Raped NPA child warrior asks help from Gabriela to defend her rights
The 802nd Infantry “Peerless” Brigade, 8ID, PA has posted an open letter on Facebook that was written and addressed to Gabriela Partylist by a former NPA child warrior asking help in filing a rape case against a NPA Commander.
Kalinaw News
Group heightens call to protect children vs. CPP-NPA recruitment
An anti-communist group on Sunday appealed for increased protection of children against illegal recruitment activities made by the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) and its allied organizations.
Philippine News Agency
Iligan City building halfway house for surrendered Red fighters
The city government is building what officials said would be a halfway house for surrendered communist guerrillas.
Philippine Information Agency
Philippine Daily Inquirer
Peace talks
Incidents/Operations
Army opn vs. NPAs displaces 200 NoCot villagers
The hostilities involving government forces and communist rebels in the mountains of Matalam, North Cotabato have sent villagers fleeing to safer grounds.
NDBC News
4 suspected NPA rebels killed in Surigao Sur clash
Four suspected members of the communist New People’s Army (NPA) were killed in an encounter that took place in Barangay Pangi, Tandag City, Surigao del Sur on Saturday afternoon.
Philippine News Agency
Former rebels rebuild lives amid pandemic, security threats
When some former combatants of the communist New People’s Army (NPA) decided to renounce the ideology they once championed, they learned that the new path they chose to follow is still full of challenges and risks.
Philippine News Agency
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MARAWI
SOUTHEAST ASIA AND THE WORLD
Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Condemns Terrorist Attacks in France
Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan expressed his condemnation of recent terrorist attacks in France, during a phone call with president Emanuel Macron, state news agency WAM reported on Sunday.
Haaretz
France and the Trap of “War on Terrorism”
France, once more, faces terrorism. The murder of French teacher Samuel Paty on October 16th, 2020 by a radical Muslim and the knife attack in Nice less than two weeks later on October 29th led to political and social-level talks in the country about France and radical Islamic terrorism. Among these discussions, people have mentioned that France was “at war” against “Islamist terrorism” or the ideology of “radical Islamism.
Small Wars Journal
Charlie Hebdo trial suspended after primary suspect tests COVID-positive
The primary suspect in a trial over the 2015 Charlie Hebdo massacre has tested positive for coronavirus and the court has been suspended until Wednesday, lawyers said.
GMA News
Muslim advocacy group advises American Muslims against traveling to France amid tensions
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has issued an advisory warning American Muslims against traveling to France as tensions rise following recent terrorist attacks.
KNBR Studios
Canada: Terrorist arrested after he goes on a stabbing spree in Quebec killing two
On Saturday night, the Quebec police in Canada have apprehended a terrorist who went on a killing spree on the occasion of Halloween. The man was armed with a long-bladed weapon.
OpIndia | Castanet
How two S'poreans were influenced by extremist through social media groups
Presenting himself as a man with deep knowledge of his religion, Zulfikar Mohamad Shariff convinced Mr Mohamad Saiddhin Abdullah that he should also show his support to terror group Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
The Straits Times
Measured response to events by S'pore Muslims: Masagos
ingapore is fortunate that its religious teachers guide Muslims here to understand the true principles of Islam - to bring love and compassion - in the way they practise the religion, said Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs Masagos Zulkifli.
The Straits Times
IS women on their way home to Sweden
Four Swedish women with ties to IS, and their nine children, will now travel home to Sweden. The women have taken refuge from Syria to Turkey, where they were arrested.
Alkhaleej Today
‘Political Islam’ is an extremist ideology that is nothing to do with Shariah: MWL
The Makkah-based Muslim World League (MWL) reiterated that “political Islam” is an extremist ideology that has nothing to do with the values of Islamic Shariah, which encompasses all affairs of life with a moderate outlook.
Saudi Gazette
Trump Claims Credit for Defeating ISIS. Pentagon Documents Show Otherwise
During the recent vice presidential debate between Mike Pence and Kamala Harris, Vice President Pence made a bold comment on Trump’s role in defeating the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. This has been a major bragging point for the administration.
