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Good morning, I'm Mike DeFaglio.

And I'm Vicky DeGuzman.

Join us as we give you the rundown of the news you need to know today.

In the headlines, Philippine House Speaker Martin Romualdez warned once an inquiry

into the alleged missing security detail of Negros Oriental Governor Ruel DeGamo on the day he was killed.

The remains of all six passengers of the Cessna flight that crashed in Isabena,

now brought to the proper town of Tililapan.

Members of the Japanese Coast Guard arrived in Oriental Mindoro to help in the oil spill containment efforts.

And the Marcos administration set to hold a digital media literacy campaign to battle misinformation.

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Thanks for joining us.

Philippine House Speaker Martin Romualdez seeks a congressional inquiry into alleged security lapses

on the day Negros Oriental Governor Ruel DeGamo was killed.

Romualdez wants to determine whether there was failure to provide enough security for the slain official.

This as he notes five of six police escorts of DeGamo did not report for duty on March 4th, the day he was gunned down.

Authorities meanwhile confirmed a confiscated firearm from suspects in the killing of DeGamo was used in the crime.

Four of the alleged gunmen are in police custody while a fifth was killed in a firefight with security forces.

Meanwhile, six employees of embattled house lawmaker Arnulfo Tevez Jr. under police custody.

They were present during a series of raids in Tevez's properties last week.

Police say four more people remain at large, including Tevez.

The lawmaker is tagged in the death of Governor DeGamo.

It's still unclear when Tevez would return to the country from the U.S.,

even as his travel clearance from the House of Representatives expired on last Thursday.

Six Philippine Army battalions officially deployed to Negros Oriental just a week after the assassination of Governor DeGamo.

This is part of government's efforts to step up the joint law enforcement operations with the Philippine National Police in the province.

The deployment is aimed at easing the tension in the province.

It also seeks to encourage witnesses in the killing of DeGamo to come forward.

We are looking in the entirety of the peace and order of the entire island of Negros.

Because anything that happens here in Oriental sometimes spills over with Negros Occidental.

The remains of all six passengers of the Cessna plane that crashed in Isabela have been brought to the town proper of Tibilakan.

From there, the bodies will be transported to Hawaiian City by the Philippine Air Force where the weather improves.

The bodies were retrieved days after the discovery of the plane on March 9.

The plane was reported missing on January 24, shortly after taking off from the town of Bacolod.

The retrieval team also aims to recover the plane's emergency transmitter.

In other news, the remains of four siblings who were killed in Cavite are set to be buried on Tuesday.

The victims, all minors, were found lifeless last week inside their home in Trece Martires City after being killed by their mother's live-in partner.

The mother's employer in Saudi Arabia, meanwhile, pledged assistance to the family.

Nearly P50,000 worth of aid was also provided by the Overseas Workers' Welfare Administration.

Magbibigay po kami ng livelihood assistance, yung Balikanak-Buhay program, and then the special financial assistance.

In other news, a fire broke out at a plastic factory in Lupa Beaches.

Our correspondent Andrea Taguines joins us for more updates. Andrea, go ahead.

Nikki, after about seven hours, since this fire here in this plastics factory behind me in Nagkaisang Nayon,

Novaliches and Quezon City began, now it's already considered a fire under control.

It started before 12 a.m. and it even reached up to fourth alarm,

which means local firemen had to evacuate the area.

According to the BFP, the blaze originated from the barracks of the factory employees.

But it's still uncertain what caused the fire exactly.

We spoke with one of the stay-in workers and he said that when he woke up, his room was already ablaze.

He tried to put it out, but he ran to safety when he realized that the fire had already started.

The other stay-in employees also managed to evacuate.

Sir, the fire extinguisher can't do it.

Sir, where are the fire extinguishers?

Sir, where are the fire extinguishers?

Sir, I don't know.

Nikki, right now, the fire is still under control.

Nikki, right now, we're still seeing some gray smoke coming out of the factory,

but that's already much lighter than the one that we were seeing earlier this morning.

