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Communist Rebellion

AFP chief fetes Eastern Mindanao troops for victories vs. Reds
Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief-of-staff, Gen. Andres Centino, has lauded field units in Eastern Mindanao for their accomplishments against the communist terrorist group (CTG) operating in the region.

PNA

NPA rebels who blocked road in Surigao Sur face raps
Criminal charges have been filed against communist rebels involved in the road blocking and ransacking of houses in the town of Cortes on February 10, the Surigao del Sur Police Provincial Office (SDSPPO) disclosed Thursday.

PNA

Peace talks

Incidents/Operations 

NPA rebels eyed in NegOr killing of village chief’s husband, son
Police investigators are looking into the involvement of the New People’s Army (NPA), armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), in the killing of the husband and son of a village chairperson in Vallehermoso, Negros Oriental.

PNA

2 more NPAs yield to Army in SoCot
Two more communist New People’s Army (NPA) rebels have surrendered to the Army’s 5th Special Forces Battalion (SFB) in South Cotabato, the military here announced Thursday.

PNA

Extremism

PNP monitoring persons linked to Hamas over 'terror plot': DILG
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año said some persons are being monitored in connection with the reported plan of the Middle East-based Hamas militant group to operate in the Philippines.

PNA

4 Abu Sayyaf surrenderers undergo reintegration program
The Joint Task Force (JTF)-Sulu has handed over four Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) surrenderers to the Municipal Task Force in Ending Local Armed Conflict (MTF-ELAC) in Luuk town for reintegration to mainstream society, officials said Thursday.

PNA

Australia to list Hamas as terror group
Other groups to be listed as terrorist organisations under the criminal code include Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham, Hurras al-Din and the National Socialist Order. The government has also re-listed Abu Sayyaf Group, al-Qaeda, al-Qaeda in the Lands of the Islamic Maghreb and Jemaah Islamiah.
Canberra Times Australia

MARAWI 

Minor, 2 other DI-Maute members surrender in Marawi
In a statement, the Westmincom identified the former combatants as Ebra Apil, 58; his son Munder Ebra Apil, 29; and a 17-year-old who surrendered on February 15.

PNA

Rehabilitation updates

WORLD 
 

Bangsamoro
BARMM 

P605-M EU grant approved for 4 peace projects in Bangsamoro region

Three other projects were approved earlier with a total grant of €8.58 million or about P500 million.
Business World

MAGUINDANAO AND COTABATO CITY

Cops file raps vs. 22 persons in Maguindanao ambush
Police have filed multiple murder and frustrated multiple murder charges against 22 persons, including a village chairman who is running for vice mayor in Maguindanao, in connection with the ambush that left 10 persons dead here on February 12.

PNA

154 terrorists avail of rehab program
The 154 men first renounced their membership with the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters and the Dawlah Islamiya before they promised to thrive in peace in their respective hometowns in the adjoining provinces of Maguindanao and Sultan Kudarat.  

NDBC News

Exporters to help revive banana plantation in Buldon, Maguindanao
Some key officials of Regional Bangsamoro Board of Investments (BBOI) accompanied the UNIFRUTTI Philippines, JICA financing facility, and Harnessing Agribusiness Opportunities through Robust and Vibrant Entrepreneurship Supportive of Peaceful Transformation (HARVEST) Project.
Bangsamoro Information Office

BARMM builds homes for indigents, conflict victims
A total of 350 families of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) cluster here who belong to the indigent sector and victims of past armed conflicts are set to receive core shelters from the government.
PNA

Ramadan gratuity pay for BARMM execs, workers pushed
Member of the Parliament Omar Yasser Sema has filed Parliament Bill 171, also known as the Ramadan Economic Assistance and Relief Act of 2022, which provides assistance equivalent to one-month basic salary to all officials and employees of the region, whether permanent, coterminous, job order, or contractual, who have served for at least four months of service before the month of Ramadan.
PNA

LANAO PROVINCES

Radioman arrested for 4 counts of cyberlibel
Iligan City Police Office (ICPO) personnel arrested a radio broadcaster for four counts of cyberlibel at the Radio Bandera office/station, Marieta Tower Building here on Wednesday, Feb.16. Police Station 2 Officer-in-charge Maj. Marvin C. Cajegas said arrested was Eleno Gellica Bacus, Jr., a broadcaster and resident of Zone Neptune 1, Suarez here.

Manila Bulletin

DAR to award lands to Lanao farmers
“They have waited long enough. This land is part of their ancestral domain. It should be returned to them. Let us do our best to distribute these lands to them this March,” Agrarian Reform Secretary Bernie Cruz said.
Manila Standard

BASILAN

PCG rescues 6 people off Basilan
He said the motorboat operator disclosed that they departed Basilan and were on their way to Sacol Island, Zamboanga City, when they encountered engine trouble, causing the motorboat to be “dead in the water.”