History News Network
[Opinion] The Terrorist Threat from the Fractured Far Right
n November 2019, Seamus Hughes and Devorah Margolin of the George Washington University’s Program on Extremism argued here on Lawfare that the jihadist threat to the West has splintered. “It is clear that the jihadist threat has become fractured, with new and old hazards facing the United States concurrently,” they reasoned, before presenting the multiple different groups—including homegrown jihadists, returnees from conflicts abroad, and those recently released from prison—that have diversified the threat beyond the traditional conceptualization of hierarchical, bureaucratic, foreign-based terrorist organizations that send foreign fighters abroad, à la al-Qaeda in September 2001. They are right, but this atomization of terrorism is not confined to the jihadist threat.
Lawfare
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BARMM
Tesda devolves power to BARMM
The Technical Skills Development Authority (TESDA) has devolved powers of supervision and control to the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) to implement its programs and projects in the areas of autonomy.
NDBC News
Covid Watch: 45 patients recover, 22 new infections and one death
Forty-five Covid-19 patients have recovered from the disease in Region 12 on Nov. 1, All Saints' Day, the Department of Health Center for Health Development reported today.
NDBC News
MAGUINDANAO AND COTABATO CITY
LTG Brigade Commander and 2 other Combatants yield to 34IB
Three more “disgruntled” combatants, including a brigade commander of the Local Terrorist Group, a member of Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) have yielded to 34th Infantry Battalion in Northern Kabuntalan, Maguindanao on Tuesday October 27, 2020.
Kalinaw News
BIFF leader surrenders
A ranking leader of the outlawed Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) has surrendered to government forces in Ampatuan town, Maguindanao.
Philippine Star
NoCot IATF: Man's cause of death in Kidapawan City not COVID
Patient is a 60-year old male who was originally from Brgy. Meohao, Kidapawan City. For the last 30 years, he has been working as a construction worker with Brgy. Apokon, Tagum City as his latest address.
NDBC News
Gov’t support for marketing of local palay sought
Officials are now trying to address the continuing downswing in prices of palay and marketing constraints due to what is for local farmers “anti-poor” Rice Tarrification Law.
NDBC News
Cotabato Light and Power Company NO disconnection notice
Pursuant to ERC Advisory dated October 29, 2020, Cotabato Light will not implement disconnection until December 31, 2020 to all non-government customers whose electric consumption for the bill months of October, November and December 2020 is 160kwH and below.
NDBC News
LANAO PROVINCES
Environment worker swept away by flashflood in Lanao del Norte town
An eco aide of the Municipal Environment and Natural Resources Office here was reported missing at around 8 a.m. Saturday in sitio Manadi, Barangay Purakan, his dead body found at 7 a.m. Sunday.
Mindanews
BASILAN
SULU
Military foils ASG IED attack
The WestMinCom Commander Lt. Gen. Corleto Vinluan, Jr. reported that the troops of the Joint Task Force Sulu recovered an Improvised Explosive Device made by the notorious Abu Sayyaf Group bomb maker Mundi Sawadjaan on October 30, 2020.
Kalinaw News | Mindanews
[Opinion] Kamlon and Sabah
While writing about the Hukbalahap rebellion the other week, I brought to mind another significant uprising in the South. In Sulu, Hadji Kamlon mounted a rebellion, with a core group of not more than a hundred members. He has since then been regarded as a kind of folk hero among the Tausugs, the biggest tribal group in the Sulu archipelago. I was not able to see him, although I stayed in Sulu for almost a month.
Philippine Star
[Opinion] Why the Philippines has no justifiable claim to Sabah and never had
The convoluted history of North Borneo (Sabah) and the Philippines’ alleged association with it continue to haunt narratives of Borneo. It is time to unravel some enduring myths.
South China Morning Post
TAWI-TAWI
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DRUGS
Operations/ Incidents
P1.6-B shabu seized, 2 Chinese nationals arrested
A total of 240 kilos of shabu worth P1,632,000,000 was seized by joint elements of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Region (PDEA) Central Luzon, Ninoy Aquino International Airport Inter-Agency Drug Interdiction Task Group (NAIA-IADITG), Bureau of Customs, PDEA-National Capital Region and the local police in Cabanatuan City, which led to the arrest of two Chinese nationals in a controlled delivery operation along Sumacap Sur, Cabanatuan City late Friday evening, October 30, 2020.
Sunstar Pampanga
2 suspects held, P6.8M in meth seized in Bulacan buy-bust
Police arrested two suspects caught with P6.8 million in crystal meth, or shabu, during a buy-bust operation in Marilao town on Friday (Oct. 30).
