Actively defend the people and frustrate the AFP’s March offensives
The New People’s Army (NPA) will mark its 52nd anniversary this coming March 29. More than ever, the NPA is determined to ardently serve the Filipino people, defend them against the US-Duterte regime’s state terrorism, surmount the US-supported all-out offensives of the combined forces of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and Philippine National Police (PNP) and further advance the people’s war.
National Democratic Front of the Philippines
Lacson calls on Makabayan Bloc to publicly denounce CPP-NPA
Senator Panfilo Lacson on Monday called on the House Makabayan Bloc to publicly denounce the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and its armed wing, the New People's Army (NPA). Lacson made the remark as he sponsored the report of the Senate Committees on National Defense and Security; and on Peace, Unification and Reconciliation on their inquiry into incidents of "red-tagging."
GMA News
LGU- MAGPET provided financial assistance to six (6) Former Rebels in North Cotabato.
The Local Government Unit of Magpet distributed Financial Assistance to the Former Rebels of the 72nd Infantry “GABAY” Battalion at ACP, 1002nd “BAGWIS” Brigade during Flag Raising ceremony on 01 March 2021.
Kalinaw News
NPA Rebels Crumbling in Northern and Central Luzon
Northern Luzon Command on Sunday revealed that a total of 235 communist rebels returned to the folds of the law for the month of February 2021. That is 8 to 9 rebel surrenders everyday, a much higher rate compared to the previous month which is 2 to 3 rebels returning to government fold each day.
Kalinaw News | Business Mirror
Peace talks
DILG, NTF-ELCAC afraid of peace, NDFP consultant says
A National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) peace consultant condemned “militarists” in the Rodrigo Duterte administration for opposing the possible resumption of formal peace negotiations between the Left and the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP).
Kodao Productons
Incidents/Operations
Female NPA rebel killed, two firearms recovered in MisOr Clash
A female Communist Terrorist Group (CTG) fighter was killed, and two high-powered firearms were seized during an encounter with the combined troops of 58th Infantry Battalion and 42nd Division reconnaissance company in the hinterlands of Brgy Mantangale, Balingoan, Misamis Oriental, March 01, 2021.
Kalinaw News
Infighting drives 7 NPA rebels to yield in Agusan Norte
Infighting drove seven members of the communist New People’s Army (NPA) to surrender over the weekend in Agusan del Norte town of Buenavista, an Army official said Monday.
Philippine News Agency
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Favor ATL, LIPI asks High Court
The group Liga Independencia Pilipinas (LIPI) on Monday asked the Supreme Court to rule in favor of the constitutionality of the Anti-Terrorism Law or Republic Act 11479 as oral arguments on the measure entered its fourth day.
Manila Standard
MARAWI
SOUTHEAST ASIA AND THE WORLD
Don’t let pandemic distract from fight against extremism: Experts
The UK and Middle Eastern countries should not allow the coronavirus pandemic and its restrictions to distract from the importance of countering extremism, a group of experts said on Monday.
Arab News
Violent Extremists Among American Veterans
The role of military veterans in extremist groups has surfaced in disturbing ways recently. It’s not only the public that’s been caught off-guard by these events. Veterans groups have been slow to grasp the impact of extremist and hateful ideology on their fellow vets. KPBS Midday Edition brings you a special program on the issue of violent extremism among America’s veterans with expert panelists who offer suggestions for confronting the problem.
KPBS Public Media
FBI director set for combative hearing on mob attack
FBI Director Christopher Wray on Tuesday will make his first appearance before lawmakers since the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol as Democrats increasingly probe the bureau's actions leading up to the riot.
The Hill
German soldier and relatives arrested over far-right extremism, hoarding weapons
A German soldier and a relative have been arrested on suspicion of illegally hoarding weapons and expressing far-right sympathies, investigators said Monday.
The Times of Israel
Lord Mayor of Dublin calls on social media companies to tackle extremism
Hazel Chu plans to speak to social media companies over the violent scenes in Dublin over the weekend. The Lord Mayor of Dublin says social media companies need to do more to tackle extremism.
FM 104
Report reveals scale of mental health crisis among Syrian refugees
More than three-quarters of Syrian refugees may be suffering from serious mental health problems caused by their country’s 10-year conflict, according to a new report.
Arab News
China’s Repression of Uyghurs in Xinjiang
The Chinese government has reportedly detained more than a million Muslims in reeducation camps. Most of the people who have been arbitrarily detained are Uyghur, a predominantly Turkic-speaking ethnic group primarily from China’s northwestern region of Xinjiang.
