction conference in Samar
Taking the lessons taught by Super Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) 6 years since its onslaught, the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) conducted a disaster risk reduction conference at Guiuan, Eastern Samar on Saturday, November 9.
Rappler

[OPINION] Outgrowing Yolanda
The bitter taste of pressed coffee lingers as I empty my cup. Its warmth stirs up nostalgia as I stand behind the ledge, gazing into the horizon. Beneath the rubble covered in offshoots were lives engulfed by the storm surge brought by Super Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) 6 years ago.
Rappler

MINDANAO

CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS

JUDICIARY

CJ Peralta admits being helpless vs. cursing lawyers
Chief Justice Diosdado Peralta has admitted being helpless in taking action against lawyers cursing in public or in social media.
Manila Bulletin

Supreme Court set to form Judicial Integrity Board; body to weed out scalawags from judiciary
The Supreme Court (SC) is set to create a Judicial Integrity Board (JIB) meant to help weed out scalawag judges from the judiciary. “We are now about to implement this, the Judicial Integrity Board,” said SC Chief Justice Diosdado Peralta.
Manila Bulletin

Court Administrator holds position on proposed amendments of the Revised Penal Code
The Office of the Court Administrator has refrained to give its position on a measure seeking to repeal the provision of the Revised Penal Code limiting to 40 years the maximum period that a convict must serve in prison even if penalized to a number of life imprisonment terms.
Manila Bulletin

SC Chief Justice: 20 percent of courts vacant, in need of judges
Around 20 percent of courts nationwide are vacant and in need of judges, revealed Supreme Court (SC) Chief Justice Diosdado Peralta.
Manila Bulletin

LEGISLATIVE

Senate of the Philippines

‘Malevolent, sneaky budget attack’ may again delay GAA’s approval
Passage of the proposed 2020 P4.1 trillion national budget before the end of 2019 may be delayed as senators cried foul over the alleged plan of the House of Representatives leadership to sneak in P100 billion in pork barrel appropriations or about P500 million per congressman during their Senate-Lower House bicameral conference committee meetings.
Manila Bulletin

Recto proposes the use of technology in remotely monitoring gov’t projects
Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto urged on Saturday the use of technology, including closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras, to monitor the implementation of government programs, especially big-ticket infrastructure projects for next year.
Manila Bulletin

De Lima presses fellow senators to approve bills seeking to build modern prison facilities
Opposition Senator Leila M. de Lima pressed anew her colleagues in the 24-member Senate to approve her two bills that seek the construction of a state-of-the-art prison facility inside the Fort Magsaysay Military Reservation in Nueva Ecija.
Manila Bulletin, GMA News

House of Representatives

Cayetano defends swift passage of bill reviving GMRC in basic education
Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano has defended the swift passage of the proposal to revive Good Manners and Right Conduct into the basic education curriculum as a guarantee that the next generation of Filipinos will adopt both the prowess of intellect and good moral character.
Manila Bulletin

BUDGET, FINANCE, and TAXATION

LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS (LGUs)

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

DEFENSE AND SECURITY

Armed Forces of the Philippines

No indications of foul play in initial probe of PMA cadet's death in swimming pool —police
Initial investigations conducted by the Baguio City Police showed no indications of foul play in the drowning of a Philippine Military Academy cadet in the school's swimming pool, the city's chief of police said Saturday.
GMA News

Two swimming instructors under investigation over death of PMA cadet
At least two swimming instructors of the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) were being investigated by authorities, after a first-year cadet was found dead at the bottom of a 15-foot deep pool of the academy on Friday, a spokesperson of the academy confirmed Saturday.
Manila Bulletin

Kabataan calls for independent probe into PMA cadet's death in swimming pool
The Kabataan party-list on Saturday called on Congress to conduct an independent probe into the death of Cadet 4th Class Mario Telan, Jr. at the Philippine Military Academy on Friday.
GMA News