Philippine Daily Inquirer
Over P14,000 shabu seized in Bacolod
An estimated P14,560 worth of shabu or methamphetamine hydrochloride was seized in a drug bust by operatives of Police Station 1 in Purok Malipayon, Barangay 12, Bacolod City Saturday evening, October 31, 2020.
Sunstar Bacolod
Recovery and Rehabilitation
ILLICIT FIREARMS, EXPLOSIVES, AND AMMUNITION
CROSS-BORDER TRADING/ SMUGGLING/ COUNTERFEIT GOODS
HUMAN TRAFFICKING
KIDNAPPING/ ABDUCTION
ILLEGAL GAMBLING
Cops arrest 6 for alleged illegal cockfighting
Six persons were arrested in two separate operations against illegal cockfighting or “tupada” in Eastern Visayas towns.
Sunstar Tacloban
ILLICIT FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS/ EXTORTION
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The explorer who desecrated graves in the name of science
Domingo Sánchez saw the sea for the first time when he was 25 years old. “The spectacle of the sea”, as he would recall gaping afterwards. He was a son of “honorable farmers” who had worked as a goatherd in his town, Fuenteguinaldo (Salamanca), and had studied thanks to the efforts of his mother, a country woman who had “a real vice to read” and recited entire chapters by heart from The Quijote. On July 22, 1885, Sánchez hugged his parents, mounted a horse, and trotted off. Ten days later, he set sail from Barcelona on a steamer for the Philippines, the remote Spanish colony named after King Felipe II. The man from Salamanca was beginning a new life as a collector of exotic animals for the Overseas Ministry. “I was flattered by the idea of being an exploratory naturalist, in whose profession I could see more than once in reality episodes from the Jules Verne and Mayne Reid novels that so excited me,” he wrote.
Pledge Times
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CHR calls for unity in protecting children
In celebration of the National Children’s Month, the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has called on Sunday, Nov. 1, to unite in protecting children against harm and invest in their development.
Manila Bulletin
Court junks activist's amparo plea vs army
For lack of substantial evidence, a regional trial court (RTC) here dismissed the petition for the issuance of a Writ of Amparo filed by former Bayan Muna party-list congressman Siegfred Deduro.
Panay News
Kin of slain activists lament Duterte human rights record
It has been six months since Bayan Muna member Jory Porquia, a martial law survivor, was shot nine times in his home in Iloilo—one of many human rights defenders slain in the middle of the worst public health crisis the Philippines has faced.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
Press Freedom/ Freedom of expression
Martial Law
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UN Says Myanmar’s Discriminatory Laws Cast Doubt on Fairness of Elections
The U.N. human rights office warns Myanmar’s discriminatory citizenship and electoral laws cast doubt on the fairness of next week’s general elections, putting the country’s professed transition to democracy at risk.
Voice of America News
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COVID-19
Cases
PH logs over 17K new Covid-19 recoveries, tally surges to 348,760
A total of 17,727 new recovered cases reported on Sunday pushed the overall tally of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) recoveries nationwide to 348,760.
Philippine News Agency
No new Covid-19 cases, deaths among overseas Pinoys
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Sunday reported no new recoveries, cases, and deaths from the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) among Filipinos abroad.
Philippine News Agency
35 more PNP personnel infected with COVID-19 bringing total to 7,255
The total coronavirus infections among Philippine National Police (PNP) personnel reached 7,255 on Sunday after it reported 35 additional cases.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
Female employee is House’s 87th COVID-19 case
A female employee of the Cashiering Service of the House of Representatives is the 87th in the chamber to test positive for COVID 19
Manila Bulletin
Department of Health
IATF/NTF COVID-19
Gyms, other services allowed to operate at 75% capacity — DTI
Gymns, internet cafes, and testing centers have been allowed to increase operating capacities starting Nov. 1, as Metro Manila and six other areas were kept under a general lockdown.
Business World
Regions
Luzon including NCR
Visayas
Biz leader upbeat for Western Visayas economic recovery
"The signals are good." This was stressed by Frank Carbon, chief executive officer of Metro Bacolod Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MBCCI), as he expressed optimism that Western Visayas economic recovery is on the way.
