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Duterte administration's drug war

Tonight the camp of Philippine lawmakers Arnulfo Tevez Jr dismisses accusations

he's behind the killing of Negros Oriental Governor Rual De Gambo

A former Philippine police officer gets 2 life sentences

for the murders of 2 minors in connection with the Duterte Administration's drug war

U.S. President Biden set to address the financial sector after the collapse of 2 banks

And the film Everything, Everywhere, All at Once wins big at the 95th Academy Awards

Good evening, I'm Tony Velasquez. And I'm Pia Gutierrez

On our broadcast tonight, a Philippine lawmaker implicated in the murders of several politicians

extends his stay in the United States

Negros Oriental Representative Arnulfo Tevez Jr. says he delayed his homecoming

because of concerns for his own safety

Vivian Gulya has tonight's top story

The date is still uncertain but Negros Oriental 3rd District Representative Arnulfo Tevez Jr.

intends to return to the Philippines to respond to allegations linking him

to the killing of Governor Rual De Gambo

That's according to Tevez's lawyers

But they say the lawmaker wants to ensure first his and his family's safety

He's 100% willing to come back

This week? Next week?

Well, the problem is security

Because if you look at it, you lost your license

You were charged for a 2019 incident

Then you were suddenly remanded

The Department of Justice earlier said that based on the latest information

Tevez has left the United States for an Asian country

But his lawyers say, as far as they know, Tevez is in the U.S.

The travel clearance granted to Tevez by the House of Representatives ended March 9th

Topacio responds to those telling his client that flight is an indication of guilt

What is he fleeing from? Nothing! No charge!

There's no warrant, there's no indictment, nothing!

He also tagged as hearsay a suspect's claim that Tevez was behind De Gambo's killing

What a person said in an ambush interview

They talked to a middleman named Marvin

And Marvin said that it was Tevez who did it

That is not a valid tagging

That's hearsay!

Tevez's camp also denied that the lawmaker is in any way involved in the absence of De Gambo's police escorts on the day he was killed

According to Topacio, they welcome an impartial House inquiry into the incident called for by Speaker Martin Romualdez

Topacio adds he is reaching out to Romualdez's office to relay confidential information

We welcome that if the inquiry is going to be impartial

At least his colleagues know him

We are already reaching out to the office of Speaker Romualdez

Because Congressman Tevez is being listened to for his ears only

We have faith in the impartiality of Speaker Romualdez

In a statement, Romualdez said he has yet to receive any communication from Tevez since he appealed for him to return home

The House Speaker reminded Tevez his stay outside the country is no longer authorized by the House of Representatives

He assured Tevez that when he returns, the PNP is ready to provide security

An assurance echoed by the Justice Department

He will be secured

Tevez's camp meanwhile slams the police raid on Tevez's properties

Claiming it did not comply with protocols and alleging that the firearms and grenades seized were planted

Interior Secretary Benjer Abalos asserts operatives observed SOP

The PASHA notes as early as January, Tevez received information on a supposed plan to raid his house

At that time, Tevez linked Abalos to the alleged plan which the SILG called preposterous

I am now being personalized by Benjer Abalos

May narinig akong mga order na nagpapa-apply ng search warrant sa bahay ko at kung wala daw makuha, lagyan

Ang importante rito, ayon sa ating mga operatiba na police, they followed all protocols

Dahil maingat nga kami sa technicality rito

Mabayaan mo ng Korte ang humusga rito

What is important, ay matugis ang mastermind nito ng mabilisa

Tevez's camp appeals to the Special Task Force and other authorities investigating the killing of Digamo

To be fair and look at all possible angles

Vivian Gulia, ABS-CBN News

The Philippine Armed Forces denies the supposed militarization of Negros Oriental Province

As more troops are sent there after the murder of its governor Roel Digamo

The deployment of special military personnel came as the remains of the slain official are brought to his hometown to be laid to rest

