Masbate journalist shot dead by soldiers in ‘encounter’
A freelance journalist based in Masbate province was gunned down in an alleged “encounter” with soldiers in Milagros town on Saturday, Nov. 14, according to the municipal police station.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
Masbate legislators to probe killing of radio reporter tagged as NPA fighter
The provincial board of Masbate will investigate the killing of a reporter who was gunned down last Saturday (Nov. 14) by soldiers in a supposed clash at a village in the town of Milagros.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
90 Samar ex-rebels to undergo skills training
The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) has selected 90 former rebels in this town as recipients of the skills training scholarship program.
Philippine News Agency
Army sponsors baptism of ex-NPA rebels’ babies
The babies of two former rebels of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) in southern Negros were baptized during the recent 47th anniversary of the Philippine Army’s 15th Infantry Battalion (15IB).
Panay News
Peace talks
Incidents/Operations
74-year-old NPA rebel nabbed in Albay
A 74-year-old member of the New People's Army (NPA) long wanted for multiple counts of murder and frustrated murder, was arrested on Tuesday at his house in Purok 1, Barangay Batbat, Guinobatan, Albay by joint elements of the town and regional police in Bicol.
Manila Bulletin
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Supreme Court urged to hold anti-terrorism law discussions online, focus on 3 key issues
Petitioners who want the Anti-Terrorism Act junked are asking the Supreme Court to hold the preliminary conference on its alleged unconstitutionality via video conference due to the coronavirus pandemic.
CNN Philippines
MARAWI
Drilon: P5B for Marawi rehab too small
Only P5 billion has been allocated for the rehabilitation of Marawi City under the proposed 2021 budget, P50 billion short of what is needed for its restoration after the 2017 terrorist siege, according to Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon.
Philippine Daily Inquirer | Business MIrror
SOUTHEAST ASIA AND THE WORLD
The death of Ayman al-Zawahri and the future of al-Qaida
A-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri may be dead or at least appears to be “completely off the grid,” according to journalist and veteran jihadi-watcher Hassan Hassan. These reports come at the same time as the killing of another very senior al-Qaida leader, Abu Muhammad al-Masri, in Tehran, reportedly by Israeli agents at the behest of the United States.
Brookings Institution
Fivefold increase in number of children investigated for links to right-wing extremism in UK – report
Newly obtained government figures show a dramatic increase in the number of British children who have been investigated for possible ties to far-right extremism, Sky News reported.
Sky News cited Home Office data obtained through a freedom of information request in its report.
RT News
UK de-radicalization referrals for far-right, Islamist extremists now equal
For the first time since data has been recorded, there was an equal number of referrals to the UK’s de-radicalization programs for far-right and Islamist extremists.
Arab News
Brics terror strategy: Respect sovereignty, shun double standards
Describing terrorism as the largest problem dealing with the world, PM Narendra Modi Tuesday known as for holding accountable international locations that help the menace. The twelfth Brics summit hosted by Russian President Vladimir Putin additionally noticed Modi welcoming the finalisation of a Brics Counter-Terrorism Technique which known as for member-states to respect one another’s sovereignty.
Times of India
US hate crimes rise to highest level in over a decade
An FBI annual report shows that bias-motivated killings were at a record high amid nationwide rise in hate crime in 2019.
Hate crimes in the US have risen to the highest levels in over a decade and federal officials have also recorded the highest number of hate-motivated killings since data collection began, according to a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) report released on Monday.
TRT World
[Opinion] Is academic freedom under threat in France?
Why did the Senate recently try to make academic freedom in France conditional on respecting the values of the Republic?
Aljazeera
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BARMM
Kalinaw Mindanaw: The Story of the GRP-MNLF Peace Process, 1975-1996 (10th of 18 parts)
Part X: MNLF Reaction
Lengthy excerpts from Nur Misuari’s address at the 8th Islamic Foreign Ministers’ Conference in May 1977 in Tripoli expresses the MNLF position with respect to the series of events so far after the signing of the Tripoli Agreement. Following is what he said about the plebiscite. It is best left intact and unedited.