Sunstar Bacolod
Mindanao
CDO to conduct RT-PCR tests on 2,500 residents
As health officials continue to fight double-digit coronavirus infections daily here, the city government plans to conduct random RT-PCR tests on 2,500 residents.
Mindanews
Safe Davao QR for quick contact tracing launched; mandatory for residents and visitors
The City Government of Davao rolled out on Saturday the “Safe Davao QR” system (DQR), and its use among residents and non-residents visiting the city will be mandatory effective November 7, to hasten contact-tracing and control the non-essential movement of the people within the city to help stop the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
Mindanews
Davao, Cagayan de Oro cities cut 2021 spending amid pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic has tempered the spending appetite of two large Mindanao cities in anticipation of revenue shortfalls.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
World
Simona Halep tests positive for Covid-19
Wimbledon champion Simona Halep has tested positive for the coronaviruss disease 2019 (Covid-19) and said Saturday (Sunday in Manila) that she was “recovering well from mild symptoms.”
Associated Press
Cristiano Ronaldo scores a brace on his return to action after contracting Covid-19
It's safe to say that Cristiano Ronaldo has missed football.
The Portuguese forward returned to the pitch in style for the first time since contracting Covid-19, inspiring Juventus to a 4-1 win over Spezia on Sunday.
CNN
Study: Trump Rallies Linked To Over 700 Covid-19 Coronavirus Deaths, Here Are The Caveats
Gee, what’s the best thing to do during the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic? How about crowd together people who are not wearing face masks and have them scream and shout? That may not be the best thing for people, but from the virus’s perspective, it could be a veritable buffet.
Forbes
Governor Cuomo Updates New Yorkers on State's Progress During Covid-19 Pandemic
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today updated New Yorkers on the state's progress during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
New York State
Covid-19: Eight more coronavirus-related deaths in NI
Eight more people have died in Northern Ireland after contracting Covid-19.
That brings the Department of Health's death toll, based on a positive test result being recorded, to 716.
BBC News
Italy considers new 'red zone' lockdowns to curb covid-19 rise
The Italian government is considering new restrictions, including provincial lockdowns and limiting travel between regions, in an attempt to curb the spread of covid-19.
Wanted in Rome
Determining Covid-19 risk in planes vs eateries, a hard comparison
While a recent study has claimed that dining out, and grocery shopping could be more dangerous than air travel during the Covid-19 pandemic, partly due to special ventilation systems in airplanes, some scientists say such a comparison cannot be made ...
Deccan Herald
COVID-19 pandemic: Getting on a ‘flight to nowhere’
On a Saturday morning in October, an Asiana Airlines flight carrying 250 passengers took off at Incheon Airport in the midst of a pandemic.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
Front-line workers susceptible to mental disorders amid pandemic, study finds
Front-line medical professionals taking care of COVID-19 patients are at risk of developing mental illnesses, a study said Sunday.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
Diplomatic, Development and Private Sector
A Story on Resilience and Powering a Nation Amidst COVID-19
The need for reliable, clean energy has been heightened as we grapple daily with the challenges brought by the COVID-19 pandemic. Indeed, we can’t fight the invisible enemy without power and technology as our homes, hospitals, transportation facilities, government units rely on it to function properly.
Manila Bulletin
Incidents and Violations
Editorial, Analysis, Opinion and Features
Elections and Covid-19
The current COVID-19 pandemic has inevitably altered the texture of elections in many countries, and sitting heads of government especially those running in the next elections will have to contend with the inconvenient question from their constituencies: how did you score in fighting the pandemic?
Malaya
Covid-19 complacency and porous borders in PH
It took more than half a year for the pandemic curve to begin to flatten in the Philippines. Complacency could easily undermine many of the gains in weeks, especially if border security continues to be compromised.
Manila Times
A dirty little secret
News out of Cebu reports that the National Bureau of Investigation office in Region 7 recently found proof of a “Dirty Little Secret” related to COVID-19 hospital claims and the PhilHealth. As reported, the NBI has filed criminal charges against officials of a private hospital in Cebu that had filed a claim for reimbursement from PhilHealth in the P300,000 range for expenses incurred treating a COVID-19 patient who subsequently died. But according to NBI investigators, the patient had pre-existing co-morbidities such as cancer and pneumonia and tested negative for COVID-19.
