23 armed rebels surrender in Zamboanga del Sur —PNP
The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Thursday said 23 local guerilla front members surrendered to authorities in Zamboanga del Sur the day before.
GMA News
DSWD-CARAGA to provide livelihood assistance to 120 Former rebels in AgSur
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) of CARAGA Region declared the provision of Livelihood Settlement Grant (LSG) to the former rebels (FRs) of the 26th Infantry (Ever Onward) Battalion during an Orientation on Sustainable Livelihood Program Modalities and Processes held at the Municipal Hall of San Luis, ADS today, February 11, 2021.
Kalinaw News
DTI awards Sari-Sari Store to People’s Organization
Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in collaboration with Army’s 72nd Infantry “Gabay” Battalion awarded Sari-Sari Store worth 8,000 pesos to 14 members of Brgy Tuael Peaceful Farmers Association of the Municipality of Pres Roxas on February 10, 2021 at Covered Court, Brgy Tuael, Pres Roxas, North Cotabato.
Kalinaw News
Peace talks
Reds assure safe passage of anti-Covid vaccines into guerilla zones
The New People’s Army (NPA) will ensure unimpeded passage of anti-coronavirus vaccines in its guerilla base and zones, the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) announced.
Kodao Productons
Incidents/Operations
On Matuguinao Mayor Aran Boller’s foolish “surrender deadline”
No one is surprised by the “surrender” deadline set by the foolish, hawkish, military dog and Matuguinao mayor Aran Boller to barangay captains accused of supporting the NPA before Feburary 15. If not, he declares, they will be charged for violating the fascist Anti-Terror Law.
Communist Party of the Philippines
Soldiers aid injured NPA member in Quezon Province
A member of the New People’s Army (NPA) was rescued by soldiers who were conducting clearing operations in Catanauan, Quezon Province.
UNTV
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SC appoints ex-Chief Justice Puno as ‘friend of court’ on anti-terror law deliberations
The Supreme Court has appointed retired Chief Justice Reynato Puno as amicus curiae or “friend of the court” for its deliberations on the petitions against Republic Act No. 11479 or the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA).
Philippine Daily Inquirer
PAO, IP commission will now represent Aetas charged under anti-terrorism law
It's official. The Public Attorney's Office and the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples will now defend Japer Gurung and Junior Ramos, the two Aetas facing charges under the controversial Anti-Terrorism Act.
CNN Philippines
Aeta men maintain torture allegations against soldiers
Despite the junking of their petition to join the opposition to the antiterror law and the replacement of their original lawyers with government counsels, the two Aeta men who were arrested after a clash between communist rebels and Army troops have not retracted their allegations of torture against the soldiers.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
NUPL only ‘added burden,’ 2 Aetas accused of terrorism say
The two Aetas accused of terrorism and allegedly sought to intervene in the Anti-terror Law petitions before the Supreme Court said the National Union of People’s Lawyers (NUPL) only “added burden” to their cases, as they dropped the lawyer’s group as their legal counsel.
Philippine News Agency
Rights defenders urge SC to reprimand Calida for ‘unethical actions’
Human rights defenders called on the Supreme Court to reprimand Solicitor General Jose Calida for his “actions that are unethical and reflective of both moral vacuum and the vicious character of the law that he defends.”
Bulatlat
MARAWI
SOUTHEAST ASIA AND THE WORLD
Rooting out extremism in the military is a tall task — but a necessary one
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin recently convened military leaders and ordered all military commands to focus on rooting out extremism in the ranks for 60 days. The move follows the identification of at least 10 suspects with military ties — primarily National Guard and Reserve veterans — accused of participating in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. As it proceeds, the Pentagon must be careful to look beyond the active-duty force — often its core focus as the full-time guardians of our country — to the part-time Guard and Reserve troops most likely to be called upon to confront domestic armed extremists, yet who are also the most difficult to monitor.
The Hill
Air Force Launching Extremism Review as DOD Mulls Problem
The Department of the Air Force will conduct its own comprehensive assessment of white supremacy and other forms of extremism in its ranks, while senior leaders in the next few weeks begin to discuss the problem with Airmen and Guardians as part of a Pentagon-wide look at the issue.
Air Force Magazine
Military leaders admit active-duty service members participated in the Capitol Riots. Will they be punished?
