Today’s News 14 April 2021 (Wednesday) A. NAVY NEWS/COVID NEWS/PHOTOS Title Writer Newspaper Page PH expects 20M doses from Russia`s K Calayag M Times A2 1 Gamaleya Pagtaaas pa ng COVID-19 cases asahan sa M Escudero B Ngay 2 Hunyo o Hulyo Marina no control on vax, No contract R Ayeng D tribune D24 3 “No ’ policy B. NATIONAL HEADLINES Title Writer Newspaper Page J Clapano P Star 1 4 Gov’t to public: Brace for midyear COVID surge PH in a bind, experts warn; Chinese envoy J Andrade PDI A1 5 summoned C. NATIONAL SECURITY Title Writer Newspaper Page 6 DFA summons Chinese envoy over lingering P Brago P Star 2 boats 7 DFA summons Chinese envoy over WPS S Locus D Tribune A3 8 PH summons Chinese envoy over vessels in A Hachero Malaya A10 disputed waters 9 China envoy summoned E Santos P Journal 2 10 DFA summons Chinese envoy P Tonight 6 11 DFA ipinatawag ang Chinese envoy sa isyu G Garcia Ngayon 2 ng vessels sa West Phl Sea 12 Chinese envoy, pagpapaliwanagin ng DFA G Garcia PM 2 sa presensya ng Chinese sa Julian Felipe Reef 13 PH boosts patrols in disputed sea Bloomberg M Bulletin 1 D. INDO-PACIFIC Title Writer Newspaper Page China`s exports rise at robust pace, imports Reuters B Malaya A2 14 growth highest in 4 years E. AFP RELATED Title Writer Newspaper Page Duterte: Military would have ousted me if I L Salaverria PDI A2 15 were inutile 16 Rody talks to Putin; Sputnik V coming C Mendez P Star 1 Du30, Putin talk vaccines; PH orders 20M L Salaverria PDI A3 17 Sputnik V shots 18 Cash aid pay-out slow at 8% V Reyes Malaya A12 19 Sibugay towns under close watch N Lacson D Tribune B16 20 Soldier, civilian hurt in Basilan IED blast Z Capistrano Tempo 3 F. CPP-NPA-NDF-LCM Title Writer Newspaper Page Over 1k wanted persons, other lawbreakers A Dalizon P Tonight 5 21 neutralized as a result of PNP-IG’s intelligence-driven operations Over 1,000 wanted persons, lawbreakers P Journal 12 22 A Dalizon neutralized by PNP-IG G. MNLF/MILF/BIFF/ASG Title Writer Newspaper Page Militant slain P Star 9 23 , 8 gov’t troopers wounded in R Pareño Marawi clash 24 Baby of slain DI subleader rescued B Ermac Tempo 3 25 Lider ng Dawlah Islamiyah utas sa raid D Franche Ngayon 4 26 2 wounded in Basilan bombing A Jacinto M Times A7 H. EDITORIAL-OPINION-COMMENTARY-SPECIAL Title Writer Newspaper Page 27 Never short of patriots F Jardeleza PDI A8 28 Continuation of a regime by other means L Lorenzana M Times A4 29 Is the President ill? R Aquino M Times A1 30 Duterte is fine, praying for the magic wand I Aberia M Times A6 Locsin so patently ignorant about arbitration M Times A1 31 R Tiglao suit D Tribune A5 32 Batongbacal’s reckless comments about the SCS situation 33 PH-US military exercise P Tonight 4 34 Mahalaga ang may kakampi Ngayon 4 Dapat igalang ng China soberanya ng B Revilla Bulgar 4 35 Pilipinas I. ONLINE NEWS Title Link NATIONAL NEWS Philippines summons Chinese https://www.reuters.com/article/us-philippines- ambassador over vessels in disputed china-southchinasea/philippines-summons- 36 waters chinese-ambassador-over-vessels-in-disputed- waters-idUSKBN2C011L DFA confronts China envoy https://manilastandard.net/news/top- 37 stories/351800/dfa-confronts-china-envoy.html As Filipinos decry anti-Asian attacks in https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2021/04/13 38 the US, anti-Chinese sentiment festers /2090831/filipinos-decry-anti-asian-attacks-us- at home anti-chinese-sentiment-festers-home QC liquor ban, Manila QPass still in https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1136671 39 effect PRRD, Putin share Covid notes in 30- https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1136672 40 minute telesummit https://mb.com.ph/2021/04/13/russias-putin- 41 Russia’s Putin welcomes Duterte’s invitation to visit PH welcomes-dutertes-invitation-to-visit-ph/ DepEd promotes academic ease over https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1136663 42 freeze Distance learning until 2022? DepEd https://news.abs- 43 says planning 'for all possibilities' cbn.com/video/news/04/13/21/deped-face-to- face-classes-2022-covid National ID https://tribune.net.ph/index.php/2021/04/13/nat 44 key to human capital dev’t —NEDA ional-id-key-to-human-capital-devt-neda/ Tropical depression unlikely to affect https://mb.com.ph/2021/04/13/tropical- 45 PH in next five days — PAGASA depression-unlikely-to-affect-ph-in-next-five- days-pagasa/ NAVY NEWS Task force seeks increased maritime, https://mb.com.ph/2021/04/13/task-force- 46 sovereignty patrols in West PH Sea seeks-increased-maritime-sovereignty-patrols- in-west-ph-sea/ PHL deploys more warships to boost https://businessmirror.com.ph/2021/04/14/phl- 47 sea patrols in WPS deploys-more-warships-to-boost-sea-patrols- in-wps/ No at-sea events for this year's https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1136596 48 'Balikatan': PH Navy Ex-DFA chief Del Rosario supports https://mb.com.ph/2021/04/13/ex-dfa-chief-del- gov rosario-supports-govt-effort-in-summoning- 49 ’t effort in summoning Chinese envoy over the Julian Felipe Reef