Today’s News 18 July 2021 (Sunday) A. NAVY NEWS/COVID NEWS/PHOTOS Title Writer Newspaper Page 1 Navy rescues 17 boat as boat capsizes N Lacson D Tribune B14 B. NATIONAL HEADLINES Title Writer Newspaper Page 2 Pacquiao ‘ousted’ as PDP-Laban head C Mendez P Star 1 Local Delta cases prompt calls to restore P Chiu PDI A1 3 curbs 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 4 2 dead as boat capsizes off Sulu R Pareño P Star 9 5 C-130 plane crash death toll rises to 53 R Pareño P Star 9 - J Aurelio PDI A6 6 ‘Thick skinned’ lawmaker says of the proposed P40-B anti-red budget 7 Speedboat lumubog: 2 patay, 17 nasagip J Cantos Ngayon 9 Eleazar: Unused NTF-ELCAC fund intact, to A Dalizon P Tonight 6 8 be spent wisely F. CPP-NPA-NDF-LCM Title Writer Newspaper Page 9 Lider ng NPA, 1 dedo sa Tarlac V Martin Ngayon 9 NPA umatake: P12M heavy equipments J Cantos Ngayon 9 10 sinunog 11 2 bebot na lider ng CPP-NPA, timbog M Layson Ngayon 9 12 2 wanted NPA members nabbed in QC A Dalizon P Journal 12 G. MNLF/MILF/BIFF/ASG Title Writer Newspaper Page 13 3 BIFF members sumuko J Cantos Ngayon 9 H. EDITORIAL-OPINION-COMMENTARY-SPECIAL Title Writer Newspaper Page 14 Maraming biyaya ang West Philippine Sea M Gunigundo P Tonight 4 15 Kubeta ng China ang West Philippine Sea? PM 3 Moral governance as the key ingredient to Dr. L Jimenez M Times A6 16 BARMM’s success I. ONLINE NEWS Title Link NATIONAL NEWS OCTA: Enforce more restrictions to https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1460821/octa- 17 prevent Delta variant outbreak enforce-more-restrictions-to-prevent-delta- variant-outbreak Oil prices up this week https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2021/07/18 18 /2113311/oil-prices-week New Clark airport terminal to decongest https://mb.com.ph/2021/07/17/duterte-new- 19 NAIA, provide better flying experience clark-airport-terminal-to-decongest-naia- for travelers provide-better-flying-experience-for-travelers/ Is PH ready for another year of distance https://mb.com.ph/2021/07/17/is-ph-ready-for- 20 learning? another-year-of-distance-learning/ DepEd exec: In-person classes https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/natio 21 attendance will remain optional n/795743/deped-exec-in-person-classes- attendance-will-remain-optional/story/ DOH bats review of policy allowing https://mb.com.ph/2021/07/17/doh-bats- 22 children outdoors amid Delta variant review-on-policy-allowing-children-outdoors- threat amid-delta-variant-threat/ PH internet speeds upward trend https://mb.com.ph/2021/07/17/ph-internet- 23 continue for June – DICT speeds-upward-trend-continue-for-june-dict/ Misinformation is a dominant problem in https://www.manilatimes.net/2021/07/18/busin YouTube's AI Mozilla study ess/sunday-business-it/misinformation-is-a- 24 – dominant-problem-in-youtubes-ai-mozilla- study/1807386 Phivolcs: 99 volcanic quakes at Taal in https://mb.com.ph/2021/07/17/phivolcs-99- 25 last 24 hours volcanic-quakes-at-taal-in-last-24-hours/ 'Fabian', LPA enhancing 'habagat', https://mb.com.ph/2021/07/17/fabian-lpa- monsoon rains expected over Palawan, enhancing-habagat-monsoon-rains-expected- 26 Occidental Mindoro, W. Visayas — over-palawan-occidental-mindoro-w-visayas- PAGASA pagasa/ NAVY NEWS 17 passengers rescued from capsized https://mb.com.ph/2021/07/17/17-passengers- 27 vessel in Sulu rescued-from-capsized-vessel-in-sulu/ 17 rescued, 2 dead in Sulu sea mishaps https://manilastandard.net/news/top- 28 stories/360002/17-rescued-2-dead-in-sulu- sea-mishaps.html De Lima pushes Senate probe on https://mb.com.ph/2021/07/17/de-lima-pushes- 29 dumping of human waste in WPS senate-probe-on-dumping-of-human-waste-in- wps/ West PH Sea dispute with China an https://mb.com.ph/2021/07/17/west-ph-sea- 30 issue in 2022 polls — Stratbase dispute-with-china-an-issue-in-2022-polls- stratbase/ DTI, DA to craft regulations to address https://tribune.net.ph/index.php/2021/07/17/dti- 31 overfishing da-to-craft-regulations-to-address-overfishing/ AFP RELATED AFP's 'longest-serving spokesperson' https://mb.com.ph/2021/07/17/afps-longest- 32 retires serving-spokesperson-retires/ https://businessmirror.com.ph/2021/07/18/farm 33 Farms for arms’ s-for-arms/ C-130 plane crash death toll rises to 53 https://www.philstar.com/nation/2021/07/18/21 34 13242/c-130-plane-crash-death-toll-rises-53 Remains of lady military nurse killed in https://mb.com.ph/2021/07/17/remains-of-lady- 35 C-130 plane crash laid to rest in Davao military-nurse-killed-in-c-130-plane-crash-laid- City to-rest-in-davao-city/ Makabayan solons to block ₱40-B add'l https://mb.com.ph/2021/07/17/makabayan- 36 NTF-ELCAC Fund solons-to-block-%e2%82%b140-b-addl-ntf- elcac-fund/ Thick-skinned,’ lawmaker says of https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1460900/thick- 37 proposed P40-B budget for anti-red skinned-lawmaker-says-of-the-proposed-p-40- program b-anti-red-budget 3 BIFF members yield in Maguindanao https://tribune.net.ph/index.php/2021/07/17/3- 38 biff-members-yield-in-maguindanao/ Police busted 3 gun and bomb https://tribune.net.ph/index.php/2021/07/17/pol 39 components suppliers of ASG ice-busted-3-gun-and-bomb-components- suppliers-of-asg/ INDO-PACIFIC NEWS