Every single service member takes an oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States when entering the military. But, the Pentagon announced that some of the extremists who stormed the U.S. Capitol, the heart of our democracy, on Jan. 6., was active-duty military. DOD told WUSA9 they aren't aware of any active-duty troops being indicted yet.
WUSA9 TV
Navy officials address 2 racist incidents on West Coast
Senior U.S. Navy commanders met with sailors on ships on the West Coast Monday and Tuesday, after two recent racist incidents triggered one of the first military stand-downs to address extremism in the ranks.
Navy Times
Ohio is a hotbed for antigovernment extremists, the Southern Poverty Law Center says
Mask mandates and business closures to fight coronavirus, Black Lives Matters rallies, and President Trump’s false election fraud claims stoked the fury of extremist antigovernment groups last year, according to Southern Poverty Law Center President and CEO Margaret Huang. Those issues prompted them to protest by the hundreds at state capitols, including Ohio’s, and by the thousands at last month’s U.S. Capitol riot that resulted in the deaths of five people including a police officer.
Cleveland News
Egypt urged to remove activists from ‘terrorist’ list
Ramy Shaath and Zyad El-Elaimy were arrested in June 2019 and their names were added to the list last April. An appeal to remove them was heard on Wednesday and the decision is due on 10 March.
UN News
Yellen: Use of cryptos for terrorism growing problem
Cryptocurrencies used to launder profits of online drug traffickers, they’ve been a tool to finance terrorism, she says. US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said the misuse of cryptocurrencies, like Bitcoin, for terrorism is a growing problem.
Anadolu Agency
UN counter-terrorism chief: We must defeat Daesh in cyberspace
The United Nations' top counter-terrorism official has said that the terror group Daesh must be defeated in cyberspace by countering its ideology online, amid the group's recent efforts to revive itself.
MIddle East Monitor
Denmark charges seven with attempted terrorism
Prosecutors detained a total of 13 suspects in Denmark and one in Germany, as police seized chemical substances that could have used to make explosives. Danish authorities said on Thursday that they have detained 13 people, through separate arrests, and charged seven with attempted terrorism. Germany also arrested a suspect in the same case.
Deutsche Welle
Pakistan Education Minister Blames 'Weak Education System' For Spread Of Terrorism
The spread of terrorism in Pakistan is the result of the weak education system in the country, said Shafqat Mehmood, Federal Minister for Education. Speaking at a ceremony in Islamabad, Mehmood highlighted the importance of Madressahs in the country as it "ended the void between the state and madressahs."
BW BusinessWorld
Poland: Amendments to the Act on Prevention of Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism and Other Acts
On January 12, 2021, the Council of Ministers adopted a draft law amending the Law on Prevention of Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism and certain other acts, which was submitted by the Minister of Finance, Funds and Regional Policy (the “Draft”).
National Law Review
[Opinion] Lessons from Myanmar
Over the weekend and into this week, thousands upon thousands of people across Myanmar have been denouncing the military coup on Feb. 1 and demanding the release of State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi. The peaceful mass actions, whether in cities or towns in the country of 52 million, are continuing despite the military junta’s earlier shutdown of the internet in an apparent effort to curb protests by monks, students, teachers, civil servants, and health professionals, as well as a fast-growing civil disobedience movement.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
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BARMM
Duterte’s amnesty body draws cheers in Mindanao
Peace advocates in Mindanao welcomed the creation by President Rodrigo Duterte of the National Amnesty Commission (NAC) saying it augured well for combatants of Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) to live normal lives.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
Groups ask Duterte to certify as urgent bills extending transition in BARMM
Civil society groups in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) are urging President Rodrigo Duterte to certify as urgent the passage of bills seeking to move regional elections in 2022 to 2025.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
Iqbal lays out plans for Bangsamoro education on ‘new normal’
Education minister Mohagher Iqbal on Wednesday said some of the education sector’s plans in addressing the challenges amid the “new normal.” “Admittedly, the pandemic has slowed down our operations and crusade for long-term reforms since I took my oath as your Education Minister in 2019,” Iqbal said during the third series of “Online Kapihan: Accountable child-based reporting in the new normal.” Accordingly, solutions to the existing problems are further laid out in the Bangsamoro Education Code and highlight the advocacy of No Bangsamoro Child Shall Be Left Behind.
