Today’s News 18 August 2021 (Wednesday) A. NAVY NEWS/COVID NEWS/PHOTOS Title Writer Newspaper Page NIL NIL NIL NIL B. NATIONAL HEADLINES Title Writer Newspaper Page 1 Rody to agencies: Don’t follow COA A Romero P-Star 1 Lawmakers defend COA after flogging from L Salaverria PDI A2 2 DU30 C. NATIONAL SECURITY Title Writer Newspaper Page Phl open to accepting asylum seekers from A Romero P -Star 1 3 Afghanistan OFWs harassed by Taliban in escape from M Bartolome P Star 1 4 Kabul 35 Pinoys back, 132 await airlift from D Pazzibugan PDI A5 5 Afghanistan D. INDO-PACIFIC Title Writer Newspaper Page NIL NIL NIL NIL E. AFP RELATED Title Writer Newspaper Page 6 COA flags TESDA on NT-ELCAC R Villanueva P Star 3 State auditors question TESDA fund J Aurelio PDI A2 7 transfers to anti-red task force TESDA transfer of P160M NTF-ELCAC P Tabingo Malaya A11 8 funds ‘highly questionable,’ says COA F. CPP-NPA-NDF-LCM Title Writer Newspaper Page 9 NPA leader nabbed in S. Cotabato J Unson P-Star 7 10 Army raid in E. Samar rebel camp kills 18 J Gableta PDI A7 11 ‘Big Blow to NPA’ M Marticio Tempo 1 12 Samar clash leaves 16 NPA members dead J Eleda P-Journal 13 13 16 NPA todas sa engkwentro D Franche Ngayon 9 14 No civilian hurt in NPA lair attack J Roson D Tribune B16 15 2 minor NPA fighters surrender in Bukidnon C Diaz M Times A7 16 Manhunt vs vendors’ murderers P Antolin D Tribune B16 17 Commie intel officer neutralized J Roson D Tribune B16 18 Intel officer ng NPA dedo sa shootout R Beñez Ngayon 9 19 Nagpopondo sa NPA, ikukulong -NICA D Franche Ngayon 2 G. MNLF/MILF/BIFF/ASG Title Writer Newspaper Page 20 BARMM launches various projects D Tribune B16 H. EDITORIAL-OPINION-COMMENTARY-SPECIAL Title Writer Newspaper Page 21 Hidden conflicts, silenced voices N Lacson PDI A6 22 No frills work J Rodriguez D Tribune A4 I. ONLINE NEWS Title Link NATIONAL NEWS 35 OFWs in first batch from Kabul now in https://businessmirror.com.ph/2021/08/17/35- 23 Manila, DFA to fly home others ofws-in-first-batch-from-kabul-now-in-manila- dfa-to-fly-home-others/ PH ready to accept refugees from https://mb.com.ph/2021/08/17/ph-ready-to- 24 Afghanistan accept-refugees-from-afghanistan/ Philippines' Duterte proposes record https://www.channelnewsasia.com/business/p 25 US$99.13 billion national budget for hilippines-duterte-proposes-record-us9913- 2022 billion-national-budget-2022-2117841 Philippines' electric grid operator files for https://www.channelnewsasia.com/business/p 26 IPO hilippines-electric-grid-operator-files-ipo- 2118131 Extend ECQ or downgrade? NCR to https://news.abs- 27 decide Wednesday cbn.com/news/08/18/21/extend-ecq-or- downgrade-ncr-to-decide-wednesday PH to have warm, humid weather with https://mb.com.ph/2021/08/17/ph-to-have- 28 some rain showers due to easterlies — warm-humid-weather-with-some-rain-showers- PAGASA due-to-easterlies-pagasa/ NAVY NEWS ‘No strings attached to China jabs, https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2021/08/18 29 except…’ /2120745/no-strings-attached-china-jabs- except AFP RELATED Army raid in Eastern Samar rebel camp https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1475092/army- 30 kills 18 raid-in-e-samar-rebel-camp-kills-18 Storm Troopers' operation: How the PH https://mb.com.ph/2021/08/17/storm-troopers- 31 Army successfully infiltrated an NPA operation-how-the-ph-army-successfully- hideout in Eastern Samar infiltrated-an-npa-hideout-in-eastern-samar/ No civilians endangered in deadly E. https://tribune.net.ph/index.php/2021/08/17/no- 32 Samar clash — Army civilians-endangered-in-deadly-e-samar-clash- army/ AFP tells NPA in Samar: Surrender or https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/17/21/afp- 33 end up dead tells-npa-in-samar-surrender-or-end-up-dead CPP condemns military's use of https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/natio 34 airstrikes in Eastern Samar clash n/799664/cpp-condemns-use-of-aerial- bombing-in-eastern-samar-clash/story/ Reds kill 3 vendors in Masbate, Eleazar https://mb.com.ph/2021/08/17/reds-kill-3- 35 orders offensive vendors-in-masbate-eleazar-orders-offensive/ NPA intel officer killed in SoCot https://mb.com.ph/2021/08/17/npa-intel-officer- 36 operation killed-in-socot-operation/ 2 minor NPA fighters surrender in https://www.manilatimes.net/2021/08/18/news/ 37 Bukidnon regions/2-minor-npa-fighters-surrender-in- bukidnon/1811338 CoA questions Tesda fund transfer to https://www.manilatimes.net/2021/08/17/news/ 38 anti-insurgency agency coa-questions-tesda-fundtransfer-to-anti- insurgency-agency/1811286 Tesda chief: P160-M transfer to NTF- https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1475078/tesda- ELCAC earmarked for ex- chief-says-p160-million-fund-transfer-to-ntf- 39 terrorists’ livelihood programs elcac-were-spent-on-livelihood-programs-for- former-terrorists INDO-PACIFIC NEWS Southeast Asia economies grew in Apr.