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Communist Rebellion
Formal request needed before ruling on UP-DND accord: Guevarra
Department of Justice (DOJ) Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Monday said the department will await a formal request for adjudication if any is forthcoming from any of the concerned parties before it may rule on the contentious abrogation of a 31-year agreement between the University of the Philippines and the Department of National Defense (DND).
Philippine News Agency 

UP community unites in defending academic freedom
“I must express our grave concern over this abrogation, as it is totally unnecessary and unwarranted, and may result in worsening rather than improving relations between our institutions, and detract from our common desire for peace, justice, and freedom in our society.” — UP President Danilo L. Concepcion
Bulatlat 

City-funded university also Red-tagged
The city-funded Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila decried on Monday the military’s latest attempt to label the university as a recruitment center for communist rebels, saying it was an “insult to the school’s distinguished faculty, staff and dedicated students.”
Philippine Daily Inquirer

Military ‘sorry’ for false list of dead or captured NPA
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (UP) apologized for its false list of University of the Philippines (UP) students who died or were captured as New People’s Army (NPA) rebels. In a statement, the AFP said it sincerely apologizes to those “inadvertently affected by inconsistencies” in the list published on its Facebook account.
Kodao Productons 

Red-tagging, as explained by an AFP top brass and a premier activist
Just a few months ago, military and government officials were rebuked for Red-tagging apparent critics, including celebrities, of the Duterte administration.
Philippine Daily Inquirer

Senate to review red-tagging issue amid ‘faulty’ intelligence information
Senate probers will take a second look at initial findings on the red-tagging issue following indications of fumbling by military intelligence, which has been called out for including several personalities and schools among those allegedly in league with communist rebels.
Business Mirror 

Special audit of military’s confidential and intelligence funds urged
Proposals for the conduct of a special audit of confidential and intelligence funds (CIF) spent by various military and law enforcement agencies have won support in the House of  Representatives.
Manila Bulletin

CHR raises alarm over AFP’s list of UP alumni who ‘joined’ NPA
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has raised the alarm over the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ (AFP) inaccurate list of former University of the Philippines (UP) students accused of joining the communist New People’s Army (NPA), saying it may put the lives of people in danger.
Philippine Daily Inquirer | Philippine Star 

Palace cautions AFP on Red list
The Palace on Monday urged the military to exercise prudence in issuing statements after it inaccurately named several prominent University of the Philippines (UP) alumni as members of the New People's Army.
Presidential spokesman Harry Roque suggested that if the military were more careful, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana would not need to apologize.
Manila Standard 

What’s the Duterte government up to with AFP’s reckless red-tagging?
Journalist Roel Landingin, one of the 28 named in the latest red-tagging offensive of the Duterte government, expressed concern over the credibilityof information that the military has and uses.
Vera Files

[Opinion] Lorenzana lost his way
I’ve met Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana only once, briefly, on the sidelines of an event. He was sharp, attentive, and willing to listen, as his reputation led me to expect. Former and current government officials who served or continue to serve at very high levels of government had told me Lorenzana was a straight shooter, a man they respected and that the country could rely on, and because I trusted them I trusted their judgment.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
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P16.4b for former Red-held villages
At least 822 remote villages recently liberated from communist influence by the military and the police will soon start getting the benefits of their cooperation with the government as the Department of Budget and Management has released P16.4 billion for the Barangay Development Program whose primary purpose is to end the poverty caused by insurgency.
Manila Standard 

38 ex-NPAs receive livelihood package
THIRTY-EIGHT former members of the New People’s Army (NPA) have received P10,000 livelihood starter kit each or a total of P380,000 to earn a living and start a new life.
Sunstar Zamboanga 

Peace talks

Rural development or chicken feed palliatives?
The concept of development of the military morons in the NTF-ELCAC involves the following: taking over functions of civil agencies of the reactionary government and claiming epal or psywar credit for them, like the following: farm to market roads by the Department of Agriculture (DA) and Department of Public Works and Highways — PHP12 million; school buildings by the Department of Education — PHP3 million; water and sanitation systems by the Department of the Interior and Local Government –PHP2 million; and reforestation and national greening program of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources and for health stations by the Department of Health — PHP1.5 million each.
National Democratic Front of the Philippines 