Council on Foreign Religion
NMS Success A Big Step Toward A Safer And Secure City
Cities the world over are considered vulnerable to terrorist attacks owing to certain unique attributes that make them attractive to extremists. From New York, Madrid, London, Paris and Barcelona in the North, to Nairobi, Bali, Karachi, Mumbai and Mogadishu in the South, cities have been the epicenter of the deadly extremist attacks that have claimed many lives.
Capital News
Colombia’s naïve attempts to legalize state terrorism
The attempts of the government of Colombia’s President Ivan Duque to legalize terrorism could get him in trouble with the International Criminal Court (ICC). Duque won’t have to worry about Colombia’s justice system as his presidential immunity allows him to commit mass murder on national television and still walk free.
Colombia Reports
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BARMM
BARMM Gov’t, stakeholders pledge to end malnutrition for healthier community
Bangsamoro Government and other stakeholders vowed to end malnutrition in the region during the launching of Regional Plan of Action for Nutrition (RPAN) 2020-2022 on Friday. RPAN 2020-2022 is a strategic and comprehensive plan to respond with the nutritional problems in the Bangsamoro region
NDBC News
Excellent and proper hygiene, an investment for everyone: Iqbal
Bangsamoro education minister Mohagher Iqbal emphasized the essential benefits of having good health and practicing proper oral hygiene for children and adults during the culmination of the 17th National Dental Health Month Celebration in the region on Monday.
Bangsamoro Government
https://bangsamoro.gov.ph/news/latest-news/excellent-and-proper-hygiene-an-investment-for-everyone-iqbal/
BARMM to kick-off National Women’s Month celebration on March 8
With several activities lined up, the Bangsamoro Women Commission (BWC) will kick-off this year’s National Women’s Month (NWM) celebration in the region on Monday, March 8. BWC chairperson and Member of Parliament Bainon Karon said the celebration aims to consolidate all efforts towards strengthening the capacities of Bangsamoro women as active partners in nation building and regional development.
Bangsamoro Government
Bill creating BARMM fisheries development authority enters 2nd stage in plenary
A bill seeking to establish the Bangsamoro Fisheries Development Authority (BAFDA) has entered its second stage in the Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) Parliament plenary. Parliament Bill No. 78 was principally authored by BTA Members Atty. Jose I. Lorena, Speaker Atty. Ali M. Balindong, Deputy Speaker Nabil A. Tan, Deputy Majority Floor Leader Paisalin P. Tago and Amilbahar S. Mawallil.
Bangsamoro Government
MAFAR, FAO converge to support agri-based livelihoods, agribusiness in BARMM
To significantly improve the lives of vulnerable sectors in the agricultural Bangsamoro region, the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Agrarian Reform (MAFAR) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO-UN) forged a partnership on Wednesday, Feb. 24, in Koronadal City. Officials from MAFAR and FAO conducted its Project Inception Meeting and 1st Project Coordinating Committee (PCC) Meeting under the project “Support to Agriculture-based Livelihoods and Agribusiness Enterprise for Sustainable Peace and Development”.
Bangsamoro Government
Bangsamoro Bantay-Korupsyon Office Act filed in BTA
In ensuring a graft and corruption-free Bangsamoro Government, a bill creating the region’s Bantay-Korupsyon Office was filed in the Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) Parliament last week, Feb. 23. The office shall be the primary authority in investigating complaints involving graft and corruption against any public officer and employees of the Bangsamoro Government and its constituent local government units, as well as their co-principals, accomplices, and accessories from the private sector, if any.
Bangsamoro Government
Moro peace advocate joins Southeast Asia Young Peacebuilders Organization
A Moro peace advocate joins the Southeast Asia Young Peacebuilders Organization (SEAYPO, a group working on building and sustaining peace through the transformative potential of young people in the greater Southeast Asia Region, as Executive Consultant and Member.
Joining SEAYPO is Hadji Harris Mukaram Ismael, a Tausug-Iranun origin who grew up in Cotabato City and the founder and currently the managing director of “The Moro Peace Project Promotions and Support Services, Inc.”, a self-funded non-government and community-based organization which aims to promote peace empowerment.
Luwaran
MAGUINDANAO AND COTABATO CITY
Youth Calls on President Duterte, Congress for the Extension of Bangsamoro Transition Period until 2025
In an activity held today in this town, various youth organizations in Maguindanao and Sultan Kudarat provinces called on President Rodrigo Duterte, and Congress for the extension of the Bangsamoro transition period until 2025. “The Political Tract and the Normalization Tract are some of the most important provisions of the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB) that are vital in the implementation of the peace agreement”, said Hamana Sinangka, REMACADEMY College Secretary.