issue chinese-envoy-over-the-julian-felipe-reef- issue/ Mga mangingisda sa West PH Sea https://news.abs- 50 ibinahagi ang kalbaryong idinulot ng cbn.com/news/04/13/21/mangingisda-west-ph- China sea-ibinahagi-kalbaryo-china AFP RELATED Resumption of US-PH Balikatan to https://mb.com.ph/2021/04/13/resumption-of- 51 escalate tension in WPS, Bayan Muna us-ph-balikatan-to-escalate-tension-in-wps- warns bayan-muna-warns/ CPP: Balikatan reinforces Philippine https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/natio dependence on US amid China n/783610/cpp-balikatan-reinforces-philippine- 52 aggression dependence-on-us-amid-china- aggression/story/ Gov’t should stop tolerating China’s https://mb.com.ph/2021/04/13/govt-should- 53 duplicity, bullying — Hontiveros stop-tolerating-chinas-duplicity-bullying- hontiveros/ Reds torch more road equipment in https://tribune.net.ph/index.php/2021/04/13/red 54 Surigao; pursuit underway s-torch-more-road-equipment-in-surigao- pursuit-underway/ Authorities nab alleged Abu Sayyaf https://news.abs- 55 member in Sulu cbn.com/news/04/13/21/authorities-nab- alleged-abu-sayyaf-member-in-sulu Soldier, civilian hurt in Basilan roadside https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/regio 56 blast ns/783498/soldier-civilian-hurt-in-basilan- roadside-blast/story/ INDO PACIFIC NEWS PH calls for South China Sea code of https://mb.com.ph/2021/04/13/ph-calls-for- 57 conduct south-china-sea-code-of-conduct/ Unrest flares again in Minnesota after https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa- fatal police shooting of Black motorist minnesota-shooting/unrest-flares-again-in- 58 minnesota-after-fatal-police-shooting-of-black- motorist-idUSKBN2BZ21A Taser vs. gun mix-up raises concerns https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa- about training, design after Minnesota minnesota-shooting-taser/taser-vs-gun-mix-up- 59 shooting raises-concerns-about-training-design-after- minnesota-shooting-idUSKBN2C02RK US-China tech war: supercomputer https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech- sanctions on China begin to bite as war/article/3129362/us-china-tech-war- 60 Taiwan’s TSMC said to suspend chip supercomputer-sanctions-china-begin-bite- orders taiwans Psaki: U.S. approaches ties with China https://news.cgtn.com/news/2021-04-14/Psaki- 61 as one of competition U-S-approaches-ties-with-China-as-one-of- competition-ZrDpxxxcPe/index.html US issues subpoena to Chinese firm https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united- 62 as part of supply chain review states-canada/article/3129422/us-issues- subpoena-chinese-firm-part-supply-chain US lawmakers seek to speed up Uygur https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united- 63 refugee applications states-canada/article/3129435/us-lawmakers- seek-speed-uygur-refugee-applications Calls for US, China to work together and https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/ 64 ‘set example’ on climate change article/3129415/calls-us-china-work-together- and-set-example-climate-change US climate envoy John Kerry to meet https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/ officials in China this week to discuss 65 article/3129427/us-climate-envoy-john-kerry- environmental crisis concerns meet-officials-china-week Biden sends unofficial delegation to https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united- 66 Taiwan to in ‘personal signal’ states-canada/article/3129430/joe-biden- sends-unofficial-delegation-taiwan US urges Beijing to stop its pressure on https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archi 67 Taiwan ves/2021/04/14/2003755660 Taiwan ready to welcome former US https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/ 68 secretary of state Mike Pompeo article/3129258/taiwan-ready-welcome-former- us-secretary Chinese embassy unwittingly admits https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4176 69 Taiwan is independent in threatening 016 email to Swedish journalist Don't play with fire on Taiwan, China https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-taiwan- 70 warns U.S. diplomacy/dont-play-with-fire-on-taiwan-china- warns-u-s-idUSKBN2C00U5 Chinese premier calls for more https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china- communication between China, U.S. usa/chinese-premier-calls-for-more- 71 communication-between-china-u-s- idUSKBN2C01HI Chinese researchers say their AI text https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/arti 72 censor is 91 per cent accurate cle/3129414/chinese-researchers-say-theyve- developed-ai-text-censor-91-cent China warns of action over Japan’s https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/ 73 decision to dump radioactive article/3129322/china-warns-action-over- Fukushima water into the sea japans-decision-dump-radioactive Hong Kong announces more electoral https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong- system changes favouring pro-Beijing security-electoral/hong-kong-announces-more-