CHR condemns ‘burning by NPA’ of privately-owned mining equipment
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has condemned the reported burning of several privately-owned heavy equipment allegedly by members of the New People’s Army (NPA) in Claver, Surigao del Norte last July 15.
Manila Bulletin
CORDS drastically reduces E. Visayas insurgency problem
President Rodrigo Duterte's designation of Cabinet secretaries as Cabinet Officer for Regional Development and Security (CORDS) is a huge step in ensuring the country's progressive development amid the threat of communist terrorist groups (CTGs).
Philippine News Agency
Peace talks
Incidents/Operations
Rebel lair seized, NPA leader nabbed
Army soldiers overran another temporary encampment of the New People’s Army in Kabankalan City Thursday, while pursuit operations against another group of rebels who figured in an earlier encounter in Candoni, all in Negros Occidental, led to the arrest of an armed team leader of the South West Front.
Visayan Daily Star
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MARAWI
120 Marawi families find new homes 4 years after siege
Families displaced after their houses were burned during the 2017 Marawi Siege now have permanent shelters in two sites here.
Philippine News Agency
SOUTHEAST ASIA AND THE WORLD
France’s parliament approves anti-separatism bill against Islamist extremism
The French National Assembly on approved the controversial “anti-separatism” bill despite strong criticisms from parliamentarians from the Left and the Right. The government argued the legislation was needed to bolster France’s secular system, but critics say it breaches religious freedom.
RFI France
Iraqi PM to discuss ISIS, Iran and militias in Biden meeting
Kadhimi is under intense pressure from pro-Iran armed factions who demand the withdrawal of US troops still deployed in Iraq.
The Arab Weekly
Iraqi PM announces arrests over suicide bombing claimed by ISIL
Mustafa al-Kadhimi announces arrest of ‘terror cell’ behind deadly attack in Baghdad, which left 35 dead.
Aljazeera
Two Turkish soldiers killed in attack in northern Syria: Ministry
Turkish defence ministry says two soldiers were killed and two injured in attack on armoured vehicle in northern Syria.
Aljazeera
Power without Soft Power: China’s Outreach to Central Asia
The People’s Republic of China has become increasingly interested in the Central Asian countries—Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan—for both internal and external motives. As such, the resurgence of terrorism and religious extremism—Islamic and Buddhist—in mainland China has prompted Beijing to increase its upstream presence with military troops stationed in the Wakhan Corridor in Afghanistan (officially to combat narcotics trafficking) while implementing a policy of re-educating Uyghur Muslim dissidents in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in Northwest China.
Modern Diplomacy
UN pained by the growth of Islamic terrorism in Africa: Obama and Libya debacle
A panel of experts concerning terrorism and geopolitical issues notified the United Nations (UN) about their concerns for Africa. In the first six months of this year, al-Qaida, ISIS (Islamic State), and other Sunni Islamic terrorist forces have made further inroads on this continent.
Modern Tokyo Times
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BARMM
Zubiri: Bill postponing BARMM elections now on final stage
"We, in the Senate, are in the final stages of passing the bill postponing the BARMM elections," Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri announced here in his remarks at the Bangsamoro Governance Summit 2021.
NDBC News | Bangsamoro Government | Philippine Star
MAGUINDANAO AND COTABATO CITY
Gunmen shot dead woman in broad daylight in Maguindanao
HINDI NA UMABOT SA PAGAMUTAN ang isang ginang matapos pagbabarilin sa Kanto Broce, Barangay Tamontaka, Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao kaninang pasado alas tres ng hapon.
NDBC News
LANAO PROVINCES
BASILAN
SULU
16 ASG bandits yield in Sulu
Sixteen Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) bandits, including three keepers of explosives, have surrendered in the province of Sulu, a military official said on Saturday.
Philippine News Agency
TAWI-TAWI
Marines seized high powered guns in Tawi-Tawi
Marine Troops from the Marine Battalion Landing Team-12 under the 2nd Marine Brigade captured assorted firearms and ordnance items in Panglima Sugala, Tawi-Tawi on July 22, 2021.
NDBC News
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DRUGS
Operations/ Incidents
2 ex-cops fall in GenSan drug bust
Anti-drug operatives arrested two former policemen in separate buy-busts here late Friday night.
Philippine News Agency
Recovery and Rehabilitation
ILLICIT FIREARMS, EXPLOSIVES, AND AMMUNITION
Fatal shooting of North Cotabato hospital owner condemned
Medical practitioners and local officials here have condemned the fatal shooting of Dr. Robert Cadulong Friday, July 23.