Incidents/Operations
 
Extremism
Carpio, Morales ask SC: Compel gov't to explain Parlade red-tagging post
The retired justices say Parlade is committing 'terrorism' by endangering the lives of anti-terror law petitioners
Rappler

Batac police station in Ilocos apologizes for misleading post on Anti-Terror Act
The police station of Batac City in Ilocos Norte has apologized for posting a photo on its social media site that supposedly contained misleading information about what is not allowed under the Anti-Terrorism Act.
Philippine Daily Inquirer

MARAWI 

SOUTHEAST ASIA AND THE WORLD

ISIS terrorism returns to target women in Syria - analysis
Two women have been abducted and murdered in eastern Syria. These appear to be the latest murders carried out by ISIS against the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces and their civilian authorities.
The Jerusalem Post

A global effort to counter extremism through education
This brief argues that we should productively use the current moment of reckoning with the post-9/11 era to redefine our paradigm for countering extremism and terrorism around the world in a manner that is both comprehensive and cost-effective.
Brookings Institute

British prisons too soft on extremism, according to new review
Inmates are not being prosecuted for terrorist acts committed in prisons and extremism is being “encouraged,” according to a government-backed independent review.
Arab News

A 2009 warning about right-wing extremism was engulfed by politics. There are signs it’s happening again.
In April 2009, federal intelligence officials issued a prescient warning to police departments around the country. “Right-wing extremists will attempt to recruit and radicalize returning veterans in order to exploit their skills and knowledge derived from military training and combat,” experts in the Department of Homeland Security wrote. “These skills and knowledge have the potential to boost the capabilities of extremists — including lone wolves or small terrorist cells — to carry out violence.”
USa Today

Is Deplatforming Enough To Fight Disinformation And Extremism?
NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with crisis informatics expert Kate Starbird about whether deplatforming is enough to stop disinformation and violent extremism online.
National Public Radio (NPR)

Can we teach our way out of political polarization?
You’re the people that built this nation. You’re not the people that tore down our nation,” former President Donald Trump told the collection of white supremacists, conspiracy theorists and would-be instigators of a second civil war who rallied with him in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6. The crowd cheered at the idea that people like them — mostly white, mostly male — were the true heroes of American history. Then they ransacked the Capitol.
The Hechinger Report

Survey: Canadians concerned with online hate speech and extremism
Canadians are concerned about the rise of online hate speech and extremism, according to a new survey conducted by the Canadian Race Relations Foundation and Abacus Data.
Radio Canada International

Countering Pakistan-based terrorism: India-France steps up counter-extremism coop
New Delhi: India and France are planning to expand their collaboration against Pakistan-based extremism and terrorism both through bilateral means as well as multilateral forums.
India Blooms

Iraq hangs three convicted of 'terrorism': security source
Three Iraqis convicted of "terrorism" were hanged on Monday, a security source said, days after a deadly double suicide attack in a crowded Baghdad marketplace killed over 30 people.
France 24
 
Bangsamoro
BARMM 

Violent incidents in Bangsamoro continue to decline, but land ownership sparks new tensions
Violent incidents in the Bangsamoro continued to decline in 2019, the first year of the transition period under the new regional government, according to International Alert Philippines’ latest conflict report released Monday.
Business World | GMA News | Manila Bulletin

Shadow economy, extremist activities prevail in Barmm, International Alert reports
Despite a decline in violent conflict incidents, shadow economy and violent extremism activities continued in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (Barmm), according to International Alert Philippines.
Business Mirror |  CNN Philippines
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Save Sulu Movement, Gov. Catamco, Cardinal Quevedo back transition period extension
Adding to the growing number of supporters to extend the Bangsamoro transition period are Save Sulu Movement (SSM), North Cotabato Governor Nancy A. Catamco, and Cardinal Orlando B. Quevedo, who released statements backing that three years is not enough for the Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) to be able to complete its mandates.
NDBC News

Save the Children Philippines partners with BARMM to protect children’s rights
To ensure the fulfillment of children’s rights during situations of armed conflict, calamities and emergencies, a child rights group has partnered with the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM).
Manila Bulletin