Mindanews
Bangsamoro Transition Authority wants to lead Marawi rehab
The interim Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA), which governs the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), wanted to lead the rehabilitation and recovery efforts in Marawi City for it to rise from the ashes of war.
Mindanews
BARMM taps various sectors to help end violent extremism
With the view to end violent extremism in the region, the Bangsamoro Government is holding a series of conferences with different sectors to formulate and implement programs to prevent and counter violent extremism.
NDBC News
MAGUINDANAO AND COTABATO CITY
3 BIFF fighters lay down arms
Police authorities in Bangsamoro Autonomous Region, on Monday accepted the formal surrender of three militant fighters of the extremist ISIS-inspired Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighter.
PTV News
LANAO PROVINCES
Go bags for Marawi school children
Approximately 2,300 go bags inclusive of emergency supplies and basic school necessities will be produced for the schoolchildren of Marawi. The team from De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde (DLS-CSB) Fashion Design and Merchandising Program, along with the youth-led and church-based organization Duyog Marawi, handpicked 15 participating housewives based on their sewing skills and employed them to help in a particular stage of production process.
Malaya
BASILAN
SULU
'King of Borneo, Sulu, Mindanao' scam exposed
A video of a ceremony proclaiming a man as the “King of Borneo, Sulu and Mindanao” has resurfaced, causing a stir online with individuals in it believed to be involved in a fake Datukship scheme.
Lawyer Datuk Theng Book said the video was believed to have been shot last year.
Daily Express
Sulu troops receive P2.5-M reward from Duterte
President Rodrigo Duterte has given P2.5-million cash reward to the troops of the Joint Task Force Sulu for their recent accomplishment against the Abu Sayyaf bandits in the province.
Sunstar Zamboanga
TAWI-TAWI
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DRUGS
71 villages in NegOr cleared of illegal drugs: PDEA
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) here said 71 out of the 557 barangays in Negros Oriental are now cleared of the illegal drug problem.
Philippine News Agency
Operations/ Incidents
60-day police ops yield P2-M illegal drugs in Caraga
The Police Regional Office in Caraga (PRO-13) said over PHP2 million worth of illegal drugs were seized during a 60-day campaign launched by various police units in the area.
Philippine News Agency
Authorities seize P7.8M worth of illegal drugs
Authorities seized roughly Php 7.8 million worth of illegal drugs in separate anti-illegal drug operations in the country.
PTV News
Recovery and Rehabilitation
ILLICIT FIREARMS, EXPLOSIVES, AND AMMUNITION
CROSS-BORDER TRADING/ SMUGGLING/ COUNTERFEIT GOODS
BOC, Maritime cops seize smuggled cigarettes in Zambo
A team from the Bureau of Customs (BOC) and Regional Maritime Unit-9 (RMU-9) have seized a shipment of smuggled cigarettes estimated worth millions of pesos in this southern port city, a BOC official said Tuesday.
Philippine News Agency
Customs NAIA seizes $38,700 US Dollar bills hidden inside magazines
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) on Tuesday said its operatives at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) have intercepted a total of $38,700 US Dollar bills concealed between pages of magazines.
UNTV News
HUMAN TRAFFICKING
KIDNAPPING/ ABDUCTION
ILLEGAL GAMBLING
ILLICIT FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS/ EXTORTION
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Farmers commemorate Luisita incident, show support to gov't
Members of Malayang Magsasaka ng Hacienda Luisita (MALAYA) paid tribute to those who died during the Hacienda Luisita incident and expressed their support to the government in ending local communist armed conflict.
Sunstar Pampanga
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Pilot provides lifeline to remote corners of Philippines
Seven months since the Philippines first declared a lockdown to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus, tens of thousands of Filipinos have been stranded across the country.