Philippine National Police

ECONOMY AND INVESTMENTS

BUILD, BUILD, BUILD and PUBLIC WORKS

OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE

AUDIT, GRAFT, AND CORRUPTION

FOREIGN RELATIONS  

PH Embassy continues to monitor aftermath of Iran quake, confirms no Filipinos hurt
The Philippine Embassy is continuously monitoring the aftermath of a magnitude 5.9 earthquake that jolted the East Azerbaijan province in Iran on early Friday morning.
Manila Bulletin

West Philippine Sea

LABOR

Police arrests 24 in Regent Food picket dispersal
Labor group Defend Job Philippines said police arrested 24 people during the violent picket dispersal at the Regent Food Corporation (RFC) factory in Pasig City on Saturday, November 9.
Rappler

TRANSPORTATION

[OPINION] How do you solve a problem like EDSA?
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) appeals for discipline and patience from the public as the EDSA traffic problem worsens. State authorities could only resort to experiments and rebukes as commuters increasingly become agitated. Short of granting the President emergency powers, how do you solve a problem like EDSA?
Rappler

HEALTH

DOH drafting EO regulating prices of 120 medicines —Duque
The Department of Health is drafting an executive order to be recommended to the Office of the President to subject some 120 medicines under maximum drug retail prices (MDRP).
GMA News, Philippine Daily Inquirer

Sanofi takes appeal for Dengvaxia permit to President's office –Duque
Pharmaceutical giant Sanofi Pasteur has taken its appeal to the Office of the President on the revocation of the certificate of product registration (CPR) of the controversial anti-dengue vaccine Dengvaxia, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said Saturday.
GMA News, Philippine Daily Inquirer

DOH: FDA should have power to limit salt contents in food products
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) should have the power to set and limit the salt contents in food products, the Department of Health (DOH) said Saturday.
Philippine Daily Inquirer, Manila Bulletin

Nurses protest to call for higher salary, better working conditions
Hundreds of nurses urged the government to implement a salary increase and better working conditions during the Nurses' National Day of Protest on Friday, November 8. Protesters gathered in front of the University of Santo Tomas and marched towards Kartilya ng Katipunan in Manila.
Rappler

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE

EDUCATION

ENERGY

Diesel-fired power plant to operate on Zambo's Sacol Island
The National Power Corp. (Napocor) will operate a diesel-fired power plant that would provide Sacol Island, some 20 km. east of Zamboanga City, with 24-hour power service. The project will benefit 500 households on Sacol Island, which comprises barangays Landang Gua, Pasilmanta, Busay, and Landang Laum.
Philippine News Agency

POVERTY

SOCIAL WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT

HOUSING

TOURISM

ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES

COA urges Lower House to look into geologists’ claim of earthquake fault in Kaliwa project area
The Commission on Audit has urged the House of Representatives to look into government geologists’ claim of an earthquake fault that could affect the controversy-ridden Kaliwa Dam project in Quezon.
Manila Bulletin

Our right to speak for climate justice
A few years ago Pope Francis challenged those responsible for the well-being of the poor. He established the World Day of the Poor. It is a day that should be stretched into a week, a month or even a year of action challenging and protesting against the root causes of poverty, the most perverse of which being the political and corporate corruption that infests societies.
The Manila Times

Water crisis

Angat Dam at risk of not reaching ideal level of 212-meters due to insufficient rainfall
Angat Dam, which is Metro Manila’s main water source, may not reach its desired 212-meter level by yearend due to insufficient rainfall over the watershed area in Bulacan.
Manila Bulletin

INFORMATION, COMMUNICATION AND TECHNOLOGY

Andanar grateful to Chinese media’s ‘fair’ coverage of developments in PH
Communications Secretary Martin Andanar expressed gratitude to the Chinese media for their fair coverage of the developments in the Philippines as the two countries sought to sustain cooperation in the media and communications industry.
Manila Bulletin

DEVELOPMENT SECTOR