MAGUINDANAO AND COTABATO CITY 

6 years on, MILF maintains Mamasapano carnage due to PNP-SAF’s lack of coordination 
Exactly six years ago today, 25 January, the Mamasapano carnage during the previous Aquino administration shocked the nation, which the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the families of the 44 fallen commandos of the elite Special Action Forces (SAF) commemorated anew with a candle-lighting and wreath-laying ceremony.
Mindanews

Justice still elusive for SAF 44
Six years after 44 police commandos were killed in a botched mission to capture a Malaysian bomber in Mamasapano town, Maguindanao province, Baguio Mayor Benjamin Magalong and their families are still upset that no one has been prosecuted for their deaths.
Philippine Daily Inquirer

Duterte says 'debt of gratitude' to SAF44 'cannot be repaid'
President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday said the country's "debt of gratitude" to 44 police commandos who lost their lives in an anti-terror raid "cannot be repaid", 6 years after their death in Mamasapano, Maguindanao. 
ABS- CBN
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Hunt for two other targets in bloody police operation launched
The military and police are cooperating in locating two elusive cohorts of the 12 gunmen killed in a five-hour law-enforcement operation in Sultan Kudarat town Saturday.
NDBC News

LANAO PROVINCES

BASILAN

SULU 

PRRD Visits Troops of JTF-SULU, commends Militarty Accomplishments in FIGHT AGAINST TERRORISM
On the afternoon of January 22, 2021, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte, visited the troops of Joint Task Force-Sulu and commended their accomplishments in the government’s fight against terrorism.
Kalinaw News

9 cops who killed soldiers still in Sulu: Sinas
PNP CHIEF Gen. Debold Sinas yesterday said the nine dismissed policemen who are accused of killing four Army intelligence personnel in Jolo town in Sulu in June last year are still in the province.
Malaya

TAWI-TAWI 
 
Shadow economies
DRUGS

Operations/ Incidents

3 nabbed, P1.8-M shabu seized in anti-drug sting
THE Drug Enforcement Unit of Zamboanga City Police Office (ZCPO) arrested three drug personalities and seized some P1.8 million worth of suspected shabu in an anti-illegal drug operation in Zamboanga City, a top police official announced Monday, January 25, 2021.
Sunstar Zamboanga 

P6.8-M shabu hidden in car battery seized in Iligan buy-bust
Authorities arrested on Sunday afternoon a 22-year-old suspect who yielded about a kilo of shabu worth PHP6.8 million in a buy-bust operation here on Sunday.
Philippine News Agency 

3 pushers nabbed, P1.8-M shabu seized in Zambo City
Policemen under the City Drug Enforcement Unit (CDEU) have arrested three alleged big-time drug pushers and seized some PHP1.8 million worth of illegal drugs in an anti-drug operation here, an official said Monday.
Philippine News Agency 

Nanlaban’ in Lucena: Drug suspect wielding .45 pistol killed in buy-bust operation
A suspected drug pusher was killed in a gunfight with police during a buy-bust operation here on Monday (Jan. 25).
Philippine Daily Inquirer

2 suspected drug pushers slain in Cavite buy-busts
Two suspected drug personalities were killed in separate buy-bust operations that ended in armed encounters in Cavite province.
Philippine Daily Inquirer

Recovery and Rehabilitation

ILLICIT FIREARMS, EXPLOSIVES, AND AMMUNITION

Priest killed in Bukidnon
A priest from the Diocese of Malaybalay was ambushed and killed by still unidentified armed men Sunday night as he was returning home to St. John XXIII College Seminary, his body found near the gate of the Carmelite Monastery in Barangay Patpat, Malaybalay City.
Mindanews | NDBC News

CROSS-BORDER TRADING/ SMUGGLING/ COUNTERFEIT GOODS  

HUMAN TRAFFICKING

KIDNAPPING/ ABDUCTION

ILLEGAL GAMBLING

ILLICIT FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS/ EXTORTION
 
Land issues
34 years after the Mendiola massacre, farmers still being killed for fighting for land
Thirty four years ago, farmer Zenaida Soriano travelled from Pakil, Laguna to join a protest action in Manila to demand land reform.
Bulatlat 