Post Guam
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No more Baby Rivers | Legislation, policy change for pregnant detainees
Today marks the 40th day since the death of Baby River, daughter of a political prisoner Reina Mae Nasino. The term cruel is an understatement to describe how the mother and child were separated and how it revealed serious gaps if not flaws in the country’s justice system.
Bulatlat
Cops disperse kin, friends commemorating 40th day of Baby River’s death
“There is something wrong because her 23-year old mother was detained not because she did something wrong, but because she was wrongfully accused.” — Bishop Broderick Pabillo
Bulatlat
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Sociologist: Push for death penalty is about a strong image, not justice
The imposition of the death penalty in the Philippines and its renewed push under the Duterte administration has always been done to appear strong instead of serving justice, a sociologist said Tuesday.
GMA News
Probers eye work-related motive in killing of lawyer in Palawan
A private lawyer was shot dead by two unidentified men while he was on his way to a court hearing on Tuesday morning in the village of Malinao in Narra town, Palawan province.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
In lawyers' killings, buck stops with gov't —NUPL chief
In the killings of lawyers in the Philippines, the buck stops with the government, the president of the National Union of Peoples' Lawyers (NUPL) said Tuesday.
GMA News
Press Freedom/ Freedom of expression
Mindanao's media community mourns Manar's demise
Reporters in Southern Mindanao are mourning the demise of a multi-awarded colleague, a renowned peace and conflict-sensitive broadcast journalist.
NDBC News
Prosecutor drops raps vs. 2 Zambo mediamen
The City Prosecutor’s Office of Dipolog City has dismissed the criminal complaint filed by Mayor Maria Isabelle Climaco-Salazar against two anchor-commentators of Emedia Production Network Inc., a locally-owned broadcast television and radio network.
Philippine News Agency
Martial Law
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COVID-19
Cases
PH Covid-19 recoveries rise by 186 to 374,543
The Department of Health (DOH) on Tuesday logged 186 new recovered cases, bringing the overall tally of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) recoveries nationwide to 374,543.
Philippine News Agency
4 deaths, 43 new infections, 42 recoveries in Region12
Four more Covid-19 patients have died in Region 12 due to novel coronavirus diseases related diseases, the Department of Health today said.
NDBC News
Department of Health
IATF/NTF COVID-19
Gov’t to use Covid-19 antigen tests in evacuation centers
The government will use antigen tests to screen families displaced by typhoons for coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), Malacañang said Tuesday.
Philippine News Agency
Regions
Luzon including NCR
Pasig conducts Covid-19 testing for typhoon victims
The city government of Pasig has conducted coronavirus disease (Covid-19) testing for typhoon-affected residents staying in evacuation centers to prevent transmission of the disease while disaster response is ongoing.
Philippine News Agency
Quezon City’s COVID-19 positivity rate slows down further
Quezon City’s coronavirus disease (COVID-19) positivity rate has gone down to only four percent this week.
Manila Bulletin
Visayas
Border control order for travelers from other provinces: Labella
Mayor Edgardo Labella on Tuesday clarified that the executive order he issued on Monday night applies only to individuals who are traveling to the capital city via airports and seaports originating from other provinces.
Philippine News Agency
Mindanao
Sara: ‘I will forever be between a rock and a hard place amidst this pandemic’
Mayor Sara Duterte said she will forever be “between a rock and a hard place” amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.
Mindanews
DQR registration for individuals resumes
The registration to Safe Davao QR (DQR) for individuals resumed on Monday, giving residents and visitors at least a full week to get their personal DQR codes ready for the mandatory enforcement of the system on November 23.
Mindanews
COVID-19 pandemic pushes back 3 major infrastructure projects in Davao City
Three major infrastructure projects of the city government of Davao will no longer push through until the end of Mayor Sara Duterte’s term in mid-2022 due to the debilitating impact of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic to City Hall’s tax generation stream.
