Additional remarks on the Masbate tragedy
We assure the public that the higher and lower Party committees, NPA commands and revolutionary organs of governance are fully capable of determining the necessary course of action to correct the errors of the NPA unit that led to the June 6 Masbate tragedy involving the deaths of local civilians Kieth and Nolven Absalon. Under direction of the Party’s leadership, the incident is being fully assessed with the aim of avoiding such errors in the future and further strengthening the NPA in serving and defending the people.
Communist Party of the Philippines
Kin of blast victims reject NPA apology
Relatives of Kieth Absalon, the university athlete who died in a land mine blast in Masbate City on Sunday, said the apology issued by communist rebels to their family and the public was not enough, as they continued to appeal for justice.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
Government to NPA: Turn over those behind landmine deaths
Interior Secretary Eduardo Año is demanding that the New People’s Army (NPA) turn over the perpetrators responsible for the death of Far Eastern University (FEU) football player Keith Absalon and cousin Nolven Absalon, who were killed by a landmine explosion while biking in Anas, Masbate last Sunday.
Philippine Star
Rights body seeks surrender of rebels
THE PHILIPPINE Commission on Human Rights on Wednesday asked the armed wing of the local communist movement to surrender rebels involved in the killing of a trade leader and his cousin.
Business World
'Under our authority': CPP-NPA ignore calls to turn over rebels behind Absalons' deaths
The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and its armed wing, the New People's Army (NPA), have seemingly refused to turn over to the government the rebels responsible for the deaths of the Absalon cousins in Masbate City over the weekend.
ABD- CBN News
NPA rebels in Absalon killing must be prosecuted: solons
Senators condemned on Wednesday the death of collegiate football player Kieth Absalon and his cousin after an anti-personnel mine exploded in Barangay Anas, Masbate City on Sunday.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
DOJ chief: Terrorism, murder raps to be filed against rebels in Masbate IED blast
JUSTICE Secretary Menardo Guevarra said violation of the Anti-Terrorism Law, murder and other charges may be lodged against the communist rebels behind the detonation of an improvised explosive device (IED) that killed 21-year-old promising college football player Keith Absalon and his cousin last June 6
Business Mirror
Robredo says 'landmines are murder,' after death of footballer
The use of landmines constitutes "murder," Vice President Leni Robredo said on Wednesday, as she condemned rebels' use of the explosive device that killed athlete Kieth Absalon and his cousin over the weekend.
ABS- CBN News
[Editorial] Justice for the Absalons
His school’s athletic director said he had the makings of an Azkal national football team player. Instead, at just 21 years old, life was snuffed out of Kieth Absalon, former most valuable player in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines Juniors Football.
Philippine Star
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87% of NPA surrenderers in Mindanao are IP members
About 87 percent of surrenderers from the New People’s Army (NPA) in Mindanao are members of indigenous peoples (IPs), according to an official of the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP).
Philippine News Agency
Promise of free education lures IPs into CPP-NPA
Indigenous peoples (IP) in communist organizations were promised free education when they were recruited.
Philippine News Agency
PNP Chief orders units to be alert following recent NPA attacks
The Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Police General Guillermo Eleazar ordered the national police to be alert against possible attacks of the New People’s Army (NPA).
PTV News
Peace talks
Bayan calls for peace talks after NPA bomb attack in Masbate
Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) on Wednesday called for peace talks between the government and the Communist Party of the Philippines after the deadly land mine attack by rebels in Masbate City.
GMA News
Peace talks with CPP-NPA 'dead'
PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte has quashed hopes that the government will resume negotiations with the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA), saying the peace effort is dead.
Manila Times
Incidents/Operations
Soldiers set up community radio station in NegOcc village
Troops of the Philippine Army’s 14th Civil-Military Operations Battalion (CMOB) have set up a community radio station in Barangay Linaon, Cauayan town in Negros Occidental as part of the efforts to promote the government’s anti-insurgency programs.
Philippine News Agency
1 soldier, 1 suspected rebel slain in Negros Occidental clashes
A government soldier and a suspected New People’s Army (NPA) rebel were killed in two successive encounters Wednesday in Purok Galaupan, Barangay Carabalan, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
Raps filed vs. 8 NPA rebels in Caraga for using APMs
The Police Regional Office (PRO) 13 (Caraga) on Wednesday announced the filing of various criminal charges against eight New People’s Army (NPA) guerrillas for using the banned anti-personnel mines (APMs).
Philippine News Agency
Alleged NPA rebel slain in Laguna clash
An alleged New People’s Army (NPA) rebel was killed in a clash against government forces in Luisiana town in Laguna province Wednesday.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
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103 groups, individuals press court, government action vs anti-terror law
MORE than 100 human rights groups, religious organizations, and individuals jointly urged Justice Secretary Menardo I. Guevarra and Chief Justice Alexander G. Gesmundo to act against the anti-terror law and protect human rights defenders.
