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Communist Rebellion

Hunger, abandonment lead 7 Reds to yield in Davao provinces
Hunger, abandonment, and pressure from the community led seven communist New People’s Army (NPA) fighters to surrender on separate occasions in Davao del Norte and Davao de Oro.
PNA

4 slain as Army soldiers, NPA rebels clash in Bukidnon anew
The military says soldiers found 16 high-powered firearms and backpacks left behind by fleeing rebels, suggesting that many more are wounded.
Rappler

Peace talks

Incidents/Operations

Extremism

MARAWI

Rehabilitation updates

WORLD 

Bangsamoro
BARMM 

Power outages in Magelco’s franchise area postponed during Ramadhan
On 24 March 2022, MAGELCO implemented power curtailment with the power availability of an average of four (4) hours a day per municipality in its service area. These twenty (20)-hour power outages hampered the day-to-day activities and substantially burdened the Bangsamoro people in the affected municipalities in Maguindanao.
NDBC News

BARMM intervenes on MAGELCO power outage issue
In its bid to protect the consumers and business owners, the Bangsamoro Government’s Ministry of Trade, Investments, and Tourism (MTIT) initiated a round-table discussion on April 7 to address pressing issues of the Maguindanao Electric Cooperative (MAGELCO).
NDBC News

Bangsamoro Business Council chair survives ambush; driver of Maguindanao mayoralty bet killed
A prominent lawyer and business leader in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao on Thursday escaped a slay try by still unidentified suspects who peppered with high-powered firearms his bulletproof car.
Mindanews

Int'l monitoring teams crucial to peacekeeping gains in Mindanao
The Office of the Presidential Adviser for Peace, Reconciliation and Unity (OPAPRU) cited the major contributions of the International Monitoring Team (IMT) in sustaining the gains of the Bangsamoro peace process.
PNA

BSP encourages investment in Islamic banking
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) is now working with the Bangsamoro government, along with several government agencies, as part of the whole-of-government approach to encourage investment in Islamic banking.
PNA

BARMM teachers train for elections
MORE than 9,100 public school teachers in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) have participated in the month-long training to become certified Electoral Board Members (EBM) for the May 9, 2022 elections.
Manila Times

MAGUINDANAO AND COTABATO CITY

Ambush incidents rock Cotabato City, Maguindanao
A popular lawyer survived an ambush here Thursday but a campaigner of the political party of the Moro Islamic Liberation working for a mayoral candidate attacked in a separate incident the same day was not as lucky.
NDBC News

Lawyer survives ambush in Cotabato City
A lawyer and his driver survived today an ambush along a busy Santos-Rosal Street, Barangay Rosary Heights 6.
NDBC News

MENRE probes Lamsan factory ash spill affecting homes in Maguindanao
 The environment ministry on April 1 investigated the facilities of Lamsan, Inc. in Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao to provide immediate intervention to residents’ complaint on ash spill coming from the factory which might affect their health.
Bangsamoro Information Agency

LANAO PROVINCES

MTIT Lanao Sur forms prov'l Bagwis committee
The provincial Bagwis committee is primarily tasked to promote and implement the Bagwis Program in the province through the conduct of initial assessment and/or on-site validation of individual nominee business establishments as well as the review and approve/disapprove nominations.
Philippine Information Agency

BASILAN

SULU

TAWI-TAWI 
Shadow economies
DRUGS

US warns of ‘mass overdoses’ from fentanyl-spiked drugs
The top US agency combatting drug trafficking warned on Wednesday of a surge of "mass overdose" cases involving drugs like cocaine spiked with deadly amounts of fentanyl.
ABS-CBN News

Operations/Incidents

2 nabbed, over P1-M shabu seized in anti-drug sting
TWO alleged high-value drug suspects were arrested while over P1 million worth of illegal drugs seized in an anti-drug operation in this southern port city, a top police official announced Thursday, April 7.
Sunstar

Recovery and Rehabilitation
Investigations 

ILLICIT FIREARMS, EXPLOSIVES, AND AMMUNITION

CROSS-BORDER TRADING/ SMUGGLING/ COUNTERFEIT GOODS

HUMAN TRAFFICKING

1 suspect nabbed in Zamboanga for online sexual exploitation of children
AUTHORITIES arrested on April 5 a 25-year-old female suspect during a service of arrest warrant issued against her for alleged crimes related to online sexual exploitation of children.
Sunstar

23 victims rescued, 3 suspects nabbed in anti-trafficking ops
THE Philippine National Police (PNP)-Women and Children Protection Center (WCPC) arrested three suspected traffickers and rescued 23 victims, 22 of whom are minors, from trafficking in persons and online sexual exploitation in two successive operations Tuesday, April 5, 2022.
Sunstar

KIDNAPPING/ ABDUCTION

ILLEGAL GAMBLING

ILLICIT FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS/ EXTORTION

Fake collectors of telco busted
SIX persons were arrested by agents from the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) in an entrapment at Tibao village, M'lang town, North Cotabato, last Monday.
Manila Times

