Today’s News 29 March 2021 (Monday) A. NAVY NEWS/COVID NEWS/PHOTOS Title Writer Newspaper Page DND Chief: more assets deployed in reef R Acosta B Mirror A2 1 area 2 Go: Covid-19 vaccine shipment arriving B Tamayo PDI A2 B. NATIONAL HEADLINES Title Writer Newspaper Page 3 Palace vows aid during ECQ A Romero P Star 1 4 Doctors: Fix response, avoid lockdown cycle D Pazzibugan PDI A1 C. NATIONAL SECURITY Title Writer Newspaper Page 5 DND: Phl ready to defend WPS sovereignty R Cabrera P Star 3 6 PH ramps up monitoring of Chinese vessels N Corrales PDI A4 7 Esperon optimistic PH, China will resolve M Sadongdong M Bulletin 1 latest tension in West PH Sea 8 Defense chief urges China: Withdraw ships D Reyes M Times A3 9 China war games: PH on guard R Araja M Standard A1 10 PH sends patrol ships, plane to West PH M Sadongdong Tempo 3 Sea reef 11 Smuggled cigarettes sized in Zamboanga N Lacson M Standard B16 D. INDO-PACIFIC Title Writer Newspaper Page NIL NIL NIL NIL E. AFP RELATED Title Writer Newspaper Page 12 Checkpoint protocols laid down K Maralit D Tribune A3 Palace execs wish Duterte good health on PNA P Tonight 10 13 76th b-day F. CPP-NPA-NDF-LCM Title Writer Newspaper Page 14 PACC to tap villages in fight vs corruption K Calayag M Times A3 15 6 impoverished rebels surrender J Reyes M Standard B16 16 Send home Joma, groups demand M Standard A4 17 5 most wanted men arrested A Dalizon P Journal 13 18 5 rebels yield ahead of NPA anniversary J Eleda P Journal 13 19 3 sa NPA sa Bukidnon, nalambat F Taboy Balita 3 G. MNLF/MILF/BIFF/ASG Title Writer Newspaper Page 20 Amnesty program backed J Manalastas P Journal 2 Velasco backs Duterte amnesty program for J Manalastas P Tonight 12 21 rebs H. EDITORIAL-OPINION-COMMENTARY-SPECIAL Title Writer Newspaper Page 22 Pass or fail? S De Guzman P Star 4 Drilon wants govt to capitulates to R Tiglao M Times A1 23 communists 24 52 years of NPA M Cabugon M Times A5 25 Kaya bang umalma sa China? Ngayon 4 I. ONLINE NEWS Title Link NATIONAL NEWS https://mb.com.ph/2021/03/28/asean-on-the- 26 ASEAN ‘on the spot’ after Myanmar ‘bloodbath’, says Locsin spot-after-myanmar-bloodbath-says-locsin/ Philippines Catholics brave COVID-19 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health- threat to celebrate Palm Sunday coronavirus-philippines-palm-s/philippines- 27 catholics-brave-covid-19-threat-to-celebrate- palm-sunday-idUSKBN2BK06I Rites marking 500 yrs of Christianity to https://businessmirror.com.ph/2021/03/29/rites 28 proceed, mostly online, says CBCP -marking-500-yrs-of-christianity-to-proceed- mostly-online-says-cbcp/ Non-APORs urged to stay home, stay https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1135150 29 safe Palace confirms ‘ayuda’ for ECQ areas; https://mb.com.ph/2021/03/28/palace- 30 cash aid to cover SAP beneficiaries, confirms-ayuda-for-ecq-areas-cash-aid-to- displaced workers cover-sap-beneficiaries-displaced-workers/ NAVY NEWS DND Chief: More assets deployed in reef https://businessmirror.com.ph/2021/03/29/dnd- 31 area chief-more-assets-deployed-in-reef-area/ PH sends patrol ships, plane to WPS as https://mb.com.ph/2021/03/28/ph-sends-patrol- 32 China refuses to leave Julian Felipe Reef ships-plane-to-wps-as-china-refuses-to-leave- julian-felipe-reef/ Lorenzana: More ships sent to patrol https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2021/03/28 33 West Philippine Sea /2087585/lorenzana-more-ships-sent-patrol- west-philippine-sea PH ready to defend sovereignty, marine https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1135123 34 resources: Lorenzana French submarine offer to the https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop 35 Philippines - Part 1: Why are submarines &v=c7GpA_suRho getting so popular globally? AFP RELATED Esperon optimistic PH, China will https://mb.com.ph/2021/03/28/esperon- 36 resolve latest tension in West PH Sea optimistic-ph-china-will-resolve-latest-tension- in-west-ph-sea/ Philippine Air Force deploys jet over https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/natio 37 Chinese ships at Julian Felipe Reef n/781574/philippine-air-force-deploys-jet-over- chinese-ships-at-julian-felipe-reef/story/ Send home Joma, groups demand https://manilastandard.net/news/national/3506 38 61/send-home-joma-groups-demand.html 6 private armed groups in Maguindanao https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/regio disbanded during Q1 of 2021 task ns/781529/6-private-armed-groups-in- 39 — force maguindanao-disbanded-during-q1-of-2021- task-force/story/ Velasco: House fully supports Duterte’s https://mb.com.ph/2021/03/28/velasco-house- 40 amnesty program for Muslim, communist fully-supports-dutertes-amnesty-program-for- rebels muslim-communist-rebels/ AFP ready to deploy more Covid-19 https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1135136 41 vaccines PCOO premieres anti-terrorism docu https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1135166 42 ‘CTG’ AMLC orders freeze of UCCP Haran