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Diesel prices will see the biggest jump of 1 peso and 55 centavos per liter.

This is the third straight week that oil prices have increased.

The Philippine Energy Department attributed the higher pump prices to fears of a wider Israel-Hamas conflict as Iran possibly enters the picture, as well as Ukraine's attack on Russia's oil refineries.

The Customs Bureau has become the latest government agency to be breached by hackers.

House Deputy Minority Leader Franz Castro says this alarming trend of cyber attacks in Philippines will continue if the Marcos administration does not step up its efforts to address cyber security.

We'll speak now with the ACT Teacher's Part List Representative, Franz Castro.

Good afternoon, ma'am, and welcome to Dateline Philippines.

Good afternoon, Sandy, and to our viewers and listeners.

All right. Representative Castro, you expressed grave concerns about the recent cyber attacks, the latest one being victimizing the Bureau of Customs.

You're saying this is compromising Philippine data and it doesn't look good.

What can you tell us about our cyber security systems currently?

What does that say about how we approach these problems?

Well, as you can see now, the ACT and other agencies in charge against the cyber attacks are inutile.

Like, for example, there are different agencies that are already attacked by these perpetrators of hacking.

So, as of now, I think our government...

The government has not had enough measures to stop or to hamper the cyber attack.

Okay. What about resources? Do you think these are adequate?

I mean, when you talk about funding and when you talk about cyber attacks, cyber security, this is continuously evolving.

Even the hackers are getting better at what they do.

Do you think our government agencies, the DICT in particular, is getting enough funding?

As to the budget, we can see, for example, for the different agencies in charge against the cyber attack,

like, for example, the NBI, the ITP, and others, should be given enough funds, for example, for their intelligence or confidential funds.

However, as we can see, as we know, in the budget, it was the Office of the President.

The Office of the President has this very large chunk of budget for confidential funds.

So, sana mas malaki yung dapat na ibigay na budget for the agencies that are concerned dito sa combat cyber attack.

Okay. Representative Castro, one of your apprehensions is, of course, the outcome of the upcoming midterm elections next year because of the cyber attacks.

So, you are saying it is uncertain if we are really prepared to hold...

automatic elections.

Can you explain to us, can you tell us about the dangers of not being prepared enough with our elections?

Well, yes. Just like with the experiences of the different countries, like the Democratic Republic of Congo and Iraq

that have some anomalies in their elections,

I am much concerned of what will become of our elections.

of the cyber attack on our voters then, voters list.

Because Comelect has this experience before,

na na-hack yung kanilang mga information,

and of course the voters list.

So I am being concerned about that.

So the Comelect should be prepared against cyber attack,

hacking, come this election.

And are you confident over the capability of the recent or the latest service provider

that we are employing, we are engaging for the upcoming elections?

Can we tell you the fact, not really, because we are questioning the capability

and of course the previous performance of Niro in conducting elections

in other countries.

So that's why we are asking for the probe of this provider in House of Representatives.

Alright, of course, another issue here would be how government is responding.

I'm sure you've heard President Marquez's cyber security plan for the next five years.

What do you have to say about this plan, this strategy?

Well, I haven't.

I haven't seen yet the full text of the strategy.

So I think it should be given urgent talaga to combat this cyber security.

So dapat dawin na agad-agad itong may ginagawin mga measures ng government.

Alright, lastly, Representative Castro,

are there measures that you are pushing at the House of Representatives?

Concerning our preparation or equipping government with more resources to fight cyber security attacks?

Yes, the ICP should be proactive.

And of course, this is the perennial problem, hiring of experts.

Experts that would be given the...

the position for this...

combating the cyber attack.

So the government should...

should employ experts against cyber attack and hacking.

Alright, on that note, Representative Franz Castro of ACT Party List,

thank you so much for joining us this afternoon and for this conversation.

Thank you.

Alright, moving on, the cyber attack on the Bureau of Customs comes as President Marquez approved,

approved his administration's six-year cyber security plan.

Now, it is aimed at bolstering the security and resilience of the country's cyberspace.

We're now joined by the ICT Undersecretary for Infrastructure Management, Cyber Security,

and upskilling USEC Jeffrey D.

USEC D., welcome to Dateline Philippines.

