Today’s News 24 August 2021 (Tuesday) A. NAVY NEWS/COVID NEWS/PHOTOS Title Writer Newspaper Page NIL NIL NIL NIL B. NATIONAL HEADLINES Title Writer Newspaper Page New cases top 18K amid Delta community PDI A1 1 spread 2 466 more delta cases detected nationwide S Crisostomo P Star 1 C. NATIONAL SECURITY Title Writer Newspaper Page NIL NIL NIL NIL D. INDO-PACIFIC Title Writer Newspaper Page NIL NIL NIL NIL E. AFP RELATED Title Writer Newspaper Page 3 Anti-Red Task Force gets P28-B funding N Corrales PDI A3 Esperon denies fund transfers to NTF- M Punongbayan P Star 5 4 ELCAC 5 DILG denies NTF-ELCAC fund transfer P Antolin Tribune 3 6 AFP: Afghan conflict spillover ‘very remote’ J Roson Tribune B15 7 AFP chief virus positive J Roson Tribune 3 F. CPP-NPA-NDF-LCM Title Writer Newspaper Page AFP: Slain communist rebel, poet not a J Andrade PDI A5 8 heroine High-ranking official among two slain rebels G Masculino M Bulletin 5 9 in Negros clash G. MNLF/MILF/BIFF/ASG Title Writer Newspaper Page 10 ASG widows get a shot in the arm N Lacson Tribune B15 H. EDITORIAL-OPINION-COMMENTARY-SPECIAL Title Writer Newspaper Page NIL NIL NIL NIL I. ONLINE NEWS Title Link NATIONAL NEWS 182 Pinoys now out of Kabul, 17 more https://businessmirror.com.ph/2021/08/23/182- 11 seeking repatriation ( pinoys-now-out-of-kabul-17-more-seeking- repatriation/ Government 2022 borrowings cut to https://businessmirror.com.ph/2021/08/23/gov 12 P2.5T from P3.1T ernment-2022-borrowings-cut-to- %e2%82%a72-5t-from-%e2%82%a73-1t/ House eyes Sept. 30 budget OK; https://businessmirror.com.ph/2021/08/23/hou 13 Senate starts own review se-eyes-sept-30-budget-ok-senate-starts-own- review/ Massive protest looms if gov't fails to https://mb.com.ph/2021/08/23/massive- 14 pay health workers' benefits until Sept. protest-looms-if-govt-fails-to-pay-health- 1 — nurses' group workers-benefits-until-sept-1-nurses-group/ Palace to PhilHealth: Reimburse https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2021/08/24 hospitals ASAP /2122149/palace-philhealth-reimburse- 15 hospitals-asap 6-week MECQ could slow down https://manilastandard.net/news/top- 16 upsurge in MM stories/363145/6-week-mecq-could-slow- down-upsurge-in-mm.html Manila trails Asean-5 peers in safe https://businessmirror.com.ph/2021/08/23/man 17 cities index, ranks 51st of 60 ila-trails-asean-5-peers-in-safe-cities-index- ranks-51st-of-60/ 'Habagat' to bring rains over Palawan, https://mb.com.ph/2021/08/23/habagat-to- 18 Occidental Mindoro; 'fair' weather over bring-rains-over-palawan-occidental-mindoro- the rest of PH fair-weather-over-the-rest-of-ph/ Rainy Tuesday in Bicol, Visayas and https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1477833/rainy- 19 parts of Mindanao due to ITCZ tuesday-in-bicol-visayas-and-parts-of- mindanao-due-to-itcz NAVY NEWS Navies of India and Philippines conduct https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/de military drills in South China Sea fence/navies-of-india-and-philippines-conduct- 20 military-drills-in-south-china- sea/articleshow/85570467.cms PH Navy frigate joins maritime drills with https://mb.com.ph/2021/08/24/ph-navy-frigate- 21 2 Indian vessels in West PH Sea joins-maritime-drills-with-2-indian-vessels-in- west-ph-sea/ Philippines To Purchase New 5.56mm https://www.asiapacificdeensejournal.com/202 22 Squad Automatic Weapons For Marines 1/08/philippines-to-purchase-new-556mm- squad.html Duterte honor Tokyo Olympics https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2021/08/23 23 medalists, participants /2122119/duterte-honor-tokyo-olympics- medalists-participants PPA, PCG personnel in Zamboanga https://mb.com.ph/2021/08/23/ppa-pcg- 24 learn counter-terrorism techniques personnel-in-zamboanga-learn-counter- terrorism-techniques/ AFP RELATED US Indo-Pacific Command chief visits https://mb.com.ph/2021/08/23/us-indo-pacific- 25 PH on 70th anniversary of Mutual command-chief-visits-ph-on-70th-anniversary- Defense Treaty of-mutual-defense-treaty/ Spillover of Afghanistan conflict into Phl https://tribune.net.ph/index.php/2021/08/23/spil 26 ‘very remote’ –AFP lover-of-afghanistan-conflict-into-phl-very- remote-afp/ AFP confident of Mindanao security https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/natio 27 amid Taliban takeover of Afghanistan n/800432/afp-confident-of-mindanao-security- amid-taliban-takeover-of-afghanistan/story/ AFP needs to stay vigilant vs. local https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1151292 28 terrorist groups Duterte gov't eyeing P8.6 billion budget https://news.abs- 29 on intel cbn.com/news/08/23/21/duterte-govt-eyeing- p86-billion-budget-on-intel AFP Chief infected with COVID-19 https://mb.com.ph/2021/08/23/breaking-afp- 30 chief-infected-with-covid-19/ Makabayan bloc solons regressive, not https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1151267 31 progressive: Esperon COA urged to audit funds of leftist https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1151348 32 Makabayan Bloc, too NTF-ELCAC insists on proper utilization