Giving in to Reds' poll extortion act of terror financing: PNP
The country's top cop on Monday cautioned anew those planning to run in next year's national and local elections against paying “permit-to-campaign” fees to the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA).
Philippine News Agency
Solon wants probe into CPP-NPA recruitment, transactions
A party-list lawmaker on Monday called for a congressional investigation into the recruitment process, financial transactions, and operations of the Communist Party of the Philippines and the New People's Army (CPP-NPA) to help the government neutralize communist insurgency in the country.
Philippine News Agency
Stop NPA deceptions, recruitment of Manobo kids: IP leader
A representative of the indigenous peoples (IP) in Surigao del Sur called on left-leaning organizations to stop deceiving the Manobo tribe, particularly recruiting IP minors to join the armed movement against the government.
Philippine News Agency
Tribal leader presented by NTF-ELCAC says they will investigate Lianga killings
The government's anti-insurgency task force on Monday presented in a press conference Lianga’s Tribal Chieftain, who said they will hold their own proceedings to investigate the killings of 3 Lumads, including a 12-year old girl, in Surigao del Sur.
ABS-CBN News
75% of NPA rebels in Mindanao are IPs: Esperon
The Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA) is deliberately deceiving and radicalizing indigenous peoples (IP) to fill up their ranks especially in Mindanao, National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon, Jr. said Monday.
Philippine News Agency | Manila Times
Peace talks
Incidents/Operations
Resist intensifying militarization and surrender campaign in Northern Samar
The National Democratic Front-Eastern Visayas (NDF-EV) called on the people of Northern Samar to resist the intensifying militarization and forced surrender campaign by the 8th Infantry Division
Communist Party of the Philippines
4 rebels, supporters surrender
Four New People’s Army (NPA) guerrillas and their three supporters have surrendered in Catanauan, Quezon, the Philippine Army announced yesterday.
Philippine Star
7 NPA rebels yield in Surigao Norte
Some seven communist New People’s Army (NPA) rebels surrendered to the Army’s 30th Infantry Battalion (30IB) in Surigao del Norte over the weekend.
Philippine News Agency
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Anti-terrorism body sets meeting to polish rules
The Anti-Terrorism Council (ATC) will meet before the end of June to fine-tune internal rules, a senior Department of Justice (DOJ) official said Monday.
Philippine News Agency
Terror groups shy away from ATC delisting offer
An official of the Department of Justice on Monday said none of the persons or groups designated as “terrorists” by the government’s Anti-Terrorism Council has applied for delisting.
Manila Standard
MARAWI
SOUTHEAST ASIA AND THE WORLD
Risk indicators of the financing of terrorist activities
The Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC) recently published a Special Bulletin on Ideologically Motivated Violent Extremism (IMVE) profiling terrorist financing activity identified through the analysis of suspicious transaction reports and other sources including academic research and media reports.
Lexology
'Open Societies' and the Threat of Authoritarian Populism
With the G7 and outreach countries, including India, reiterating their commitment to human rights, a look at what threatens democracies.The G7 along with the outreach countries – the UK, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, India, the Republic of Korea, South Africa, the US and the European Union – issued an “Open Societies” statement on June 13, 2021, reiterating their commitment to human rights as set out in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
The Wire
They joined the Wisconsin Proud Boys looking for brotherhood. They found racism, bullying and antisemitism.
Daniel Berry said he was searching for camaraderie. The 40-year-old Army veteran yearned to forge the sort of bonds he had in the military: a brotherhood of like-minded men watching one another’s backs, holding one another up, united in a common goal.
USA Today
US failed to stop extremism in Afghanistan - Karzai
Afghanistan's former president said the United States came to his country to fight extremism and bring stability to his war-tortured nation and is leaving nearly 20 years later having failed at both.
Manila Times
Merkel’s bloc pledges stability, renewal to German voters
Germany’s center-right bloc is pledging to boost the economy without raising taxes and make the country “climate neutral” by 2045 while still preserving industrial jobs. The promises were part of its platform released Monday for the September election that will determine who succeeds longtime Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Federal News Network
Washington state extremist pays a price after unmasking by left
In a flash, Laura Jedeed was surrounded by screaming men. The freelance journalist was filming a group of Trump supporters walking the streets of the District of Columbia after the “Million MAGA March” on Nov. 14 when a man wearing an American flag gaiter mask approached her, stepped on her toes and began yelling.
The Seattle Times
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BARMM
Cooperatives receive farm equipment from BTA
The Bangsamoro Parliament turned over farm equipment to various cooperatives to help increase agricultural productivity in the region.