Mindanews
Davao Oro gov’t denies Nov. 28 derby event
The Davao de Oro provincial government denied Tuesday that a derby would be held in Nabunturan town on Nov. 28.
Philippine News Agency
World
WHO: 'Life and livelihood' same fight in pandemic
The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday (November 16) the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic was to save both lives and livelihoods. It also said there was no time for complacency in confronting the coronavirus despite positive news about possible vaccines.
Yahoo News
Experts are encouraged by early COVID-19 vaccine findings but warn the US will still face challenging months ahead
The US received more good news on the vaccine front this week — with Moderna's clinical trial data showing its vaccine is more than 94% effective. But the country is still battling a COVID-19 crisis that's ravaging communities and hospital systems and is projected to get a lot worse before a possible vaccine could offer any help.
CNN Philippines
Diplomatic, Development and Private Sector
Incidents and Violations
Editorial, Analysis, Opinion and Features
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
‘Do not compete with me’: Duterte slams Robredo over typhoon response issues
A visibly irked President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday night lashed out at Vice President Leni Robredo for her alleged “grandstanding” and criticism of the government’s response to the onslaught of Typhoon Ulysses.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
Duterte to Robredo: Give orders on day of typhoon? That’s why you can’t be president
Vice President Leni Robredo cannot become the president of the country if she thinks the commander-in-chief should give orders on the day itself that a typhoon is expected to hit, President Rodrigo Duterte said Tuesday.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
Duterte unfazed by call for students’ strike vs gov’t response to typhoon
President Rodrigo Duterte is unfazed by the call for students in major colleges and universities in Metro Manila to go on strike in protest against the government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic and recent spate of typhoons.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT
Helping during a calamity is not a contest, Robredo tells Duterte
Helping Filipinos during a calamity should not be a contest, Vice President Leni Robredo told President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday following the latter’s fresh tirades over her typhoon response efforts.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
VP camp tells Panelo: No, Robredo did not use gov’t plane in Bicol relief ops
Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo “should get his facts straight.”
The camp of Vice President Leni Robredo said this on Tuesday as it disputed the claim of the Palace official who said that the opposition leader boarded a government-owned C-130 when she went to the Bicol region to provide relief to those affected by the recent typhoons.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
AUDIT, GRAFT, AND CORRUPTION
[Opinion] Another anti-corruption campaign
With much fanfare, President Duterte declared that he will devote his last years in office fighting corruption. To this end, he created a mega task force, led by the Department of Justice, to rid government of grafters. He then ordered the DOJ to immediately investigate all allegations of corruption and even offered rewards to anyone able to provide tips on government scams.
Philippine Star
BUDGET, FINANCE, and TAXATION
DBM releases P1.5 billion to LGUs hit by Quinta, Rolly
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) yesterday released P1.5 billion to local government units (LGUs) to support their disaster relief efforts following the onslaught of Super Typhoon Rolly and Typhoon Quinta.
Philippine Star
Amla tweaks will boost PHL credit score–experts
As the Philippines seeks to secure more “A” credit ratings, experts see passage of the amendments to the Anti-Money Laundering Act (Amla) immediately as crucial to this campaign.