Thank you, Stanley, and to the viewers of ANC.

All right.

All right, first off, you know,

we've learned about the attacks on the Bureau of Customs.

That was the most recent attack here, cyber security attack on government facilities.

What can you share with us so far about this incident?

So, the team, the National Computer Emergency Response Team is on site,

and they're investigating the attack.

I understand that there is already a group that admitted to this particular attack.

Regardless.

We're investigating all possible leads.

Okay.

Yes.

Yes.

Can you share more information about the group that is responsible for this attack?

They call themselves, sorry, I'm not really familiar with it, Death Note Hackers or something like that.

Yeah.

We believe them to be a, at least for this particular attack, it could be a Philippine group or a Philippine-led collective.

But like I mentioned,

we're still in the process.

We're still in the process of investigating.

It seems that the series of attacks are related only in their timing.

But the actors were inspired by an earlier attack that first happened with DLST.

Okay.

You're saying this is a Philippine group.

Are you also courting or not excluding the possibility that these attacks could also be perpetrated by parties outside the Philippines?

No.

So, let's talk about that.

Because there has been a series.

There has been a series of attacks.

Yeah.

We're investigating the possibility that the first one that actually happened may have been perpetrated outside of the Philippines.

Okay.

The first one in the series of attacks being DLST.

I mean, I know there have been attacks in the past.

But for this particular season, the first, and even tagged it saying a hashtag of EDSA, right?

They were saying that they even posted a...

a...

a...

What do you call that?

A defacement message.

Okay.

Saying they're trying to pose as activists.

But if you look at the tactics and techniques used, activists don't delete and destroy data.

That's the first thing that they don't do.

Okay.

And this particular one seems to be destroying infrastructures.

Okay.

Speaking of destroyed infrastructures, how big is it?

I mean, can you tell us even just a bulk part figure of the size...

size of the data, perhaps, or the kind of data they have stolen?

Are we talking about BOC or are we talking about DLST?

BOC. For BOC.

BOC, I don't have enough information yet because the investigation started this morning.

Okay.

We'll get more information as soon as we have that.

Maybe in a few...

I'm just waiting for the report of the team in a few minutes.

Okay.

I'll just...

I just want to get your reaction.

We were speaking with Representative Franz Kastler earlier on the program, and she was saying,

the DICT seems to be helpless in terms of, you know,

dealing and responding and being more proactive about cybersecurity issues.

What can you say about this?

I understand the frustration of the Honorable Congressperson Castro,

but I wouldn't say helpless.

Remember that there are...

If you look at the general statistics, there are a lot of other attacks that we were successful,

in defending.

Okay.

To give you examples, the attack against our mail exchange systems,

the government mail exchange system,

the series of distributed denial of service attacks against many government websites

that started in December but went through until the end of January.

I understand that two other government agencies may have fallen prey to it,

but in total, there were like 15 government agencies attacked.

Okay.

Okay.

Two managed to get a downtime of approximately a few minutes.

Okay.

So, not helpless, but please understand that this is an international concern.

Uh-huh.

And we need resources, both manpower, experience, and also monetary resources in order to curb this particular problem.

Okay.

Now, speaking of resources, of course, we know for a fact that those actors are also getting better at what they do,

and we have many other threats before us, AI for one.

Correct.

Right.

Even enhance the way these actors perform.

Now, when you talk about skills of our own people at the DICT,

what are you doing in terms of upskilling or hiring the right people for the job?

So, if you look at the National Cyber Security Plan, which is this recently approved president,

there is an entire outcome that is only focused on training.

And we're talking about train, train, and train.

And there are two stages here.

First, of course, is what you were talking about.

We need to train and retain talent in government.

But the way we look at it is that we need to produce as many cybersecurity professionals,

and it doesn't matter if they work in the government or if they work in the private sector.

Because after all, cybersecurity is a, you know, it's a collective effort.

We cannot defend everyone as government, and the private sector also has to stand with us in defending their infrastructures.

So, right now, our target is to produce as many as, by 2028,

we would like to have as many as 300,000 cybersecurity professionals.

So, varying levels from the starting analysts to, of course, those subject matter experts

and penetration testers that can help us strengthen our cybersecurity posture.

So, going now to your question of what we're doing, there's a lot of trainings.