South China Sea code of conduct talks https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/ 40 ‘may end in stalemate’ as tensions rise article/3141484/south-china-sea-code- conduct-talks-may-end-stalemate-tensions PH, Singapore agree to work together for https://mb.com.ph/2021/07/17/ph-singapore- 41 post-pandemic recovery agree-to-work-together-for-post-pandemic- recovery/ Pacific Rim leaders discuss economic https://businessmirror.com.ph/2021/07/17/pacif 42 way out of pandemic ic-rim-leaders-discuss-economic-way-out-of- pandemic/ APEC agrees on fair vaccine access https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/2021 43 0717_07/ Biden reaffirms commitment to Indo- https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/2021 44 Pacific 0717_05/ Biden administration mulling ‘red phone’ https://www.news10.com/news/biden- 45 emergency hotline with China administration-mulling-red-phone-emergency- hotline-with-china/ Religious summit in US addresses https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4250 46 China's threat to Taiwan 683 U.S. open to China talks as State https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/07/17 47 Department No. 2 visits Asia /asia-pacific/politics-diplomacy-asia- pacific/wendy-sherman-china-visit/ China Is Worried About a Post-U.S. https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/07/16/china-us- 48 Afghanistan afghanistan-withdrawal/ China official in Hong Kong says US https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/ 49 sanctions, business advisory have us-china-sanctions-hong-kong-despicable- 'despicable intention' intention-15238302 U.S. sanctions 'piece of waste paper': https://news.cgtn.com/news/2021-07-17/U-S- 50 HK liaison office sanctions-piece-of-waste-paper-HK-liaison- office--11XWIusk4wg/index.html China threatens ‘head-on blow’ to US https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/ 51 after latest Hong Kong sanctions article/3141505/china-us-relations-beijing- threatens-deal-head-blow-after China-proposed regional connectivity a https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202107/1228 52 'specific and concrete step' to work on 880.shtml Afghan peace: analysts Chinese firm halts work on dam, fires https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/south- 53 Pakistani workers after bus blast asia/article/3141527/pakistan-bus-blast- chinese-firm-halts-work-dam-fires-local Purge of Mosque Clergy in Xinjiang’s https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/tahtiy 54 Ghulja Leaves Nobody Left to Conduct un-mosque-07162021171129.html Ceremonies Chinese Censors Shut Down Popular https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/media- 55 Science Social Media Accounts 07162021091643.html China, Taiwan, ROK limber up for https://the-japan- 56 Olympic diplomacy in Tokyo news.com/news/article/0007590234 Japan's ambassador to South Korea https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/07/17 57 reprimands deputy for improper remark /national/politics-diplomacy/japan-korea- ambassador-remark/ South Korea summons Japan envoy https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/s 58 over 'undiplomatic', 'highly inappropriate' outh-korea-summons-japan-undiplomatic- remarks inappropriate-remarks-15239336 South Koreans Now See Nation as https://www.newsweek.com/south-koreans- 59 Stronger Than North, But More Want to now-see-nation-stronger-north-more-want- Reunite: Poll reunite-poll-1610645 North Korea slams Japan's Tokyo https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/07/17 60 Olympic map showing disputed islands /national/north-korea-disputed-islands- olympics/ North Korea to Hold Local Officials https://www.rfa.org/english/news/korea/farm- 61 Responsible for Rainy Season Crop 07162021201141.html Losses This Year All gaps in Indian borders will be plugged https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/in by this year end dia/pm-modi-got-india-its-first-independent- 62 security-policy-amit- shah/articleshow/84499788.cms Jaishankar, Wang Differ On Way https://asiapost.live/jaishankar-wang-differ-on- 63 Forward For India-China Ties way-forward-for-india-china-ties/ US, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Uzbekistan https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/de to form quad group to enhance regional fence/us-afghanistan-pakistan-uzbekistan-to- 64 connectivity form-quad-group-to-enhance-regional- connectivity/articleshow/84493840.cms Ashraf Ghani, Imran Khan in public spat https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/de over Taliban surge in Afghanistan fence/ghani-imran-in-public-spat-over-taliban- 65 surge-in- afghanistan/articleshow/84485223.cms Daughter of Afghan envoy to Pakistan https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/de briefly kidnapped, says Afghanistan fence/daughter-of-afghan-envoy-to-pakistan- 66 government briefly-kidnapped-says-afghanistan- government/articleshow/84502949.cms Afghan politicians, Taliban meet in Doha https://www.reuters.com/world/asia- 67 as fighting continues pacific/afghan-politicians-taliban-meet-doha- fighting-continues-2021-07-17/ Central Asia Braces for Fallout of U.S.