Jose Carretero reports

From the provincial capital of Negros Oriental, the remains of slain governor Roel Digamo were brought to his birth home in Chaton Town

Students and supporters lined up along the national highway to pay respects

Some of them carried banners demanding justice for the slain governor and eight others were killed last March 4

The families thankful for the outpouring of support

Justice for Governor Roel Digamo

Governor Digamo's widow, Pamplona Mayor Janice Digamo could not contain her emotion while delivering a message to supporters

For the family, this is the saddest homecoming of Governor Digamo

She believes politics is behind the killing of her husband

When Secretary Galvez visited us in the wake in the capital

And hopeful, his news, although I cannot divulge in public

But if you can still recall, the day of reckoning

So we are really alive and we will cooperate with the investigation body to address what needs to be addressed

Over the weekend, the armed forces deployed additional troops to Negros Oriental to beef up security in the area

But the armed forces stresses that there's no militarization in Negros Oriental

Here, people feel that the presence of the soldiers is not to cause trouble

But to bring order and help the PNP in implementing the law

Meanwhile, PNP spokesperson Colonel Jean Pajardo said 17 cases had been filed against the five identified suspects

Including 12 unidentified cohorts and additional 13 cases are set to be filed

NBI po is in the process of finalizing the documentation for filing of the necessary cases

Pursuant po doon sa extrajudicial confession executed by the four arrested persons

Plus po doon sa apat na arrested, kasama pa rin po sila doon sa 13 na for filing as respondents

On Tuesday, the remains of Governor Digamo will be transferred to his house in Bunawan Village

He will be laid to rest on Thursday in a family cemetery just inside the compound of the Digamo residence

Philippine police are checking whether last month's assassination of the Apari vice mayor was due to his opposition to quarrying activities in his province

The national police chief points out that Romel Alameda was a staunch critic of black sand mining in Cagayan

Alameda and five others were killed in an ambush in Nueva Vizcaya province

Several persons of interest are being pursued by the police

Alameda had been against sa negosyo na ibang mga kababayan niya doon sa Cagayan

A court in the Philippine city of Navotas convicts a former policeman for the 2017 murders of two teenagers

during the anti-drug campaign of then President Rodrigo Duterte

Dismissed policeman Jeffrey Perez was found guilty for the killing of Carl Angelo Arnaiz and Reynaldo de Guzman

Perez was sentenced to serve up to 40 years in prison for each killing

He was ordered to pay nearly 400,000 pesos to the victims' families

Arnaiz and de Guzman were reported missing in August 2017

The bullet-riddled body of Arnaiz was later found in a funeral parlor

while de Guzman's body was discovered in a creek in Nueva Vizcaya with over 20 stab wounds

In 2022, a Caloocan court found Perez guilty of torturing the two teenagers

and planting sachets of marijuana and shabu on Arnaiz

A crucial Philippine biodiversity area is at risk of contamination from an oil spill that's spreading from Oriental Mindoro province

Visiting Japanese experts are helping authorities to contain the spill

This report from Lady Vicencio

Dark grime tainted boulders and sand along the coast of Barangay Buhay na Tubig

one of the most affected villages of the oil spill in Pola, Oriental Mindoro

On Sunday, the Philippine Coast Guard vessel BRP Curihidor transported five tons of equipment of the Japan Disaster Response Team

to help in the oil spill response operations in Oriental Mindoro

The equipment include oil spill response workwear, masks, oil-proof rubber boots, oil blotter, and oil snare

The Disaster Relief Team from Japan also visited Buhay na Tubig to see the extent of the damage and to donate equipment for cleanup operations

Binigyan nila ng advice yung mismong nandoon na personnel na kung ano yung gagawin ng Baotatac plan para may iwasan natin yung second na magiging contamination

Meanwhile, the owner of MT Princess Empress RDC Rail Marine Services issued an apology for the disaster

