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President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. expressed hope that Chinese aggression in the West Philippine Sea would be avoided following the first-ever multilateral maritime war.
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The exercises involved the armed forces of the Philippines BRP Gregorio del Pilar, BRP Antonio Luna, and BRP Valentin Diaz, with the naval and air assets of the United States Indo-Pacific Command, Australian Defense Force, and Japan's Self-Defense Forces.
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The President also gave the assurance that Philippine officials continue to talk to their Chinese counterparts so that tension in the region would no longer escalate.
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We still continue to talk at the ministerial level, at the sub-ministerial level, at the people-to-people level.
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Lahat ng mga ari natin gawin, ginagawa natin, makakausap ang Chinese leadership, ang Beijing, makakausap sila.
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Pag-initin pa, pag-usap tayo ng mabuti para walang paglaan, walang katanong, walang katanong.
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The Department of National Defense stressed,
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something also undertaken by other nations.
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The objective was to strengthen our cooperative activities with our partners, essentially our ally, the U.S., in this instance, Japan and Australia.
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And we wanted to strengthen our regional and international cooperation with them, and of course enhance our interoperability.
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What we wanted to do here is to uphold the freedom of navigation and overflight.
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And we wanted to stress in the MCA the respect for our maritime rights under international law, namely UNCLOS.
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Japan's defense minister says the South China Sea issue is directly related to peace and stability.
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Japan opposes any unilateral changes to the status quo,
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that increase maritime tensions.
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For U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin,
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Washington's activities with its allies underscore their shared commitment
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to ensure all countries are free to fly, sail, and operate wherever international law allows.
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Communication exercises, division tactics, and anti-submarine warfare drills were conducted during the activity.
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The anti-submarine warfare drill is actually just sensing if there are any presence,
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underwater vessels.
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AFP Chief of Staff General Romeo Bronner Jr. confirmed two People's Liberation Army Navy vessels were seen some six nautical miles away from the exercise area.
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We noticed the presence of two PLA Navy ships in the distance.
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But these Navy ships were not done to block.
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or hadlangan yung ginagawa nating mga exercises.
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So tuloy-tuloy naman, naging successful yung ating multinational maritime cooperative activity.
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We were able to achieve all the objectives that we have set forth.
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I can only assume that they are also performing freedom of navigation on their own terms.
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But I have no information as to that if they were moving,
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or I have no information also as to what they were doing there in the area.
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China earlier said its PLA Southern Theater Command also organized naval and air combat patrols
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in the South China Sea the same day that the MMCA was conducted.
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But Bronner said they have not seen any Chinese activities in the area.
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Narinig natin na yung China daw ay magsasagawa rin ng kanilang combat patrols.
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Pero yung China daw ay magsasagawa rin ng kanilang combat patrols.
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Pero sa nakita nating pag-monitor dun sa area, wala naman pong ganong nangyari.
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Wala naman ginawang mga combat patrol or mga exercises.
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Although future MCAs are yet to be scheduled,
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the Defense Department said the Philippines is ready and open
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to conduct such activities with its allies, partners, and like-minded nations.
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Bianca Dava, ABS-CBN News.
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Philippine officials slammed the demands.
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Set by fugitive televangelist Apollo Kibuloy in exchange for his surrender.
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Kibuloy is once again urged to surface and face the criminal charges against him.
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The details from Sherian Torres.
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Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla rejects the supposed condition set by Kingdom of Jesus Christ leader Apollo Kibuloy
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telling the televangelist to just surrender.
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Aside from the Davao Court's issued arrest warrant for sexual abuse,
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of minors, and maltreatment,
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the DOJ is also awaiting a similar order from the Pasig City Regional Trial Court
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for qualified trafficking charges against Kibuloy.
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President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. says Kibuloy is in no position to make demands.
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So, I mean, we will exercise all the compassion to Pastor Kibuloy.
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Marcos also has this to say about Kibuloy's attempt to link the U.S. government to his cases in the Philippines.
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All the proceedings will be fair.
