Today’s News 12 May 2021 (Tuesday) A. NAVY NEWS/COVID NEWS/PHOTOS Title Writer Newspaper Page Navy ties up with Seaversity on virtual G Verdejo M Times B8 1 training DOH logs 1ST two lndian Covid-19 variant in C Ciriaco B Mirror A3 2 Philippines B. NATIONAL HEADLINES Title Writer Newspaper Page 3 COVID variant from India now in Phl S Crisostomo P Star 1 4 First 2 India variant cases in PH confirmed PD Chui PDI A1 C. NATIONAL SECURITY Title Writer Newspaper Page 5 ‘Debate not best way to spend our time’ P Leebrago P Star 2 6 Black out from debate projected Duterte as J Bondoc P Star 7 loser, Carpio as hero 7 Du30: Jet Ski ride a ‘campaign joke’; those L Salaverria PDI A4 who believed it were ‘stupid’ 8 State-of-the-Art buoys to assert Benham rise T Santos PDI A4 belongs to PH 9 Riding a jet ski to Spratlys? Duterte says he R Antonio M Bulletin 2 can’t even swim 10 Duterte told: Blame China for not honoring A Hachero Malaya A12 withdrawal deal 11 Duterte epitome of courage- Panelo J Garner D Tribune A6 12 Duterte: Jet ski statement merely a joke K Calayag M Times A1 13 ‘I’m not scared of you’ M Purificacion M Times A3 14 President’s joke no laughing matter- Lacson M Purificacion P Journal 3 15 Jet ski ni Digong sa Spratly, joke lang G Garcia Ngayon 2 D. INDO-PACIFIC Title Writer Newspaper Page NIL NIL NIL NIL E. AFP RELATED Title Writer Newspaper Page DJ Yap PDI A5 16 Lacson hits Parlade’s retention, won’t support NTF- Elcac’s budget AFP details Diaz, Torres, 115 more to PSC K Satumbaga M Bulletin 10 17 service 18 AFP details 117 military athletes to PSC + Malaya A9 19 Lawmakers to strip NTF- ELCAC of funds S Locus D Tribune A1 20 AFP to detail 117 military athletes to PSC P Journal A14 21 AFP to detail 117 military athletes to PSC P Tonight 10 22 AFP OK’s ‘DS of PH team members K Satumbaga Tempo 8 F. CPP-NPA-NDF-LCM Title Writer Newspaper Page Farmer-leader survived Palparan, but not T Orejas PDI A8 23 COVID 24 NPA leader, wife surrenders J Roson D Tribune B15 25 23 NPA rebels, supporters surrender R Palo M Times A7 G. MNLF/MILF/BIFF/ASG Title Writer Newspaper Page 26 Rody appeals for Mindanao peace C Mendes P Star 2 27 Rebels told: Don’t force my hand D Tribune A3 28 Duterte appeals for peace in Mindanao C Valente M Times A2 H. EDITORIAL-OPINION-COMMENTARY-SPECIAL Title Writer Newspaper Page 29 The roots of red-tagging M Tan PDI A7 30 Senators weigh in on WPS P Journal 4 31 Yes Jose, it was just a ‘piece of paper’ P Gutierrez P Tonight 4 I. ONLINE NEWS Title Link NATIONAL NEWS Philippine economy shrinks 4.2% in first (https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/busi 32 quarter ness/philippine-economy-shrinks-first-quarter- 2021-covid-19-14786486) Build, Build, Build projects also affected by (https://businessmirror.com.ph/2021/05/12/buil 33 lockdowns d-build-build-projects-also-affected-by- lockdowns/) Duterte declares state of calamity due to (https://mb.com.ph/2021/05/11/duterte- 34 African Swine Fever outbreak declares-state-of-calamity-due-to-african- swine-fever-outbreak/) Phivolcs raises Alert Level 1 over Bulusan (https://mb.com.ph/2021/05/11/phivolcs-raises- 35 Volcano alert-level-1-over-bulusan-volcano-4/) Public urged to join online Q2 quake drill on (https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1139807) June 10 36 Halfway into the school year under (https://mb.com.ph/2021/05/11/halfway-into- distance learning, issues on access, the-school-year-under-distance-learning- 37 quality, safety still persist) issues-on-access-quality-safety-still-persist/ 38 Dagupan City swelters with 50°C heat (https://mb.com.ph/2021/05/11/dagupan-citys- index swelters-with-50c-heat-index/) Filipinos not stupid, they were 'deceived' – (https://mb.com.ph/2021/05/11/filipinos-not- 39 House solons on Duterte's jet ski joke stupid-they-were-deceived-house-solons-on- dutertes-jet-ski-joke/) SocMed to dominate campaign in 2022 (https://www.manilatimes.net/2021/05/12/news 40 /national/socmed-to-dominate-campaign-in- 2022/872465/) ‘Behavior biggest challenge in curbing (https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2021/05/1 41 COVID-19’ 2/2097637/behavior-biggest-challenge- curbing-covid-19) NAVY NEWS Palace: China militarization in PH waters, (https://news.abs- 42 'not okay, but what can we do?' cbn.com/news/05/11/21/malacanang-not-okay- what-can-we-do-scarborough-china) China honors ‘status quo’ agreement with (https://mb.com.ph/2021/05/11/china-honors- PH; no new reclamation during Duterte's status-quo-agreement-with-ph-no-new- 43 term — Palace reclamation-during-dutertes-term-palace/) China says 'consensus' reached with PH (https://news.abs- 44 on sea dispute cbn.com/news/05/11/21/china-says- consensus-reached-with-ph-on-sea-dispute) China claims PH deal on sea issue (https://manilastandard.net/news/top- 45 stories/354221/china-claims-ph-deal-on-sea- issue.html) Duterte: United States 'afraid of China,' did (https://mb.com.ph/2021/05/11/duterte-united- 'nothing' after