It said it is sorry for the incident that has affected the livelihoods of those living in the impacted areas

and the oil spill's effect on the environment

The cleanup of industrial oil clinging to the coast continues

Oil slick from the sunken MT Princess Empress has reached areas of South Oriental Mindoro

but with the weakening of the northeast monsoon, the UP Marine Science Institute projects towns north of Oriental Mindoro will be affected as well

Based on the trajectory of the oil spill, Verde Island, Calapan, and some parts of Batangas are also in danger of the oil slick

Ang projection natin ngayon, yung karamihan ng oil slick na nasa Pola at Nauhan, maaaring parts nito madala ngayon dun sa Verde Island Passage

So papunta sa north yung direction ng parts of the oil slick

This development will be critical for Verde Island, tagged as the country's center of marine biodiversity

Rich in marine organisms, it serves as a breeding ground for fish usually consumed by the public

UP MSI emphasized the need to prevent the further spread of the slick at sea

If the northeast monsoon will continue to weaken, it will only take two to three days for the slick to reach Verde Island and the coasts of Batangas

Pinakamaganda kung merong very near the point source na saan mismo yung seepage nakikita ng oil spills

Kung ito makontain natin dun sa area na ito at matanggal na natin agad sa tubig bago ito makarating sa coast, mas maganda

Local government units are encouraged to prepare in case there's a need to evacuate fishing communities and residents with vulnerabilities

Lady Vicentio, ABS-CBN News

The Chinese embassy warns the Philippines anew against opening up additional sites under its enhanced defense cooperation agreement with the US

China says this will seriously harm the national interests of the Philippines and endanger regional peace and stability

Beijing also accused Washington of disguising the enhanced military cooperation as a way to help disaster relief efforts and help the local economy when it's meant to encircle and contain China

But Philippine Senator Francis Escudero lashed back at the Chinese government for interfering in Manila's foreign policy

Escudero said the Philippines has every right, as with China and any sovereign nation, to pursue a foreign policy that serves its national interests

and should not be cowed by such threats, which it does not consider friendly at all

The Chinese embassy was responding to the remarks of US Ambassador to the Philippines Mary Kay Carlson

who said in an interview that the new EDCA sites would enhance Manila's ability to defend itself and grow its economy

Tactics picked up from the Russia-Ukraine conflict to be practiced in joint Philippine-US military drills

The exercises kicked off Monday at Fort Magsaysay in Nueva Ecija province and will run until April 4

They are meant to strengthen the interoperability of Philippine and US armed forces

Some 3,000 troops are taking part in the drills

The Philippine Army chief says the training scenarios involve the defense of the Philippines from potential foreign aggressors

The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines and the National Intelligence Coordinating Agency signed a deal to shore up the country's defenses against cyberattacks

The partnership will allow both agencies to share information to protect the country's energy infrastructure from any cyberattacks

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., who witnessed the signing of the MOU this morning, said

this is also a way to allay fears over China's involvement as technical partner of the NGCP

that could be assessed to be at risk when it comes to cyber security

It is a good signal to all of us who have concerns in this regard

that we are doing many things to make sure that the Philippines remains secure

and its people can rest assured that their territory, their data, their personal information will not be used against us

The Philippine government's anti-insurgency task force urges Congress to junk a measure aiming to protect human rights defenders

The task force claims the proposed Human Rights Defenders Protection Act threatens the country's democratic way of life

It believes the bill's definition of a human rights defender is so vague that it can include terrorists

The task force also alleges the bill gives unjustified preferential treatment by offering places of refuge to any individual or group claiming to be a human rights defender

The bill's author, Albay First District Representative Edsa Lagman, has yet to respond to ANC's request for comment

The Philippine Supreme Court throws out sex crime charges against actor and host Ferdinand Vuong Navarro

A February 8th ruling of the High Court's Third Division dismissed the complaints of rape and acts of lasciviousness for lack of probable cause

The decision made public on Monday overturns an appellate court ruling that said the Justice Department erred in junking the charges filed by model Denise Cornejo