Manila Times
MAGUINDANAO AND COTABATO CITY
Cotabato Light installs safety gears in city's residential area
To ensure public safety, the Cotabato Light and Power Company (Cotabato Light) installs rubber hose to power lines in residential areas in RS Buan district at the back of Cotabato City Institute compound.
NDBC News
Abducted electric coop technician freed in North Cotabato
Armed men believed to be communist rebels freed Wednesday afternoon an electrical technician they abducted in Arakan, North Cotabato on Monday, police said today.
NDBC News
LANAO PROVINCES
Ambush incident triggers tension in Malabang town
Tension has spread around the now supposedly booming and peaceful Malabang town following the fatal ambush of an uncle of its mayor Wednesday.Rauf Malawani, uncle of the first-termer Mayor Tomas Macapodi of Malabang, Lanao del Sur, died on the spot from bullet wounds sustained in the attack.
NDBC News
JTFC troopers neutralized top five most wanted person
The Joint Task Force Central troopers neutralized a Top 5 Most Wanted Person in Sitio Madjar, Barangay Molimoc, Balabagan town of Lanao del Sur, last February 10, 2021. Lt. Col. Tino Maslan, Commanding Officer of Marine Battalion Landing Team 5 said in a statement that the suspect was identified as Jayson Sampiano Deniega alias Nonoy of legal age and one of the most wanted criminal in the town of Balabagan, whom involved in the crime of multiple murder, drug trafficking, and extortion activities.
Kalinaw News
BASILAN
SULU
TAWI-TAWI
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PH to enhance cooperation with Colombia in fighting terrorism, drug trafficking — Duterte
The Philippines is ready to enhance cooperation with Colombia in fighting drug trafficking and other transnational crimes, President Duterte said Wednesday.
Manila Bulletin
Operations/ Incidents
PNP seizes P6.8-M shabu in Cavite
he Philippine National Police (PNP) on Thursday (February 11) seized around 1 kilogram of suspected illegal drugs worth P6.8 million during a buy-bust operation in Imus, Cavite.
UNTV News
LTFRB-13 orders drug test on bus firm’s drivers amid shabu raps
The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board in Caraga Region (LTFRB-13) has ordered the mandatory drug testing of all drivers and conductors of Bachelor Express, Inc. here (BEI-Butuan), following what the agency characterized as drug-fueled road accidents.
Philippine News Agency
4 nabbed, P13-M illegal drugs seized in Cavite, Nueva Ecija ops
Four drug suspects were arrested while PHP13.4 million worth of illegal drugs were seized in separate operations in Cavite and Nueva Ecija, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said on Thursday.
Philippine News Agency
'Drug den' dismantled; 5 suspects nabbed in Dumaguete
Police and Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) operatives in Negros Oriental have dismantled a “drug den”, seized more than PHP80,000 worth of suspected shabu, and arrested five suspects during a joint operation in Barangay Taclobo here.
Philippine News Agency
Recovery and Rehabilitation
ILLICIT FIREARMS, EXPLOSIVES, AND AMMUNITION
1 killed, another wounded in Davao del Sur gun attack
One person was killed and another was wounded in a gun attack in Matanao town, Davao del Sur province shortly before midnight on Wednesday (Feb. 10), according to police.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
CROSS-BORDER TRADING/ SMUGGLING/ COUNTERFEIT GOODS
HUMAN TRAFFICKING
KIDNAPPING/ ABDUCTION
ILLEGAL GAMBLING
ILLICIT FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS/ EXTORTION
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Watchdog Urges Philippine Government To End Attacks Against Indigenous Peoples
Amnesty International called on the government of the Philippines on Thursday to end the arbitrary killings, arrests and harassment of peaceful dissenters and human rights activists, including those of indigenous background
UrduPoint
KWF to boost Indigenous languages documentation
The Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (KWF) is preparing to intensify its documentation to help better protect and preserve indigenous languages nationwide.
Philippine News Agency
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Boys, too, are victims of sexual violence
An advocacy group on the prevention of child sexual abuse pointed out that sexual violence occurs more often on boys than girls.