Manila Bulletin
CROSS-BORDER TRADING/ SMUGGLING/ COUNTERFEIT GOODS
Sarangani town boosts maritime watch vs. Indon travelers
The municipality of Glan, Sarangani province has created a special task force to counter the movements of undocumented travelers from nearby islands of Indonesia.
Philippine News Agency
HUMAN TRAFFICKING
KIDNAPPING/ ABDUCTION
ILLEGAL GAMBLING
ILLICIT FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS/ EXTORTION
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8 Tedurays recruited to become soldiers for a fee, now in Bulacan
KINILALA ng Bulacan PNP ang mga biktima na sina Nilo Timpadan Jr, Renato Amay, Jandy Ricardo, Benzar Cornelio, Benjie Ulobalang, Aladin Mosarta, Lino Montebayen lahat sila taga Barangay Bual Badak, Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao.
NDBC News
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Masungi Georeserve group enraged over shooting of two forest rangers
The Masungi Georeserve conservation organization reported late Saturday night, July 24, the shooting of two of its forest rangers at their reforestation site in Sitio San Roque, Barangay Pinugay, Baras, Rizal.
Manila Bulletin
WakaSONA: Progressives call to end Duterte presidency as his last SONA nears
“WakaSONA.” This is the theme of the protest on Monday as progressives gather to call for an end to the Duterte presidency as he delivers his last State of the Nation Address amid endless talks on his plans to stay in power beyond 2022.
Bulatlat
Press Freedom/ Freedom of expression
Martial Law
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COVID-19
Cases
PH logs 6,216 new COVID-19 cases, over 6,000 recoveries
The Philippines on Saturday recorded 6,216 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total active cases to 54,401. The Department of Health (DOH) said the number of active cases is 3.5 percent of the total caseload in the country of 1,543,281.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
PH detects 17 more Delta variant cases
Seventeen more cases of the highly transmissible Delta variant of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) have been detected in the Philippines, bringing the total to 64, the Department of Health (DOH) reported Saturday.
Philippine News Agency
Department of Health
Patients hospitalized due to Delta variant mostly unvaccinated
It is important for more Filipinos to get vaccinated as soon as possible as hospitalizations and severe infections due to the Delta variant recorded abroad were mostly those with no inoculation, Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said Saturday.
Philippine News Agency
IATF/NTF COVID-19
Gov’t has P45 billion in 2022 budget to buy more COVID-19 vaccines
The government already has P45 billion in the budget for 2022 set aside for the purchase of COVID-19 vaccines, Finance Secretary Carlos Dominquez III said Saturday in the weekly taped briefing with President Rodrigo Duterte.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
Regions
Luzon including NCR
10 Subic Freeport workers test positive for COVID-19
Ten workers inside the Subic Bay Freeport tested positive for COVID-19 on Saturday. In a statement, Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) Chief Wilma Eisma confirmed that the new patients are all males aged 30-57.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
Visayas
DSWD Eastern Visayas sends food packs to Iloilo
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Eastern Visayas (DSWD-8) donated 5,000 food packs to the province of Iloilo.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
Mindanao
Economic losses under ECQ: 123M a day in CDO; 10M a day in Gingoog
The economies of Cagayan de Oro and Gingoog cities took a beating after health authorities implemented the Enhanced Community Quarantine from July 16 to July 31.
MindaNews
World
Vietnam reports record 7,968 coronavirus cases on Saturday
Vietnam’s health ministry reported 7,968 coronavirus infections on Saturday, a record daily increase and up from Friday’s record of 7,307.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
Italy reports five daily COVID-19 deaths, 5,140 new cases
Italy reported five coronavirus-related deaths on Saturday against 17 the day before, the health ministry said, while the daily tally of new infections was almost unchanged at 5,140 from 5,143 on Friday.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
Diplomatic, Development and Private Sector
Incidents and Violations
Ex-state witness Rosebud, 3 others nabbed for selling vax slots
Four persons, including a former government witness, were arrested and sued by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) for selling AstraZeneca vaccination slots to Chinese nationals in Pasay City.
Philippine News Agency
Editorial, Analysis, Opinion and Features
#UndoingDuterte | Duterte’s economic legacy: Crisis worse than pandemic
President Duterte will give his last State of the Nation Address (SONA) amid a still raging pandemic. The COVID-19 crisis will be used not just to offer context to our economic growth rut in Duterte’s final year in office. For the regime, the pandemic also serves as an excuse for the way the economy plummeted.
Bulatlat
#UndoingDuterte | Public health’s sorry state under an unapologetic regime
With President Duterte down to his last months in office, community health advocates say health spending is an election issue that must be addressed – a first step in undoing the sorry state of the country’s public health care under an administration that won with a promise of tapang at malasakit.
