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Communist Rebellion

CPP-NPA faces criminal raps for using banned mines
Strings of criminal cases will be filed against the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) for detonating two anti-personnel mines (APM) that injured two government troops during an encounter that lasted about seven minutes in Barangay Jolason, Tubungan, Iloilo on Oct. 24.
Philippine News Agency

Eleazar commends Bicol cops for killing 5 NPA rebels; CPP says slain were peasants
Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Gen. Guillermo Eleazar has heaped praise on the Police Regional Office 5 (PRO-5) for neutralizing alleged New People’s Army (NPA) rebels, including key members, in Madaon town, Masbate.
Philippine Daily Inquirer

22 NPA members, sympathizers surrender in Leyte
At least 22 former members and sympathizers of the communist rebel group in Leyte surrendered Monday and took their oath of allegiance to the government.
Philippine Daily Inquirer

Peace talks

Incidents/Operations

Extremism

7 BIFF members yield to BARMM police
Seven members of the outlawed Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF), including two mercenaries for hire, have voluntarily surrendered to police authorities in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) on Monday afternoon.
Philippine News Agency

Bandits, contract killers surrender in Maguindanao
Two men who admitted involvement in contract killings and five members of the outlawed Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) surrendered to authorities in Maguindanao yesterday.
Philippine Star

MARAWI 

Rehabilitation updates

SOUTHEAST ASIA AND THE WORLD

Isis claim responsibility for Uganda bomb attack

ISIS has claimed responsibility for a bomb blast that killed one person and injured at least three more in the Ugandan capital Kampala on Saturday.
Morning Star | The Straits Times

Bangsamoro
BARMM 

Orphan strove to overcome lack of social services for his community
The national government empowers anew the local governance in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, by jointly managing with BARMM the supervision of a two-year training course for 86 local government operations officers (LGOOs).
Manila Standard

MAGUINDANAO AND COTABATO CITY 

PNP chief wants probe into Maguindanao blast near Army detachment

The chief of the Philippine National Police directed the PNP's Regional Office in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region to conduct a thorough probe into the hand grenade blast that transpired near an Army detachment in Maguindanao last Saturday, October 23.
Philippine Star

LANAO PROVINCES

BASILAN

SULU

TAWI-TAWI 

Shadow economies
DRUGS

Operations/ Incidents

P6.9M shabu seized in QC buy-bust
A drug suspect with P6.9 million worth of shabu was arrested by joint operatives of the Quezon City Police District (QCPD) and Philippine Drug Enforcement Unit RO IV-A RSET-1 during a buy-bust operation in Quezon City on Sunday.
Manila Bulletin

Recovery and Rehabilitation

PNP pushes for online recovery and wellness programs for drug dependents
The Philippine National Police (PNP) is pushing for the creation of an online recovery and wellness program for drug dependents who have surrendered.
ABS-CBN

ILLICIT FIREARMS, EXPLOSIVES, AND AMMUNITION

CROSS-BORDER TRADING/ SMUGGLING/ COUNTERFEIT GOODS  

HUMAN TRAFFICKING

KIDNAPPING/ ABDUCTION

ILLEGAL GAMBLING

ILLICIT FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS/ EXTORTION

COVID-19

Land issues
Indigenous People's
Human Rights

Press Freedom/ Freedom of expression

Martial Law 

Governance

COVID-19

Cases

4,405 new COVID cases: PH logs less than 7,000 new infections for 9th straight day
The Philippines on Monday announced 4,405 new COVID-19 cases, pushing the country's total to over 2,761,307, data from the health department showed. 
ABS-CBN

Department of Health

After Delta surge, Philippines now low risk for COVID-19 – DOH
After the record-breaking surge in infections driven by the highly-transmissible Delta variant, the Philippines is now "low-risk" for COVID-19, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Monday, October 25.
Rappler

DOH eyeing COVID-19 vaccination rollout for children beyond NCR
The Department of Health (DOH) is considering expanding the COVID-19 vaccination of children with comorbidities aged 12 to 17 beyond the National Capital Region (NCR)
Philippine Daily Inquirer

IATF/NTF COVID-19

IATF yet to approve COVID-19 booster, third shots for health workers, elderly – Palace
The proposal to give COVID-19 vaccine booster and third shots to healthcare workers, the elderly, and persons with co-morbidities has yet to get an approval from the government’s task force on pandemic response, Malacañang said Monday.
UNTV Web

PH injection rates fail to catch up with vaccine supply
The Philippines has now over 94 million doses of coronavirus vaccine—55 million already administered—but has fully vaccinated only 23.24 percent of the target population or 25.6 million Filipinos.
Philippine Daily Inquirer