Luwaran
Army foils BIFF roadside bombing plot
Soldiers foiled Sunday an attempt by terrorists to lay roadside bombs along arterial networks in a troubled town in this province, killing four in a gunfight that left three others wounded. The hostilities in Barangay Pagatin in Shariff Saidona Mustapha, Maguindanao erupted when members of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters opened fire on soldiers responding to reports by villagers about the presence of gunmen in the area, as if bracing for an attack.
NDBC News
Dalawang Wanted Person kalaboso sa Joint Army-PNP Operation
Walang takas ang dalawang wanted persons sa ikinasang Joint Army-PNP Operation bitbit ang warrant of arrest sa Barangay Tugal, Midsayap, North Cotabato madaling araw nitong Pebrero 26, 2021. Kinilala ni Lt. Col. Edgardo L. Vilchez Jr., Battalion Commander ng 34th Infantry (Reliable) Battalion ang dalawang nahuling suspek na sina Muslimin Abilusa Kalipapa at Benny Abilusa Kalipapa kung saan magkatuwang ang Maguindanao PPO, Midsayap PNP, Guindulongan PNP at 34IB para matunton ang mga suspek sa Brgy. Tugal, Midsayap.
Kalinaw News
Datu Odin, Kabuntalan towns now energized: Magelco
The Maguindanao Electric Cooperative (Magelco) is pleased to announce that the municipalities of Datu Odin Sinsuat (DOS) and Kabuntalan are now powered by the 5MVA Capiton Substation.
NDBC News
Strong winds damage houses, farms in Alamada municipality
Strong winds amid heavy downpours on Sunday ravaged houses and agricultural farms in North Cotabato province. North Cotabato Gov. Nancy Catamco said Monday she has mobilized the provincial disaster risk reduction and management council to check on a number of families in Alamada town whose houses were damaged by strong winds that pummeled the area Sunday.
NDBC News
LANAO PROVINCES
BASILAN
Basilan’s rubber plant for poor farmers now functional
The new P50 million worth rubber processing plant of the provincial government is now functional, soon to process dried lumps from marginalized producers.
NDBC News
SULU
Mindanaw and Sulu Cinema as Postcolonial Critique (Last of three parts)
Etched, indeed, in the history of Mindanaw and Sulu cinema was the year 2012, which marks an auspicious period for major landmarks. The first landmark happened when the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) Sineng Pambansa launched its first leg in Davao City. The 2012 FDCP Sineng Pambansa was a bittersweet memory for Mindanaw and Sulu Cinema. On one hand, some of the grantees’ films have been exhibited and recognized in different local and international award-giving bodies and festivals. Mangansakan II’s Qiyamah, which dramatizes the complexity of the Qur’anic images, teachings, and verses about the end of the world in a rural Maguindanaon village, bagged the Best Film award at the Young Critics Circle in 2013. Samarista’s documentary Taguri: The Kites of Sulu about the concept of “Orang Suluk” (People of the Way) and Kite cultures in the landscape of Sulu was nominated for Best Documentary at the Gawad Urian in 2013. On the other hand, the film Malan was pulled out from the festival when a dispute about the final cut to show during the festival erupted between its director Benjie Garcia and producer Buhilaman Visions Davao, Inc. The dispute ended when Malan was screened at the second leg of Sineng Pambansa and won the Special Jury Prize award.
Mindanews
TAWI-TAWI
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DRUGS
Operations/ Incidents
2 nabbed, P2-M shabu seized in anti-drug stings
POLICE operatives have arrested two alleged big-time drug personalities and confiscated some P2 million worth of shabu in separate anti-drug operations in Zamboanga City, an official said Monday, March 1.
Sunstar Zamboanga
51 suspects nabbed, 253 sachets of shabu confiscated
A TOTAL of 51 suspects, including a 57-year-old president of the Association of Barangay Captains (ABC), were arrested, while 253 sachets of shabu were confiscated in separate anti-drug operations in Eastern Visayas towns from February 26 to March 1, 2021.