We were able to ask the chief of BFP, Quezon City,

why it took them so long to get the fire under control and this is what he said.

This fire requires a lot of water.

You know how plastic is.

If there's a little bit left and there's no water left, the fire will start again.

That's why we need to supply water in order to put out the fire.

Nikki, we also met a family a while ago who lived inside the compound where the burning factory was situated.

They refused to go on camera, but they told us that they were all safe

and that they were able to save most of their things.

The local village officials are currently assisting them

as they transfer to the home of one of their in-laws in Malabon.

Meanwhile, some roads going here to Barangay Nagkaisang Nayon in Novaliches have been closed due to the fire.

Back to you, Nikki.

Alright, you and the team stay safe. Thanks, Andy.

Members of the Japanese Coast Guard now in Polatown in the province of Oriental Mindoro

to help contain the oil spill caused by a sunken tanker.

The Japanese experts are expected to conduct a site visit

in assessment of villages affected by the oil spill today.

The Philippines earlier sought help from Japan and the U.S. to contain the oil spill.

To discuss this issue further, we are joined this morning by Pola Oriental Mindoro Mayor Jennifer Cruz.

Mayor Cruz, good morning. Welcome to the program.

Good morning, Atty. Mayor. Good morning.

Alright, Mayor, have you met with members of the Japanese Coast Guard?

What exactly will they be doing?

How will they be able to assist you in containing the oil spill and assessing the damage?

Yes, sir. Yes, sir. We met with the Japanese people.

And they are part of the risk reduction, they are partners of the Philippines.

They said that what our Coast Guard is doing is right.

Yung pag-contain and yung paglalagay ng mga oil spill booms is tama yun.

Nasa right track naman daw po ang Pilipinas sa paggagawa ng mga ginagawa doon.

Sabi naman ko, lumipad po kasi kanina kahapon, kasama yung mga Japanese to check.

And tama naman daw po lahat.

So far ngayon, nandito po sila para i-check yung ibang lugar na grabe yung apekto doon sa ating mga barangay

para ibigyan ng tamang papanolinisan ng instructions siguro today.

So far okay naman daw po lahat. Ibang yung mga ginagamit nila ng chemicals ng Coast Guard, tama naman daw po.

So gumagana, Mayor, yung oil spill boom na inilagay ng Philippine Coast Guard para hindi na kumalat yung oil o langis?

Yan po ang sabi kahapon ng Japanese people na ka-partner po natin today.

May binigay ba silang timeline, Mayor, kung ano yung gagawin nila?

At kung kailan sila makakapagbigay ng recommendation tingin dito sa oil spill?

Sabi po nila i-check muna, iikot po muna sila sa mga barangay.

Then saka po nila sabihin siguro sa amin kung ano yung timetable na kakailangan namin.

Kasi kahapon nag-meeting kami sa amin, Coast Guard at PDRM o MDRO namin para i-check gano'ng katagal na.

So far kahapon sinasabi nila na kailangan i-check ng mabuti kung saan talaga, kung gaano karami yung lumalabas na oil.

Kahit nandoon ba yung tankers, hindi pa natin alam, inatanggaling po nila, kung gaano karami yung volume na lumalabas doon.

Pero since wala pa po yung report ng volume na lumalabas sa tanke ng lumubog na barco, hindi po po nila rin kaming masasagot.

Kung gaanggang kailan po yung timetable na matatapos po yung paghihinos.

Q1. Mayor, sa aerial survey niyo kahapon, nakita niyo yung lawak ng oil spill, yung pagkalap ng oil.

Pwede niyo bang sabihin sa amin kung gano'ng kalaki ang area na cover nito?

At ano so far ang impact sa inyo? Ano ang naging umabot sa Dalampasigan? Ano ang mga na-apektohan so far?

Yung 11 barangays po natin affected po yun. Ang malala po kasi 5 barangay.

So yun kung tingin ko, sobrang lawak kasi nasa pola na po siya, yung barco nasa pola.