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Now, as to the involvement of the United States,
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we have a line of women.
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That's going to take years.
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So, I don't think there's something in this to worry about.
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Kibuloy's lawyer meanwhile claims his client did not set any conditions and only made requests.
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That's despite acknowledging that he has not been in direct contact with Kibuloy since the arrest order was issued.
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Request. Let's place it in proper perspective.
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The interpretation of the president is,
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Who are you? You are an ordinary citizen.
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Who are you to state, give condolences?
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Conditions to me, tama naman yun.
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Pero huwag naman nating kalimutan na lahat po ng citizens ng Republika ng Pilipinas ay pwede pong mag-request sa Panginoon.
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Gusto naming isabi na iyon po ay mula sa kanyang, mula sa kanyang dibdib na i-request niya doon kung pwede lang
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kay President Marcos na baka pwede makonsider na may assurance naman.
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Na hindi siya ipasa sa United States of America while he is facing the cases in court.
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In a recorded voice message aired on Saturday, Kibuloy stated that he will only surrender if the President, Department of Justice, and the National Bureau of Investigation will issue the written guarantees,
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stating that the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Central Intelligence Agency, and the U.S. Embassy will not interfere in his cases.
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Kung wala po nangingyalam ang bansang puti, aharapin ko po lahat yan, napakasimple po ng mga kasong yan, napakasimple po niyan.
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Kaya lahat na ginagawa nila sa Kongreso, sa Senado, puro po yan patibong.
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Hindi ko alam kung ang 2 million dollars, which is 110 million pesos, nasa kamay na ng mga atat na atat na ito.
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Na maging award nila. Kaya atat na atat silang ako ay kanilang madampot, mahuli.
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Sen. Riza Ontiveros, who led a probe on Kibuloy's alleged abuses of his followers, meanwhile dared Kibuloy to surface.
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Tumabas ka na sa lungga mo. Tutal, nagpapainterview ka naman sa mga vlogger. Magpainterview ka na rin sa amin sa Senado. Kung totoong matapang ka.
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Ulitin mo lahat ng mga sinabi mo tungkol sa Senado.
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Dito sa Senado. Make your words of record. Record your shameless audacity in history.
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Patunayan mo, ganyang pa rin kabastos ang mga salita mo. Pagkaharap mo na kaming mga senador. Hindi ka namin uurungan.
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Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte says it's up to the pastor to face the charges against him.
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Maganda yung development na meron ng kaso.
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Nasa tamang forum, nasa tamang venue, nasa loob ng mga korte.
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Ngayon, kung ano man yung desisyon ni Pastor Kibuloy na gagawin niya, ay personal na niya na desisyon yun.
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Police tracker teams are still unable to pinpoint Kibuloy's whereabouts.
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But they believe Kibuloy is not armed and dangerous despite having more than a dozen firearms registered under his name.
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Pwede po ba natin siyang i-consider na armed and dangerous?
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Hindi pa po because wala namang po indication before na naging marahas po si Pastor Kibuloy.
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At wala namang po tayong na-monitor so far na siya po ay nag-maintain po ng private armed group or private army.
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Sherian Torres, ABS-CBN News.
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The Philippine President assures expelled Congressman Arnolfo Tevez Jr. that he can safely return to the country.
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Tevez was arrested last month in Timor-Leste.
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where he is seeking political asylum.
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Tevez claims threats to his life prevent him from returning to Manila to face multiple murder charges
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for the deaths of Negros Oriental Governor Roel Degamo and his companions.
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President Marcos Jr. says authorities have not received any reports of potential threats to the former congressman's safety.
11:49.0
Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte downplays a recent poll which placed her as a frontrunner in the 2028 presidential elections.
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The Pulse Asia survey showed Duterte in a statistical tie with Senator Rafi Tulfo as the top choices for president.
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The Vice President had previously floated the idea of running in the 2025 midterm elections.
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But she did not specify what positions.
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It's a long way to go in 2028 so that we can talk about what we are doing now.