Bulatlat
[Editorial] Sea border control
Local transmission, as defined by the Department of Health, means catching the COVID virus from someone with no history of recent travel abroad. Unlike in community transmission, however, the DOH explained that linkages are still evident in cases of local COVID transmission, facilitating contact tracing, monitoring of potential infection and testing, isolation and treatment.
Philippine Star
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
Duterte to LGUs: Don't let people wade through floods to get vaccinated
President Duterte asked local government units (LGUs) to come up with a “more sane” method in vaccinating their constituents during rainy days as he noted they let the people queue in the flood for their anti-coronavirus (COVID-19) shot.
Manila Bulletin
Duterte tells Congress: What underspending? It's only 1%
President Duterte snapped at Congress after some lawmakers claimed the government was underspending the funds allotted to the coronavirus response, saying they were only talking about one percent of the money that was actually released.
Manila Bulletin
OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT
AUDIT, GRAFT, AND CORRUPTION
ARTA conducts orientation for User Acceptance Testing of Phase 1 features of key info systems
The Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) on Friday conducted an orientation for the User Acceptance Testing of the Phase 1 features of the Philippine Business Regulations Information System (PBRIS) and the Anti-Red Tape Electronic Management Information System (ARTEMIS).
PTV News
BUDGET, FINANCE, and TAXATION
DoF reaffirms support for POGO taxation bill
THE Department of Finance has reaffirmed its support for the proposed legislation requiring the taxation of Philippine offshore gaming operators (POGO).
Manila Times
BUSINESS, ECONOMY AND INVESTMENT
PH can achieve upper middle-income status by 2022: NEDA
The Duterte administration is banking on key policy measures and reforms, including those aimed at placing the Philippines in a strong position to weather the impact of the pandemic, to boost recovery to achieve an upper middle-income country status by next year.
Philippine News Agency
BUILD, BUILD, BUILD and PUBLIC WORKS
[Opinion] If you were in any way part of Build, Build, Build—please read this
Build, Build, Build has been the target of fake news, trolls, and critics. They have tried to redefine it far from its scope — and in their “proud, most credible voice”—report it as truth. Are they confused or just simply cunning?
Manila Bulletin
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
DISASTER AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE
Marikina families in evacuation centers now 3.4K
The number of families evacuated in Marikina due to incessant rains brought by the southwest monsoon has climbed to 3,411, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said on Saturday.
Philippine News Agency
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
DEFENSE AND SECURITY
Good at 90 percent
Lorenzana renders brief assessment on the performance of the Duterte administration in the defense and military sector
Business Mirror
Armed Forces of the Philippines
Troops build library for poor children in far-flung barangay in Northern Samar
Despite limited resources and health restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, soldiers from the 543rd Engineer Construction Battalion were able to build a library for indigent children in an interior barangay in Allen, Northern Samar.
Manila Bulletin
Philippine National Police
EDUCATION
INFORMATION, COMMUNICATION AND TECHNOLOGY
ELECTION RELATED
Lacson bares try to oust Sotto as Senate prexy after VP bid reveal
There was an attempt to oust Senate President Vicente Sotto III from his position in the Senate after he declared intention to run for vice president, Senator Panfilo Lacson bared Saturday.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES
The Road to SONA: Climate change adaptation and mitigation, disaster risk reduction
The Cabinet cluster on Climate Change Adaptation, Mitigation, and Disaster Risk Reduction reports its efforts in building stronger and safer communities in a Pre-SONA (State of the Nation Address) Forum on July 22.
PTV News
LABOR
LEGISLATIVE
Senate of the Philippines
Senate helps achieve PRRD’s priority economic, reform laws
A handful of President Rodrigo Duterte's priority legislation to tweak the economy, which he highlighted during his State of the Nation Address (SONA) last year, have been approved by the Senate.
Philippine News Agency
House of Representatives
LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS (LGUs)
OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
FOREIGN RELATIONS
West Philippine Sea
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE
HOUSING and SETTLEMENT
Duterte administration builds resilient, decent houses
Filipinos deserve not just better, but the best social services from the government.
Philippine News Agency
POVERTY
SOCIAL WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT
TRANSPORTATION
TOURISM
WATER and ENERGY
Energy stakeholders told to assess facilities amid rains, quake
Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Alfonso Cusi has directed stakeholders in the energy sector to assess their facilities to see if they have been damaged by heavy monsoon rains and the magnitude 6.6 earthquake that hit parts of Luzon early Saturday.
Philippine News Agency
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