Today’s News 14 August 2021 (Saturday) A. NAVY NEWS/COVID NEWS/PHOTOS Title Writer Newspaper Page NIL NIL NIL NIL B. NATIONAL HEADLINES Title Writer Newspaper Page 1 11 NCR areas under COVID Alert Level 4 P Star 1 Probe of unpaid health sector benefits PDI A1 2 pushed C. NATIONAL SECURITY Title Writer Newspaper Page 3 Sinos at Masinloc? DND chief disagrees PDI A1 D. INDO-PACIFIC Title Writer Newspaper Page NIL NIL NIL NIL E. AFP RELATED Title Writer Newspaper Page AFP -blooded M Bulletin 5 4 chief slams NPA for ‘cold murder’ of army peace officer in Capiz. 5 Gold hunters Pinoy pugs want Olympic glory D Tribune 8 F. CPP-NPA-NDF-LCM Title Writer Newspaper Page 6 PNP ready vs Terror Groups D Tribune 3 7 NPA hit for brutal slay of Army peace officer Tempo G. MNLF/MILF/BIFF/ASG Title Writer Newspaper Page NIL NIL NIL NIL H. EDITORIAL-OPINION-COMMENTARY-SPECIAL Title Writer Newspaper Page 8 Wrong leader at the wrong time PDI A8 Urgent P Star 7 9 calls, reminders on int’l humanitarian law I. ONLINE NEWS Title Link NATIONAL NEWS 5.8-magnitude quake rocks Batangas https://mb.com.ph/2021/08/14/5-7-magnitude- 10 — Phivolcs quake-rocks-batangas-phivolcs/ NAMRIA seeks safe open spaces for the https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1150374 11 'Big One' Climate wake-up call https://businessmirror.com.ph/2021/08/14/clim 12 ate-wake-up-call/ Business bucks ECQ extension, fears https://manilastandard.net/news/top- 13 health-livelihood crisis may worsen stories/362344/business-bucks-ecq-extension- fears-health-livelihood-crisis-may-worsen.html DTI chief: No ECQ extension talks yet https://businessmirror.com.ph/2021/08/13/dti- 14 chief-no-ecq-extension-talks-yet/ Private schools to pursue online learning https://businessmirror.com.ph/2021/08/13/priv 15 in face of Delta threat ate-schools-to-pursue-online-learning-in-face- of-delta-threat/ DOE urged: Ensure power supply during https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/natio 16 Malampaya shutdown n/799191/doe-urged-ensure-power-supply- during-malampaya-shutdown/story/ Rainy in Eastern Visayas due to LPA, fair https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1473506/rainy-in- 17 weather in the rest of PH — Pagasa eastern-visayas-due-to-lpa-fair-weather-in-the- rest-of-ph-pagasa NAVY NEWS Lorenzana denies presence of Chinese https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/natio research ship at Scarborough Shoal n/799240/lorenzana-denies-presence-of- 18 chinese-research-ship-at-scarborough- shoal/story/ AFP RELATED Army, NPA clash in Isabela: 4 troopers https://tribune.net.ph/index.php/2021/08/13/ar 19 hurt, rebel guns seized my-npa-clash-in-isabela-4-troopers-hurt-rebel- guns-seized/ Esperon backs calls for cancellation of https://mb.com.ph/2021/08/13/esperon-backs- 20 registration of Gabriela partylist calls-for-cancellation-of-registration-of- gabriela-partylist/ Groups admonish Makabayan Bloc to https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1150416 21 drop politicking JTF-NCR, partners give 12K hot meals https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1150315 22 to NCR residents AFP chief slams NPA for 'cold-blooded https://mb.com.ph/2021/08/13/afp-chief-slams- 23 murder' of Army peace officer in Capiz npa-over-killing-of-army-peace-officer-in-capiz/ Eleazar: Security forces doubling effort https://www.manilatimes.net/2021/08/13/latest- 24 to prevent local terror groups stories/eleazar-security-forces-doubling-effort- to-prevent-local-terror-groups/1810859 INDO-PACIFIC NEWS ILO report - PHL workers suffered https://businessmirror.com.ph/2021/08/13/phl- 25 largest work-hour losses in SEA in workers-suffered-largest-work-hour-losses-in- pandemic sea-in-pandemic-ilo-report/ Communist China Continues Illegal https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/17619/china 26 Actions in the South China Sea -illegal-actions-south-china-sea Quad meet explores collaboration in https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/def supply chains, critical tech & counter- ence/quad-meet-explores-collaboration-in- 27 terror supply-chains-critical-tech-counter- terror/articleshow/85280120.cms Top US, South Korean trade officials https://www.channelnewsasia.com/business/to 28 discuss supply chain resiliency -USTR p-us-south-korean-trade-officials-discuss- supply-chain-resiliency-ustr-2109836 Democracy summit invitation to Taiwan https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/a 29 ‘risks crisis in China-US ties’ rticle/3144998/biden-democracy-summit- invitation-taiwan-risks-crisis-china-us China firmly rejects U.S. approval of http://en.people.cn/n3/2021/0813/c90000- 30 Taiwan related bill: spokesperson 9883634.html China's new US envoy stresses https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/china- 31 importance of Taiwan in first high-level new-ambassador-us-taiwan-diplomacy- meeting 2110371 China's fury at Lithuania over Taiwan, https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/chinas-fury- warns country to 'pay the price for its evil at-lithuania-over-taiwan-warns-country-to-pay- 32 deed' the-price-for-its-evil- deed/OLJBKOG6ZALVMJIHRC24LKFAFM/ China preparing to recognize Taliban if https://asiapost.live/china-preparing-to- 33 Kabul falls ( recognize-taliban-if-kabul-falls-report/ China should pressure Taliban