Sobrang lawak po talaga nung sakop ng tumutulong na oil spill po. Sobrang laki na po kasi nung nasasakop niya.

And depende po kasi sa hangin siguro. Kung yan yung hangin papunta naman sa Batangas, kasi magbabago po kasi yung hangin.

Papunta na pang lugar ulit yung oil spill. So kawawa naman po yung iba.

Di ko kawawa. So as soon as possible matapos na po talaga. Kung kailangan na basagi na talaga hanggang yung hangin po...

... kasi damage na rin po kami. Kung kailangang tanggalin na po, basagi na mismo, alabasin na lahat yung oil para matapos na po yung paglilinis.

Kung kailangan gawin po yan, tingin ko gawin na nila as soon as possible.

Kasi kung magbago po yung hangin, mas marami po yung tingin ko na magkakaroon ng problema ng probinsya.

So kung ano yung kailangan gawin, pagtulong-tulungan na po. Basagi na kung kailangan yung barge kung saan naggagaling yan, tanggalin na talaga.

Or pasabugin na para at least kung saan pupunta po. Tutal na dito na po sila naglilinis na damage na rin ang aming bayan.

Kapusin na po lahat para wala na pong ibang madamage. Kawawa naman po may iba pong madamage.

Kasi pag nagbago po yung hangin, more or less mapupunta po yan sa ibang bayan. For example, ang hangin papunta sa Batangas, mapupunta po yan sa...

Speculation ko lang po yan, di ko naman alam. More or less, siyempre tanay po kami na mamaya mapupunta sa ibang lugar.

Kawawa naman po yung ibang madadamage. Yung barge at plant fossils po natin kailangan ingatan natin.

Dapat as soon as possible, gawin mo lang paraan talaga.

Jeyo, yung sinasabong pasabugin yung tanker, medyo mahirap yata. Baka mas lalong masira yung biodiversity dun sa area.

Pero kumusta ang efforts para ilocate yung oil tanker?

Because I understand kailangan magpadala pa ng machine para hanapin kung nasaan talaga yun.

Tama po ba hindi pa nalolocate kung nasaan yung oil tanker?

More or less, alam na po nila kung nasaan yung oil tanker.

Sabi nila kailangan ilocate pa talaga para mag-accurate yung kanilang...

Sabi, kailangan po talaga yung ROV, yung machine mismo kumunta sa loob kasi 400m po yung lalim.

I understand 800,000 liters yun ng oil, Mayor, at kailangang isiphon off.

Kung higupin yung oil nandun sa tanker just to make it safe for the neighboring areas.

But Mayor, have you consulted a marine biologist as to the impact of the oil spill on the marine life in the area?

As of now, wala po. Naghihintay lang po kami sa kung kung anong magiging tulong po sa amin.

Kasi right now ang iniintindi po namin yung shoreline namin paglinis and yung mga fisher folks namin.

Yung focus ko po ngayon is your programs, focus po ako sa mga fisher folks, focus po ako sa shoreline, sa paglinis.

Other than that po, wala pa po akong idea.

Pero more or less baka naman po yung ating national government gagawin po po yung paraan ko para ma-advise po kami ng tama.

Mayor, gaano ho kaapiktado ang mga mangingisda sa bayan ninyo?

Meron na bang fish kill? Nakakapagpalaod pa ba sila?

O ilang mga mangingisda ang hindi na talaga nakakapaghanap buhay dahil sa oil spill?

Totally po talaga in-advise ng DNR, wala po talagang pwedeng pumunta sa ating karagasan.

Sobrang affected po yung lahat ng fisher folks natin.

Lahat po, even yung mga nasa tabing dagat, hindi na rin po sila makasised para at least pangkain nila araw-araw. Wala na talaga yan.

So I'm very much thankful po sa ating national government, sa ating Presidente.

Nagpadala po kagayad sila ng DSWD para ganun pa man yun po ating mga pagkain araw-araw.

