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Communist Rebellion

575 rebels yield since January: Nolcom
A total of 575 members of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) in Northern and Central Luzon have returned to the fold of the law since the start of this year, the Northern Luzon Command (Nolcom) said on Tuesday.
Philippine News Agency

NPA committed 111 IHL violations in 1st half of 2021: AFP
The Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) has continued to defy International Humanitarian Laws (IHL).
Philippine News Agency

4 ranking NPA members surrender in Negros Oriental
Four ranking members of the Communist Party of the Philippines—New Peoples Army in Negros Oriental surrendered to the Philippine Army’s 11th Infantry Battalion on Saturday, August 7.
Philippine Daily Inquirer

NoCot releases P765-K cash aid to 21 ex-NPA rebels, supporters
A total of 21 former communist guerrillas and supporters who decided to return to the fold of the law are enjoying the fruit of their decision as they get remunerations from the government.
Philippine News Agency

Peace talks

Incidents/Operations
 
Extremism

Infantry commander says BIFF forces weakening
The members of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) are down to 80 or 90 hiding in the marshland of Maguindanao and will surrender soon.
The Manila Times

MARAWI 

SOUTHEAST ASIA AND THE WORLD

China, Pakistan to upgrade counter-terrorism security cooperation framework after terrorist attack
China and Pakistan will work together to build a strengthened version of counter-terrorism and security cooperation framework. The agreement shows that the China-Pakistan partnership will stand the test of the terrorist attack and become even stronger, according to a meeting between the Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan and the President of Pakistan.
Global Times

After PM Modi, Jaishankar heads for UNSC with terrorism on agenda
The meeting on terrorism at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) will be important in the context of rise of Taliban in Afghanistan and the umbrella it provides to global terrorist groups based in Pakistan.
India News

Bangsamoro
BARMM 

BARMM Starts Construction Of P5-M Warehouse In Maguindanao
Some 300 rice farmers, including former members of the lawless Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF), are set to benefit from a government warehouse project in the so-called “SMPS box” in Maguindanao.
Page One

Barmm provides assistive devices to over 300 PWDs
THE Ministries of Health (MOH) and Social Services and Development (MSSD) distributed assistive mobility devices to over 300 indigent persons with disabilities (PWDs), marking the culmination of the 43rd National Disability and Rehabilitation Week in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (Barmm).
Sun Star

MAGUINDANAO AND COTABATO CITY 

Comelec-Maguindanao personnel slain in Cotabato City
An employee of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) in Maguindanao was shot dead Tuesday in this city by unidentified gunmen.
Philippine Daily Inquirer

LANAO PROVINCES

28 loose firearms surrendered in Lanao del Sur
Amid the intensified campaign against loose firearms of the Joint Task Force Central and the untiring support of the stakeholders, more armaments were surrendered in Wao, Lanao del Sur on Monday afternoon, August 9, 2021.
Kalinaw News

BASILAN

MBHTE turns over school-based feeding commodities in Basilan
The Ministry of Basic, Higher, and Technical Education (MBHTE) on Wednesday, August 4, turned over 13,607 kilograms of food commodities to school districts in Basilan province for the implementation of the School-Based Feeding Program (SBFP) for school year 2021-2022. MBHTE was supposed to distribute hot meals through a feeding program, but the on-going pandemic hinders them to do so. Instead, food commodities will be distributed to 10,000 elementary students in the province upon their enrollment.
Luwaran

SULU 

3 more Mindanaoan fatalities in Sulu crash identified — AFP
The identities of three more Philippine Army (PA) personnel who perished in a devastating military plane crash in Patikul, Sulu last month have been confirmed by the authorities, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) disclosed Tuesday, August 10.
Manila Bulletin

TAWI-TAWI 

Government’s campaign against loose firearms nets 56 armaments in Tawi-Tawi
The government’s campaign against the proliferation of loose firearms yielded 56 firearms in Tawi-Tawi during the first eight months of 2021.
Kalinaw News | Philippine News Agency

Shadow economies
DRUGS

Operations/ Incidents

Fish vendor yields P340-K shabu in Cotabato
Anti-narcotics agents nabbed a suspected drug peddler doubling as a fish vendor and seized from him some PHP340,000 worth of shabu here Monday afternoon.
Philippine News Agency

QC drug suspect busted; P340,000 worth of ‘shabu’ seized
Anti-narcotics operatives arrested a drug suspect in Quezon City and seized P340,000 worth of “shabu” or crystal meth in a buy-bust operation Monday.
Philippine Daily Inquirer

2 ‘illegal drug traders’ arrested in Marawi City
Two suspected illegal drugs traders were arrested during a buy-bust operation in Marawi City, the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) said on Tuesday, August 10.
Manila Bulletin

Nearly P500K worth of equipment stolen from Boracay school
Nearly half a million pesos worth of equipment was stolen from Manocmanoc Elementary School on the island of Boracay on Friday night.
Philippines Lifestyle News