Philippine Star
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
Amid Rolly's onslaught, netizens ask: Where's Duterte?
What is considered as the world's strongest storm this 2020 has hit the Philippines, and with it has also left citizens asking where the country's leader is amid the ongoing crisis.
Philippine Star
President monitoring Typhoon Rolly from Davao City – Roque
Despite his absence from the public briefing conducted by the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) on Typhoon Rolly in Camp Aguinaldo on Sunday morning, President Rodrigo Duterte was monitoring the government’s response to the situation from Davao City where he spent All Saints’ Day.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
Duterte to deliver public address on super typhoon
President Rodrigo Duterte is expected to address the nation regarding developments on Super Typhoon Rolly either on Sunday or Monday night, Malacañang said on Sunday.
Philippine News Agency
Prices of basic goods stable amid Super Typhoon Rolly: Palace
Malacañang on Sunday assured that prices of basic goods and commodities remain stable and within prevailing prices amid the onslaught of Super Typhoon Rolly.
Philippine News Agency
OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT
Robredo urges local governments to invest in flood control infrastructure
As Typhoon Rolly battered the Bicol region on Sunday morning, Vice President Leni Robredo called on local governments to start planning and investing in long-term flood infrastructure.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
AUDIT, GRAFT, AND CORRUPTION
Witnesses to expose corrupt DPWH officials
Witnesses are prepared to expose officials in the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) who are tainted with corruption, Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC) Chairman Dante Jimenez said on Sunday.
Manila Times
Foreign businessmen want concrete results from corruption probe
Foreign business groups are hoping to see concrete results from the Duterte administration’s new crackdown against corruption to increase investor confidence in the country.
Business World
Rody to Ombudsman: Do your job
When it rains, it pours as one popular saying goes. But am not referring to typhoons “Quinta” and “Rolly” that hit Luzon one after the other the past few days. Metaphorically speaking, suspension orders rained down on government agencies and offices just a few hours after the pre-taped address of President Rodrigo Duterte was aired on state-owned PTV-4 Tuesday morning. Let’s call it stormy “Rody.”
Philippine Star
[Opinion] Who says the rich don't steal? Read this
Whoever says the rich don't steal must bone up on current events.
Philippine Star
BUDGET, FINANCE, and TAXATION
DBM releases P77.98 B for the implementation of the Bayanihan to recover as one act
As of October 29, the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has released a total of P77.98 billion to various government agencies and departments for their respective Covid-19 related response programs pursuant to RA No. 11494 or the “Bayanihan to Recover as One Act”. This came after President Rodrigo Duterte delegated to the DBM Secretary the authority to approve budget requests under Bayanihan II in order to facilitate the immediate release of funds, among others.
Manila Times
Tax cuts (First of two parts)
It sounds counterintuitive, but one of the Philippine government's strategies to address hunger, joblessness and the economic slowdown arising from the pandemic is to reduce taxes paid by corporations.
Sunstar Davao
BUSINESS, ECONOMY AND INVESTMENT
PH shares to track US markets, local data
The local bourse is expected to take cues from the performance of the US markets and track the results of upcoming local economic data for this week’s trading, an analyst said.
Manila Times
[Opinion] The perfect storm: Why the Philippines faces prolonged economic pain
The country faces a perfect storm leading to prolonged economic pain. Yes, not a V-shaped recovery as a government spokesmen would like us to believe, but more like an L, with just a slightly elevated but elongated leg (the slight elevation coming more from base effects rather than real recovery).
Business World
2 Clark agencies not merging, says BCDA head
The Duterte administration has no plans of merging two corporations that have been turning a former US military air base into an economic free port in Pampanga province, according to a top official of the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA).
Philippine Daily Inquirer
BUILD, BUILD, BUILD and PUBLIC WORKS
PH, Japan to sign new loan for subway in Q1 next year
The Philippines and Japan are planning to sign early next year the second loan agreement for the country’s first subway system, the Department of Finance (DOF) said.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
DISASTER AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE
'Rolly' further weakens, now over West PH Sea
Typhoon Rolly (international name Goni) continues to weaken and is now over the West Philippine Sea, the weather bureau said on Sunday night.
Philippine News Agency
"Siony" slightly weakens but remains tropical storm over PH Sea
Tropical Storm “Siony” is forecast to continue moving west-northwestward tonight until Monday night before it will slow down and become almost stationary Monday night until Tuesday evening, the weather bureau said.