So every one week po meron po tayong binibigay sa ating fisher folks, yung affected areas na P3,500+.

At yung fisher folks na P1,700. Ngayon po may program yung DOLE para tulungan sila.

Kaya lang after 15 days pa yan. For almost 11 days na po ngayon.

Wala po talaga silang trabaho. So siyempre umaangal po talaga sila dahil may utang po sila sa microfinance na yung babayaran nila.

Yung mga anak po nilang nag-aaral, walang pumasahe.

So financially po talaga wala po talaga kasi minsan bibigyan po natin sila ng pagkain pero hindi naman po talaga ito sapat.

Kasi may nag-aaral, ang dami pong problema. Dominant effect na din. Tumataas na po yung presyo ng ating parne, yung mga gulay tumataas po yung presyo.

Sobrang ang laki na po ng problema mo namin. Kaya kailangan po talaga ang hindi namin matapos na po ito para at least punta na po sila sa dagat.

And kung hanggang kailan po ito. Nag-iniisip po rin namin yung alternative na programs, livelihood programs para po sa kanila.

So ang dami po namin iniisip kung paano talaga namin isasalba yung ating mga fisher folks, yung pangaraw-araw na hanap buhay, yung aming karagatan, yung tourism po sobrang affected po.

Lahat po, sobrang hindi na namin at least ngayon may mga ibang-ibang tulong po sa amin.

Pero siyempre hindi po kami pwedeng palagi kami aasa doon. Ilang isip din po kami ng alternative na trabaho para sa kanila.

Doon sa mga tourism natin, umaangal po ang resource owners. Kaya lang wala po naman ako magagawa. Wala po ako maitulong sa kanila.

Pabor ba kayo nabigyan at least ng ganitong halaga yung mga mangingista? At kung sakali, kanino manggagaling yung pera niyon? Sa local government ba o sa national government?

Kung sa national government manggagaling, pabor naman po ako. Pero kung sa local government wala po kami pera.

Kahit alimbawa 1,700 na tao, alam niyo ang QRF lang namin para at least may idea po kayo bakit wala kami. Nag-declare po kami ng state of calamity.

Pero yung gagasisin lang po namin doon is P600,000. So tingin niyo, nakabili na po mga drug, other things para malinis yung karagatan natin.

Noong unang tatlong araw po kami ang talagang naglalagay po ng drug. So right now meron pong tulong. Pero tingin niyo po as local government, ganito kalit na bayan, 3rd class municipality, hindi po namin kakayanin.

Pero kung may tulong po ang national government, ako naman po ay pabor para at least matulungan ang ating fisher folks habang wala po sila na buhay.

Pero kung wala po talaga, kailangan siguro kahit kunti-kunti, every day, pumasahin lang ng mga baka, yung pang-arad, o tulungan kami po yung mga expert sa mga livelihood programs.

Better po yun o isang programs na magtutulong-tulong para kumita po sila later.

Nagpo-upo ako ng isang task force para sa OSP Paula. And today meeting kami 9 o'clock in the morning para sila mag-discuss sa ating lahat sa amin kung ano ang tamang kaso na isasampasakin nila.

Special task force po yun para sa OSP Paula. And hindi naman po namin papakalaman na decision ng province. Pero ang stand up ko doon para sa lahat ng kulenyo, para at least hindi naman po mabaliwala yung aming pinaglalaban dito ay nasirang karagatan at wala ng trabaho, yung mga nag-asakit at yung fisher folks natin, yung tourism po namin.

Kailangan po namin na yun ay ipaglaban kasi baka po nakalimutan ang mayare na ito po ay kailangan nilang itikindihan.

During its first quarter meeting for 2023. At 10.30 in the morning, the legal counsels of lawmaker Arnulfo Tevez will be holding a press briefing to give updates and statements on the latest events involving the official. Tevez is being linked to the death of Negros Oriental Governor Robel De Campo.

Here are some economic data releases that we are monitoring this Monday, March 13. India is set to report its inflation trend for the month of February. The annual consumer price index in India accelerated to 6.52% in January, the highest in three months, compared to 5.72% in December.