Our partners, our allies are also giving us free trainings.

The DICT has launched 25,000.

We have slots for training of cybersecurity professionals in government.

These are online trainings, and I understand that we have another 25,000 just for the private sector.

So, we're trying to get these trainings on board for various stages of the profession.

Okay, because you, Sekli, you know government.

The DICT has competition even in terms of, you know, talent acquisition.

We have been getting reviews.

Correct.

That a lot of Filipino tech experts are even, in fact, being hired by cyber hacking groups.

Do you have information on this?

Can you confirm this?

Yes.

Yes, they are.

And I'm actually appealing to some of them to, you know, provide us information

because, after all, you don't want your government, you don't want your country to fall prey to manipulation

because some of these attacks, although perpetrated by local groups, were manipulated.

In order to go through a, we can talk more about that.

It's a manipulation of initiatives.

Somebody will start it, maybe a foreign national, but then it actually inspires others to do so.

But it goes both ways, Andy.

Some of these people are also providing us information, and I thank them for that.

We're free, for love of country.

Telling us, oh, this is our next target.

Please make sure that they're safe.

Okay.

Lastly, let's talk about the cybersecurity plan of President Ferdinand Marcos.

You know, this is a six-year plan, which includes probably improving resources,

both manpower and, you know, infrastructure to fight cybersecurity.

Now, do you think these resources, allocated resources, under this program

is enough for us to upskill and develop our cybersecurity skills?

Stanley, so...

We already talked about the skills and how important it is.

There are three outcomes under that national cybersecurity plan.

An outcome to all the talks about skills, where they're trying to establish a formal

cybersecurity unit in each and every government agency, because we don't have it yet.

We don't even have cybersecurity professionals in our qualification standards for government employees.

So that's one thing, and of course, training.

But actually, Stanley, the most important thing the national cybersecurity plan addresses,

which was endorsed by...

by the president, is to putting a rational hierarchy or structure in how we need to address these issues.

For example, it talks about how a incident response has to be led by the National Computer Emergency Response Team

inside the ICT if it is a civilian agency.

But if it is armed forces or the attack was targeted against the Department of National Defense,

the Department of National Defense also has to establish their own BNP,

Computer Emergency Response Team.

And both of these National Computer Emergency Response Teams

has to share information through the National Intelligence Network.

So if you look at it, it actually organizes the role of each government agency.

It rationalizes the entire bureaucracy and tells them,

this is your job, this is exactly what you need to do.

And I think that's the first part of the problem.

Because in the past,

everybody's just doing their own cybersecurity.

Yeah.

To each his own.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Lastly, Yusek, do you know this problem?

Do you think this is something that you can address within six years only?

Because by the nature of cybersecurity incidents and hacking,

this is something that is evolving.

It continues to change.

It is something that you have to deal with, roll with the punches whenever they attack you.

So envisioning perhaps something more permanent,

something more sustainable in terms of government resources allocated

to also improve our skills, our infrastructures to fight cybercrime.

I think it is doable.

No, I don't think.

I really believe it is doable within the next six years.

And just to let everybody know,

the National Cybersecurity Plan,

although the ICT took lead in writing it,

was actually a product of an interagency consultation.

We talked for months.

Including the opposite of the President in writing this.

We made sure to remove items which we cannot implement in the next six years.

But we need to look into strategically replace their items,

which we think is actionable and doable within the time frame that we are given.

All right.

On that note, Yusek Jeffrey D. of DICT,

thank you so much for joining us for this conversation this afternoon.

Thank you very much, Stanley.

Moving on, up next, Israel withdraws more troops from southern Gaza as it prepares.

For future operations, including the planned invasion of Rafah.

Details of that story and more when Dateline Philippines returns.

Stay with ANC.

Stay with ANC.

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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The greatest disruptor of all time is actually COVID-19.

Because of limited mobility, people are also not being able to go to physical branches, etc.

It further accelerated the adoption of consumers of digital channels.

We are now being able to provide the services needed by our citizens, by our consumers.

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It urges the public to conserve and reduce their water consumption.

At the end of April, 80 out of the 82 provinces, more or less,

El Nino has an effect on it.

But that doesn't mean that all the ships will be flooded,

all the water reservoirs or sources of water will be drained.

