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Today's News 28 April 2021 Today’s News 28 April 2021 (Wednesday) A. NAVY NEWS/COVID NEWS/PHOTOS Title Writer Newspaper Page 1 Two Filipinos die from COVID-19 in India CNN Staff P Journal 2 B. NATIONAL HEADLINES Title Writer Newspaper Page 2 DepEd eyes opening of classes on Aug. 23 J Mateo P Star 1 3 15 Senators wants Parlade reprimanded D Yap PDI A1 C. NATIONAL SECURITY Title Writer Newspaper Page 4 China asks Phl to stop activities, exercises M Punongbayan P Star 1 in WPS 5 Confusion over Duterte-Xi ‘Verbal M Quiatan PDI A9 Agreement’ 6 Palace respects senate resolution J Aning PDI A4 denouncing Chinese incursions in WPS 7 No need for China fishing deal M Blancaflor D Tribune A1 D. INDO-PACIFIC Title Writer Newspaper Page China tells PH to respect its sovereignty, P Journal 6 8 rights 9 Senators condemn Chinese intrusion B Tamayo M Times A8 PH, chile sign MOU on economic E Gomez B Times B2 10 cooperation E. AFP RELATED Title Writer Newspaper Page 11 Hold NTF- Elcac to account PDI A8 12 Duterte hands off sack Parlade calls M Blancaflor D Tribune A1 Malaya A12 13 Senator’s censure Parlade over ‘stupid’ R Africa comment 14 15 Senators want Parlade censured P Romero P Star 1 15 U.S., Phl armies conduct bilateral training D Tribune B15 U.S. Army 5th SFAB, Philippine Army P Tonight 7 16 conduct bilateral training in Nueva Ecija 17 Air Force chopper crash kills 1 J Roson D Tribune B15 18 Air Force chopper cashes; 1 dead C Maghanoy M Times A3 19 PAF helicopter crashes; 1 dead M Punongbayan P star 10 20 PAF combat chopper crashes in Bohol M Sadongdong M Bulletin 1 21 PAF chopper crashes in Bohol, pilot killed A Dalizon P Tonight 1 PAF chopper crashes in Bohol; pilot dead, 3 M Sadongdong Tempo 1 22 others hurt 23 Pilot dies in PAF chopper crash A Dalizon P Journal 13 PAF chopper bumagsak: Piloto patay, 3 D Franche Ngayon 9 24 sugatan 25 Reso vs Parlade gumulong sa Senado G Garcia Ngayon 3 F. CPP-NPA-NDF-LCM Title Writer Newspaper Page 1st project PDI A2 26 Pantry now a hub: Patreng’s N Valenzuela keeps on giving and growing M Purification P Tonight 6 27 Senate employee’s union sets community pantry 28 Investigate red-tagging vs pantry organizers M Gullang D Tribune B15 Probe on red-tagging of pantry organizers R Pacpaco P Tonight 10 29 urged Calida red-tags colmenaries, others in front M Ramos PDI A4 30 of SC 31 NPA leader, wife slain in Agusan Sur clash M Punongbayan P Star 10 DOJ backs enactment of law criminalizing M Ramos PDI A4 32 red-tagging 33 84 NPA Calabarzon rebs surrender to PNP A Dalizon P Tonight 7 PNP succeeds in major role in war on terror, A Dalizon P Tonight 5 34 insurgency - Sinas PNP Triumphs in war on terror, insurgency - A Dalizon P Journal 11 35 Sinas Nurse sa Cagayan ni red tag, J Cantos Ngayon 9 36 – nagpasaklolo G. MNLF/MILF/BIFF/ASG Title Writer Newspaper Page NIL NIL NIL NIL H. EDITORIAL-OPINION-COMMENTARY-SPECIAL Title Writer Newspaper Page Has the Duterte administration made us a P Star 9 37 A Masigan stronger nation? 38 Parlade ignorant to parley M Villanueva P Star 9 39 Is Jesus Christ a communist? B Chanco P Star B3 40 Tunnel vision J Binay M Bulletin 7 41 Provocateurs’ folly D Tribune A4 42 Maranao lawyers’ community pantry M Lanto D Tribune A4 43 Preponderance of doubt I Aberia M Times A6 44 Regionally destabilizing P Journal 4 45 Senate bipartisan resolution P Tonight 4 I. ONLINE NEWS Title Link NATIONAL NEWS Duterte faces difficult decision on next https://mb.com.ph/2021/04/27/may-quarantine- 46 quarantine status for NCR Plus level-of-ncr-a-difficult-decision-for-duterte- palace-says/ Duterte Honors Heroism Of Health https://businessmirror.com.ph/2021/04/28/dute Workers During 500th Anniversary Of rte-honors-heroism-of-health-workers-during- 47 The Victory At Mactan battle-of-mactan-quincentennial- commemoration/ Duterte spox says Battle of Mactan https://news.abs- 48 should be 'warning' vs would-be cbn.com/news/04/27/21/battle-of-mactan- invaders invaders-malacaang Neda Insists: Severe Pork Shortage https://businessmirror.com.ph/2021/04/28/ned 49 Merits MAV Hike a-insists-severe-pork-shortage-merits-mav- hike/ NAVY NEWS Duterte to do what's best for PH on https://mb.com.ph/2021/04/27/duterte-to-do- 50 China’s incursions, even if action is whats-best-for-ph-on-chinas-incursions-even- unpopular — Roque if-action-is-unpopular-roque/ Fisherfolk in WPS areas protected by https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1138133 51 BFAR intervention plans Palace respects senato https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1138193 52 rs’ stance against China’s presence in WPS Joint fishing in 12nm territorial sea of https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1138173 53 BdM sans deal: Roque PCG welcomes CSC Commissioner https://mb.com.ph/2021/04/27/pcg-welcomes- 54 Lizada as Auxiliary General csc-commissioner-lizada-as-auxiliary-general/ AFP RELATED 55 PAF attack helicopter crashes in Bohol https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1138137 