Business Mirror
BUSINESS, ECONOMY AND INVESTMENT
Australia's Macquarie to invest P43-M in Pinay-led SMEs
The Macquarie Group Foundation, in partnership with the Australian government, is investing more than PHP43 million to support women-led small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the Philippines and help offset the pandemic's impact on their businesses.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
BSP, research firm to conduct nationwide survey on ways PH consumers pay
The central bank is conducting its first nationwide survey of the Philippine consumer payments landscape as part of its thrust to get more Filipinos to use digital means for financial transactions and get more people to open financial transaction accounts.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
‘Big bounce back’ in GDP growth seen in 2021
With a COVID-19 vaccine just around the corner, President Duterte’s chief economic manager on Tuesday said the Philippines was poised for a strong economic recovery next year from the pandemic-induced recession.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
Work-from-home arrangement extended for ecozone BPO firms
The Philippine Economic Zone Authority (Peza) has allowed the IT-BPM industry to continue earning most of its revenues from work done at home until September next year as the pandemic reshapes even life in the office.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
BUILD, BUILD, BUILD and PUBLIC WORKS
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
DISASTER AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE
Teodoro appeals for materials to repair typhoon-damaged houses
Marikina City Mayor Marcelino “Marcy” Teodoro on Tuesday appealed for construction material donations to rebuild damaged houses of his constituents affected by massive flooding due to Typhoon Ulysses last week.
Philippine News Agency
Go confirms PRRD to sign EO creating TF on rehab efforts
Senator Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go has confirmed that President Rodrigo R. Duterte is set to sign within the week an executive order establishing the inter-agency task force to start the rehabilitation of areas devastated by recent typhoons.
Philippine News Agency
What Duterte's 15 (and counting) task forces say about government
President Rodrigo Duterte has created 15 task forces since the start of his administration and plans to create another one to tackle rehabilitation of areas devastated by Typhoon Ulysses (Vamco).
Rappler
In the Philippines, typhoons shatter myth of disaster resiliency
Instead of building disaster resiliency by improving the lives of the Filipino people, the Philippine government romanticizes the so-called ability of Filipinos to rise above crisis after crisis, in an attempt to absolve itself from criminal neglect.
Bulatlat
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
DEFENSE AND SECURITY
Lorenzana OK with NDRRMC control of dams during typhoons
Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Tuesday is fine with the proposal to put the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) in charge of dam discharge protocols in times of calamities and typhoons.
Philippine News Agency
Armed Forces of the Philippines
PH to get $18-M worth of precision-guided munition from US
The Philippines will receive USD18 million worth of precision-guided munitions from the United States next month, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said Tuesday.
Philippine News Agency
Philippine National Police
EDUCATION
DepEd to provide financial aid to typhoon-hit teachers, personnel
Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Leonor Briones on Tuesday said the department will provide financial assistance to teachers and employees severely affected by the recent typhoons.
Philippine News Agency
No need for ‘academic ease’: Palace
Malacañang on Tuesday thumbed down calls for universities and colleges to ease the academic load of students amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic and the destruction caused by successive typhoons.
Philippine News Agency
Empirical bases for ending the semester and mass promoting UP Diliman students (and ousting you-know-who)
Remote learning cannot continue in the wake of the global pandemic and the strong typhoons, not to mention the incompetence and indifference of the Duterte administration.
Bulatlat
INFORMATION, COMMUNICATION AND TECHNOLOGY
Internet woes force Senate to halt session
The Senate on Tuesday suspended budget debates in plenary due to internet connectivity issues, as most of its members were participating through online video conferencing.
The livestream of the Senate budget debates was cut around 2:30 p.m., shortly after internet provider Converge announced a nationwide outage. The Senate's session resumed at 2:52 p.m.
Manila Standard
IP registration to speed up via 'Sci-tech Superhighway'
Intellectual Property (IP) registration in the country would speed up as the government on Tuesday launched the Science and Technology Superhighway program, with the goal of fast-tracking processes, from the filing of registration, designs, and trademarks.
Philippine News Agency
ELECTION RELATED
PET denies Marcos plea to inhibit magistrate in poll case
The Supreme Court (SC), sitting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET), turned down motions seeking the recusal of Associate Justice Marvic Leonen from the election protest case between former senator Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. and Vice President Ma. Leonor "Leni" Robredo.
Philippine News Agency
ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES
Climate change bigger threat than Covid-19 – Red Cross
The world should react with the same urgency to climate change as to the coronavirus crisis, the Red Cross said on Tuesday, warning that global warming poses a greater threat than the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19).