But because of the heat that we are experiencing,

no matter how, we can say that it is affected.

We can say that the whole country is affected.

So, we need to include maintenance and cleaning of swimming pools as much as possible.

Again, this is a big deal, it is not a ban,

but because if we clean even one swimming pool,

it is a huge consumption of water.

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If there are a few students who are missing records,

then you can treat that as administrative delays or administrative problems.

But if you have thousands, then there must be something wrong with the submission.

Gatchalian also weighs in on class suspensions.

Gatchalian also weighs in on class suspensions.

due to extreme heat.

It's not good, definitely.

And there's so many studies already

during the pandemic

that the self-learning modules,

even though it's the next best thing,

but it's not the most effective.

The long-term solution here is simple.

To go back to our original summer break,

which is April and May,

it seems to me that this new school calendar,

which is there's no summer break,

is the one cancelling more classes

because the heat is just too unbearable.

Reverting to the old school calendar,

easier said than done.

That's according to Vice President

and Education Secretary, Sara Duterte.

Joyce Balancio joins us with details.

Hi, Joyce.

Hi, Stanley.

Vice President and Education Secretary,

Sara Duterte maintains

that the reversion to the old school calendar

cannot be expedited

as recommended by the teachers

dignity coalition or the TDC.

In an interview with reporters this morning,

Duterte said that DepEd cannot compromise

the break of teachers and students.

The Education Department earlier released

an annual or an order

for the gradual shift to the old calendar

wherein classes begin in June

and end in March.

The current school year, Stanley,

will be only until May 31, 2024,

while the school break will be

from June 1 to July 26.

Succeeding school years

have been adjusted as well

so that by academic year,

2026 to 2027,

classes will be back

to the June to March schedule.

Duterte said,

this transition plan

is a result of DepEd's consultation

with other education stakeholders

to also agreed for a gradual shift.

CDC said,

Chairperson Ben Jabasa

earlier urged DepEd

to immediately shift

to the old school calendar

so that by next academic year,

there will be no more classes

in the months of April and May

when extreme heat

is affecting the conduct

of in-person classes.

He added,

prolonging the transition period

would only burden the children

with changes in the mode of teaching.

He also said that teachers

are willing to adjust

to a shortened school break

given that they will be

properly compensated.

Meanwhile,

Vice President Duterte said

that the conduct of makeup classes

is no longer necessary

following the series of suspension

of in-person classes

by many schools since last week.

She said that what was suspended

were only in-person classes

and that the learning of students

continued to adjust.

Alternative delivery modes

such as online

or modular teaching.

On Friday,

more than 3 million learners

from 14 regions

had been affected

by suspension of in-person classes

by schools in areas

that were experiencing extreme heat.

A report from DepEd

showed that 5,288 schools

declared shift

to alternative delivery modes

affecting 3,640,472 students.

Stanley?

Joyce Balancio,

thank you so much.

Moving on,

Israel withdraws more ground troops

from Gaza,

leaving just one brigade

in the Strip

six months after the start

of its offensive.

The move comes as Egypt prepares

to host a new round of talks

aimed at reaching a ceasefire

and hostage release deal.

Israel's defense minister says

the true pullout is to prepare

for future operations,

including one in the enclave

southern city of Rafah.

The forces are exiting

and preparing for a new round of talks.

We saw examples of such missions

in the Shifa operation

and also of their coming mission

in the Rafah area.

The Israeli military

has been reducing numbers

since the start of the year

to relieve reservists.

Israel is also undergoing

growing pressure from Washington

to improve the humanitarian situation

in Gaza.

Thousands gather in Jerusalem

to demand the release of hostages

still held in Gaza.

After six months of Israel's war

against Hamas,

but while talks continue

to secure another ceasefire,

some families of the hostages

are wary,

with previous rounds of negotiations

having gone nowhere

and some of the hostages

dying in captivity.

We're here today

because we want everybody

to be aware that this is still happening

and we're still hoping

that its solution

will be like any minute.

We don't have any time left.

We don't have time.

Nama has no time.

Right now, it's 184 days in captivity.

It can be.

The world should condemn it.

The world should stand

and to be with Israel

against Hamas

and to do anything that they can do

to help us.

And for our government,

we demand them to do things

as soon as possible

and not to waste time.