 
Indigenous People's
Championing local textiles the right way means a lot to our indigenous communities
In the time when cultural appropriation is among the many issues being called out in the world, it is pretty inspiring to see that the Philippines is hitting the nail on the head in bringing the country’s vibrant weaving culture to the center stage. 
Manila Bulletin
 
Human Rights
Press Freedom/ Freedom of expression
NUJP: Where is justice in Doc Gerry’s killing?
The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) bewailed the lack of justice for the killing of a broadcaster in Palawan exactly a decade ago.
Kodao Productons 

NUJP sounds alarm over red-tagging of journalists
The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) sounded the alarm over the inclusion of two journalists in the list of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) as alleged University of the Philippines (UP) students who became rebels.
Manila Bulletin

Martial Law 
Governance

COVID-19

Cases

Department of Health

Health care utilization rate in 2 provinces at ‘critical level’ — Duque
Two provinces in the country have reached the critical level in terms of health care utilization rate, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said Monday.
Philippine Daily Inquirer

IATF/NTF COVID-19

Galvez banks on info drive to counter anti-vaxxers on social media
Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. on Monday stressed the importance of an information drive to counter anti-vaxxers (people who disagree with the use of vaccines for a variety of reasons) on social media which he said is among the reasons for low vaccine confidence among Filipinos.
Philippine Daily Inquirer

IATF to operationalize inclusion of soldiers, police’s families
The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) will “operationalize” the inclusion of families of soldiers and police in the priority list of the government's Covid-19 vaccination program, Malacañang said Monday.
Philippine News Agency 

Regions

Luzon including NCR

NKTI offers COVID-19 RT-PCR test for only P391
The National Kidney Transplant Institute (NKTI) in Quezon City is offering Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction(RT-PCR) or swab coronavirus disease (COVID-19) testing for only P391.
Manila Bulletin

Contact tracing app in Pasig, Valenzuela, Antipolo now integrated
The city governments of Pasig, Valenzuela, and Antipolo have partnered to integrate the use of their respective contact tracing applications to boost efforts in the fight against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19).
Philippine News Agency 

Cold chain facility in Taytay ready to store 28M vaccines
A cold chain storage facility in Taytay, Rizal is now ready to house coronavirus vaccines, Mayor Joric Gacula said on Monday.
Philippine News Agency 

Visayas

DOH 7 to immunize 1.5M kids vs. childhood preventable diseases
THE Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH 7) is targeting toimmunize more than 1.5 million children against preventable diseases such as measles, polio and rubella.
Yahoo News

Mindanao

Overwhelmed with surge of COVID-19 cases, Davao Oriental hospital temporarily stops operation
The Davao Oriental Provincial Medical Center (DOPMC) in Mati City will be temporarily ceasing operations starting Monday as it grapples with the surge of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in its hospital compound.
Mindanews

World 

New Zealand says new Covid-19 case is South African variant
New Zealand’s first case of coronavirus in the community for more than two months has been identified as the more contagious South African variant, prompting Australia to suspend quarantine-free travel from the neighbouring country for at least 72 hours.
Manila Bulletin

Diplomatic, Development and Private Sector 

Russian envoy assures supply of Sputnik vaccines for PH
Russian Ambassador Marat Pavlov has assured Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana that Moscow is ready to deliver Sputnik V, their brand of  COVID-9 vaccine, to the Philippines as a proof of warming ties between the two countries.
Manila Bulletin

Incidents and Violations

Parañaque mayor apologizes for mauling incident
Parañaque City Mayor Edwin Olivarez apologized on Monday to the family of the vendor mauled by members of a local road clearing task force, vowing to punish those involved in the assault. Olivarez assured that the five task force personnel would be removed and administratively sanctioned after being afforded due process as he acknowledged the “excessive force” they used on vendor Warren Villanueva.
Philippine Daily Inquirer

Editorial, Analysis, Opinion and Features

Covid divide: Billionaires thrive as poor suffer
Billionaires, including Amazon’s Jeff Bezos and Tesla founder Elon Musk, have seen their wealth soar during the Covid-19 pandemic while the world’s poor face years of hardship, charity Oxfam said on Monday as it demanded steps to tackle inequality.
Philippine Daily Inquirer

OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

Duterte slams ‘critics’ who ‘prevented’ corruption in vaccine procurement
President Rodrigo Duterte slammed administration critics who claim to have prevented corruption in the procurement of Covid-19 vaccines, saying these are people who are trying to muddle the discussions.
Philippine Daily Inquirer

Duterte reminds public: Mask should cover entire nose
President Rodrigo Duterte reminded the public anew on the proper wearing of masks as protection against the coronavirus, saying that some wear masks that do not cover the entire nose.
Philippine Daily Inquirer

Quarantine likely to remain localized – Palace
Despite the continuous rise in COVID-19 infections, quarantine classifications are expected to remain localized as a wide-reaching lockdown would have a lot of repercussions, officials said yesterday.
Philippine Star 

Despite military kin's inclusion, Palace insists priority list for COVID-19 jabs unchanged
Palace on Monday sought to deny that there had been changes in the administration's list of priority to get the COVID-19 vaccine, after President Rodrigo Duterte said he would now include families of the military among those first to take the jabs. 
Philippine Star 

OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT

AUDIT, GRAFT, AND CORRUPTION

BUDGET, FINANCE, and TAXATION

House panel OKs bill easing payment of taxes
The House committee on ways and means approved Monday the bill seeking to ease settlement of taxes and codify a bill of rights for taxpayers in the country.
Philippine Daily Inquirer

BIR tax effort hits 10.67% in 2020
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR)’s tax effort eased to 10.67 percent in 2020 as the pandemic-induced economic crisis slowed down the agency’s revenue generating capacity last year, the Department of Finance (DOF) reported yesterday.
Philippine Star 

Industry recovery sidelined by tariff measures
The number of imported cars being sold in the country is on the rise while the number of locally assembled cars in the Philippine market has considerably declined. Recently, Nissan shuttered its Sta. Rosa, Laguna manufacturing facility, ending the local production of the Almera. This development came at the heels of Honda pulling the plug on the local production of the City and BR-V last year. This has prompted the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to enact a provisional safeguard measure through additional cash bonds on imported vehicles. 
Manila Times

BUSINESS, ECONOMY AND INVESTMENT

PHL business optimism falls to lowest since 2016
ECONOMIC OPTIMISM among Philippine midsized businesses continued to fall in the second half of 2020, as the pandemic continued to weigh heavily on the economy. The P&A Grant Thornton International Business Report (IBR) on Monday said that almost half (49%) of the 50 midsized Philippine businesses surveyed have either “a slightly or very optimistic economic outlook” for the next 12 months.
Business World 

Gov’t hopeful on faster economic growth
Achieving herd immunity from COVID-19 through mass vaccination will allow faster economic recovery toward the end of 2021, President Duterte’s chief economic manager said Monday.
Philippine Daily Inquirer 

BUILD, BUILD, BUILD and PUBLIC WORKS

CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS

DISASTER AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

DEFENSE AND SECURITY

Armed Forces of the Philippines

PH Navy, PCG have ships with sub-zero freezers to store, transport vaccines
The Philippine Navy and the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) have ships with freezers that can store Covid-19 vaccines in sub-zero temperatures, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said Monday.
Philippine Daily Inquirer

4th Infantry Division Celebrates thru Gift-Giving
The residents of Barangay Parmbugas benefited from an outreach program of the 4th Infantry Division, facilitated by the 58th Dimalulupig Infantry Battalion at the covered court in Barangay Parmbugas, Claveria, January 25, 2021.
Kalinaw News

Philippine National Police

Changes made to prevent another Mamasapano incident: SAF chief
Philippine National Police-Special Action Force (PNP-SAF) director Maj. Gen. Bernabe Balba on Monday said continuous coordination with the Armed Forces of the Philippines and other law enforcers is one of the changes imposed to prevent another Mamasapano incident that claimed the lives of 44 SAF troopers six years ago.
Philippine News Agency 

EDUCATION

Teachers to help on vax program info-drive: Briones
Education Secretary Leonor Briones on Monday said teachers will assist the Department of Health (DOH) in educating the people on the “general aspects” of information about the national vaccination program.
Philippine News Agency 