Manila Times
DENR to conduct nationwide waterways dredging project, evaluates Laguna Lake
Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu wants an immediate assessment of the major waterways like rivers across the country to determine which of them needs to undergo dredging.
UNTV News
Planting trees must for firms seeking DENR, NIA franchise
To help arrest deforestation nationwide, Malacañang said Tuesday applicants for franchise and license with the National Irrigation Administration and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources must plant trees.
Manila Standard
LABOR
LEGISLATIVE
Senate of the Philippines
Senators hit as ‘almost criminal’ DSWD’s over P83B unspent funds
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has over P83 billion in unspent funds from allocations in previous budgets and the two Bayanihan laws.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
Senators still want cash payment toll booths despite shift to RFID system
Some senators on Tuesday stressed the need for a cash payment option on tollways even while a cashless system is already being enforced.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
House of Representatives
Solons slam politically charged attacks on gov’t amid typhoon season
President Duterte’s allies in the House of Representatives have decried the supposedly politically charged attacks against the administration in connection with the destructive effects of successive typhoons that struck the country.
Manila Bulletin
Solon files Bayanihan 3 bill
A lawmaker at the House of Representatives is seeking additional funding to strengthen the government's efforts and response to the ongoing public health crisis complicated by three successive typhoons that battered most parts of Luzon.
Philippine News Agency
Bill creating medical reserve corps hurdles House panel
A committee at the House of Representatives on Tuesday approved a measure proposing the creation of a medical reserve corps, which is a priority measure of President Rodrigo Duterte.
Philippine News Agency
LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS (LGUs)
Quezon guv lauds nat’l gov’t for early response, aid
Quezon province Governor Danilo Suarez on Tuesday lauded the national government for providing early response and assistance to families severely affected by Typhoon "Ulysses" after he visited five island municipalities including Jomalig, Patnanungan, Panukulan, Burdeos, and Polilio.
Philippine News Agency
Dagupan mayor donates salary, bonus as cash gift to JOs
Mayor Marc Brian Lim has donated four months’ worth of his salary and year-end bonus, to be divided as a cash gift to the city government’s job order (JO) employees.
Philippine News Agency
GenSan tracks locust swarms from neighboring towns
Agriculture personnel here have stepped up their monitoring on farms and grasslands in the city’s boundary areas due to the possible emergence of locust swarms coming from neighboring localities.
Philippine News Agency
OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
Aussie aid to PH typhoon response reaches P35-M
The Australian government's assistance since the devastating Super Typhoon Rolly and Typhoon Ulysses hit the Philippines reached PHP35 million, Australian Ambassador Steven Robinson said on Tuesday.
Philippine News Agency
FOREIGN RELATIONS
West Philippine Sea
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE
HOUSING and SETTLEMENT
POVERTY
SOCIAL WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT
TRANSPORTATION
1K more jeeps to ply routes in Metro Manila
More than 1,000 traditional public utility jeepneys (TPUJs) will be back on the streets of Metro Manila beginning Wednesday, according to the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB).
Philippine News Agency
TOURISM
WATER and ENERGY
Green energy advocates urge DOE to remove coal in energy mix amid calamities
Sustainable energy advocacy groups on Tuesday called on the Department of Energy (DOE) to once and for all remove the coal in the country’s energy mix, claiming that coal-fired plants contributed to the worsening natural calamities.
GMA News
Magat Dam inflow still considerable
A considerable volume of water continues to flow into Magat Dam which some blame for Region II's record-breaking flooding in the aftermath of Typhoon Ulysses (international name Vamco) this month.
Philippine News Agency
Aboitiz Group clarifies it runs the Magat hydro plant, not Magat Dam
The Aboitiz Group on Tuesday clarified that it operates the Magat Hydroelectric Power Plant on the border of Isabela and Cagayan, not the Magat Dam owned by the national government through the National Irrigation Administration (NIA).
GMA News
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