Sunstar Tacloban
Recovery and Rehabilitation
ILLICIT FIREARMS, EXPLOSIVES, AND AMMUNITION
CROSS-BORDER TRADING/ SMUGGLING/ COUNTERFEIT GOODS
HUMAN TRAFFICKING
KIDNAPPING/ ABDUCTION
ILLEGAL GAMBLING
ILLICIT FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS/ EXTORTION
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Detained Lumad teacher transferred to another facility without lawyers’ knowledge
Volunteer teacher of the Lumad bakwit school Roshelle Porcadilla has been taken out of the Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) without the knowledge of her lawyers and family, according to the Save Our Schools Network.
Bulatlat
Key witness in Tumandok killings in Capiz shot dead
Slain village chief Julie Catamin was supposed to be a key witness in the defense of Tumandok tribe members who were arrested and gunned down in the Dec. 30 police operation in Capiz and Iloilo provinces.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
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Press Freedom/ Freedom of expression
Student journalists decry threats, harassment against UP campus publications
Student journalists from the University of the Philippines on Monday raised the alarm on reported death threats and accusations against campus publications. Earlier that day, Tinig ng Plaridel, the official student newspaper of the UP College of Mass Communication in Diliman, reported in a series of tweets that it had received death threats from an anonymous account.
Philippine Star
Martial Law
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COVID-19
Cases
2,037 new COVID-19 cases logged as PH launches vaccination drive
The Department of Health recorded over 2,000 new COVID-19 infections for the fifth straight day on Monday, as the country began its vaccine rollout. The DOH said 2,037 more people caught the viral illness, raising the nationwide case tally to 578,381. Of this total, 31,708 or 5.5% are active cases.
CNN Philippines
Department of Health
PGH doc gets vax in honor of colleagues who died of Covid-19
While other medical health workers opted not to get inoculated with Sinovac’s vaccine, Nemencio Nicodemus Jr., an endocrinologist of the Philippine General Hospital (PGH), immediately volunteered to get CoronaVac shot as his tribute to his colleagues who died of Covid-19.
Philippine News Agency
IATF/NTF COVID-19
First batch of Pfizer vaccines expected in Q2
Due to high global demand, National Task Force Against Covid-19 chief implementer Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. on Monday said 170,000 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines from the COVAX facility may finally arrive in the country by the second quarter of this year.
Philippine News Agency
Inoculation of key gov’t officials to assure public vax are safe
Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles on Monday joined members of the President’s official family in vaccination activities to increase public confidence in Covid-19 vaccines, which was rolled out initially to the country’s health care workers, frontline essential workers, and uniformed personnel.
Philippine News Agency
List: PH gov't officials, experts legally vaccinated against COVID-19
ver a year into the pandemic, the Philippines started its COVID-19 vaccination drive on Monday, March 1. Dr Gerardo Legaspi, director of the Philippine General Hospital (PGH), was the first to roll up his sleeves as he received his first shot of CoronaVac developed by Chinese company Sinovac.
Rappler
Regardless of brand, vaccination vs. Covid important: MMDA chief
Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) chief Benjamin “Benhur” Abalos Jr. on Monday encouraged the public to take any of the vaccines against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) as he joined other government officials who were inoculated with CoronaVac vaccine, developed by Chinese pharmaceutical company Sinovac Biotech.
Philippine News Agency
Cabinet exec: Looser quarantine, in-person classes possible in Q2
President Rodrigo Duterte may agree to ease restrictions nationwide and to hold face-to-face classes in the second quarter of 2021 if the government sustains a stockpile of at least two million vaccine doses, a Cabinet official said Monday.
Philippine Star
Año extends leave anew until end-March
Interior Secretary Eduardo Año has further extended his medical leave until the end of March to fully recover before going back to work, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) officer-in-charge, Undersecretary Bernardo Florece Jr., said on Monday.
Philippine News Agency
Regions
Luzon including NCR
Isko Moreno to take first shot to inspire medical front-liners
Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso is encouraging medical front-liners to avail themselves of the opportunity to have themselves vaccinated against the dreaded coronavirus disease (Covid-19) now that the Sinovac jabs are in the country.
Philippine News Agency
St. Luke’s hospitals request for 5K Sinovac vaccine doses
St. Luke's Medical Center (SLMC) in Quezon City and Bonifactio Global City (BGC) have requested for 5,000 doses of the Sinovac-made vaccines donated by China to the Philippines, Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. said Monday.
Philippine News Agency
Visayas
Mindanao
Cases in Davao on downtrend
Local health authorities announced last week that the coronavirus (COVID-19) cases are on a downtrend in February, which prompted them to close some of the treatment facilities to lessen costs.