ILLEGAL LOGGING

Land issues
Indigenous People's
Human Rights

Press Freedom/ Freedom of expression

Martial Law

Governance

COVID-19

Cases

Department of Health

IATF/NTF COVID-19 

Regions

Luzon including NCR 

Visayas

Mindanao

FACT CHECK Contrary to Pacquiao’s claim, Mindanao is relatively peaceful, progressing
Presidential aspirant boxing icon and Senator Emmanuel “Manny” Pacquiao’s claim that conflict in Mindanao continues because of lack of infrastructure development due to government neglect is not true and missing in context.
Mindanews

World

Incidents and Violations 

Editorial, Analysis, Opinion and Features

OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

Duterte uses up intel, contingency funds
President Duterte said late Thursday that he had already “depleted” the contingency and intelligence funds allotted to his office purportedly because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Inquirer

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

Comelec urged to streamline approval of ban exemptions
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) must streamline its rules on the 45-day election ban on public spending and expedite actions on pending requests for exemptions.
PNA

National elections

Isko Moreno’s bold promise: ‘No war in Mindanao if I win’
The Aksyon Demokratiko standard-bearer tells his supporters in Zamboanga City that this will be his 'gift' to the region long beset by peace and order problems, if he wins the presidential race
Rappler

Pacquiao will support Sotto if running mate Atienza backs out
A month away from the national elections and with his ranking barely improving based on surveys, Senator Manny Pacquiao remained fixed on his quest to succeed President Rodrigo Duterte.
PNA

Pacquiao video on illegal drugs goes viral
A video of presidential bet Emmanuel "Manny" Pacquiao after the last Commission on Elections debate where he vowed to escalate the war on illegal drugs to focus on manufacturers and pushers continues to go viral online.
PNA

Isko Moreno vows to lower power cost in Mindanao
Manila Mayor and Aksyon Demokratiko standard-bearer, Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso, has vowed to address Mindanao's power supply problem, promising to lower costs under his administration.
PNA

Robredo thanks new-found allies in Davao del Norte; vows to be a president of all 'colors' if elected
Backed by her new-found allies, aspiring president Vice President Leni Robredo went back to Davao del Norte on Thursday, April 7, to woo voters two weeks after receiving an unexpected endorsement from one of her former critics there.
Manila Bulletin

 Isko Moreno seals support from ZamBaSulta groups
Aksyon Demokratiko standard bearer Francsico “Isko Moreno” Domagoso has received a major boost in his campaign as several Moro volunteer groups and non-government organizations from the ZamBaSulTa (Zamboanga, Basilan, Sulu, Tawi-Tawi) area endorsed his candidacy for president.
Inquirer

Ka Leody disowns FB pages posing as supporters
Presidential aspirant Leody de Guzman has disowned and flagged six Facebook (FB) pages masquerading as his supporters in a crusade against his fellow opponents in the May 9 election.
Inquirer

‘Isko’s withdrawal will hurt Leni’
The call for Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso to drop out of the presidential race will only hurt the odds of Vice President Leni Robredo winning the election and may even boost the front-runner, former Sen. Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
Inquirer

Local elections

Incidents

Editorial, Analysis, Opinion and Features

Ethics in election surveys
Recently a fellow columnist claimed that Social Weather Stations did an election survey on Jan. 28-31, 2022, and that SWS released the results on Feb. 16, 2022 (see Joel Ruiz Butuyan, “Probing the surveys,” 4/7/22). Yet anyone who checks will see that there is no such SWS report posted on www.sws.org.ph, which would be the legitimate basis for the claim.
Inquirer

INFORMATION, COMMUNICATION AND TECHNOLOGY  

JUDICIARY

Supreme Court

Court of Appeals

Sandiganbayan

Municipal/Regional Trial Courts

LABOR

LEGISLATIVE

Senate of the Philippines


Setting rules for election surveys good legislation piece: Sotto
Setting guidelines in the release of election-related surveys can be a “good piece of legislation” for the incoming lawmakers in the 19th Congress, Senate President Vicente Sotto III said on Thursday.
PNA

House of Representatives

LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS (LGUs)

OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE

FOREIGN RELATIONS   

Dept. of Migrant Workers still in transition period: DFA
The seven migration agencies to be absorbed by the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) would remain under the control of their parent agencies until conditions for the DMW's constitution have been met, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Thursday.
PNA

West Philippine Sea

A decade since tense standoff, path narrows for PH in Scarborough Shoal
Ten years ago, the Philippines and China were locked in a tense blockade at Scarborough Shoal, prompting Manila to file – and later win – its historic arbitration case against Beijing. But after years of neglecting the legal victory, paths for the Philippines to assert the ruling in the reef have narrowed, with some analysts warning of a crucial window closing as a new administration takes over in Manila. 
Rappler

China ship ‘shadowing’ research vessel in WPS
A Chinese coast guard vessel has been shadowing a research vessel deployed last month by the Filipino and Taiwanese scientists inside the Philippine’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the West Philippine Sea.
Inquirer

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE

GENDER

YOUTH

The situation of orphans in Mindanao
Children are among the vulnerable sectors of society. More so, the orphans. What can the next administration do to help them? In this report, we take you to an orphanage in Maguindanao.
CNN Philippines

HOUSING and SETTLEMENT

POVERTY

SOCIAL WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT

TRANSPORTATION


TOURISM

CLIMATE CHANGE, ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES 

WATER and ENERGY

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