Their families and everybody here

is...

has had enough.

And people need to understand that

and the world needs to stand up

and get them back.

Whoever is responsible,

we're all responsible

and these are our people

and we can't stand another day

without them coming home.

And it's above politics,

it's above religion,

it's a humanitarian issue

and that's what we're here to shout today.

Over the past few weeks,

protests against Benjamin Netanyahu's government

have intensified

with some critics saying

the veteran leaders'

have been dragging his feet

in securing the deal.

The United Kingdom warning it

could stop selling arms

if it receives legal advice

that Israel was in breach

of international law

through its actions in Gaza.

Now, British Deputy Prime Minister

Oliver Dowden says

they are holding Israel

to high standards

and have raised concerns

about different areas

of Israel's conduct.

We hold the countries

to whom we export arms

to a high standard

and I think that's what you'd expect

and it contrasts so strongly

our adherence to very high values

with the appalling atrocities

that are being committed

by terrorist organizations

against Israel.

Now, Israel isn't perfect,

long way from it,

but this is a difficult conflict

and we're holding Israel

to high standards.

There's been growing pressure

on the British government

to suspend the sale of arms to Israel

following the deadly attack

on a convoy of aid workers in Gaza.

Three former Supreme Court justices

have joined more than 600 members

of the British legal profession

in warning that the arms sales

could make Britain complicit

to the genocide in Gaza.

Mexico suspends bilateral relations

with Ecuador

following a raid on its embassy in Quito.

Police entered the compound Friday evening

to arrest former Ecuadorian

Vice President George Glass.

Convicted twice of corruption,

Glass has been,

in hold-up in the embassy

since seeking political asylum in December,

a request Mexico granted earlier on Friday.

Ecuador contends

the asylum offer was illegal

and accused Mexico

of abusing immunities and privileges

granted to the diplomatic mission.

Mexican President Lopez Obrador

calls the arrest an authoritarian act

and a violation of international law

and Mexican sovereignty.

Russian regions,

in the Ural Mountains,

hit with some of its worst floods in decades.

The Ural River swelled several meters

in just hours due to melted ice

bursting through a dam embankment

in the city of Oursk.

More than 4,000 had been evacuated.

Authorities have also ordered residents

in a riverside neighborhood in Kurgan to evacuate,

saying the floodwaters would soon reach the city.

The floods have also affected Siberia

as well as parts of neighboring Kazakhstan.

God has great job plans for you.

The antichrist is back.

Fourty-eight years

after the original dalmatian

tag-sens,

here comes the equally terrifying prequel.

Nell Tiger Free is Margaret Dano, an American woman sent to Rome to work in an orphanage before taking the veil.

But soon, she uncovers a dark conspiracy that would bring about the birth of the Antichrist.

It's just a really fun, wild ride.

First-time feature film director, Arkasha Stevenson, understands the assignment and gives us a fun, wild ride that not only pays homage to the original,

but also moves the story forward in a smart and exciting way.

The First Omen gets three out of four demonic kisses.

And another movie out in theaters is Monkey Man.

Dev Patel stars, co-writes, and directs this action thriller.

And from the looks of it, the actor has a future as a screenwriter and director.

They took everything from me.

Patel is Kid, a man out for vengeance, looking for a group of leaders who killed his mother.

But soon, revenge turns to redemption.

Both of us.

Mercilessly violent.

With an eye for socio-political commentary.

Patel is a marvel in front of and behind the camera.

This one is a stylish yarn that goes for the jugular.

And for that, Monkey Man gets three out of four monkey-see, monkey-do kisses.

And on streaming, behold, Ripley.

It's good to describe Thomas Ripley.

From Netflix comes this eight-episode limited series based on Patricia Highsmith's The Talented Mr. Ripley.

Incredibly involving as a story.

Andrew Scott is our talented Tom Ripley.

A grifter tasked to convince the wealthy Dickie Greenleaf, played by Johnny Flynn, to return home from Italy.

Dakota Fanning is Dickie's girlfriend and a woman who can't be conned.

There's a real kind of cat and mouse between them that you get to see.

From Oscar-winning writer Stephen Zalian, if you think you've seen it all about Ripley, think again.

This series is dark, involving, funny, and smart.

Great.