Manila Times
MAGUINDANAO AND COTABATO CITY
2 men yield unlicensed firearm in Maguindanao town
Police officers have arrested two men for possession of an unlicensed firearm at a checkpoint in Datu Odin Sinsuat town on Sunday night.
Philippine News Agency | Kaninaw News
Suspect in bus burning, bombing fall in NoCot
The suspected mastermind of the Yellow Bus Line (YBL) bus burning in January and early this month, both in North Cotabato, was arrested in Kidapawan City on Monday morning.
Philippine News Agency | Kalinaw News | Mindanews
3 women intercepted at Clark for faking age
Three women bound for Doha, Qatar, to work as household service workers (HSW) were recently intercepted by agents of the Bureau of Immigration (BI) at Clark International Airport for misrepresenting their age.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
LANAO PROVINCES
3 killed in Lanao del Sur ambush
Three persons were killed and another was injured in a Sunday afternoon ambush triggered by a long-standing “rido” (family feud) involving Muslim families in Balabagan, Lanao del Sur.
Philippine News Agency
Army, police explore ways to address terrorism in Lanao
THE military and police have agreed to exert significant efforts to enhance governance in the community level to address terrorism in the province of Lanao del Sur. The agreement was reached Friday, June 18, in a meeting of top military and police officials of the province.
Sunstar Zamboanga
BASILAN
SULU
TAWI-TAWI
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DRUGS
Operations/ Incidents
Van driver, 3 others fall in NoCot, Sultan Kudarat buy-busts
Anti-narcotics operatives arrested a van driver and three others in separate anti-drug operations in North Cotabato and Sultan Kudarat on Sunday.
Philippine News Agency
Zambo cops nab 7, seize P128-K shabu
Authorities arrested seven suspects and seized some PHP128,520 worth of illegal drugs in a series of anti-drug operations in the past three days in the Zamboanga Peninsula, the region's top police official said on Monday.
Philippine News Agency
P258-M shabu seized in Manila from Chinese national
A Chinese national was arrested and PHP258.4 million worth of suspected shabu seized during a buy-bust operation at a condominium in Malate, Manila on Monday.
Philippine News Agency
6 nabbed, over P395-K worth of shabu seized in Bacolod City
Six persons were arrested while PHP395,600 worth of suspected shabu was seized in a series of buy-bust operations by various drug enforcement teams of the Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) in the past three days.
Philippine News Agency
Recovery and Rehabilitation
2 NoCot town villages declared ‘drug cleared'
Two villages in Pikit, North Cotabato have been declared “drug cleared” by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Region 12, local officials said Sunday.
Philippine News Agency
ILLICIT FIREARMS, EXPLOSIVES, AND AMMUNITION
CROSS-BORDER TRADING/ SMUGGLING/ COUNTERFEIT GOODS
P5-M worth of smuggled cigarettes seized off Zamboanga City
Combined police and Bureau of Customs (BOC) operatives have intercepted a shipment of more than PHP5 million worth of smuggled cigarettes and arrested seven persons, a top police official said Monday.
Philippine News Agency
HUMAN TRAFFICKING
KIDNAPPING/ ABDUCTION
ILLEGAL GAMBLING
ILLICIT FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS/ EXTORTION
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PRRD authorizes payment of death benefits to IP reps in barangays
Indigenous peoples' mandatory representatives (IPMRs) in barangays who die during their term of office will be entitled to death and burial benefits under a new executive order (EO) signed by President Rodrigo Duterte.
Philippine News Agency
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Press Freedom/ Freedom of expression
Martial Law
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COVID-19
Cases
Philippines confirms 5,249 new COVID-19 cases
The Philippines on Monday confirmed 5,249 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the country's total to 1,364,239. The number of newly reported infections is the lowest daily tally in nearly two weeks, or since June 8 when 4,777 cases were announced, the ABS-CBN Investigative and Research Group said.
ABS- CBN News
Department of Health
Easing of community quarantine won't happen immediately: DOH
Discussions on the easing or scrapping of community quarantine classifications in the country are ongoing but are less likely to happen “immediately”, a health official said Monday.
Philippine News Agency
DOH to ensure all regions able to handle Pfizer vaccines before August
The Department of Health says only the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, Caraga, Soccsksargen, Bicol region, and Mimaropa do not have the required facilities to handle Pfizer's vaccine
Rappler
IATF/NTF COVID-19
No 'favoritism' in distribution of Pfizer vaccines: DOH
A health official on Monday said there is no favoritism in the distribution of Pfizer vaccines refuting allegations that Davao received most of the American-made jabs delivered to the country.
Philippine News Agency
Gov’t to review separate spaces for vaccinated, unvaccinated
The national government will study the proposal to segregate in workplaces vaccinated and unvaccinated workers, Malacañang said on Monday.