PNA

SULU

TAWI-TAWI 

Shadow economies
DRUGS

Operations/Incidents
Recovery and Rehabilitation
Investigations 

ILLICIT FIREARMS, EXPLOSIVES, AND AMMUNITION

Pangasinan police urges poll bets to surrender firearms
The Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO) has urged candidates for local elective positions to surrender their firearms to their respective police stations for safekeeping amid the May national and local elections. 

PNA

CROSS-BORDER TRADING/ SMUGGLING/ COUNTERFEIT GOODS

HUMAN TRAFFICKING

KIDNAPPING/ ABDUCTION

NBI told to investigate missing ‘sabungeros’
Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra has ordered the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to conduct an investigation into the disappearance of over 20 sabungeros (cockfighting aficionados) in various places.
Inquirer

ILLEGAL GAMBLING

ILLICIT FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS/ EXTORTION

NBI arrests 3 individuals in Zamboanga for large scale estafa
Distor said the entrapment operation on February 7 stemmed from an investigation and case build-up after a complaint was lodged before the NBI-Western Mindanao Regional Office alleging that the suspects were using the name of NWORLD Corporation and Alphanetworld Corporation in their swindling activities.

GMA News

ILLEGAL LOGGING

Land issues
DHSUD launches land use, zoning info system for housing ops
The DHSUD's LUZIS is an operational geo-information technology system for data archiving, monitoring, and information modeling. In a statement Thursday, DHSUD Secretary Eduardo del Rosario said the system is crucial to the government's goal of pushing transparent, efficient, and data-driven operations within the housing sector.

PNA
Indigenous People's
Human Rights

Press Freedom/ Freedom of expression

Martial Law

Governance

COVID-19

Cases

Rise in Metro Manila’s COVID cases ‘feels like Valentine spike’ – OCTA Research

OCTA Research’s Dr. Guido David noted that the 632 new COVID-19 cases in Metro Manila that was recorded on Wednesday are “above” previous projections.
Inquirer

Department of Health

IATF/NTF COVID-19 

Regions

Luzon including NCR 

Visayas 

Mindanao

World 

Incidents and Violations 

Editorial, Analysis, Opinion and Features

Banditry or insurgency

Pitting an armed group against others, a method still employed in the present day, has disadvantages more than its advantages.
Philstar

EDITORIAL - Clan wars
It’s the election period and a gun ban is supposed to be in place nationwide. Does anyone even attempt to enforce the ban in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao? And if they’re not even trying, what’s the reason? The BARMM is autonomous but it is not an independent republic; its governance is funded by Filipinos’ taxes.
Philstar

OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT

AUDIT, GRAFT, AND CORRUPTION

BUDGET, FINANCE, and TAXATION 

BUSINESS, ECONOMY AND INVESTMENT 

BUILD, BUILD, BUILD and PUBLIC WORKS

DISASTER AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

DEFENSE AND SECURITY

Armed Forces of the Philippines 

Philippine National Police 

EDUCATION

ELECTION RELATED

Marcos camp insists Robin Padilla not part of UniTeam: We only have 11 Senate bets
The camp of presidential candidate Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. insisted Thursday that actor Robin Padilla is not part of their senatorial slate—or at least he has yet to be officially made part of the line-up.
Inquirer

PNP vows sanctions vs cops committing abuse in Oplan Baklas

The Philippine National Police (PNP) has assured the public that police officers, if found liable for abuses while implementing the Oplan Baklas of the Commission on Elections (Comelec), may face consequences under the rules.
Inquirer

Presidential candidates say roots of communist insurgency should be addressed

At the SMNI Presidential Debates on Tuesday evening, labor leader Leody de Guzman pointed to what he said were the social ills that led to people rebelling against the government. All candidates were also in favor of resuming peace talks with the Communist Party of the Philippines.
Philstar

Incidents

Private Armed Groups

INFORMATION, COMMUNICATION AND TECHNOLOGY  

JUDICIARY

Supreme Court

Court of Appeals

Sandiganbayan

Municipal/Regional Trial Courts

LABOR

LEGISLATIVE

Senate of the Philippines


House of Representatives

LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS (LGUs)

OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE

FOREIGN RELATIONS   


West Philippine Sea

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE

GENDER

Roque favors same-sex marriage, divorce
“Pabor po ako diyan dahil hindi po puwede manghimasok ang estado pagdating sa isyu kung sinong mamahalin at sinong magiging kapiling sa buhay (I am in favor of that because the estate cannot interfere when it comes to the issue of who to love and who to be with in life),” Roque said.

PNA

YOUTH

Voting for their future
Of the 65.7 million total registered voters, 37,015,901, more than half or about 56 percent, are aged 18 to 41, and includes first-time voters. New voters number 9.1 million, according to the poll body.
Inquirer


HOUSING and SETTLEMENT

POVERTY

SOCIAL WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT

TRANSPORTATION

TOURISM

ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES


SoCot board sets dialogue on open-pit mining ban amendments
The Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) will be conducting a consultation dialogue on February 18 on the proposed amendments to the Environment Code of the Province of South Cotabato, particularly on the provision lifting the ban on open-pit mining in Tampakan town.

PNA

WATER and ENERGY

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