Business World
MARAWI
[Watch] Residents commemorate Battle of Marawi, four years on
Four years after a deadly siege in Marawi city, residents are still working to rebuild their community and recover from the traumas of war.
Deutsche Welle
SOUTHEAST ASIA AND THE WORLD
Are Women the Solution to Violent Extremism?
Women can contribute to preventing and countering violent extremism, but the international community’s understanding of their contributions is lacking.
Prio Blogs
Unemployment could trigger extremism — NCCE study
A new study by the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) says the country is not immune to violent extremism, in spite of the appreciable level of peace among citizens.
Graphic online
Canada to crack down on online extremism in wake of London attack, minister says
Canada will soon unveil measures to crack down on online extremism following the killing of a Muslim family, a crime that police said was inspired by hate, a government minister said on Wednesday.
Global News
How extremists undermine the Palestinian cause
The fight for Palestine is two-tiered. One battle is on the ground, between Israeli soldiers and Palestinian civilians, with the latter demanding their human rights and seeking statehood, freedom and justice. The other is a political fight that often takes place internally between moderates and extremists, with the extremists seeking to perpetuate the conflict and the moderates seeking to end it.
Arab News
Online bans, media glare hem extremists, diminish reach, experts say
In a video published online last month, Georgia militia leader Chris Hill and Eric Braden of the Texas-based Southern Patriot Council discussed the overthrow of the United States government, by violence if necessary.
teh Atlanta Journal
Germany dismisses commando policemen over Nazi content
German prosecutors have dismissed 19 policemen in a commando unit and suspended another over suspicions they had glorified violence and made references to a former Nazi organisation in online chats, a spokeswoman said on Wednesday.
Reuters
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BARMM
[Watch] How is the Bangsamoro treating the Non-Moro indigenous Peoples?
Christian Esguerra talks to BARMM Interior and Local Government Minister Atty. Naguib Sinarimbo and Timuay Justice and Governance Supreme Tribal Chief Leticio Datuwata on the plight of the non-Moro indigenous peoples in the new Bangsamoro, and the push to extend the Bangsamoro Transition Authority.
ANC
Eleazar orders filing of raps vs BAR police applicants for fake RT-PCT results
Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Police Gen. Guillermo Eleazar has ordered the arrest and filing of charges against Police Regional Office-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region (PRO-BAR) police applicants who falsified their RT-PCR test results in their application for entry into the police force.
Manila Bulletin
MAGUINDANAO AND COTABATO CITY
Public humiliation of LGBTQIA+ persons in Maguindanao divide Muslim community
In an incident that has sparked outrage and division online, six people identified as members of the LGBTQIA+ community from the town of Ampatuan in Maguindanao — yes, that Ampatuan town — had their hair shorn in an act of public humiliation.
Yahoo News
Protection under law pushed after group forcibly shaved heads of LGBTQ+ in Mindanao
Various LGBTQ+ groups renewed their calls to provide assistance and protection to victims of discrimination and violence after several individuals forcibly shave the heads of members of the LGBTQ+ community in Maguindanao.
Rappler
Oxygen supply, hospital beds running low in Cotabato hospital
As cities in Mindanao become areas of concern for COVID-19, a hospital in Cotabato is currently running short on hospital beds as well as oxygen supply.
GMA News
Cotabato City gov’t employees required weekly antigen tests
The city government has ordered a weekly rapid antigen test for free among its 2,565 employees to further curb the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) here.
NDBC News
LANAO PROVINCES
Lanao Sur extends ban on mass gatherings, shuts down function halls
The Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) in Lanao del Sur extended the ban on mass gatherings until June 30 in line with the imposition of stricter safety measures to contain the spread of coronavirus disease (C0VID-19) in the province.
MindaNews
BASILAN
Basilan towns turn over 26 loose firearms to military
Twenty-six loose firearms were turned over by local chief executives in Basilan to the military as part of the continued campaign against the proliferation of unlicensed guns through the Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) program.
Philippine News Agency
SULU
DA distributes vegetable seeds to Sulu village farmers
THE Department of Agriculture (DA), through the Special Area for Agricultural Development (Saad), has distributed vegetable seeds to augment the income of farmers in a village of Talipao, Sulu by establishing their own backyard garden.
Sunstar Zamboanga
TAWI-TAWI
Tawi Tawi drug kingpin nabbed in PNP dragnet set for cohort
A Tawi Tawi drug kingpin was nabbed in a trap purposely laid down by police personnel for his cohorts during an operation in Sibutu last Monday, June 7.