Davao Today
Sinovac COVID-19 jabs for SPMC frontline health workers to start Friday, official says
Frontline health workers of the Southern Philippines Medical Center (SPMC) here will be injected starting Friday, March 5, with the Chinese-made CoronaVac, a vaccine against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) developed by Beijing-based pharmaceutical Sinovac Biotech, an official said Monday.
MindaNews
World
Diplomatic, Development and Private Sector
Australia looking into transporting PH vaccines even to far-flung areas
With the COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) vaccine rollout already starting, Australia is looking for ways on how to support the Philippines in delivering the vaccines down to the far-flung islands of the country, Australian Ambassador Steven J. Robinson AO said on Monday.
Manila Bulletin
Incidents and Violations
Editorial, Analysis, Opinion and Features
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
3 holidays in 2021 scrapped to ‘recover lost time’: Palace
Malacañang on Monday defended President Rodrigo Duterte’s decision to change three special holidays in 2021 into special working days.
Philippine News Agency
Palace studying if Duterte can receive Sinopharm
Malacañang’s legal team is studying whether President Duterte can get inoculated with COVID-19 vaccines developed by Chinese firm Sinopharm under a “compassionate use” arrangement.
Philippine Star
Duterte wants Robredo present when he gets COVID-19 shot
President Rodrigo Duterte wants Vice President Leni Robredo to be present when he gets vaccinated for COVID-19 in Malacañang. In his pre-recorded weekly nation address, Duterte again unleashed a series of tirades against Robredo for urging him to be among the first to get vaccinated.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
'You want to be relevant': Duterte blasts Robredo anew
President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday accused Vice President Leni Robredo of trying to be "relevant", after the latter called for the Chief Executive to be among the first to get inoculated against COVID-19.
ABS- CBN News
OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT
Robredo rejects removal of swab test, quarantine as travel requirement
Vice President Leni Robredo opposed yesterday the decision of the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) to remove mandatory swab tests and quarantine as travel requirements.
Philippine Star
‘One heck of a rollercoaster ride’, says VP Leni, on ‘whirlwind romance’ with Jesse
Unlike the slow burn love stories of the Korean dramas she binges on, Vice President Leni Robredo’s love story with her late husband, former Interior Secretary and Naga City Mayor Jesse Robredo, was a whirlwind romance.
Manila Bulletin
AUDIT, GRAFT, AND CORRUPTION
Sandigan convicts mayor, execs in irregular deals
The Sandiganbayan anti-graft court has found a former Mountain Province mayor and other officials guilty of graft in connection with anomalous government contracts in 2009.
Philippine News Agency
PhilHealth probes Region 12 hospitals for ‘unscrupulous’ COVID-19 claims
The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) in Region 12 (Soccsksargen) has launched an investigation into the alleged fraudulent practices of several hospitals in the area involving benefit claims for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
MindaNews
BUDGET, FINANCE, and TAXATION
Amid pandemic, PH borrowed a record P2.74 trillion in 2020
The Philippines borrowed a record P2.74 trillion in 2020 to fight the health and socioeconomic crises inflicted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
Fewer Filipinos covered by micro-insurance; sales down 33.2% in end-Sept 2020
Even as microinsurance was cheaper than most insurance coverage, sales during the first nine months of last year fell by a third to P4.39 billion amid the harder times wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
BUSINESS, ECONOMY AND INVESTMENT
DOF sees quarantine easing; Neda cautious
FINANCE Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III on Monday expressed optimism that Metro Manila’s shift to a looser quarantine status will happen sooner, but the National Economic and Development Authority (Neda), which has been pushing for this, sounded a cautious tone. It now prefers to await more substantial vaccine deployment data before reviving its pitch.
Business Mirror
BUILD, BUILD, BUILD and PUBLIC WORKS
DPWH hires 1K engineers under BBB program
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) on Monday said it hired over 1,000 engineers under the Build, Build, Build (BBB) program of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic.
Philippine News Agency
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
DISASTER AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
3 senior magistrates officially join CJ race
Three senior magistrates of the Supreme Court (SC) have submitted documentary requirements to be considered for the Chief Justice post after Diosdado Peralta retires this month.
Philippine News Agency
DEFENSE AND SECURITY
Armed Forces of the Philippines
Former 6ID Spokesperson assumes 38IB
Major General Juvymax R. Uy, Commander of 6th Infantry (Kampilan) Division and Joint Task Force Central (JTFC), presided the Change of Command of 38th Infantry (WE CLEAR) Battalion in Sitio Tampuan, Brgy. Kamanga, Maasim, Sarangani Province on February 24, 2021.