We'll also find out Turkey's retail sales in January. It increased to 4.8% in December. And Mexico will release its latest industrial production figures. Industrial production in the country rose by 3.2% from a year earlier in December, following in a poorly revised 3.5% increase in the prior month.

And we are taking a quick break. Up ahead, the Marcos administration aims to combat the spread of misinformation by launching a digital media literacy campaign.

We'll talk to Jonathan DeSantos of the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines for his views on the matter. This is Norman, The Vandal Mentoring. Stay tuned.

Up ahead, the Marcos administration aims to combat the spread of misinformation by launching a digital media literacy campaign. This is Norman, The Vandal Mentoring. Stay tuned.

Up ahead, the Marcos administration aims to combat the spread of misinformation by launching a digital media literacy campaign. This is Norman, The Vandal Mentoring. Stay tuned.

Up ahead, the Marcos administration aims to combat the spread of misinformation by launching a digital media literacy campaign. This is Norman, The Vandal Mentoring. Stay tuned.

Up ahead, the Marcos administration aims to combat the spread of misinformation by launching a digital media literacy campaign. This is Norman, The Vandal Mentoring. Stay tuned.

Up ahead, the Marcos administration aims to combat the spread of misinformation by launching a digital media literacy campaign. This is Norman, The Vandal Mentoring. Stay tuned.

Up ahead, the Marcos administration aims to combat the spread of misinformation by launching a digital media literacy campaign. This is Norman, The Vandal Mentoring. Stay tuned.

Up ahead, the Marcos administration aims to combat the spread of misinformation by launching a digital media literacy campaign. This is Norman, The Vandal Mentoring. Stay tuned.

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stakeholders in the broadcast industry to establish mechanisms against fake news,

who would these other stakeholders be in what would be their role?

Well, yun nga, no. Again, it's a little vague, but we're hoping that it'll mean us, no,

the mainstream media or the professional media, but also journalists and educators, ganyan.

And that's actually a good thing. That's one of the things that struck me from the statement,

that they're willing to collaborate. Aside from the private sector, they will be working with

the Philippine Commission for Women, for example, and that. So fighting this information really

does take a hold of nation, medyo corny, but it does take a hold of nation, hold of society

approach. And if we're going to limit ourselves to that, equipping the audience with critical

thinking skills or learning to evaluate our sources of information, then that would be great.

One issue here would be if that campaign would stray into saying what sources of information

you should be looking at, or what sources of information are dangerous for you, that sort of

thing. So if you're going to stick to the skills, then that's great.

Mm-hmm. Since you mentioned the sources of information, the first step towards this end

is identifying reliable and credible sources of information in the first place. And how should

this be done or taught? How do we raise awareness without the need of censorship?

Okay. I think the biggest thing would be accountability. For example, if I write a story,

or if you come out with a story, then you know that if it's wrong, or if it turns out to be

misinformation or disinformation, then you know who to blame for it. You know who to hold to

account. You can probably send a complaint or something. So that's really the biggest thing.

How accountable are our information sources if their information is wrong?

And during the 2022 elections, Marcus Jr.'s presidential campaign was widely criticized

for allegedly employing disinformation to revamp his family name, particularly by

whitewashing the martial rule of his father, late former President Ferdinand Marcus Sr.

What are your thoughts on this, and why he actually wanted to smite his family's history?

Well, the election results have been debated. We've discussed, parang it's been discussed na,

pero, and we can't even actually say that they employed trolls, but we can definitely say that

they, it was to their advantage. So yan, there is that risk talaga of this firehose of information.

Basically, there's too much of it. So our audience has a hard time to discern fact from

fiction, basically.

And following this, as Marcus Jr. became the frontrunner in the May 2022 polls,

Agence France-Presse reported that many pro-Marcus' misinformation targets were

targeting his then main rival, former Vice President Lenny Rudredo. What are your thoughts on

how effective this campaign would be under this administration, given these allegations,

and how misinformation, disinformation can actually be used against specific people?