Bulatlat
Press Freedom/ Freedom of expression
[Editorial] A ‘fishing expedition’
Trumped-up charges and sloppy case work have no place in the judicial system. That’s the stern reminder once again served the Philippine National Police when Mandaluyong City Judge Monique Quisumbing Ignacio threw out last week the illegal possession of firearms and explosives case the PNP had lodged against journalist Lady Ann Salem and trade unionist Rodrigo Esparago.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
Martial Law
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COVID-19
Cases
PH reports 1,734 new COVID-19 cases; recoveries breach 500,000
The Philippines reported 1,734 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday as the country's cumulative total of recoveries from the infectious disease breached the 500,000 mark.
ABS- CBN News
Department of Health
Covid spikes in 3 regions, but cases drop slightly
The Department of Health (DoH) has reported spikes in coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases in at least three regions in the country and warned of another surge during the Lunar New Year today and Valentine’s Day.
Manila Times
IATF/NTF COVID-19
Regions
Luzon including NCR
Taguig eyes putting up 24/7 vaccination centers
Taguig government on Thursday said it is looking into opening three vaccination hubs that would open 24 hours daily as they prepare for mass inoculation against Covid-19.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
Visayas
Vaccination crucial to full economic recovery: Cebu biz group
The Cebu Chamber of Commerce Industry (CCCI) has expressed its support to the government’s coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccination program, as it is the key to the country’s full economic recovery.
Philippine News Agency
Mindanao
Vaccines for Davao to arrive on Feb. 12
The initial doses of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines for Davao City are expected to arrive on February 12, City Health Office acting head Dr. Ashley Lopez said.
Mindanews
World
Belgium, home to big pharma, assures COVID-19 vaccine access for PH, other countries
Belgium has guaranteed that COVID-19 vaccines will be available to all countries, including the Philippines. In a note verbale transmitted to foreign embassies in the European country Thursday, Belgium said that companies “will be able to fulfill their contractual obligations towards third countries, and the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines will not be interrupted.”
ABS- CBN News
US CDC says fully vaccinated people need not quarantine after Covid-19 exposure
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Wednesday people who have been given full doses of the coronavirus vaccine no longer need to quarantine after exposure to someone with the Covid-19 disease.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
Diplomatic, Development and Private Sector
Fearing ‘maldistribution,’ HPAAC rejects proposal allowing LGUs to directly buy vaccines
The Healthcare Professionals Alliance Against Covid-19 (HPAAC) strongly thumbed down a bill seeking to allow local government units (LGUs) to directly purchase Covid-19 vaccines, saying it could lead to “maldistribution” and higher jab prices.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
OCTA: No indication UK COVID-19 variant spreading in Metro Manila, but pattern seen in Cebu City
Independent research group OCTA on Thursday said it is not seeing indications new COVID-19 variants are spreading in Metro Manila, but the situation is the opposite in Cebu City despite no confirmed variant case yet in the area.
CNN Philippines
Incidents and Violations
Editorial, Analysis, Opinion and Features
PH ranks lowest in gov’t Covid-19 response among Asean countries
Among those in Southeast Asian nations, Filipinos are the most disapproving of their government’s Covid-19 pandemic response, a recent survey has revealed.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
69% of Filipinos believe worst of pandemic is over, SWS survey says
Sixty-nine percent of Filipinos believed that the worst is already behind them with regards to the Covid-19 pandemic, which infected a total of 543,282 people nationwide.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
NDF-EV to launch information drive on Covid-19 vaccine
In solidarity with the people’s efforts to beat Covid-19 and the call for free and safe vaccines, the National Democratic Front in Eastern Visayas said in a statement last February 6 that it will launch an information drive in the region. The NDF-EV believes it is in the interest of the people that the spread of the disease be controlled by vaccinating as many of the informed public.
Communist Party of the Philippines
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
Doctors’ OK needed for Duterte to get vaccinated in public, says Bong Go
Whether President Rodrigo Duterte gets vaccinated for coronavirus in public depended on his doctors, according to Sen. Christopher “Bong” Go, a close confidante of Duterte and his former top aide on Thursday (Feb. 11).
Philippine Daily Inquirer
Duterte ‘consistent’ with preference for China’s vaccine
President Rodrigo Duterte remains “consistent” with his preference for China-made vaccines, Malacañang said Thursday.
Philippine News Agency
PRRD to ink EO expediting LGUs’ vaccine procurement ‘if need be’
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte, “if need be,” will sign an executive order (EO) allowing local government units (LGUs) to purchase vaccines against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) sans going through the process of public bidding, Malacañang said on Thursday.