https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/23/21/ntf- 33 of state funds elcac-insists-on-proper-utilization-of-state- funds NTF-ELCAC's proposed 2022 budget https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/23/21/ntf- 34 higher than this year elcacs-proposed-2022-budget-higher-than- this-yea No fund transfer to NTF-ELCAC DILG https://tribune.net.ph/index.php/2021/08/23/no- 35 – dilg-fund-transfer-to-ntf-elcac/ Slain rebel in Negros encounter https://www.philstar.com/nation/2021/08/23/21 36 identified 22028/slain-rebel-negros-encounter-identified PNP strictly follows COA rules on use of https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1151287 37 anti-insurgency funds Even in defeat, AFP 'proud' of Pacquiao https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1151273 38 Council revives proposal for 'tokhang' https://www.philstar.com/nation/2021/08/23/21 39 campaign vs Cordillera leftists 22085/council-revives-proposal-tokhang- campaign-vs-cordillera-leftists INDO-PACIFIC NEWS Global fall in foreign investment reflects https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/global-fall-in- 40 rise in geopolitical tensions foreign-investment-reflects-rise-in-geopolitical- tensions/ US Vice President Kamala Harris https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/u 41 receives namesake orchid, official s-vice-president-kamala-harris-orchid- welcome at Istana welcome-istana-official-visit-2130576 US VP Harris: Focus must stay on https://apnews.com/article/evacuations- 42 Afghan evacuation a3811627fce72375e956d45e227e0a70 43 Harris reaffirms pivot to Indo-Pacific as https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/harris- US exits Afghanistan reaffirms-pivot-to-indo-pacific-as-us-exits- afghanistan-20210823-p58l34.html US still a ‘global leader,’ Harris says on https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2 44 Asia trip, as allies fret over China 021-08-23/kamala-harris-us-global-leader- asia-trip-china-singapore-2646404.html United States VP Kamala Harris https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/de believes Southeast Asia, Indo-Pacific fence/united-states-vp-kamala-harris-believes- 45 will dictate future of world southeast-asia-indo-pacific-will-dictate-future- of-world/articleshow/85559128.cms Biden s Indo-Pacific Thinking https://www.chinausfocus.com/peace- 46 ’ security/bidens-indo-pacific-thinking Democratic infighting imperils Biden's https://manilastandard.net/news/world- 47 vast US investment plans news/363150/democratic-infighting-imperils- biden-s-vast-us-investment-plans.html Biden’s special envoy urges North https://www.news10.com/news/international/bi 48 Korea to return to talks dens-special-envoy-urges-north-korea-to- return-to-talks/ Sung Kim's Seoul visit highlights U.S. https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN2021082400030 49 commitment to denuclearization: State 0325?section=national/diplomacy Dept. U.S. requests Korea to allow evacuees https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/2021/08/ on bases 23/national/diplomacy/Afghanistan-Afghan- 50 evacuees-Chung- Euiyong/20210823185107998.html How Afghanistan withdrawal could lead https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2021/08/23/ho 51 to a harder policy against China w-afghanistan-withdrawal-could-lead-to-a- harder-policy-against-china/ Kamala Harris’ Southeast Asia visit https://www.scmp.com/week- draws Chinese netizens ire asia/politics/article/3146094/kamala-harris- 52 ’ southeast-asia-visit-draws-ire-chinese- netizens Wuhan lab leak theory: How Fort https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada- 53 Detrick became a centre for Chinese 58273322 conspiracies The prospects for China’s engagement https://www.9dashline.com/article/the- 54 in Afghanistan prospects-for-chinas-engagement-in- afghanistan Opportunity in Afghanistan https://www.chinausfocus.com/peace- 55 security/opportunity-in-afghanistan China’s Top Priority In Afghanistan Is https://www.defenseone.com/threats/2021/08/ 56 Stability, Experts Say chinas-top-priority-afghanistan-stability- experts-say/184757/ SCO assures to build peaceful and https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/de prosperous Afghanistan fence/sco-assures-to-build-peaceful-and- 57 prosperous- afghanistan/articleshow/85569896.cms China asks Pakistan to arrest those https://www.hindustantimes.com/world- 58 behind suicide bomb attack news/china-asks-pakistan-to-arrest-those- behind-suicide-bomb-attack- 101629749520263.html China orders Communist Party https://www.channelnewsasia.com/business/c members to resolve conflicts of interest hina-orders-communist-party-members- 59 as top Hangzhou official probed resolve-conflicts-interest-top-hangzhou-official- probed-2130356 Chinese officials lecture Hong Kong https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/Chinese- 60 legislators on Five Year Plan officials-lecture-Hong-Kong-legislators-on- Five-Year-Plan Thousands Leaving Hong Kong, https://www.voanews.com/east-asia-