So yan nga, that's where the problem would lie. The government or the PCO, well, excuse me,

the PCOO, it's not the first time for them to launch a media literacy campaign or a digital

literacy campaign. In 2019, they had the disinformation campaign, for example,

and the Philippine Information Agency has had its Explain, Explain, Explain campaign for a while

now. And the thing is, it's usually used to, kasi the function really of the PCO is to be the

public relations arm of the government or of the palace. So medyo weird or medyo at cross-purposes

at times, there might be a tendency to dismiss critical reports or dismiss unflattering views

as fake news. And you've seen this also, now there are pushes in Congress, for example,

to criminalize so-called fake news. So yan nga yung danger na. It might be, in the guise of a

media literacy campaign, it could mean that it could be used to, for example, discredit or,

di nga bad mouth, but lower the credibility of certain media sources.

Following all this, we even have all sorts of media from different online platforms and

even movies trying to change the narrative plot in history books,

most especially since the EDSA people power revolution. How much of a challenge should

overcoming this issue be? And how do we make sure that truth is not really

not manipulated by a few in power? So yan nga. History has become parang a battle of opinions

now na parang fine, that's what's written in books, but this is what I believe or this is what

our parents or my grandparents told me. So there is a bigger need talaga for better,

hindi naman scholarship on history, but also this is also a call for us to raise the standards

of journalism in the sense that we have more solid sources, we back up all our stories.

I mean, we do that already, but kailangan mas solid yun yung background work, yung citation

of our information. But basically, it doesn't really matter naman parang tumaas yung level

of misinformation and disinformation, but the work has really stayed the same. So we should

keep doing that, but also while also trying to reach more people and yun nga, continuing to

raise our standards as a profession. All right, we'll continue hoping for and

working towards the best. Thank you so much for your insights and for joining us this morning,

Jonathan DeSantos of NUJP. Please stay safe. Thank you. Good morning.

So

mobility will be key to recovery because we have relaxed some of our quarantine methods and we

have allowed more transportation to come out. That's going to prove to be better for demand.

If we do follow the health protocols, the ability of people to move around will likely contribute

better to growth.

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and back with more news, Iran and Saudi Arabia agreed to re-establish relations after years of

hostility. The deal was announced after four days of previously undisclosed talks in Beijing

between top security officials from the two rival Middle East powers. Tehran and Riyadh

will reopen their embassies within two months. The two sides also agreed to reactivate a 2001

security cooperation accord, as well as another earlier pact on trade, economy and investment.

Saudi Arabia cut ties with Iran in 2016 after its embassy in Tehran was stormed during a

dispute between the two countries over Riyadh's execution of a Shiite Muslim cleric. The rift

threatened stability and security in the Gulf and helped fuel conflicts in the Middle East

from Yemen to Syria. China's top diplomat Wang Yi describes the deal as a victory for dialogue and

peace, adding that Beijing would continue to play a constructive role in addressing tough global

issues. The United Kingdom is working to avoid or minimize damage resulting from the collapse

of Silicon Valley Bank. British Finance Minister Jeremy Hunt says they will bring forward immediate

plans to ensure the short-term operational and cash flow needs of the clients of the banks in UK

arm are met. Friday's dramatic failure of the US parent bank, which focuses on tech startups,

is the biggest since the 2008 financial crisis. Talks were held over the weekend involving Hunt,

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey to discuss issues faced

by British tech companies affected by the collapse. Well, I think the first thing to

say is the Governor of the Bank of England has made it very clear there is no systemic risk to

our financial system. So, people should be reassured on that basis. But there is a serious

risk to our technology and life sciences sectors, many of whom bank with this bank that most people

won't have heard of, the Silicon Valley Bank, but it happens to look after the money of some of our

most promising and exciting businesses. And so, I want to reassure people. I've been in discussions

over the weekend until late last night with the Chancellor, with the Prime Minister, the Governor

of the Bank of England, many other people, and we are working at pace on a solution. We will bring

forward very soon plans to make sure people are able to meet their cash flow requirements,

pay their staff. But obviously, what we want to do is to find a longer-term solution that

minimises or even avoids completely losses to some of our most promising companies.