in two https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/a 34 ways, Afghanistan’s envoy says rticle/3144974/china-should-pressure-taliban- 2-ways-afghanistans-envoy-says Opposed to 'any force' using terrorism to https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/def seek 'geopolitical gains': China on ence/opposed-to-any-force-using-terrorism-to- 35 Pakistan's bus blast probe seek-geopolitical-gains-china-on-pakistans- bus-blast-probe/articleshow/85294781.cms China rejects need for further WHO https://mb.com.ph/2021/08/13/china-rejects- 36 coronavirus origins probe need-for-further-who-coronavirus-origins- probe/ Xi Jinping’s new rules reshape China’s https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/artic 37 Communist Party decision-making le/3144798/xi-jinpings-new-rules-reshape- chinas-communist-party-decision Shanghai Bans English Exams Amid https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/exams- 38 Calls For Less English Teaching 08122021132625.html Two Chinese activists sentenced to 15 https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/artic 39 months’ jail for archiving censored le/3144913/two-chinese-activists-sentenced- internet material 15-months-jail-archiving Researchers Spot Deep Fake Profile https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/fake- 40 Photos Linked to Pro-China Twitter 08122021090719.html Accounts First Hong Kong election under https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/hong- 41 revamped system to be largely kong-election-patriots-uncontested-2110831 uncontested https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/08/12/hong- 42 Hong Kong’s Liberties Are Dying but Business Lives On kong-liberties-business-hub/ Hongkongers think twice as Malaysia https://www.scmp.com/week- changes rules for wealthy migrants asia/economics/article/3144929/hongkongers- 43 think-twice-malaysia-changes-migration-rules- amid China not ASEAN top investor, but https://www.scmp.com/week- 44 ’s fears over its influence persist: study asia/politics/article/3144996/china-not- southeast-asias-top-investor-fears-over-its- economic The Quest for Strategic Balance and https://thediplomat.com/2021/08/the-quest-for- 45 South Korea’s Indo-Pacific Conundrum strategic-balance-and-south-koreas-indo- pacific-conundrum/ Thai protesters spar with police in march https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/thailan 46 on PM Prayut's residence d-bangkok-protests-police-prayut-2111146 More Than 80 Civilians Killed by https://www.rfa.org/english/news/myanmar/kille 47 Myanmar Forces in Sagaing Township d-08122021182107.html Malaysian PM Muhyiddin seeks https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/malays 48 bipartisan support for upcoming ia-muhyiddin-confidence-motion-bipartisan- confidence motion in parliament general-election-2111121 Opposition accuse Malaysian leader of https://www.scmp.com/week- 49 ‘corruption’ after unity plea asia/politics/article/3144991/malaysias- political-crisis-facing-no-confidence-vote-defeat Malaysia’s political crisis: calls to replace https://www.scmp.com/week- PM Muhyiddin with Anwar as no- asia/politics/article/3144916/malaysias- 50 confidence vote looms political-crisis-calls-replace-pm-muhyiddin- anwar-no Australia faces a contested region https://www.9dashline.com/article/australia- 51 faces-a-contested-region Australia chides China over journalist’s https://www.news10.com/news/international/au 52 yearlong detention stralia-chides-china-over-journalists-yearlong- detention/ Pakistan's foreign minister blames https://edition.cnn.com/2021/08/12/asia/china- 53 Afghanistan and India for suicide attack pakistan-india-afghanistan-intl-hnk/index.html on Chinese workers Mango diplomacy is more than low- https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the- 54 hanging fruit in South Asian politics interpreter/mango-diplomacy-more-low- hanging-fruit-south-asian-politics https://asiapost.live/kandahars-fall-signals- 55 Kandahar’s fall signals America’s stark failure in Afghanistan americas-stark-failure-in-afghanistan/ Twelve nations decide not to recognise https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/def 56 any Afghan government imposed by ence/twelve-nations-decide-not-to-recognise- force any-afghan-government-imposed-by- force/articleshow/85297836.cms DEFENSE NEWS Lorenzana: Chinese research ship https://tribune.net.ph/index.php/2021/08/13/lore 57 didn’t enter EEZ nzana-chinese-research-ship-didnt-enter-eez/ Facebook, Amazon seek US approval https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united- 58 for undersea cable after China Mobile’s states-canada/article/3145025/facebook- exit amazon-seek-us-approval-undersea-cable DHS warns of newly active al Qaeda https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/a 59 ahead of 9/11 anniversary ug/13/dhs-warns-newly-active-al-qaeda-ahead- 911-annivers/ Biden Should Provide Afghans Support https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/mcconn 60 to Stop Taliban from Conquering Kabul ell-biden-should-provide-afghans-support-to- stop-taliban-from-conquering-kabul/ US to reduce Kabul embassy to core https://www.channelnewsasia.com/world/us- 61 staff, add 3,000 troops to help reduce-kabul-embassy-core-staff-add-3000- troops-help-2109406 First U.S.