Philippine News Agency
‘Unjust’ for thriving ABS-CBN to have unpaid debts: Palace
Malacañang on Thursday questioned the supposed refusal of local media giant ABS-CBN Corp. to pay off its debts to the state-owned Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP).
Philippine News Agency
OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT
AUDIT, GRAFT, AND CORRUPTION
[Editorial] Sporadic victories
Justice delayed may be justice denied, but in these two instances, the country will gladly take it. The Sandiganbayan last week convicted businesswoman Janet Lim Napoles, former Cagayan de Oro representative Constantino Jaraula, and several former government employees of several counts of graft and malversation, for funneling some P28 million in lawmakers’ pork barrel into ghost projects and bogus nongovernment organizations. Yes, that’s the infamous pork-barrel scam that shook the nation some years ago but whose glacial grind through the judicial process has all but ensured that the monumental racket is hardly remembered today.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
BUDGET, FINANCE, and TAXATION
Mindanao bats for P1.35-T allocation in 2022 budget
THE MINDANAO Development Authority (MinDA) will push for a P1.35-trillion allocation in the 2022 national budget, representing 27% of the proposed P5-trillion spending plan, to realize major infrastructure and other projects.
Business World
With few options, BSP keeps rate steady, calls for food imports to ease inflation
Saying that the Philippines was likely to see higher inflation in the coming months, the central bank on Thursday (Feb. 11) decided to keep its key interest rate unchanged, which starts a “long pause” on monetary easing that Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Benjamin Diokno had signalled last week.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
BUSINESS, ECONOMY AND INVESTMENT
Aboitiz leaders embrace innovation to achieve goals in the new normal
Aboitiz executives must take a long-term view and further champion innovative strategies to succeed amid and beyond the ongoing Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic, the company chief said.
Business Mirror
Fight for the people’s welfare against Duterte’s anti-poor economic policies
The socioeconomic conditions of the Filipino people under the Duterte regime continue to deteriorate alongside the rapid fall of the Philippine economy. Even in the face of the pandemic and severe economic crisis, the Duterte regime insists on applying more extreme measures from the neoliberal toolbox and ignores the demands of the Filipino people
Communist Party of the Philippines
BUILD, BUILD, BUILD and PUBLIC WORKS
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
Instead of Cha-cha hearings, Cayetano says prioritize cash aid for families
Taguig-Pateros Rep. Alan Peter Cayetano on Thursday asked his fellow lawmakers to tackle his proposal to provide a new set of cash aid for Filipino families instead of prioritizing Charter change (Cha-cha) in the House of Representatives.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
DISASTER AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE
'Pulong' provides relief aid to Davao fire victims
The Office of First District Rep. Paolo “Pulong” Duterte distributed Thursday relief assistance to at least 27 families affected by a fire incident in Barangay 76-A Bucana here.
Philippine News Agency
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
DEFENSE AND SECURITY
Armed Forces of the Philippines
More ships for PH Navy needed, says Lorenzana
Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said he was hopeful that more new ships would be acquired soon for the Philippine Navy to sustain operations around the archipelago.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
5ID participates in the Virtual MOA Signing of the LGRRC 02- MSAC headed by the DILG RO2
A memorandum of agreement on the Reorganization of the Local Governance Regional Resource Center (LGRRC) 02- Multi-Stakeholders Advisory Committee (MSAC) was made among the National Government Agencies (NGAs), Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and Local Resource Institutions (LRIs) covering the six (6) outcome areas of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG)-Regional Office II, in support to the Executive Order Number 70 – “Institutionalization of the Whole of
Nation Approach in Attaining Inclusive and Sustainable Peace” in conflict-affected, geographically isolated, and disadvantaged areas in Region 2 on February 09, 2021.
Kalinaw News
Philippine National Police
PNP to boost ties with foreign authorities vs. online child abuse
The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Thursday said it will expand ties with foreign counterparts to crack down on online sexual abuse and exploitation of children (OSEAC).
Philippine News Agency
EDUCATION
INFORMATION, COMMUNICATION AND TECHNOLOGY
ELECTION RELATED
Voters in Dumaguete urged to sign up early for 2022 polls
A Commission on Elections (Comelec) official here on Thursday urged qualified voters to register early for the May 2022 national and local elections.