Recovery and Rehabilitation

ILLICIT FIREARMS, EXPLOSIVES, AND AMMUNITION

CROSS-BORDER TRADING/ SMUGGLING/ COUNTERFEIT GOODS  

HUMAN TRAFFICKING

KIDNAPPING/ ABDUCTION

CHR probing kidnap-slay of online seller in Nueva Ecija
The Commission on Human Rights on Tuesday said it launched an inquiry into the kidnap and killing of a 35-year old woman in Nueva Ecija by five police officers and two civilian accomplices. 
PhilStar

ILLEGAL GAMBLING

Mandaue police nab quarantine violators, ‘tigbakay’ aficionados
The Mandaue City Police Office has already apprehended 27 individuals and warned 557 others for violating health protocols and engaging in illegal cockfighting, or ‘tigbakay’ from August 1 to 8, 2021
Cebu Daily News

ILLICIT FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS/ EXTORTION

2 suspects in series of robbery-extortion in Muntinlupa and Pasay arrested
The entrapment operation caught 2 suspects from Tondo who are said to be behind at least 3 incidents of theft and extortion in the cities of Muntinlupa and Pasay.
Philippines Lifestyle News 

Land issues

Planned dam in Philippine national park catches flak from activists, officials
Activists and local government officials in the central Philippines have lashed out at a recently announced plan to build a hydroelectric plant overlapping with a national park that’s home to rare and threatened species.
Mongabay

Indigenous People's

Influencer Nas Daily accused of exploiting indigenous Filipino artist
Vlogger Nas Daily has been accused of “exploiting” a 104-year-old tattoo artist and using discriminatory language against people in the Philippines.
Middle East Eye 

Human Rights

CHR investigating tanod's fatal shooting of curfew violator
The Commission on Human Rights said it is investigating the Manila barangay watchman’s shooting of a curfew violator reportedly with mental illness in Manila last weekend.
PhilStar

Press Freedom/ Freedom of expression

Martial Law 
Governance

COVID-19

Cases

Active COVID-19 cases near 80,000-mark with 8,560 new cases
Active COVID-19 cases are now nearing the 80,000-mark as the Department of Health (DOH) reports 8,560 fresh cases of coronavirus infection on Tuesday.
Philippine Daily Inquirer

Department of Health

DOH: Gov’t discussing how to regulate sale of oxygen tanks
The government is discussing how it can regulate the sale of oxygen tanks in preparation for the possible impact of the COVID-19 Delta variant in the country’s healthcare system, the Department of Health (DOH) said Tuesday.
Philippine Daily Inquirer

IATF/NTF COVID-19

Regions

Luzon including NCR

Mandaluyong achieves early population protection vs COVID-19
Mandaluyong City has achieved population protection after administering 325,188 first doses of COVID-19 vaccines.
Philippine Daily Inquirer

Visayas

Cebu province places 11 LGUs under MECQ
The Cebu provincial government placed 11 of the 44  local government units (LGUs) under its jurisdiction back to modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) with heightened restrictions starting Wednesday, August 11.
Rappler

Mindanao

2 more Delta variant cases recorded in Region 11

Two more cases of the Delta variant of COVID-19 were detected in Region 11, bringing the total number of infections by this highly transmissible strain in the area to eight as of Tuesday, the Department of Health (DOH)-Davao said.
MindaNews 

Bangsamoro medical program helps over 14,700
The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao has been busy with many programs over three years of its existence especially for medical purposes that are seriously needed in the time of COVID-19.
Manila Standard

World 

Diplomatic, Development and Private Sector 

Private sector eyes Pfizer deal with nat’l gov’t for employees’ children

The private sector has asked the national government for another deal to possibly procure Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines to vaccinate its employees’ children, presidential adviser for entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion said Tuesday.
Philippine Daily Inquirer

Incidents and Violations

Editorial, Analysis, Opinion and Features

Thousands now flocking to vaccine sites. What next?
The coronavirus vaccination fiasco in Manila and Las Piñas last week could have been driven by one of three factors or a combination of those—fear of arrest as President Rodrigo Duterte had warned, impact of fake news thriving on social media, and a growing acceptance among the people of vaccines as a way out of the pandemic.
Philippine Daily Inquirer

OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

Duterte mocks mayor who allegedly has ‘bikini’ photos online
Bikinis do not a president make, or so appeared in President Rodrigo Duterte’s book as he slammed a mayor in his weekly taped public address while referencing the local executive’s past through “bikini” images allegedly circulating on social media.
Philippine Daily Inquirer

OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT

Robredo: PH can no longer stand another six years of governance similar to Duterte’s
Vice President Leni Robredo said the country can no longer last another six years of the same governance as that of President Rodrigo Duterte, and this is having an effect on her decision to unite the opposition to support a single candidate for the 2022 elections.
Philippine Daily Inquirer

Gov’t exerted effort, but COVID-19 budget allocation was messed up – Robredo
The government attempted to control the COVID-19 pandemic situation in the country, but a lackluster response was attributed to poor budget allocation and the lack of priorities.
Philippine Daily Inquirer