- https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/2021 40 Jun. 0817_01/ China ends fishing moratorium in South https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202108/1231 41 China Sea, foreign media speculation 625.shtml rejected Afghan debacle dims US credibility https://asiatimes.com/2021/08/afghan-debacle- 42 across Asia dims-us-credibility-across-asia/ UN says world will ‘scrutinize’ Taliban https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-pakistan- 43 actions afghanistan- e85fcbad8bfa406d1bfbe8215d084ca8 Russia, China, Iran, Pakistan Extend https://www.newsweek.com/russia-china-iran- 44 Hands to Taliban Now in Control of pakistan-extend-hands-taliban-now-control- Afghanistan afghanistan-1620335 Biden scrambles to limit damage to https://www.reuters.com/world/us/biden- 45 credibility from Afghanistan scrambles-limit-damage-credibility- afghanistan-2021-08-17/ Biden: Afghan chaos ‘gut-wrenching’ but https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-europe- 46 stands by withdrawal health-coronavirus-pandemic- 88db88ca25d33ceff43072c885ed04f9 From the ashes of Afghanistan, a 'Biden https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/International- 47 Doctrine' emerges relations/Indo-Pacific/From-the-ashes-of- Afghanistan-a-Biden-Doctrine-emerges Texas Senator Cornyn deletes https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-senator- 48 erroneous Taiwan tweet blasted by cornyn-deletes-erroneous-taiwan-tweet- Chinese media blasted-by-chinese-media-2021-08-17/ Rubio wants Biden to block TikTok after https://www.reuters.com/technology/rubio- 49 Chinese govt stake in subsidiary of wants-biden-block-tiktok-after-chinese- parent company government-takes-stake-2021-08-17/ Chinese FM talks with U.S. secretary of http://en.people.cn/n3/2021/0817/c90000- 50 state over Afghanistan, bilateral ties 9884922.html https://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/meeting- 51 US Diplomat’s Meeting with Tibetan Exile Representative in India Riles China 08162021182310.html China blames US over Afghanistan, but https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/china- 52 expresses willingness to hold talks blames-us-over-afghanistan-expresses- willingness-hold-talks-2118206 China will tread carefully in navigating https://asiapost.live/china-will-tread-carefully- 53 the Taliban’s return in-navigating-the-talibans-return-afghanistan/ China Eyes Post-War Reconstruction in https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/promis 54 Afghanistan Amid Promises of Peace es-08162021134021.html From Taliban 'Lone wolf warrior' - Does China need https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4271 55 real allies anyway? 720 Chinese fishing boats return to South https://www.scmp.com/video/china/3145309/c 56 China Sea hinese-fishing-boats-return-disputed-south- china-sea-after-summer-moratorium Children of Detained Uyghur Parents https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/welfar 57 Held in ‘Welfare Schools’ in China’s e-schools-08162021174124.html Xinjiang Chinese Police Stop Tibetan Travelers, https://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/police- 58 Pushing One Into River and Shooting 08162021151150.html Another https://thediplomat.com/2021/08/in-china-xi- 59 In China, ‘Xi Jinping Thought’ Is the Only Accepted Religion jinping-thought-is-the-only-accepted-religion/ Hong Kong leader: Groups crossing ‘red https://www.news10.com/news/international/ho 60 lines’ should disband ng-kong-leader-groups-crossing-red-lines- should-disband/ China, Russia should encourage Taliban https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202108/1231 61 to build inclusive political structure: 678.shtml Chinese FM Hong Kong's Population Falls For https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/falls- 62 Second Year Running Amid Exodus 08162021154904.html Taiwan would not collapse like https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/taiwan 63 Afghanistan, premier says -collapse-afghanistan-china-premier-2117711 Japan closes embassy in Afghanistan https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/japan- 64 closes-embassy-afghanistan-2118081 Japan Paralympic team holds inaugural https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/2021 65 ceremony 0817_19/ Like Olympics, Paralympics won’t have https://www.news10.com/japan- 66 fans during pandemic 2020/paralympics-follow-lead-of-olympics-no- fans-during-pandemic/ Afghanistan crisis stirs debate over https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2021 67 stability of South Korea-US alliance /08/205_314050.html North Korea Cracks Down on https://www.rfa.org/english/news/korea/worker 68 Employees Skipping Work to Earn s-08162021155309.html Money Elsewhere From Ethnic Nationalism to Social https://thediplomat.com/2021/08/from-ethnic- 69 Media: How North Korea Leverages Its nationalism-to-social-media-how-north-korea- Soft Power Abroad leverages-its-soft-power-abroad/ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/laos/debt- 70 Laos Drowning in Debt That Can’t be Repaid: Experts 08162021193422.html Malaysian king wants ‘new politics’ that https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/malay
Details
-
File Typepdf
-
Upload Time-
-
Content LanguagesEnglish
-
Upload UserAnonymous/Not logged-in
-
File Pages292 Page
-
File Size-