INFORMATION, COMMUNICATION AND TECHNOLOGY  

 DOST launches digital storytelling platform on science
“I hope you will not get boxed in a particular way.” This was the message of Dr. Teresa S. Encarnacion Tadem, Ph.D., a political science professor at the University of the Philippines (UP)  to young researchers during the first webisode of iShare.
Manila Bulletin

ELECTION RELATED

Adjustment on schedule, venue of voters registration proposed
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is looking to implement adjustment on the schedule and venue of the ongoing voters registration to meet its four million new voters target.
Philippine News Agency 

[Editorial] Chastised, cut down to size
Hell hath no fury like a Supreme Court insulted. The high court, sitting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET), has strongly rebuked Solicitor General Jose Calida for using his high office to intervene in the private election protest filed by defeated candidate Ferdinand “Bongbong’’ Marcos Jr. against Vice President Leni Robredo.
Philippine Daily Inquirer

ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES


LABOR

LEGISLATIVE

Senate of the Philippines

Include galunggong in price freeze list — Sen.Poe
The price of galunggong has been extremely high. Senator Grace Poe on Monday thus asked the Department of Agriculture (DA) to include galunggong in the goods it wants to subject to a price freeze as she asked the DA to identify the calamity or emergency the country is in to warrant the price freeze.
Manila Bulletin

House of Representatives

Bill on right to adequate food hurdles 2nd reading in House
A bill providing a framework to protect and promote the right to adequate food hurdled second reading approval at the House of Representatives.
Philippine News Agency 

LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS (LGUs)

OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE

FOREIGN RELATIONS  

Not our business to criticize China’s laws –Locsin
To criticize China for passing a new law that allows its Coast Guard to shoot any foreign vessels operating within its so-called  “jurisdictional waters” is “none of our business,” Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said on Monday. 
Manila Bulletin

Lorenzana meets with foreign envoys
At least three ambassadors came calling on Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana early this month, bringing to the table a host of issues ranging from the South China Sea dispute to and a commitment of readiness to supply coronavirus vaccines.
Philippine Daily Inquirer

West Philippine Sea

Palace calls on nations not to escalate tensions in SCS
Malacañang is urging nations to exercise restraint after China recently passed a law giving power to its coast guard to fire on foreign vessels and demolish structures built in the South China Sea (SCS).
Philippine News Agency 

South China Sea alert: Beijing warns Biden pushing it to brink of terrifying conflict
CHINA has angrily accused the US of "flexing its muscles" in the South China Sea after new President Joe Biden sent an aircraft carrier group into the disputed waterway in a move which Beijing warned could trigger a disastrous war.
Express UK

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE

DA warns traders, manipulators of fine up to P100-M
The Department of Agriculture (DA) on Monday warned unscrupulous traders and manipulators that they will be fined as high as PHP100 million if they are found sowing a false shortage of agricultural commodities such as pork, chicken, fish, and vegetables or manipulating their prices
Canadian Inquirer

Use of dams in aquaculture proposed
DAMS and some lakes can be tapped for aquaculture, with the industry possibly attracting investors if the new growing areas are opened up, according to advocacy group Tugon Kabuhayan.
Business World 

HOUSING and SETTLEMENT

POVERTY

SOCIAL WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT

476,736 poor families receive cash aid under Bayanihan 2
Over 476,700 poor families have benefited from the national government’s implementation of the Emergency Subsidy Program (ESP) under Bayanihan 2, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) disclosed Monday.
Manila Bulletin

500 Pantawid members in Zamboanga City face delisting
Some 500 recipients of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) in this city face expulsion from the program because of various violations.
Philippine News Agency 

TRANSPORTATION

DOTr eyes partial operability of Cebu BRT this year
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) is eyeing the partial operability of one of the crucial segments of the Cebu Bus Rapid Transit (Cebu BRT) within the year as Secretary Arthur Tugade ordered round-the-clock construction work.
Philippine News Agency 

TOURISM

WATER and ENERGY

AC Energy acquires 96.7% of Leviste solar power firm

AC Energy Corp. said Monday it acquired a majority stake in Solar Philippines Central Luzon Corp. from Solar Philippines Power Project Holdings Inc. that will pave the way for the development of more power projects between the two parties.
Manila Standard 

 

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