Kalinaw News
Philippine National Police
EDUCATION
INFORMATION, COMMUNICATION AND TECHNOLOGY
DITO Telecom faces daunting challenge as upstart firm
DITO Telecom faces daunting challenge as upstart firmDITO Telecommunity Corp. is confronted with many challenges in its infancy stage. For one, the financial requirement of being the third major telecommunications player is enormous. Much bigger rivals have enlarged their footprints in the industry and established strong connections in the banking community. DITO must contend with these factors, like a runner trying to outsprint an opponent with a big head start.
Manila Standard
ELECTION RELATED
Comelec to set up special precincts for Palawan plebiscite
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Monday said isolation polling precincts (IPPs) will be set up for the Palawan plebiscite next week.
Philippine News Agency
'Run Sara Run'
Posters calling on Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio to run are hanged on various streets in Bacolod City. Though there is no specific position stated in the posters, there have been moves in various parts of the country calling Duterte-Carpio to run as president in the national and local elections come 2022. Some multi-sectoral groups in Bacolod City earlier launched "Negros for Leni" coalition urging Vice President Leni Robredo to also run as president next year.
Sunstar Bacolod
Sara reiterates call for supporters to stop motorcades
As the city celebrated the 84th Araw ng Dabaw on Monday (March 1), Mayor Sara Z. Duterte reiterated her call to supporters to spend their money on the needy instead of using it for motorcades and tarpaulins urging her to run in the 2022 presidential election.
Philippine News Agency
ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES
Canadian parliament asked to probe role of mining companies in PH killings
The Canadian government is being asked to look into the role of Canadian mining corporations in the extrajudicial killings of environmental and human rights defenders in the Philippines. Member of Parliament of Edmonton Strathcona Heather McPherson filed a petition in the Canadian House of Commons on Thursday, Feb. 25, accusing Canadian mining companies of being “irresponsible” in the Philippines and elsewhere in the world.
Kodao Productons
Leyte town residents to swap plastic waste with food
The local government of Carigara, Leyte is urging residents to participate in the program that collects solid waste in exchange for food items. In a phone interview on Monday, Carigara Vice Mayor Eduardo Ong Jr. said that since the Project’s Barter's launch on Feb. 24 last year, only a few have joined the livelihood and community development project of the town.
Philippine News Agency
LABOR
Ex-envoy to Brazil who maltreated helper dismissed from service
Former Philippine Ambassador to Brazil Marichu Mauro, who was caught on video maltreating her household helper, has been dismissed from service, President Rodrigo Duterte said Monday.
Philippine News Agency
LEGISLATIVE
Senate of the Philippines
Hontiveros seeks stronger law vs online sexual abuse, exploitation of kids
Senator Risa Hontiveros has filed a bill seeking to strengthen the protection of children against online sexual abuse and exploitation. Hontiveros filed Senate Bill No. 2068 or the proposed Anti-Online Sexual Abuse and Exploitation of Children Law or Anti-OSAEC Law.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
House of Representatives
LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS (LGUs)
OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
FOREIGN RELATIONS
West Philippine Sea
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE
Hydroponics farming pushed to restore Lake Sebu’s water quality
The provincial government of South Cotabato is pushing for the expansion of hydroponics farming in the critical Lake Sebu to help improve the quality of its waters and overall condition.
MindaNews
Gov’t urged to include farmers in vaccine priority
The country’s food producers are pushing the inclusion of farmers and agricultural workers in the COVID-19 vaccination priority list after the Department of Agriculture (DA) confirmed that they would not be part of the first wave of inoculation.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
HOUSING and SETTLEMENT
POVERTY
SOCIAL WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT
TRANSPORTATION
TOURISM
WATER and ENERGY
Cusi reminds public to be vigilant vs. fires as summer sets in
Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Al Cusi urged the public to exercise caution and to be more vigilant as the Fire Prevention Month kicked off on Monday.
Philippine News Agency
Wells Fargo inks RE supply agreement with AboitizPower
Wells Fargo International Solutions LLC-Philippines has tapped Aboitiz Power Corp. for the supply of 7,500 MWh of renewable energy (RE) per year. The deal also comes “bundled” with the International Renewable Energy Certificates to Wells Fargo’s Taguig facility. The energy supply will come from AP Renewables Inc.’s (APRI) Tiwi-MakBan geothermal plants in the provinces of Laguna, Batangas, and Albay.
Business Mirror
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