I was thinking film noir, but it's also a great character study, and I love it.

Oh, great.

Thank you.

And for that, Ripley gets three and a half out of four Ripley underground kisses.

I'm Manny the Movie Guy for ABS-CBN News.

In sports, the Philippine Olympic contingent growing larger.

Vanessa Sarno is now the third weightlifter to qualify for the Paris Olympics.

After her performance in the International Weightlifting Federation,

World Cup in Thailand, Sarno topped Group B in the women's 71-kilograms division

with a total lift of 245 kilograms.

Sarno joins John Seniza and Elrin Ando as the country's weightlifting representatives to Paris.

A retired Cuban football player may have just broken the record for continuous juggling of a football.

56-year-old Erika...

Hernandez did the trick for half a day or 12 hours and 6 minutes to be exact.

The previous record was 12 hours, and Hernandez is now awaiting recognition from the Guinness World Records.

Hernandez already owns one world record for the most touches of a football with his head within 30 seconds.

Here's another record that's going to be hard to break.

Britain Russ Cook ran the whole length of Africa,

or about 16,000 kilometers through 16 countries,

becoming the first person to do so,

he completed his journey through the entire continent in 352 days.

Along the way, Cook encountered several challenges

including armed robbery in Angola and visa issues.

It wasn't all about setting a record for Cook.

His speed raised a total of 690,000 euros,

which he will donate to charity.

The main goal is to challenge yourself, do something incredible,

which is what Hardest Geyser is all about,

but simultaneously raise a lot of money for some really important causes.

That's happening on the GiveStar platform,

so we're very privileged to have that happening there.

So far, nearly 600,000 pounds has been raised for two charities,

so Sandblast and the running charity.

Hopefully, going to hit a million pounds.

Russ will hit a million pounds with his fundraiser. That's the target.

I don't think we understand what people would rush.

Would rush?

What Russ is doing and that he's raising money for charity,

it's not about him.

If you speak to him, you realize that he doesn't care about the fame.

He doesn't care about the money.

He cares about, honestly, bringing people together and changing people's lives.

Everyone here, you speak to them, they say they've never run before.

They say they've never done a marathon before, and here they are.

He's changed the world.

What Russ is doing, he's changing the world.

That's what he's doing.

And before we go, a total solar eclipse will cross North America this April 8th,

offering millions.

It's a rare opportunity to see skies temporarily darken

as the moon blots out the sun.

Here's what to expect.

Skygazers across North America are in for a treat on April 8th

when a total solar eclipse will pass over Mexico, the United States, and Canada.

Here's everything you need to know about the rare celestial event.

A total solar eclipse occurs when the moon passes between Earth and the sun,

completely blackened,

blocking the face of the sun along a small path of a planet's surface.

This is called the path of totality.

NASA's research astrophysicist, Nicolene Vial.

Some people who are in the path of totality will get to see a total solar eclipse,

and that's where the moon totally blocks out the main body of the sun.

Those people will get to see the corona or the atmosphere of the sun

peeking out from around the moon.

According to NASA, the April 8 eclipse will begin over the South Pacific Ocean

and will cross North America.

North America passing over Mexico, the United States, and Canada.

NASA estimates 31.6 million people live in the path of totality this year.

So everybody in the contiguous United States will get to see at least a partial eclipse

where the moon partially blocks out the sun.

There's a path of totality though that starts in Texas and it goes up north and comes out through Maine.

And the people in the path of totality will get to see

the main body of the sun totally blocked out.

In October 2023, people in parts of North and South America

witnessed an annual solar eclipse, which is a slightly different event.

The moon passes between the sun and earth when it's at or near its furthest point from our planet.

It doesn't completely cover the face of the sun, leaving what looks like a ring of fire in the sky.

Then there's the lunar eclipse,

between the moon and the sun,

and our planet's shadow is cast upon the moon's surface.

The next total solar eclipse will occur in 2026.

Total solar eclipse happens somewhere on the earth about every 18 months,

but of course most of the earth is water.

It's not where people live.

And so the fact that so many people live nearby the total eclipse

or live in the partial phases of the eclipse,

it just means so many more people will get to participate.

in this event.

And that'll do it for today.

Thanks for joining us.

I'm Stanley Palisada.

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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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