More than 250 UK tech firm chief executives have reportedly signed a letter addressed to Hunt,

calling for government intervention.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says more than 1,000 Russian troops were killed

in clashes in the city of Bakhmut. He adds over 1,500 others were hurt.

Dozens of pieces of Russian equipment were also reportedly destroyed. Zelensky believes

the damage done will keep Russian forces out of further action in the Ukrainian city.

Fresh protests hit Greece as anger rose over the country's deadliest rail crash.

Thousands of protesters gathered outside parliament,

rationing the pressure on government over the tragedy.

Fifty-seven people, many of them students, were killed when a passenger's train and a freight

train collided last month. Government has come under fire for initially pointing to human error

as a cause of the accident. But railway unions have long been warning about problems on the

creaking understaffed train network. The British Broadcasting Corporation

embroiled in a controversy after the suspension of high-profile sportscaster Gary Lineker.

Lineker was taken off air after criticizing Britain's proposed legislation for immigrants.

BBC General Manager Tim Davey asserts he will not resign.

He also defends the move, saying the station is an impartial stand in politics.

NASA is expected to announce the first astronauts for its Artemis mission soon.

As this report tells us, compared to the earlier Apollo missions,

the crews for the agency's return to lunar exploration will be a little more diverse.

NASA knows how it will get astronauts back to the moon,

but the agency doesn't know yet is who it will send. Among the contenders is astronaut Stan Love.

So everybody in the astronaut office has the background, the basic training,

and the qualifications to go do that mission. And so everybody's hoping that their name will

get called. The first missions to the moon could launch as early as 2024.

Love says the crews will look different than those of the Apollo program during the 1960s and 70s.

We are going to broaden our demographics so it won't be just white guys on the moon.

Victor Glover could make history as the first person of color to reach the moon.

We make our boss's job actually challenging. We make his job hard because he's got to pick

some of us. And I think all of us are ready, trained, and capable of making this mission a

success. The initiative to ensure diversity in NASA's Artemis program was outlined in the

Biden administration's $25 billion funding request to Congress for NASA for fiscal year 2022,

which includes the moon missions. Apollo had a twin sister, Artemis,

and this is our generation. And so I think it's a fantastic thing.

Branielle Rodriguez works on the Orion capsule that will transport the astronauts.

She is proud to participate in an historic project that will also bring the first woman to the moon.

I think it's important for all of us, right? Whether it is a man or a woman, I think it's

fantastic. I think as an agency, as the nation, and even as the world, being able to show that

we can explore as humans back to the surface of the moon is really what we need to go off and show

and really be able to then set our presence to go beyond.

To do this once would feel like you're performing.

Danielle Bell teaches marketing and communications at Northwestern University.

She focuses on issues of diversity and inclusion,

and welcomes NASA's initiative, which she hopes is permanent.

When they're transformative and not performative, that happens when the organization

lives their values.

Women make up one third of the current group of 41 astronauts at NASA. 12 are people of color.

While 16 are experienced pilots, the rest are experts in fields such as geology,

medicine, and engineering, bringing professional diversity to the core.

Bell says that makeup suggests that skin color or gender

won't likely drive the decision on who goes first.

What I can appreciate about this mission is that it's not just about diversity,

it's not just about representation. You've got an entire pool that is of diverse backgrounds.

People keep asking me, you know, is it meaningful to you that little black kids

look up to you and say they want to be like you? I represent America.

And little white kids, little Mexican kids, little Hispanic kids, little

Iranian kids follow what we're doing because this is maybe one of the most

recognizable symbols in the universe.

NASA is expected to announce the crew for Artemis 2,

a mission that will orbit but not land on the moon, on April 3rd.