AUDIT, GRAFT, AND CORRUPTION

P3 billion in projects farmed out by DILG unliquidated for years – COA
Over P3 billion worth of projects farmed out by the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) over many years have not been completely liquidated, state auditors found.
Rappler 

BUDGET, FINANCE, and TAXATION

DBM eyeing to submit 2022 budget request on Aug. 23

The Department of Budget and Management said Tuesday it is targeting to submit the proposed P5.024-trillion budget for 2022 to Congress on Aug. 23.
CNN Philippines

BUSINESS, ECONOMY AND INVESTMENT

PH Q1 GDP contraction adjusted to 3.9% from 4.2%
The Philippines’ economic contraction in the first quarter was adjusted to a smaller 3.9 percent from the 4.2 percent reported in May by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), putting the country closer to achieving its full-year growth target.
Philippine Daily Inquirer

Long-term investments in PH dip in May on fresh COVID worries
The amount of long term investments that flowed into the Philippines dipped in May — hurt by the new COVID-19 surge — but the total value remained firmly in positive territory for the first five months of the year, according to the central bank.
Philippine Daily Inquirer

BUILD, BUILD, BUILD and PUBLIC WORKS

CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS

DISASTER AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

PHL Justice dep’t info-gathering for extradition of former US diplomat accused of child abuse
THE Philippine Justice department is gathering more information on the case of a former American diplomat who was accused of child sex abuse before it coordinates with the United States government on his extradition.
Business World

DEFENSE AND SECURITY

Defense chief ‘escaping institutional accountability’ with UP-DND accord junking – DefendUP
A network of members of the UP community and supporters said Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana was “escaping institutional accountability” when he said that the accord which prohibits the military and police forces from entering the university grounds will never be restored under the Duterte administration.
Bulatlat

Armed Forces of the Philippines

Philippine National Police

PNP traces source of fake news that pushed people to panic at vax sites

The anti-cybercrime group of the Philippine National Police (PNP-ACG) is now monitoring social media accounts that may be linked to the “fake news” that led to a huge influx of people in vaccination sites in some cities in Metro Manila.
Philippine Daily Inquirer

EDUCATION

PH private schools want lower tax rates amid COVID-19 pandemic
A group of private schools in the Philippines urged the Senate to pass a counterpart law that would make them qualify for a preferential 10% preferential income tax rate under the Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises (CREATE) Act.
ABS-CBN News 

INFORMATION, COMMUNICATION AND TECHNOLOGY  
 
ELECTION RELATED

Nograles says Filipino voters expected to be fully vaccinated by May 2022 polls
The government expects all Filipino voters to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by the national elections next year.
CNN Philippines

Robredo in 'exploratory' talks with Pacquiao camp on 2022 elections
Vice President Leni Robredo confirmed on Tuesday, August 10, that she is engaged in "exploratory" talks with Senator Manny Pacquiao in relation to the 2022 elections.
Rappler

ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES

P4P explains why international panel's dire climate science report is very troubling for PH
The Philippines’ continued preference for dirty energy sources like coal is no longer justifiable especially with the release of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) latest climate science findings, the Power for People Coalition (P4P) said on Tuesday, Aug. 10.
Manila Bulletin

LABOR

640K OFWs returned home since start of pandemic: DOLE
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) on Tuesday said 641,717 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) have returned home and transported to their home provinces since the start of the pandemic last year.
Philippine News Agency

LEGISLATIVE

Senate of the Philippines

Senators: More needs to be done before economy can return to pre-pandemic level
Three senators on Tuesday pointed out that the economy still has a ways to go before it returns to its pre-pandemic level, amid the 11.8% growth recorded in the second quarter of 2021.
GMA News

House of Representatives

P9 billion fund anomaly in special risk allowances bared
An administration lawmaker has filed a resolution in the House of Representatives seeking an inquiry into the P9-billion fund for health workers that allegedly never reached them or have been disbursed in much smaller amounts.
The Philippine Star

House to confer ‘medal of distinction’ on Filipino boxers who bagged Olympic medals
The House of Representatives is eyeing to confer the Congressional Medal of Distinction on the three Filipino boxers who bagged medals for the Philippines in the recently concluded Tokyo Olympics.
Philippine Daily Inquirer


LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS (LGUs)

OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE

Japan remains biggest source of ODA loans
Japan remained the Philippines' largest bilateral source of official development assistance over a 20-year period covering the presidencies of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Benigno Aquino III and Rodrigo Roa Duterte, the Department of Finance said Tuesday.
Manila Standard

FOREIGN RELATIONS  

West Philippine Sea

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE

HOUSING and SETTLEMENT

POVERTY

SOCIAL WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT

TRANSPORTATION

TOURISM

WATER and ENERGY

Meralco to appeal procurement denial

THE Department of Energy (DoE) denied Manila Electric Co.'s (Meralco) request for emergency supply procurement despite a looming supply shortage.
The Manila Times

Meralco chief, renewable energy group push for higher cap on contracted green energy
Some of the Philippines' biggest power industry stakeholders on Tuesday called for a higher government quota on contracted renewable energy to further boost investments into sustainable sources of electricity.
ABS-CBN News 

 

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