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We need to do everything.
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We need to work and contribute to the nation's building.
12:40.0
The Philippine National Police begins its probe into the deaths of seven suspects in last month's anti-narcotics operations in Davao City.
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Police Spokesperson Neel.
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Police Spokesperson Neel.
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Police Spokesperson Neel.
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Jeanne Fajardo says possible witnesses are being interviewed by the PNP Internal Affairs Service.
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The eight policemen involved in the killings have submitted their affidavits.
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The deadly police operations took place four days after Davao City Mayor Sebastian Duterte
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revived the anti-drug campaign of his father, former president Rodrigo Duterte.
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They went to the places of incident.
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They interviewed some possible witnesses.
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at mga naka-witness po doon sa particular kaso po na iyon.
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Hope na in the coming weeks ay maglalabas po ng findings po yung Internal Affairs Service po ng Region 11.
13:32.9
Philippine House Minority Leader Franz Castro faults the Marcos Jr. administration
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for being ineffective in dealing with increasing cyber attacks against government agencies.
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Castro spoke after the Philippine Customs Bureau became the latest agency to fall victim to hackers.
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The latest cyber attack follows the approval of President Marcos Jr. of a six-year cybersecurity plan.
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Different agencies were already attacked by these perpetrators of hacking.
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So as of now, I think our government has not had enough measures to stop or to hamper the cyber attack.
14:35.4
As to the budget, we can see, for example, for the different agencies in charge,
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against the cyber attack, should be given enough funds, for example, for their intelligence or confidential funds.
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However, as we can see, as we know, in the budget, it was the office of the president
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has this very large chunk of budget for confidential funds.
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So sana mas malaki yung dapat na ibigay na budget for the agencies that concerned dito sa,
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to defend that cyber attack.
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The Philippine Department of Information and Communications Technology defended itself against Castro's criticism.
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It insists it is not entirely helpless when it comes to fending off cyber attacks.
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I understand the frustration, but I wouldn't say helpless.
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Remember that there are, if you look at the general statistics,
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there are a lot of other attacks that we were successful in defending.
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To give you examples, the attack against our mail exchange systems,
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the government mail exchange system,
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the series of distributed denial of service attacks against many government websites
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that started in December but went through until the end of January.
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I understand that two other government agencies may have fallen prey to it,
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but in total, there were like 15 government agencies attacked.
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So you managed to get a downtime of approximately a few minutes.
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Not helpless, but please understand that this is an international concern.
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And we need resources, both manpower, experience, and also monetary resources.
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The Philippine Environment Department cancels a land deal with a civic organization
16:33.7
which is being investigated for alleged criminal practices.
16:37.7
Environment Chief Antonia Yulo-Loyzaga says Socorro Bayanihan Services committed several violence
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of the agreement for the management of a protected area in Surigao del Norte Province.
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Socorro members were ordered to demolish their homes and harvest their crops within a set timeline.
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Officials of the Environment, Interior, and Social Welfare Departments
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will have to come up with a plan to relocate some 1,400 households off the Socorro members.
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The whole idea po sa approach namin is to be as humane
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and as peaceful in terms of this process.
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Kaya po nagtagal ng konti because we wanted to be sure that there were options available
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especially for the peaceful resettlement and reintegration.
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Up next, Israel's ground forces withdraw from a city in southern Gaza.
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The world tonight returns after a short break.
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For Back on the World tonight, Israeli ground forces withdraw from Can Yunis.
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After months of fierce fighting with Hamas left much of the southern Gaza city in ruins.
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The move aims to give Israeli troops a chance to recuperate and prepare for future operations.
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The forces are exiting and preparing for the next operation.
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The forces are exiting and preparing for the next operation.
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The forces are exiting and preparing for the next operation.
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We saw examples of such missions in the Shifa operation
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and also of their coming mission in the Rafah area.
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The Israeli troop withdrawal from Can Yunis comes ahead of the visit to Cairo
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of an Israeli delegation negotiating a ceasefire and hostage release in Gaza.