Navarro has been out on bail since December last year

He was ordered arrested in September after Cornejo accused him of sexually assaulting her in January 2014

Navarro was injured during the supposed incident when he was mauled by Cornejo's then-partner Cedric Lee

Coming up, U.S. Federal regulators shutter the New York-based Signature Bank following the disastrous Silicon Valley bank collapse

More news when The World Tonight returns

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Ukraine and Russia claim their forces have inflicted heavy losses on each other as they battle for control of the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky says over a thousand Russian troops were killed in clashes

But Russia claims it has killed more than 220 Ukrainian service members over the past 24 hours

Russia has been trying to capture Bakhmut for months

Analysts say the city has little strategic value but it has become a focal point for Russian commanders who have struggled to deliver positive news to the Kremlin

North Korea test-fires two strategic cruise missiles from a submarine as South Korea and the U.S. hold joint military drills

Pyongyang state media says the launch was successful as it confirmed the reliability of North Korea's submarine units which form part of its nuclear deterrent

Seoul's military on high alert after it detected the launch of a single unspecified missile

South Korean and American troops began their 11-day joint drills Monday, their biggest joint military exercises in years

The mayor of South Korea's capital urges the government to build its own nuclear arsenal

The official says this will bolster the country's defenses against North Korea even if it poses international repercussions

He insists South Korea's development of nuclear weapons will be the most effective deterrent to the North's own nuclear ambitions

Signature Bank becomes the latest casualty of the banking turmoil in the U.S.

Financial regulators cite systemic risk in shutting down the New York-based bank that caters mainly to the crypto industry

Signature Bank had $88.5 billion in deposits at the end of last year, making it the third largest failure in U.S. banking history

But regulators said depositors will have full access to their deposits

This comes just a few days after regulators shuttered Silicon Valley Bank last Friday, the largest U.S. banking failure since the 2008 financial crisis

Meanwhile, the U.K. arm of Silicon Valley Bank has been sold to HSBC, Europe's largest bank, for a symbolic amount of one pound

Philippine shares began a trading week in the red, and Asian markets traded mixed on Monday as U.S. regulators tried to contain the fallout from the Silicon Valley Bank collapse

The details from Michelle Ong

Most Asian stock markets declined on Monday as investors assessed the impact from the Silicon Valley Bank fallout

Regional financials index dropping to its lowest level since December

Philippine shares not spared from the bloodbath, with the financial sub-index seeing hefty drop of 2%

The index, meanwhile, settled at 6544, its lowest close since end of December

It's a sign of a sort of addiction to zero or negative interest rates

So that when interest rates start adjusting to fight inflation, they're not prepared

BPI's Jun Neri has long been sounding the alarm against an addiction to very low rates

And in an environment of high inflation, one ends up with negative real rates, something he says is not sustainable

Real interest rates is simply benchmark policy rate minus inflation, and in our case, 6% minus 8.6% equals a negative real rate of 2.6%

It creates all of these addictions, I mean, zombies are being created under this kind of an environment

They get addicted to negative interest rates, and so that when interest rates are brought back to positive, like they are now, they aren't able to survive

They suffer a lot, and BSP and other central banks aren't able to carry out their mandates because of all of these breaking problems

In corporate stories, Metro Pacific confirms looking at acquisitions in the 20 billion peso cold chain sector to support its agribusiness portfolio

This as part of the relaunch of its logistics business

The infra-heavy conglomerate of Mani Pangilinan made several attempts in the logistics segment through MetroPak Movers

Which started operations in 2016 with a focus on warehousing and cold storage distribution centers

It bought a 12% stake in Air 21 in 2018, only to divest and sell it to the Ayala Group 4 years after

Meanwhile, the Ayala Group's renewable energy arm ASEN is partnering with US-based BrightKnight

To develop, construct, and operate large-scale hybrid wind-solar renewable power projects in India