Philippine News Agency
Pfizer deal huge boost to PH goal of celebrating maskless Xmas
Malacañang on Monday is confident the country could inoculate 70 million people by yearend with the arrival of more Covid-19 vaccines.
Philippine News Agency
PH to get 'more than enough' Moderna vaccines
The country would receive “more than enough” doses of Moderna Covid-19 vaccine, Philippine Ambassador to Washington said Monday.
Philippine News Agency
Regions
Luzon including NCR
Visayas
Dumaguete residents urged to report violations of MECQ rules
To succeed in the fight against coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) and slow down the surge in cases, the city government has advised residents to report violations of the health protocols to the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) as it released hotline numbers to the public.
Philippine News Agency
Mindanao
COVID-positive inmate escapes from South Cotabato isolation facility
Authorities have launched an extensive hunt for a detainee from the South Cotabato provincial jail who escaped from an isolation facility here for COVID-19 patients. Regie Grecia, 29, who tested positive for COVID-19, was being prosecuted for violation of Republic Act 9165, or the Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.
Philippine Star
World
Diplomatic, Development and Private Sector
Incidents and Violations
DILG logs more physical distancing violators June 14-20
More individuals were recorded to have violated physical distancing protocols amid the COVID-19 pandemic from June 14 to 20, Interior Secretary Eduardo Año said Monday during the taped weekly briefing with President Rodrigo Duterte.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
Editorial, Analysis, Opinion and Features
[Editorial] Off-the-cuff policymaking
Even by the freewheeling, helter-skelter standards of policymaking that have defined the Duterte administration, the spectacle of confusion that erupted last week among top officials over whether citizens should continue wearing face shields takes the cake.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
Duterte sticks to mandatory use of face shields in public spaces
President Rodrigo Duterte has decided to keep his original policy on the mandatory use of face shields indoors and outdoors “in view” of more transmissible Delta variant of Covid-19.
Philippine News Agency
Face shields no longer required outdoors: Palace
The use of face shields is no longer required outdoors, Malacañang said on Monday amid confusion over the wearing of the said protective shields to prevent the spread of Covid-19.
Philippine News Agency
Those who refuse to get vaccinated vs COVID-19 may be arrested, Duterte warns
People who refuse to get vaccinated against COVID-19 may be arrested, President Rodrigo Duterte warned during his taped weekly Monday night briefing.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
Malacañang ‘upset’ by oil price hikes amid pandemic
Malacañang is saddened over another round of oil price hikes this week amid the prevailing Covid-19 pandemic.
Philippine News Agency
Palace to respect Congress' possible extension of Bayanihan 2
Malacañang on Monday said it will respect the decision of Congress should it extend the validity of Republic Act 11519, also known as the Bayanihan to Recover as One Act (Bayanihan 2).
Philippine News Agency
OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT
Robredo tells employers: Rebuild economy with inclusiveness
The only way to rebuild the economy after the devastating impact of the coronavirus pandemic is by “uplifting the lives of those in the margins,” Vice President Leni Robredo on Monday, June 21, told employers during a virtual conference as she highlighted her advocacy of reaching out to those on the “laylayan” (fringes) of society.
Manila Bulletin
AUDIT, GRAFT, AND CORRUPTION
CA rules late liquidation cause for suspension
The Court of Appeals (CA) upheld the decision of the Civil Service Commission (CSC) which found a senior human resource analyst of the Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corp. (PSALM) liable for failure to liquidate cash advances on time.
Philippine News Agency
BUDGET, FINANCE, and TAXATION
T-bill yields decline as BSP seen keeping rates steady
The Bureau of the Treasury on Monday awarded P17 billion in short-dated treasury bills as rates again declined across the board on expectations that monetary authorities will keep key interest rates steady this week.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
BUSINESS, ECONOMY AND INVESTMENT
Free up economy now – ECOP
Employers strongly urged the government to speed up reopening of the domestic economy, warning that the huge stimulus packages would just all be for naught if the economy remains on lockdown as business edges into a black hole.
Manila Bulletin
BUILD, BUILD, BUILD and PUBLIC WORKS
Reality check on infra projects
With roughly a year to go in the Duterte administration, its much-ballyhooed “Build, Build, Build” infrastructure program got a reality check. According to presidential adviser on flagship programs and projects Vivencio Dizon, out of 119 projects in that program, 11 have been completed while 29 are expected to be finished by the end of 2022, or six months after President Duterte bows out of office.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
DISASTER AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
DEFENSE AND SECURITY
Armed Forces of the Philippines
Lorenzana tells retired soldiers pension changes will not harm them
Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Monday (June 21) gave assurance to retired men in uniform that their welfare was priority as officials hammer out changes in the military pension system.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
Philippine National Police
PDEA-PNP unified guidelines include sanctions for non-compliant operatives — Eleazar
The unified guidelines for the operations of the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) will include penalties for police officers and agents who will fail to comply, police chief General Guillermo Eleazar said.