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Gaza's Ministry of Health says more than 33,000 Palestinians have died
18:34.7
since Israel launched its attacks on Gaza in October.
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The United Kingdom warns it could stop selling arms to Israel
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if Israel's actions in Gaza are found to have breached international law.
18:48.7
British Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden says the UK holds Israel to high standards
18:54.7
and has raised concerns about different areas of Israel's conduct.
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We hold the countries to whom we export arms to a high standard
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and I think that's what you'd expect.
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And it contrasts so strongly our adherence to very high values
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with the appalling atrocities that are being committed by terrorist organizations against Israel.
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Israel isn't perfect, long way from it, but this is a difficult conflict
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and we're holding Israel to high standards.
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There has been growing pressure on the British government to suspend arms sales to Israel
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following the deadly attack on a convoy of aid workers in Gaza.
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armed sales could make Britain complicit to the genocide in Gaza.
19:42.7
Ukraine and Russia trade accusations over a drone attack
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on a Russian-controlled Ukrainian nuclear power plant.
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The drone strike killed at least one person
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and damaged one of the reactors of the Zaporizhia nuclear facility.
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UN atomic energy experts say the power plant's safety was not compromised.
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A Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson urged world leaders to condemn what it called
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an act of nuclear terrorism.
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But a Ukrainian intelligence official blamed Russians for the drone strike.
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The Zaporizhia plant was seized by Russian forces in 2022
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shortly after their full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
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China says the U.S. cannot limit Beijing's cooperation with Moscow.
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This after U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen threatened to sanction Chinese banks
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facilitating transactions to the Russian military.
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Wrapping up four days of meetings in China,
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Yellen warned Chinese banks that help Russia in its war in Ukraine
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would lead to significant consequences.
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Russia's top diplomat Sergey Lavrov arrived in China on Monday.
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He will discuss with Chinese officials the war in Ukraine,
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bilateral ties between Moscow and Beijing,
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as well as the situation in the Asia-Pacific region.
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The Vatican warns that human dignity is grimly threatened.
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Human dignity is grimly threatened by surrogacy and sex change
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or gender-affirming surgery.
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It issued a 20-page declaration which places both on par with abortion and euthanasia.
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The Vatican says these are practices that violate God's plan for human life.
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It also reiterated its rejection of gender theory
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or the idea that one's gender can be changed.
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The declaration, entitled Infinite Dignity,
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is seen as the Vatican's nod to Catholic conservatives
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following the Pope's approval of blessings for same-sex couples.
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As expected, the Philippine Central Bank kept its interest rates steady.
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It kept the benchmark borrowing rate at 6.5% at today's policy meeting.
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The Central Bank explains it can't cut rates just yet
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after the country's inflation rate accrued.
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It said the rate was accelerated for the second straight month in March.
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The Central Bank also raised its full-year inflation outlook
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to 4% from the previous 3.9%.
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Given these considerations,
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the Monetary Board deems it appropriate
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to maintain the BSP's tight monetary policy settings.
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The BSP remains ready to adjust its monetary policy settings
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in keeping with its primary mandate
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to safeguard price stability.
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Moody's Analytics believes any rate cut by the Philippine Central Bank
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will still depend on the U.S. Federal Reserve's next move.
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America's Central Bank is expected to cut rates in June,
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but the recent U.S. jobs report has cast doubts on market expectations.
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One of the real problems with inflation is rising food prices.
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The food component of the CPI has really been rising strong.
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A lot of this has to do with rising prices of rice.
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Weather hasn't been so favorable.
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And actually, in a sense,
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there's not a whole lot the Central Bank can do about that.
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And so I think still the Central Bank is kind of going to remain on pause for a while
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and wait to see a more consistent downward trend
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while the economy hopefully continues to grow
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at a fairly steady pace.
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The BSP has to be looking over its shoulder at the Fed
23:33.7
because the BSP doesn't want that spread between local interest rates
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and U.S. interest rates to widen.