ASEN will deploy some 250 million dollars in equity plus related performance guarantees

To support BrightKnight's development pipeline of over 1.2 gigawatts hybrid portfolio in India

Including a 100 megawatt co-located wind-solar project in Maharashtra

This isn't ASEN's first rodeo in India

It already co-owns a solar farm portfolio of 630 megawatts of operating and under-construction assets there

India is targeting to install 500 gigawatts of generation capacity from renewables by 2030

In all, BrightKnight is developing a global portfolio of 23 gigawatts across the US, Asia-Pac

Including India, Australia, Philippines, and Bangladesh

And finally, Aboidus Equity Ventures confirms it is setting a 73 billion pesos capex this year

Slightly up from last year's 69 billion as it seeks to grow its footprint in renewable energy, banking, and property

Michelle Long, ABS-CBN News

US President Biden seeks to assure Americans that their banking system remains safe

He spoke for the first time on the banking crisis just before US markets opened Monday morning

Biden says there will be a full accounting of what led to the collapse of the Silicon Valley Bank

He also echoed remarks by Treasury Chief Janet Yellen of a government bailout

The US Federal Reserve previously moved to contain the impact of the SVB fallout

It announced plans to ease access to the so-called discount window

To allow banks to monetize assets that have lost value

Asian-American entertainers took center stage at the 95th Academy Awards

Where the sci-fi action-adventure film, Everything Everywhere All at Once, clinches a historic seven Oscars

The details from our ABS-CBN Hollywood correspondent, Yong Chavez

For all the little boys and girls who look like me watching tonight

This is the beacon of hope and possibilities

This is proof that dreams dream big and dreams do come true

And ladies, don't let anybody tell you you are ever past your prime

Michelle Yeoh is the first Asian to win Academy Award Best Actress

For her role as an Asian immigrant mother in America in the film, Everything Everywhere All at Once

Her co-star and on-screen husband, Kihi Kwan, was also victorious

He paid tribute to his mother and their hardships as refugees in his acceptance speech

My journey started on a boat

I spent a year in a refugee camp

And somehow, I ended up here on Hollywood's biggest stage

They say stories like this only happen in the movies

I cannot believe it's happening to me

This, this is the American dream

For the longest time, Asian talents were denied opportunities in Hollywood

In the rare times they were cast, they were often given insubstantial roles or became the target of a joke

Other Asian nominees this year include Everything Everywhere All at Once actress, Michelle Yeoh

Best Picture All at Once actress, Stephanie Su

And Hong Chao of The Whale in the Supporting Actress category

Best Picture and Best Director also went to Everything Everywhere All at Once

Which told the story of an Asian-American family who traveled through the multiverse while dealing with generational trauma

Golden Globe nominee, Dolly DeLeon, attended the Oscars with her Triangle of Sadness team

Which was nominated for Best Picture

And Vanessa Hudgens hosted the Academy Awards pre-show

Other Filipinos who came out to support Elton John's foundation during Oscar night include Saweetie and drag dance Manila Luzon

This means so much to me

Going on reality TV and being myself and representing Asian-Americans

It's been such a joy

Other big winners of the 95th Oscars include Best Actor Brendan Fraser for The Whale

And Jamie Lee Curtis for Everything Everywhere All at Once

As always, Oscar night served fashion standouts

Including a piña gown by Filipino designer, Oliver Talentino

Worn by model, Petra Nemcova

With the success of Asian talents this awards season

Many are hoping that this will mean more significant inclusion and diversity of Asian stories in film

Yong Chavez, ABS-CBN News, here in Hollywood

Our final word tonight is a quote from Michelle Yeoh

Your story may not have such a happy beginning

But that doesn't make you who you are

It is the rest of your story who you choose to be

And that is The World Tonight, the 13th of March, 2023

I'm Pia Gutierrez

I'm Tony Velasquez from the Philippines

Thank you

Mabuhay!

Mabuhay!

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