Today’s News 02 May 2021 (Saturday) A. NAVY NEWS/COVID NEWS/PHOTOS Title Writer Newspaper Page DOD not dropping sputnik V despite brazil L Salaverria PDI A2 1 rejection; 15K doses arrive B. NATIONAL HEADLINES Title Writer Newspaper Page 2 Gov,t eyeing ₱8,000 monthly wages subsidy L Desiderio P Star 1 3 Tourism worker’s turn to receive cash aid M Ramos PDI A1 C. NATIONAL SECURITY Title Writer Newspaper Page 4 Palace blasts Carpio, other critics on WPS C Mendez PDI 1 5 West Philippine Sea ours to exploit – Solon J Manalastas P Journal 7 6 Ping pushes united tack on WPS M Gascon PDI A4 7 Lacson calls for unified stand on WPS issue M Purification P Tonight 6 8 United stand on WPS issue pressed M Purification P Journal 7 9 Gordon reminds Chinese envoy of Filipino L Ducusin P Journal 7 hospitality 10 ‘Di pagkakaisa ng mga Filipino sa isyu ng M Escudero Ngayon 2 WPS pinuna ni Lacson 11 Pacquiao pinapalayas ang China sa WPS M Escudero PM 2 D. INDO-PACIFIC Title Writer Newspaper Page NIL NIL NIL NIL E. AFP RELATED Title Writer Newspaper Page Salceda bill pushes pension reforms for J Aurelio PDI A2 12 uniformed services Cebu Mactan Airbase official defends Bong P Journal 13 13 Go over fake news Ngayon 2 14 Bong Go biktima ng ‘fake news’, idinepensa ng Cebu Mactan Airbase official Bong Go idinepensa sa fake news ng Cebu P Tonight 1 15 Mactan Airbase official 16 Sotto vows to retain NTF-ELCAC funds Y Terrazola M Bulletin 4 F. CPP-NPA-NDF-LCM Title Writer Newspaper Page Workers sc M Ramos PDI A2 17 ore Gov’t for suppressing labor rights G. MNLF/MILF/BIFF/ASG Title Writer Newspaper Page NIL NIL NIL NIL H. EDITORIAL-OPINION-COMMENTARY-SPECIAL Title Writer Newspaper Page 18 Let’s pay off China’s COVID vax donations F Pascual Jr. P Star 6 19 Hands off WPS drills P Journal 4 Should we now slav the elephant in the M Loja PDI A8 20 room ? Walang proteksiyon mga mangingisdang Ngayon 4 21 Pinoy 22 Parlade para me M Times A5 Senators should look at themselves before D Tribune A5 23 getting angry 24 Simple at marangal K Sanchez Ngayon 2 25 Burned out P Star 6 I. ONLINE NEWS Title Link NATIONAL NEWS Duterte honors COVID-19 frontliners, https://mb.com.ph/2021/05/01/duterte-honors- 26 essential workers on Labor Day covid-19-frontliners-essential-workers-on- labor-day/ https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1138741 27 PRRD sees workers as ‘important catalysts’ for economic revival Labor Day rallyists defy MECQ, safety https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1138770 28 guidelines Labor Day protesters stage rally in QC https://mb.com.ph/2021/05/01/labor-day- 29 as police bars entry to Manila protesters-stage-rally-in-qc-as-police-bars- entry-to-manila/ China is a true friend—envoy https://manilastandard.net/news/top- 30 stories/353322/china-is-a-true-friend- envoy.html DITO expands coverage to 15 more https://tribune.net.ph/index.php/2021/05/01/dit 31 cities o-expands-coverage-to-15-more-cities/ PH to repatriate citizens in India when https://news.abs- commercial flights resume: envoy cbn.com/video/news/05/02/21/ph-to-repatriate- 32 citizens-in-india-when-commercial-flights- resume-envoy NAVY NEWS Palace blasts Carpio, other critics on https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2021/05/02 33 West Philippine Sea /2095313/palace-blasts-carpio-other-critics- west-philippine-sea Lacson: PH leaders must unite on WPS https://mb.com.ph/2021/05/01/lacson-ph- 34 issue leaders-must-unite-on-wps-issue/ 'Tayo pa ang nag-aaway': Lacson says https://news.abs- 35 Philippine leaders should be 'united' in cbn.com/news/05/01/21/lacson-philippines- West Philippine Sea issue leaders-united-west-philippine-sea-china PH must ‘take initiative’ with US, allies – https://www.manilatimes.net/2021/05/02/news/ 36 Lacson national/ph-must-take-initiative-with-us-allies- lacson/869268/ Remove vessels in WPS, Pacquiao tells https://mb.com.ph/2021/05/01/pacquiao- 37 China demands-china-to-withdraw-vessels-in-wps/ Drilon to gov’t: 'Drop appeasement, https://mb.com.ph/2021/05/01/drilon-to-govt- 38 accommodation policy on China' drop-appeasement-accommodation-policy-on- china/ 'Careful with your words': Sotto wants https://mb.com.ph/2021/05/01/sotto-wants- 39 Senate's WPS resolution toned down senates-west-philippine-sea-resolution-toned- down/ China continues to fish in West https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/natio Philippine Sea due to 'contested' EEZ - n/785853/china-continues-to-fish-in-west- 40 Esperon philippine-sea-due-to-contested-eez- esperon/story/ Malampaya service contract to expire in https://tribune.net.ph/index.php/2021/05/01/ma 41 2024 lampaya-service-contract-to-expire-in-2024/ AFP RELATED Esperon vows to review Senate's calls https://mb.com.ph/2021/05/01/esperon-vows- 42 for Parlade's removal from NTF-ELCAC to-review-senates-calls-for-parlades-removal- from-ntf-elcac/ Esperon says consulting senators amid https://news.abs- calls to censure, remove Parlade cbn.com/news/05/01/21/esperon-says- 43 consulting-senators-amid-calls-to-censure- remove-parlade Esperon dares lawmakers: Defund NTF- https://mb.com.ph/2021/05/01/esperon-dares- 44 ELCAC, allow insurgency to thrive lawmakers-defund-ntf-elcac-allow-insurgency- to-thrive/ Nagpakilalang opisyal ng NPA sumuko https://news.abs- 45 sa Davao City cbn.com/news/05/01/21/nagpakilalang-opisyal- ng-npa-sumuko-sa-davao-city Ina ng Maginhawa community pantry https://news.abs- organizer, di maiwasang mag-alala sa cbn.com/video/news/05/01/21/ina-ng- 46 anak maginhawa-community-pantry-organizer-di- maiwasang-mag-alala-sa-anak INDO-PACIFIC NEWS U.S.