Manila Bulletin
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DRUGS
Operations/ Incidents
Authorities hunt down cop who eluded drug bust in Zamboanga City
Authorities are hunting down a police officer who was able to elude arrest in a drug buy-bust operation here.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
Cop says Calbayog City mayor’s political rival behind drug protector claims
A political rival of slain Calbayog City Mayor Ronald Aquino allegedly tried to implicate him as a protector of a policeman supposedly involved in drugs, a witness at a Senate hearing said Wednesday.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
Recovery and Rehabilitation
ILLICIT FIREARMS, EXPLOSIVES, AND AMMUNITION
CROSS-BORDER TRADING/ SMUGGLING/ COUNTERFEIT GOODS
HUMAN TRAFFICKING
KIDNAPPING/ ABDUCTION
ILLEGAL GAMBLING
ILLICIT FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS/ EXTORTION
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Aborted Bukidnon pineapple deal ignites farmers’ feud
A deal to grow pineapples for a multinational company in Bukidnon has opened a pandora’s box of accusations from one group of farmers against another and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR).
Philippine Daily Inquirer
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On leading Sitio Kule
HERMAN Muan did not expect that he would be the leader of Sitio Kule in Barangay Salacafe, Tboli South Cotabato. In his mind, he only wanted to help his community to become independent and empowered.
Sunstar Davao
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France, UNFPA zero in on women’s rights to bodily autonomy and gender equality
THE Embassy of France to the Philippines, as well as the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), are organizing a webinar to highlight the progress and obstacles that remain in ensuring women are freely able to exercise their sexual and reproductive health rights (SRHR), as well as to identify and address gender inequalities that persist among health-care workers.
Business Mirror
Press Freedom/ Freedom of expression
Martial Law
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COVID-19
Cases
DOH tallies 126 new COVID-19 deaths, 5,462 new cases
The country's daily COVID-19 death toll reached over 100 again on Wednesday after 126 more people lost their lives to the disease, according to the Department of Health.
CNN Philippines
Department of Health
Philippines to get 10 million COVID-19 vaccines monthly by 3rd quarter of 2021: DOH
The Department of Health (DOH) on Wednesday said the Philippines is expected to receive 10 million vaccines every month by the third quarter of 2021.
ABS- CBN News
IATF/NTF COVID-19
Galvez endorses mayors’ plea for more jabs outside NCR+8
National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19 chief implementer Carlito Galvez Jr. has endorsed a request of the League of Cities of the Philippines (LCP) to include other high-risk areas in the priority recipients of COVID-19 vaccines.
Philippine Star
No walk-in policy makes for efficient vax system: NTF
Local government units (LGUs) should have a master list of vaccinees and not allow walk-ins to avoid overcrowding, National Task Force (NTF) Against Covid-19 chief implementer Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. advised Wednesday.
Philippine News Agency
Regions
Luzon including NCR
Quezon City A4 vaccination starts Friday
The Quezon City government will start vaccinating the A4 (economic front-liners) priority list on Friday (June 11, 2021).
Philippine News Agency
Visayas
Nearly 250K individuals inoculated vs. Covid-19 in C. Visayas
The Central Visayas region has inoculated a total of 245,503 individuals since the start of the vaccination rollout for medical front-liners, elderlies and persons with comorbidities in March, the Department of Health (DOH)-Region 7 reported on Wednesday.
Philippine News Agency
Mindanao
‘No movement Sundays,’ FM Pass not being considered for now
THE implementation of the "No movement Sunday" and food and medicine (FM) pass are not yet being considered by the Davao City Government for now.
Sunstar Davao
200,000 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech for Davao Region to arrive June 10
At least 200,000 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for distribution in the Davao Region are scheduled to arrive at the Davao International Airport at 6 a.m. Thursday, June 10, a local health official said Wednesday.
MindaNews
SoCot pushes revival of P200-M hospital expansion project
South Cotabato officials are pushing for the revival of the shelved PHP200-million expansion of the provincial hospital here funded by the national government.
Philippine News Agency
Covid-19 cases in SoCot jail rise to 101
Health authorities have raised concern over the increasing cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) among inmates of the South Cotabato Rehabilitation and Detention Center (SCRDC) or provincial jail here that already reached a total of 101.
NDBC News
World
US tells nationals: Reconsider travel to PH
The US government has advised its nationals to reconsider traveling to the Philippines even though its travel alert has been downgraded. In a June 8 advisory, the US Department of State placed its travel alert for the Philippines at Level 3 due to the “high level” of COVID-19 cases.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
Diplomatic, Development and Private Sector
OCTA concerned over case surge in Davao City, W. Visayas
The OCTA Research Group considers Davao City and Western Visayas as among the epicenters of Covid-19 cases amid a surge in infections.
Philippine News Agency
Incidents and Violations
DILG: Village chair faces admin, criminal charges for organizing "sabong"
Administrative, civil and criminal charges await a village chairman in South Cotabato who organized a "sabong" in his village to celebrate his birthday, an official of the Department of the Interior and Local Governments (DILG-South Cotabato) today said.