Kane Fairbaugh, VOA News, Kennedy Space Center, Florida.

And switching gears now, the sixth installment in the Scream franchise,

arrives in theaters. Let's find out what our resident movie critic,

Manny the Movie Guy, thinks of Hollywood's newest slasher film.

Hello. Let's play a game.

You know you're like the 10th guy to try this, right?

The serial slasher Scream franchise keeps getting better with this sixth installment.

But there's never been one like me, Gale.

The location is new, but Ghostface is as menacing and unpredictable as ever.

That's why I'm going to shoot you.

Part satire, part dark comedy with a whodunit mystery twist.

Scream 6 is grounded in family issues and the deep and twisted secrets we all keep.

You got a problem here, guy?

Most of the cast members from the last Scream return,

leaving Woodsboro, California behind, to start a fresh but bloody chapter in the Big Apple.

There's a relentlessness that is unique to this specific Ghostface.

Matt Bettinelli, Olpin, and Tyler Gillette return to helm the sequel.

The veteran horror directors, founding members of the filmmaking collective Radio Silence,

know how to thrill the audience and give a great pay-off.

Scream 6 is a bit violent, but it's a worthy successor of last year's Scream

and one of the best entries of the franchise.

And for that, Scream 6 gets 3 out of 4 Scream Your Heart Away kisses.

I meant the movie guy for ABS-CBN Media.

So let's finish this.

Part of the BBC Athenian News.

Right, and it's Hollywood's biggest night.

The champagne-colored carpet is laid out and all set for the Oscars 2023.

A crisis response team is on standby at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles

in case of an unexpected twist.

Yet again, the group was formed after last year's so-called The Slap

when Will Smith hit Chris Rock on stage.

The show will begin at 8 p.m. Eastern time, and that's 8 in the morning Manila time.

And before we go, the rock band Simple Plan returns to the Philippines after over a decade,

but local celebrities graze the gala night of the Manila production of The Sound of Music.

MJ Felipe tells us more.

It's been 11 long years since Canadian rock band Simple Plan stepped foot on Philippine soil.

And now they are back and show their Filipino fans that they still got it.

Playing at a sold-out show Friday night at the New Frontier Theater,

the crowd was treated with some good old Simple Plan rock music.

We really are realizing now that we should not be waiting this long between trips to the Philippines.

Right.

Um, so we have no excuse.

All we can do is take accountability and make up for it in the future and come back more often.

In our sit-down interview, the band expressed how the short video streaming platform TikTok

gave their band and their music new life.

It was after their song, I'm Just a Kid, went viral with the Kid Adult Growing Up Challenge.

And since that TikTok viral, I'm Just a Kid challenge, it has become the biggest streaming song that we have.

By far.

And it's meant a lot to us.

It's made people discover us that wouldn't have discovered us in the past.

After Manila, their next stop is Davao on Sunday, March 12.

Theater fans and friends of the cast members of The Sound of Music attended the Gala Night of the Musical

at the Samsung Performing Arts Theater in Circuit Makati.

You need someone older and wiser

You need someone older and wiser

From the Von Trapp kids, to the nuns,

to the lead stars, including our local talents, Kareel and Marky Strom,

had a great time having their photos taken with all the guests.

Local celebrities graced the show last night, including Kareel's mom, Chacha Padilla,

together with her partner Conrad Onglao, Janice DeBelen, Kim Chuen-Cien Lim, Donny Pangilinan,

theater actor Carlo Orosa, and Kareel's husband, Sponge Cola vocalist Yael Yuzon.

I'm really proud of her. She's always been a theater person and for her to finally do this theater thing again,

it's just nice to see her. It's like a fish in her pond.

I'm super proud because I have seen them grow in the theater when they started.

Everybody knows this award-winning piece, The Sound of Music. It's such an iconic musical.

And aside from that, they are surrounded by wonderful, wonderful, creative people,

very well-trained, and of course, their director.

I have a plane and a diesel yacht

MJ Felipe, ABS-CBN News.

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