Regions

Luzon including NCR

Downgrade of NCR’s alert level status ‘possible’: Roque
Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque on Monday said there is a big possibility that the current Alert Level 3 status of the National Capital Region (NCR) will be downgraded as the average daily attack rate continues to decrease.
Philippine News Agency

Dolomite beach overcrowding violates IATF rules, says DOH
The overcrowding of people in Manila Bay's dolomite beach over the weekend is a violation of rules set by the Inter-Agency Task Force against COVID-19, the Department of Health said Monday.
ABS-CBN 

Visayas

Cebu City to accept fully vaccinated travelers without negative COVID-19 test
Fully vaccinated travelers can now travel to Cebu City without presenting a negative COVID-19 test, the city government said Monday.
ABS-CBN

Mindanao

World 

Diplomatic, Development and Private Sector 

Incidents and Violations

Editorial, Analysis, Opinion and Features

OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

Duterte keeps high approval, trust ratings

President Rodrigo Duterte has maintained high approval and trust scores in the third quarter as the Philippine election season approaches, according to the third quarter survey by a political consultancy firm.
Philippine News Agency

‘We thank God,’ Duterte says, noting drop in COVID-19 reproduction number
“We thank God for the decline” in COVID-19 cases in the Philippines, President Rodrigo Duterte said in his taped address that aired late Monday night.
Philippine Daily Inquirer

DOJ report on drug war is proof that gov’t is working to check errors — Roque
The Department of Justice (DOJ) investigation and its report on the drug war should serve as proof that the government is addressing concerns about possible abuses of the program, presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said on Monday.
Philippine Daily Inquirer

OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT

AUDIT, GRAFT, AND CORRUPTION

BUDGET, FINANCE, and TAXATION

BUSINESS, ECONOMY AND INVESTMENT

BUILD, BUILD, BUILD and PUBLIC WORKS

CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS

DISASTER AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

DEFENSE AND SECURITY

Armed Forces of the Philippines

Navy war games set in western Mindanao

Nearly a thousand Navy officers, sailors, and members of the Navy Seals and Marines would start four days of drills in western Mindanao on Monday afternoon, October 25.
Rappler

Philippine National Police

As Duterte term nears end, PNP wants ‘strong finish’

The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Monday vowed to have a “strong finish” against illegal drugs as the end of President Rodrigo Duterte’s term draws near.
Manila Standard | Philippine News Agency

EDUCATION

INFORMATION, COMMUNICATION AND TECHNOLOGY  

ELECTION RELATED

Makabayan to continue to cooperate with Robredo-Pangilinan campaign
The Makabayan bloc will continue to coordinate with the campaign of Vice President Leni Robredo and Senator Francis Pangilinan, even as it still considers the non-inclusion of Bayan Muna chair Neri Colmenares in the senatorial slate of the tandem as a “lost opportunity.”
Philippine Daily Inquirer

ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES

LABOR

‘No vaccine, no work’ may change soon, says DOLE chief

Secretary Silvestre Bello III of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) affirmed on Sunday that inoculations remain voluntary and employers cannot compel workers to get vaccinated against COVID-19 as provided in the immunization law, or Republic Act No. 11525.
Philippine Daily Inquirer

LEGISLATIVE

Senate of the Philippines

Senators to file bill removing withdrawal as ground for candidate substitution
Some senators will be filing a bill that would amend the Omnibus Election Code to remove withdrawal as one of the grounds for candidate substitution, according to Senator Sherwin Gatchalian.
Philippine Daily Inquirer

House of Representatives

LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS (LGUs)

Duterte urges LGUs to be more systematic in pinpointing unvaccinated individuals

President Rodrigo Duterte appealed to local government units in a taped televised briefing on Monday to devise a more “systematic and efficient way” of determining who among their constituents had not been vaccinated against COVID-19.
Philippine Daily Inquirer

OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE

FOREIGN RELATIONS  

PH, Japan reaffirm cooperation in sea activities, support in maritime claim
The Philippines and Japan reaffirmed their commitment to sustain activities at sea following international law, including the 2016 arbitral ruling that ruled in favor of the Philippines in a maritime dispute.
Manila Bulletin

West Philippine Sea

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE

HOUSING and SETTLEMENT

POVERTY

SOCIAL WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT

TRANSPORTATION

DOTr wants PUVs passenger capacity restored to 100% in Metro Manila

The Department of Transportation (DOTr) wants the existing 50-percent passenger capacity of public transportation vehicles (PUVs) in Metro Manila to be restored to 100 percent, an official told senators Monday.
Philippine Daily Inquirer

TOURISM

WATER and ENERGY

Economic managers OK P1 billion fuel subsidy

The government’s economic team has committed to transfer P1 billion to the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) for cash grants to public utility vehicle (PUV) drivers hurting from soaring fuel prices.
Philippine Star

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