Philippine News Agency
‘Rolly’ may affect close to 32M persons: NDRRMC
The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) on Sunday said from 19.8 million to 31.9 million people are expected to be exposed to Typhoon Rolly.
Philippine News Agency
Gordon seeks IFRC help to build homes in typhoon-battered areas
Philippine Red Cross (PRC) Chairperson Senator Richard Gordon is seeking assistance from the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) to help build better homes as Super Typhoon Rolly batters the country.
Philippine News Agency
Troops told to focus on helping Filipinos affected by typhoon
As Typhoon Rolly batters a large part of the country, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief-of-staff Gen. Gilbert Gapay on Sunday urged all troops tapped to conduct disaster response missions to focus on their tasks.
Philippine News Agency
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
DEFENSE AND SECURITY
Armed Forces of the Philippines
Philippine National Police
PNP units urged to coordinate with LGU disaster response units
Joint Task Force Covid Shield chief Lt. Guillermo Eleazar on Sunday ordered all commanders of the Philippine National Police (PNP) to coordinate with their local government unit’s (LGU) disaster risk reduction management office (DRRMO) counterparts to ensure the safety of residents inside evacuation centers both from the impact of Super Typhoon "Rolly" and from the possible coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) infections.
Philippine News Agency
EDUCATION
NCR literacy rate still highest in PHL, but dips in latest PSA poll
The basic literacy rate in Metro Manila, while being the highest, has declined, according to the latest Functional Literacy, Education and Mass Media Survey (FLEMMS) released by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA).
Business Mirror
INFORMATION, COMMUNICATION AND TECHNOLOGY
Super Typhoon Rolly bares ‘information gap’ left by ABS-CBN shutdown
As Super Typhoon Rolly, reported as the strongest storm in the world so far this year, ravaged several provinces in the Philippines on Sunday, it became evident how important information dissemination is — whether it be on the strength or track of the storm or on its impact on the areas it hit as shown on photos or videos.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
ELECTION RELATED
ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES
LABOR
OFWs deplore PH ambassador’s ‘maltreatment’ of helper
Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) deplored on Saturday the alleged maltreatment suffered by a household staffer in the hands of Philippine Ambassador to Brazil Marichu Mauro.
Philippine News Agency
DFA committed to protect welfare of Filipinos abroad
The government is committed to promote and protect the welfare of Filipinos abroad as the world continued to face the health threat of the new coronavirus disease.
Manila Bulletin
LEGISLATIVE
Senate of the Philippines
[Opiniom] The Senate and the DDR bill
Natural disasters are very much a fact of life in the Philippines, a country that is located at the axis of the world’s typhoon belt and the Pacific Ring of Fire. Every year, around 20 typhoons unleash their wrath, causing death and destruction along their path. In addition, an average of 20 earthquakes a day -- most of them unnoticed but there are a few that are felt -- caused much damage to property.
Manila Standard
House of Representatives
LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS (LGUs)
OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
Japan’s new gov’t reaffirms support to PH infra projects
The Philippines and Japan reaffirmed their joint commitment to steadily implement the Duterte administration’s flagship infrastructure projects and other initiatives to strengthen economic cooperation between the two countries amid and beyond the prolonged coronavirus-induced global crisis.
Manila Standard
FOREIGN RELATIONS
West Philippine Sea
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE
Piñol calls on Mindanao food producers to prepare to send food to areas hit by ‘Rolly’
The Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) has called on Mindanao’s agriculture sector to prepare to send the food requirements of the people in areas hit by Typhoon Rolly.
Manila Bulletin
Govt pressed to expand crop insurance for farmers
Citing the weather bureau’s advisory on Typhoon Rolly’s fury threatening to inflict widespread damage to thousands of hectares of the country’s rice, corn, coconut and vegetable crops, Senator Imee Marcos pressed the Duterte government to expand crop insurance for farmers.
Business Mirror
HOUSING and SETTLEMENT
POVERTY
SOCIAL WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT
TRANSPORTATION
More jeepney, bus routes open
The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) has reopened 35 more jeepney routes and six provincial bus routes to provide more transportation to the public.
Philippine Star
TOURISM
WATER and ENERGY
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