PAF combat chopper crashes in Bohol; https://mb.com.ph/2021/04/27/paf-combat- 56 pilot dead, 3 survive chopper-crashes-in-bohol-pilot-dead-3-survive/ Go extends financial aid to victims of https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1138247 57 Bohol chopper crash SC Justice Carandang to quiz Esperon https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/natio - ity pantry n/785362/sc-justice-carandang-to-quiz- 58 on ‘red tagging’ of commun organizers esperon-on-red-tagging-of-community-pantry- organizers/story/ 15 senators seek censure of NTF- https://mb.com.ph/2021/04/27/15-senators- 59 ELCAC’s Parlade seek-censure-of-ntf-elcacs-parlade/ Duterte won't step in, leaves decision on https://mb.com.ph/2021/04/27/duterte-wont- 60 Parlade to NTF-ELCAC — Roque step-in-leaves-decision-on-parlade-to-ntf- elcac-roque/ Guevarra: Congress Should Pass A https://businessmirror.com.ph/2021/04/28/gue 61 Law To Define Red-Tagging And Its varra-congress-should-pass-a-law-to-define- Penalties red-tagging-and-its-penalties/ House leader asks CHR, NBI to probe https://mb.com.ph/2021/04/27/house-leader- 62 red-tagging of community pantries asks-chr-nbi-to-probe-red-tagging-of- community-pantries/ House resolution to probe use of P19-B https://mb.com.ph/2021/04/27/house- 63 anti-insurgency funds filed resolution-to-probe-use-of-p19-b-anti- insurgency-funds-filed/ Reds to benefit if NTF-ELCAC is https://mb.com.ph/2021/04/27/bato-reds-to- 64 defunded benefit-if-ntf-elcac-is-defunded/ PH & US armies hold first-ever 'training https://mb.com.ph/2021/04/27/ph-training- 65 rotation' in Fort Magsaysay rotation-in-fort-magsaysay/ 2 anti-communist group members killed https://mb.com.ph/2021/04/27/2-anti- 66 in ambush communist-group-members-killed-in-ambush/ Reds' killing sprees to further weaken https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1138209 67 CP-NPA: ex-cadres Iloilo activists decry anew red-tagging https://mb.com.ph/2021/04/27/iloilo-activists- 68 decry-anew-red-tagging/ Senior NPA leader, wife killed in https://www.manilatimes.net/2021/04/27/news/ 69 Agusan clash senior-npa-leader-wife-killed-in-agusan- clash/868189/ Gov’t seeks dismissal of 37 petitions vs. https://mb.com.ph/2021/04/27/govt-seeks- 70 ATA; cites at least 3 justifications dismissal-of-37-petitionsvs-ata-cites-at-least-3- justifications/ OSG lawyers wither during https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2021/04/27 71 interpellation on anti-terror law /2094188/osg-lawyers-wither-during- interpellation-anti-terror-law In defending ATA, Calida references https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2021/04/27 72 Duterte: Nothing to be afraid of if you're /2094170/defending-ata-calida-references- no terrorist duterte-nothing-be-afraid-if-youre-no-terrorist Abolishing anti-terror law against int'l https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1138202 73 obligations: SolGen ‘Subversive’ documents, campaign https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/natio materials of Neri Colmenares seized n/785346/subversive-documents-campaign- 74 from suspected NPA armory in Laguna materials-of-neri-colmenares-seized-from- —Calida suspected-npa-armory-in-laguna-calida/story/ INDO PACIFIC NEWS WTO chief warns EU, Japan, US not to https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/ 74 ‘target’ China using trade reform article/3131291/wto-chief-warns-eu-japan-us- not-target-china-using-trade Biden’s first 100 days: COVID-19, jobs, https://www.reuters.com/world/us/bidens-first- 76 foreign policy, immigration, guns and 100-days-covid-19-jobs-foreign-policy- dogs immigration-guns-dogs-2021-04-27/ Shaken U.S. Capitol on high alert for https://www.reuters.com/world/us/shaken-us- 74 Biden’s first address to Congress capitol-high-alert-bidens-first-address- congress-2021-04-27/ U.S. legislation on China to be https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us- 77 delayed, lawmakers say legislation-china-be-delayed-lawmakers-say- 2021-04-27/ US legislation for US$112 billion tech https://www.scmp.com/tech/policy/article/3131 78 research funding to counter China will 244/us-legislation-us112-billion-tech-research- be delayed, lawmakers say funding-counter-china-will Blinken cautions Africa on China during https://www.scmp.com/news/world/africa/articl 79 virtual ‘trip’ to Nigeria and Kenya e/3131339/africa-should-beware-chinas- growing-role-top-us-diplomat-antony China vows to advance cooperation https://news.cgtn.com/news/2021-04- 80 with Asia and the Pacific 27/China-vows-to-advance-cooperation-with- Asia-and-the-Pacific--ZNAlBXGxYQ/index.html Beijing takes foreign media to Xinjiang https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/artic 81 in bid to dispel suspicion le/3131325/beijing-takes-foreign-media- xinjiang-bid-dispel-suspicion China’s Xi vows support for private firms https://www.scmp.com/economy/china- 82 amid concerns of government
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