-Japan summit highlights resolve of https://ipdefenseforum.com/2021/04/u-s-japan- summit-highlights-resolve-of-steadfast- 47 ‘steadfast alliances’ in securing Free and Open Indo-Pacific alliances-in-securing-free-and-open-indo- pacific/ Biden to veer from Trump, Obama https://the-japan- 48 policies in taking on North Korea news.com/news/article/0007361866 Biden administration sets new North https://www.reuters.com/world/asia- pacific/biden-administration-has-completed- 49 Korea policy of ‘practical’ diplomacy north-korea-policy-review-white-house-2021- 04-30/ US searches for North Korean reset after https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/International- 50 ending policy review relations/Biden-s-Asia-policy/US-searches-for- North-Korean-reset-after-ending-policy-review Biden bans most travel to U.S. from India https://www.reuters.com/world/us/exclusive- 51 to limit COVID-19 spread biden-set-ban-most-travel-us-india-limit-covid- 19-spread-2021-04-30/ US normalizes Taiwan exchanges with https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4192 52 unprecedented meeting in France 062 U.S. State Department calls for Taiwan's https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202105010008 53 inclusion in WHA Taiwan's foreign minister calls Chinese https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4192 54 expansionism threat to democracy 149 Chip shortage to continue into fall https://asiatimes.com/2021/05/chip-shortage- 55 to-continue-into-fall-tsmc-boss/ Taiwan Fights Brain Drain to China https://thediplomat.com/2021/05/as-drought- 56 worsens-chip-shortage-taiwan-fights-brain- drain-to-china/ China condemns Washington's 'coercive https://en.mehrnews.com/news/172854/China- 57 diplomacy' condemns-Washington-s-coercive-diplomacy China's Ruling Party Takes More Direct https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/ccp- 58 Control of Colleges, Universities universities-04302021083055.html China's Xinjiang welcomes unbiased http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2021- 59 foreign visitors 05/01/c_139918071.htm Five-point initiative by China http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2021- 60 demonstrates sincerity, sense of 04/30/c_139917989.htm responsibility China deplores Japan's diplomatic blue http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2021- 61 book 05/01/c_139918041.htm Chinese FM addresses 10th anniversary http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2021- 62 commemoration of Pacific Alliance 05/01/c_139919251.htm https://www.nationthailand.com/international/4 63 Vietnam resolutely rejects China’s unilateral fishing ban 0000426 Japan jolted by magnitude 6.8 https://www.reuters.com/world/asia- earthquake; no serious injuries reported, pacific/magnitude-66-earthquake-strikes-off- 64 no tsunami alert coast-japan-no-tsunami-warning-issued-2021- 05-01/ Opposition lawmakers in Japan https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/01 65 speaking out against holding Tokyo /national/japan-opposition-olympics-election/ Games 80% of Japanese support a reigning https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/01 66 empress as pool of heirs shrinks /national/females-imperial-family-survey/ UN fails to agree on Myanmar statement, https://www.bangkokpost.com/world/2108747/ 67 diplomats blame China, Russia un-fails-to-agree-on-myanmar-statement- diplomats-blame-china-russia U.N. Security Council calls for ASEAN https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/01 68 Myanmar plan to be enacted /asia-pacific/politics-diplomacy-asia- pacific/myanmar-un-asean/ Myanmar protesters march three months https://www.reuters.com/world/asia- 69 after coup; U.N. warns of ‘standstill’ pacific/myanmar-protesters-march-three- months-after-coup-un-warns-standstill-2021- 05-01/ Myanmar's Suu Kyi marks third month https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/01 70 under house arrest /asia-pacific/politics-diplomacy-asia- pacific/suu-kyi-myanmar-detain-three-months/ Bomb blasts and flash protests as https://www.nst.com.my/world/world/2021/05/6 71 Myanmar enters fourth month under 87001/bomb-blasts-and-flash-protests- junta myanmar-enters-fourth-month-under-junta NoKor says Biden policy shows hostile https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/worl 72 intent, vows response d/785896/nokor-says-biden-policy-shows- hostile-intent-vows-response/story/ South Korea vows to coordinate with US https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2021 73 for early resumption of nuke talks with /05/356_308126.html North Korea S.