NDBC News
Editorial, Analysis, Opinion and Features
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT
AUDIT, GRAFT, AND CORRUPTION
BUDGET, FINANCE, and TAXATION
DBM: 82.9% of ₧4.506-trillion 2021 national budget released
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has so far released P3.737 trillion or 82.9 percent of the P4.506-trillion 2021 national budget in the first five months of the year.
Business Mirror
BSP cracks down on illegal money changers, orders four closed
The Philippine central bank is cracking down on the proliferation of illegal money changers in the country and has started by banning four such “money services businesses” from operating following the discovery of several violations.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
BUSINESS, ECONOMY AND INVESTMENT
WB further cuts 2021 PH growth forecast to 4.7%
The World Bank (WB) has further slashed its growth outlook for the Philippines to 4.7 percent this year, even as the Washington-based multilateral lender remained optimistic that the ongoing mass inoculation against COVID-19—if further sped up—would allow consumer spending and businesses to rebound in the near term.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
Investors brush aside grim jobs data; index up
The benchmark Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) rose on Tuesday, overcoming a government report showing that more Filipinos went jobless after strict lockdowns were reimposed due to the pandemic.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
BUILD, BUILD, BUILD and PUBLIC WORKS
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
DISASTER AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
DEFENSE AND SECURITY
Armed Forces of the Philippines
Philippine National Police
EDUCATION
INFORMATION, COMMUNICATION AND TECHNOLOGY
Data governance to address COVID-19 pushed
Representatives from the Department of Health (DOH), the academe, and the private sector are pushing for digital solutions to improve the country’s healthcare system, manage COVID-19 cases, and list information on adverse effects of vaccines.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
ELECTION RELATED
Manila exec denies chat thread about Isko’s presidential bid
The local government of Manila City on Wednesday denied the existence of a message thread revealing that Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso would be running for president in the 2022 elections.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES
2 juvenile eagles rescued in North Cotabato
A group of children in Barangay Amabel, Magpet, North Cotabato found a distressed juvenile Philippine eagle in a banana plantation while they were playing in the area
Manila Times
COVID-19 has not stopped people from hunting Philippine Eagles
COVID-19 has not stopped people from hunting Philippine Eagles (Pithecophaga jefferyi), a bird listed as “critically endangered” by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, three of them admitted for treatment at the Philippine Eagle Center (PEC) in Davao City in the first quarter of 2021.
MindaNews
LABOR
LEGISLATIVE
Senate of the Philippines
CA affirms Trillanes’ amnesty as it rejects ‘Janus-faced‘ gov’t position
The Court of Appeals has upheld the ruling of the Makati Regional Trial Court that dismissed the coup d’etat case against former Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
Hontiveros laments slow disbursement of Bayanihan 2
Senator Risa Hontiveros urged the national government to pick up the pace in the disbursement of Bayanihan to Recover as One Act 2 (Bayanihan 2) before it lapses at the end of June.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
House of Representatives
Bill on military pension reforms hurdles House panel
A House of Representatives panel on Wednesday approved a measure seeking to overhaul the Military and Uniformed Personnel (MUP) pension system to make it more fiscally sustainable.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
Lawmakers hit DOH for not distributing donated respirators to hospitals
Some House members hit the Department of Health (DOH) on Wednesday for failing to distribute to hospitals 370 respirators donated by some firms in the tobacco industry, leaving them instead unused in a warehouse.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS (LGUs)
OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
FOREIGN RELATIONS
Duterte appreciates China’s ‘timely’ aid amid Covid-19 pandemic
President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday expressed gratitude to China’s “timely” acts of helping the Philippines recover from the effects of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic.
Philippine News Agency
PH, China mark 46 years of 'unbreakable ties'
The Philippines and China celebrated 46 years of bilateral ties on Wednesday, with Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. touting the "unbreakable ties" between the Filipino and Chinese people.
Philippine News Agency
West Philippine Sea
Make SCS a 'sea of peace,' PH appeals to Asean, China
The Philippines has appealed to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) and China to fully support and make the disputed South China Sea a "sea of peace, security, stability, and prosperity".
Philippine News Agency
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE
[Editorial] Left out yet again
The controversial coco levy fund was born out of a scam perpetrated during the Marcos dictatorship. That long-festering injustice was supposed to be resolved with the passage of the Coconut Farmers and Industry Trust Act in February this year.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
HOUSING and SETTLEMENT
POVERTY
SOCIAL WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT
New EO on devolution means more efficient delivery of services
The transfer of some of the functions of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to local governments will result in more efficient delivery of services.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
TRANSPORTATION
SC acquits alleged killer of MMDA enforcer
The Supreme Court (SC) has reversed the conviction of a man found guilty for the death of an enforcer of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) in 2014.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
TOURISM
WATER and ENERGY
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