https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1135146 43 bank deposits, assets 6 impoverished rebels surrender https://tribune.net.ph/index.php/2021/03/29/6- 44 impoverished-rebels-surrender/ Sulu hospital upgrade up https://tribune.net.ph/index.php/2021/03/29/sul 45 u-hospital-upgrade-up/ Earthquake scenarios: Mitigating https://mb.com.ph/2021/03/28/earthquake- 46 potential impacts of ‘Big Ones’ scenarios-mitigating-potential-impacts-of-big- ones/ The unending story of red-tagging, https://www.manilatimes.net/2021/03/27/opinio 47 courtesy of CPP n/columnists/the-unending-story-of-red- tagging-courtesy-of-cpp-2/855934/ INDO-PACIFIC NEWS Myanmar's deadliest day since its coup https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia- 48 56549156 Troops fire at funeral as Myanmar https://www.reuters.com/article/us-myanmar- mourns bloodiest day since coup politics/troops-fire-at-funeral-as-myanmar- 49 mourns-bloodiest-day-since-coup- idUSKBN2BK00T Factbox:'Fallen Stars' from a day of https://www.reuters.com/article/us-myanmar- bloodshed in Myanmar politics-victims-factbox/factboxfallen-stars- 50 from-a-day-of-bloodshed-in-myanmar- idUSKBN2BK0BF Myanmar Protesters Return After https://www.wsj.com/articles/myanmar- 51 Security Forces Kill 90 People protesters-return-after-security-forces-kill-90- people-including-children-11616942696 Myanmar army launches air strikes in https://www.reuters.com/article/us-myanmar- Karen state, group says politics-karen/myanmar-army-launches-air- 52 strikes-in-karen-state-group-says- idUSKBN2BJ0IZ Thousands flee to Thailand after https://www.reuters.com/article/us-myanmar- Myanmar army's air strikes on villages: politics-karen/thousands-flee-to-thailand-after- 53 activist group, media myanmar-armys-air-strikes-on-villages-activist- group-media-idUSKBN2BK0CP https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/28/world/asi 54 Inside Myanmar’s Army: ‘They See Protesters as Criminals’ a/myanmar-army-protests.html World Bank, Asian Development Bank https://www.voanews.com/east-asia- 55 Freeze Funds to Myanmar to Shun Junta pacific/world-bank-asian-development-bank- freeze-funds-myanmar-shun-junta Indonesian church bombed by https://www.reuters.com/article/us-indonesia- 56 suspected Islamist militants blast/indonesian-church-bombed-by- suspected-islamist-militants-idUSKBN2BK02C Indonesia police: Makassar church https://www.reuters.com/article/us-indonesia- bomber part of a group involved in past blast/indonesia-police-makassar-church- 57 attack bomber-part-of-a-group-involved-in-past- attack-idUSKBN2BK0EU Islamic State terror network behind https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast- 58 suicide bombing at Indonesian church, asia/article/3127364/islamic-state-terror- police say network-behind-palm-sunday-suicide Indonesia president condemns church https://www.reuters.com/article/us-indonesia- attack as "terrorism" blast-president/indonesia-president- 59 condemns-church-attack-as-terrorism- idUSKBN2BK06M Two people carried out church bombing https://www.reuters.com/article/us-indonesia- 60 in Indonesia: police blast-attackers/two-people-carried-out-church- bombing-in-indonesia-police-idUSKBN2BK04L Indonesia police: one killed in church https://www.reuters.com/article/us-indonesia- bombing was the attacker blast-victim/indonesia-police-one-killed-in- 61 church-bombing-was-the-attacker- idUSKBN2BK03U Indonesia police: explosion in Makassar https://www.reuters.com/article/us-indonesia- suspected to be a suicide bombing blast-police/indonesia-police-explosion-in- 62 makassar-suspected-to-be-a-suicide-bombing- idUSKBN2BK03E Bangladesh violence spreads after https://www.reuters.com/article/us- Modi's visit, attacks on Hindu temples, bangladesh-india-protest/bangladesh-violence- 63 train spreads-after-modis-visit-attacks-on-hindu- temples-train-idUSKBN2BK08L Killing of youths sparks protests in https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pakistan- northwest Pakistan killings-protests/killing-of-youths-sparks- 64 protests-in-northwest-pakistan- idUSKBN2BK0K2 Thai rally site cleared https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/politics/ 65 2091047/police-storm-rally-site North Korea accuses U.N. Security https://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea- Council of 'double standard' over missile missiles-un/north-korea-accuses-u-n-security- 66 tests council-of-double-standard-over-missile-tests- idUSKBN2BK0P1 U.N. negotiating with China for https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china- unfettered access to Xinjiang: Guterres rights-un/u-n-negotiating-with-china-for- 67 tells CBC unfettered-access-to-xinjiang-guterres-tells- cbc-idUSKBN2BK0GN Beijing enveloped in hazardous https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china- sandstorm, second time in two weeks weather-sandstorm/beijing-enveloped-in- 68 hazardous-sandstorm-second-time-in-two- weeks-idUSKBN2BK03C China generated over half world's coal-