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And so they probably won't move until the Fed moves.
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And then how fast the BSP moves will depend on,
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will be dependent on what's going on with inflation.
23:57.7
Policy advisor to the ASEAN Plus 3 group
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keeps its positive outlook on the Philippines this year.
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The ASEAN Plus 3 Macroeconomic Research Office, or AMRO,
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retained its 2024 growth forecast for the Philippines at 6.3 percent.
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If the country meets this projection,
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it would become this year's fastest growing Southeast Asian nation.
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AMRO also sees the Philippine economy expanding further in 2025 to 6.5 percent.
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manufacturing and tourism will be the main growth drivers.
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Philippine shares are off to a muted start to the shortened trading week
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as investors priced in the central bank's latest policy decision.
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Michelle Ong reports.
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Markets in Asia mostly up on Monday
24:46.7
as investors focused on the bright side
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of better than expected payroll state out of the U.S. last week
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instead of focusing on worries that may delay rate cuts further.
24:56.7
Oil also slipping more than 1 percent,
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easing a bit of the inflationary pressure
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as traders monitor geopolitical tensions in the Middle East.
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Here at home, the PSE Index saw listless trade
25:07.7
ahead of a widely expected pause by the Philippine central bank,
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which it announced shortly after trading hours.
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One of the real problems with inflation is rising food prices.
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The food component of the CPI has really been rising strong,
25:22.7
and a lot of this has to do with rising prices of rice.
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The weather hasn't been so favorable. It's been tough.
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And actually, in a sense,
25:30.7
there's not a whole lot the central bank can do about that.
25:34.7
For the day, the PSE Index finished flat,
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off by just four points at 6741.
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We were expecting the market to start cutting rates
25:45.7
or start cutting rates on the third quarter.
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Now that indications might push that back,
25:51.7
there is a little bit of change in the risk.
25:55.7
So we do see that effect happening in the market the past few days.
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Yes, we are expecting a 16 percent growth
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when it comes to the index.
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This is compared, however, to the 23 or 26 percent growth
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that we saw last year of first quarter.
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So there is a little bit of effect,
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but we still see a very robust growth,
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and we still think that there are some value given this growth.
26:25.7
For corporate stories,
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Century Pacific Food nets 5.6 billion pesos in net income for 2023,
26:31.7
supported by a resilient top line,
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favorable commodity prices and efficient spending
26:37.7
that help mitigate the impact of inflation.
26:39.7
Its branded business saw double-digit growth
26:42.7
led by the faster growing milk and other emerging segments
26:45.7
and the steady performance of its core marine and meat segments.
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These offset the softness in so-called original equipment manufacture
26:53.7
or OEM export segment.
26:55.7
Still in earnings, initial numbers from pure gold are out,
26:58.7
and net income reportedly dropped nearly 30 percent
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in the fourth quarter of 2023 to just 1.98 billion pesos.
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This amid increased operating expenses because of store expansions,
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while margins also got squeezed by increased competition.
27:13.7
Michelle Long, ABS-CBN News.
27:17.7
It's not every day that a motorist offers a hefty reward
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to enforcers who catch him committing a traffic violation.
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That's exactly what happened when veteran Philippine politician
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Chamit Singson was issued a ticket after his convoy
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illegally drove through an exclusive bus lane.
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The former Ilocosur governor admitted he made a mistake
27:37.7
and said he would pay the 10,000 peso penalty for his convoy.
27:41.7
Singson praised the traffic enforcers for a job well done,
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which he said deserved a 100,000 peso reward.
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I want to reward those who were caught.
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I sent 100,000 pesos aside from the fine.
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I gave 100,000 pesos to encourage those who were caught,
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So I repeat, I'm sorry.
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I shouldn't have repeated what I did for no good reason.
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Our final word tonight is a quote from Max Locado.
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Conflict is inevitable,
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but combat is optional.
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And that is The World Tonight, the 8th of April, 2024.
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I'm Pia Gutierrez.
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I'm Tony Velasquez from the Philippines.
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