botched Panatag deal 46 states-afraid-of-china-did-nothing-after- botched-panatag-deal/) Palace: Duterte wants hush on sea dispute (https://news.abs- with China 47 cbn.com/news/05/11/21/duterte-aquino-roque- west-philippine-sea-china-quiet) Retract remarks on WPS if you don’t want (https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1430562/stateme 48 them mistaken for policy, Carpio tells nts-may-be-mistaken-as-policy-then-duterte- Duterte must-retract-damaging-remarks-says-carpio) Statements binding even outside planned (https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2021/05/1 49 WPS debate, Duterte reminded 1/2097476/statements-binding-even-outside- planned-wps-debate-duterte-reminded) US-brokered 'deal' to end 2012 (https://mb.com.ph/2021/05/11/us-brokered- Scarborough Shoal standoff only an deal-to-end-2012-scarborough-shoal-standoff- 50 exercise of 'good offices' — Locsin only-an-exercise-of-good-offices-locsin/) Hontiveros to DFA: lead talks with ASEAN (https://mb.com.ph/2021/05/11/hontiveros-to- 51 on WPS dispute dfa-lead-talks-with-asean-on-wps-dispute/) Roque: Aquino gov't committed war act by (https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/nati sending Navy ship to Scarborough on/787034/roque-aquino-gov-t-committed-war- 52 act-by-sending-navy-ship-to- scarborough/story/) 'Why withdraw the ship?' Locsin on 2012 (https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1139857) 53 Scarborough standoff Locsin blames previous administration for (https://mb.com.ph/2021/05/11/locsin-blames- 54 withdrawing PH Navy ship during the previous-administration-for-withdrawing-ph- 2012 Scarborough standoff navy-ship-during-the-2012-scarborough- standoff/) What's the fuss about Julian Felipe Reef? (https://mb.com.ph/2021/05/11/whats-the-fuss- PH not in possession of territory, Roque about-julian-felipe-reef-ph-not-in-possession- 55 says of-territory-roque-says/) Contradicting gov’t agencies, Palace says (https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2021/05/1 Julian Felipe Reef not within Philippines' 1/2097503/contradicting-govt-agencies- 56 EEZ palace-says-julian-felipe-reef-not-within- philippines-eez) Roque wrong in saying Julian Felipe Reef (https://news.abs- is outside PH EEZ - maritime law expert cbn.com/news/05/11/21/roque-wrong-in- 57 saying-julian-felipe-reef-is-outside-ph-eez- maritime-law-expert) DFA has the last say in foreign affairs, says (https://mb.com.ph/2021/05/11/dfa-has-the- Locsin, after Roque's 'faux pas' on Julian last-say-in-foreign-affairs-says-locsin-after- 58 Felipe Reef roques-faux-pas-on-julian-felipe-reef/) Lacson: European countries seek balance (https://mb.com.ph/2021/05/11/lacson- 59 of power in the West Philippine Sea european-countries-seek-balance-of-power-in- the-west-philippine-sea/) Coast Guard installs sea buoys to mark (https://businessmirror.com.ph/2021/05/12/coa 60 Benham Rise domain st-guard-installs-sea-buoys-to-mark-benham- rise-domain/) PCG seals off ship from India as some (https://mb.com.ph/2021/05/11/pcg-seals-off- 61 crewmen test positive for COVID ship-from-india-as-some-crewmen-test- positive-for-covid/) AFP RELATED Duterte pleads for end of violence in (https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1139948) 62 Maguindanao Rody asks BARMM to deny terrorists (https://manilastandard.net/news/top- 63 sanctuary stories/354224/rody-asks-barmm-to-deny- terrorists-sanctuary.html) Duterte threatens all-out offensive vs BIFF (https://mb.com.ph/2021/05/11/duterte- 64 for 'full-blown terrorism' threatens-all-out-offensive-vs-biff-for-full- blown-terrorism/) Duterte to visit Cotabato after Datu Paglas (https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1139856) incident 65 Justices grill govt lawyers on ATA 2021 (https://businessmirror.com.ph/2021/05/12/justi 66 enforcement ces-grill-govt-lawyers-on-ata-2021- enforcement/) No standards under anti-terror law, IRR to (https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1430552/definitio 67 determine what acts are terrorism n-of-terrorism) ATA enforcement will not result in human (https://mb.com.ph/2021/05/11/ata- 68 rights violations — OSG enforcement-will-not-result-in-human-rights- violations-osg/) In anti-terrorism law debates, OSG lawyers (https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2021/05/1 asked: What is fear? What is 'to provoke' 1/2097612/anti-terrorism-law-debates-osg- 69 gov't? lawyers-asked-what-fear-what-to-provoke- govt) Questions for Esperon pile up as SC (https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2021/05/1 70 justices bring up Parlade's red-tagging in 1/2097527/questions-esperon-pile-sc-justices- anti-terror debates bring-parlades-red-tagging-anti-terror-debates) Designation of 6 add'l spokespersons (https://mb.com.ph/2021/05/11/designation-of- makes NTF-ELCAC operations even more 6-addl-spokespersons-makes-ntf-elcac- 71 questionable – senators operations-even-more-questionable-senators/)