Philippine News Agency
ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES
LABOR
CNN Philippines to cut jobs by mid-March
Nine Media Corporation, which owns the network, says it was 'a very difficult decision but one that needs to be done so we can continue to serve our audiences' Nine Media Corporation, the company that owns CNN Philippines, announced to its staff on Thursday, February 11, that it will cut jobs starting March 16 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Rappler
DOLE to help firms comply with Covid-19 prevention memo
The government is ready to assist companies that have yet to comply with rules on the prevention and control of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) in workplaces.
Philippine News Agency
No freeze on rent, only reprieve in payments to help tenants
There is currently no rent freeze for residential tenants struggling financially amid the prevailing pandemic, Malacañang said Thursday.
Philippine News Agency
LEGISLATIVE
Senate of the Philippines
Senators agree to set vaccine priority guidelines for LGUs but with ‘leeway’
To ensure that the vaccination program funded by local government units (LGUs) will not be used against political opponents, senators agreed to place vaccine recipient priority guidelines under a bill seeking to expedite the vaccine purchase of LGUs.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
Pangilinan seeks probe on ‘snail-paced’ use of Bayanihan 2 funds
Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan has urged the Senate to look into what he called a “snail-paced” disbursement and utilization of funds under the Bayanihan to Recover as One Act or Bayanihan 2.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
House of Representatives
Solon asks BSP to delay implementation of ATM fees hike
A lawmaker at the House of Representatives on Thursday asked the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) to consider deferring the implementation of a new automated teller machine (ATM) charging model that will cause user fees to spike up to 63 percent starting April.
Philippine News Agency
LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS (LGUs)
LGUs await EO on payment for COVID-19 vaccines
Local government units (LGUs) are all set to pay for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines once the delivery arrives. Most LGUs in Metro Manila and in other regions have entered into a tripartite agreement with Astrazeneca for the vaccine supply.
UNTV News
OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
FOREIGN RELATIONS
US-PH defense meet held Feb. 11: DFA chief
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Thursday confirmed that a bilateral meeting on defense between the Philippines and the United States was held on Feb. 11.
Philippine News Agency
Manila, Moscow open to reviving sister city pact
Manila and Moscow on Thursday both expressed willingness to revive their sister-city agreement to boost arts, tourism and other sectors.
Philippine News Agency
West Philippine Sea
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE
New strategies needed to ensure food security
It is imperative for the government to come up with “new” strategies to ensure food security amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic, Malacañang said on Thursday.
Philippine News Agency
DA to utilize dams, protected areas for aquaculture, fisheries
The Department of Agriculture (DA) is laying the groundworks to expand aquaculture and fish production sites via untapped water dams and even protected areas.
Philippine News Agency
Swine fever depletes PH hog inventory by 24%
The country’s hog inventory dropped by 24 percent in January, its lowest beginning stock in 25 years, as the African swine fever (ASF) devastated commercial and backyard piggeries in many regions, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA).
Philippine Daily Inquirer
DA-Davao allocates P10M for hog repopulation
IN RESPONSE to the need of swine raisers affected by African Swine Fever (ASF), the Department of Agriculture allocates P10 million from its Quick Response Fund (QRF) for the hog repopulation in the region.
Sunstar Davao
HOUSING and SETTLEMENT
POVERTY
SOCIAL WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT
TRANSPORTATION
Motor Vehicle Inspection System no longer mandatory: Palace
President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered not to make mandatory the Motor Vehicle Inspection System (MVIS), Malacañang said Thursday.
Philippine News Agency
Deferment of child car seat law requires new legislation: solon
Deputy Speaker Rufus Rodriguez on Thursday said deferring the implementation of the Child Car Seat Law would require the enactment of new legislation.
Philippine News Agency
Eco group calls for subsidized vehicle inspections at MVICs
An environmental group on Thursday called for subsidized vehicle inspections at motor vehicle inspection centers (MVICs) to retain the environmental, health, and safety advantages of MVICs over Private Emission Testing Centers (PETCs) while easing the economic burden on vehicle owners.
Philippine News Agency
TOURISM
WATER and ENERGY
GNPower Dinginin power plant targets full commercial operation by June — DoE data
THE 1,336-megawatt (MW) supercritical coal-fired power plant of GNPower Dinginin Ltd. Co. is scheduled to begin its full commercial run by June this year, latest data from the Energy department show.
Business World
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