UNTV
EDUCATION
Briones orders early release of teachers' cash allowance
Education Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones has ordered the early release and payment of the PHP5,000 cash allowance for teachers ahead of the start of School Year 2021-2022.
Philippine News Agency
Briones assures Robredo that errors in modules have been ‘resolved’ already
Education Secretary Leonor Briones on Monday, June 21, welcomed the comments of Vice President Leni Robredo on the errors found in learning modules and assured her that these reported incidents have been “resolved” already.
Manila Bulletin
INFORMATION, COMMUNICATION AND TECHNOLOGY
ELECTION RELATED
'The presidency is not for me': Mayor Sara
Mayor Sara Z. Duterte once again broke the hearts of her supporters as she announced on Monday that the presidency is not intended for a ‘woman’ like her.
Philippine News Agency
Sara: ‘No Duterte-Duterte tandem’ in 2022 national polls
Mayor Sara Duterte “thumbed down” a possible tandem with her father, President Rodrigo Duterte, should she decide to join the presidential race next year.
Mindanews
Nograles posits ruling party can back Sara in ‘22
The ruling party PDP-Laban can support Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio for the 2022 presidential election even if she is not a member of the party, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said Monday. The party earlier adopted a resolution urging President Rodrigo Duterte to run for vice president in next year’s elections.
Manila Standard
Loren Legarda eyeing Senate comeback in 2022
House Deputy Speaker Loren Legarda has expressed intention to return to the Senate in 2022. Saying that it is her “calling,” Legarda expressed beliefs that there is an “urgent need” for her to continue her “unfinished task” of legislation as a senator.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES
LABOR
PH, Saudi Arabia to ramp up cooperation on OFWs, Covid response
The Philippines and Saudi Arabia reaffirmed on Sunday the shared commitment to ramp up cooperation in protecting and upholding the rights and welfare of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in the Kingdom and work together in addressing Covid-19 challenges as both nations sought to expand cooperation in areas of mutual interest, including trade and investments.
Philippine News Agency
LEGISLATIVE
Senate of the Philippines
Sotto on keeping face shield rule: ‘Now I know why handling of pandemic’s not good!’
Senate President Vicente Sotto III on Monday blasted the continued mandatory use of face shields as recommended by health experts to President Rodrigo Duterte, saying that the move reflected the government’s pandemic response.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
House of Representatives
LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS (LGUs)
DILG orders LGUs to accept PhilID in all transactions
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) ordered all local government units (LGUs) to honor the Philippine Identification (PhilID) card in both government and private transactions.
Philippine News Agency
OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
World Bank OKs 2nd tranche of USD450-M funding for DA
The Department of Agriculture–Philippine Rural Development Project (DA-PRDP) on Monday said it has received the confirmation from World Bank (WB) for the USD280-million support for programs that will benefit farmers and fisherfolks.
Philippine News Agency
FOREIGN RELATIONS
West Philippine Sea
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE
Zambo port increases fish yield for 4th straight week
For the fourth straight time, the Zamboanga Fish Port Complex (ZFPC) has surpassed its weekly unloading record, according to the Philippine Fisheries Development Authority (PFDA) on Monday.
Philippine News Agency
Food prices stabilizing, says DA
Food prices stabilized this month and may remain steady in July as agricultural industries are slowly rebounding from the restrictions and economic slowdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
HOUSING and SETTLEMENT
POVERTY
SOCIAL WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT
TRANSPORTATION
PAL to ax some long-haul flights to slow bleeding
Philippine Airlines (PAL) will stop money-losing “ultra-long haul routes” as it prepares for a major restructuring program that is deemed crucial to its bid to survive the ongoing pandemic and aviation downturn.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
Edsa vehicle volume nearing pre-pandemic level: Abalos
The number of vehicles plying the Epifanio Delos Santos Avenue (Edsa) is now returning to pre-pandemic level, Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chair Benjamin “Benhur” Abalos Jr. said on Monday.
Philippine News Agency
Garcia hopes for 'win-win' solution on airport protocol impasse
Governor Gwendolyn Garcia will be attending a meeting between the Provincial Board here and experts from the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) led by Health Secretary Francisco Duque III on June 28.
Philippine News Agency
TOURISM
DOT focuses on domestic tourism amid pandemic
Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat on Monday said her department is focusing on domestic tourism over international tourism amid the ongoing pandemic.
Philippine News Agency
WATER and ENERGY
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