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He warns China's actions show it wants to gain territorial space through force.
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The Philippines and China have had a series of maritime run-ins, including Beijing's use of water cannon,
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which caused injuries to Filipino troops and damage to resupply boats.
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So, all of the nations in the region have the right to operate and gain the resources that are allowed to them
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inside of their exclusive economic zone.
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The Philippines are no different.
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These actions are dangerous, illegal, and they are destabilizing the region.
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The illegal claim of everything inside of the self-proclaimed 9 or 10-dash line as Chinese sovereign territorial waters
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has no basis in international law, and it has been decreed by the 2016 tribunal that it, in fact,
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the Chinese have no legal claim.
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Beijing continues to claim nearly the entire South China Sea,
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ignoring a 2016 arbitral ruling that invalidated its historic claims in the vital waterway.
02:14.8
A Filipino woman killed while her husband is in critical condition
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after a fire hit a residential building in Sarja, United Arab Emirates, last week.
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The Market Workers Department says,
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seven other Filipinos were evacuated from the same building.
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Aside from the Filipino casualty,
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four others were killed while 44 more were injured in the fire.
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The DMW says it is working to address the needs of the affected Filipinos
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as well as the repatriation of the victims' remains.
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By getting in touch with the family and we, of course,
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express yung pakikisa at pakikiramay natin and di magtatagal.
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We will have to await the signal of the UAE authorities.
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And of course, we're coordinating with our embassy and our consulate general's office, the DFA.
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In due time, of course, we will provide the necessary financial assistance to them.
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And kasabay nito, kung may legal implications yung pangyayari,
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we will also engage yung ating legal retainer, retained lawyer, para suriin ang sitwasyon
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at kung meron mang legal liabilities, of course,
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we are also relying on the UAE authorities na yung mga investigative fire authorities.
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U.S. and Israeli officials holding an in-person meeting in the coming weeks
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on the planned operation in Rafah.
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The city in southern Gaza is the last refuge for over one million displaced Palestinians.
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Israel also believes it is the last holdout for Hamas.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,
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who earlier said a date has been set for the invasion of Rafah,
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says Israel will complete its mission of eliminating the militant group.
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There's constant communications happening every day,
04:12.1
but as it relates to this particular conversation,
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when they're going to be here in person,
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members of the Israeli government, that's going to happen in a couple of weeks.
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We will complete the elimination of Hamas brigades, including in Rafah.
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There is no force in the world that will stop us.
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There are many forces that are trying to do so,
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but it will not help, since this enemy, after what it did, will never do it again.
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The European Union and foreign governments have urged Netanyahu
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not to storm Rafah for fear of a bloodbath.
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And U.S. President Joe Biden has urged restraint,
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asking Israel not to conduct a large-scale offensive.
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Meanwhile, relatives of Hamas hostages met with U.S. Vice President,
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Kamala Harris, in Washington, to demand the release of their loved ones.
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Hamas said on Tuesday that an Israeli proposal on a Gaza ceasefire
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did not meet the demands of Palestinian militant factions,
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but it would study the offer further and deliver its response to mediators.
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Around 130 hostages are still held in Gaza,
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six months into Israel's war against Hamas.
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What we have heard is that there is a deal on the table,
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right now, that all of the parties agree to and are willing to work with.
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We are waiting now, and the world waits, for Hamas to get to yes.
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It is in their court.
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There is no reason not to move forward on this deal.
05:48.4
Back here at home, Manila's potential trade secrets are among sensitive information
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hackers may have accessed from the Philippine Customs Bureau.
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And here's a look at some of them.
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Andrieta Guinness reports.
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Contain the attack, limit the data breach.
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That's the goal of the Philippine Department of Information and Communications Technology
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as it works with the Bureau of Customs in investigating a hacking incident against the Bureau.
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DICT Undersecretary Jeffrey D. says it was the BOC's help desk ticketing system
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and management information dashboard that were affected by the breach.
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A report by cyber advocacy group Deep Web Connect says
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these databases involved...
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...of the personal information of over 2,000 employees and 80,000 BOC customers.
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Information in the help desk ticketing system includes profiles of clients.
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And clients could either be importers, exporters, or brokers.
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Licensed customs brokers.
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According to D, information on cargo movements and potentially even some trade secrets
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may have been compromised as well.
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May mga nagpo-float ng mga information about yung sinasabi mo nga about movement of cargoes.
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Because if there are issues, you call help desk.
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It is possible that some of this information could be classified as trade secrets
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by the private sector or by these businessmen and traders.
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The DICT's National Computer Emergency Response Team has yet to determine for sure
07:14.5
how long the hacking has been going on and who is behind it.
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But D assured the public the BOC's main system was not infiltrated.
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The main system is called the E2M or the Electronic to Mobile System.
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Well, hindi yun yung tinamaan.
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We will try our best to isolate the E2M.
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Kasi yung E2M, nandun lahat.
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May nakakonekyan sa ASEAN single window, which connects all ASEAN countries.
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It's like an advanced information system.
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Meanwhile, customs spokesperson Jet Marunilla told ABS-CBN News
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there has been no disruption in the Bureau's operations.
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Moving forward, D again called on government agencies to heed the DICT's advice
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whenever the agency is in trouble.
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The DICT's experts detect vulnerabilities in their networks
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to prevent any more hacking incidents.
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Yung mga issues na nakikita natin na tinamaan ang BOC, tinamaan ang DOST, tinamaan,
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you know, most of these na ibigay namin sa kanila in advance.
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Nasabi namin, may nakidetect kaming vulnerability, baka tamaan kayo ng hacker.
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Pagtuunan naman po natin ang pansin para dumating po yung panahon
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na mas kakaunti na yung mga ganitong atake.
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Just last week, the DICT also confirmed a cyber attack on the Department of Science
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and Technology, which resulted in a significant data loss.
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Andrea Taguinas, ABS-CBN News.
08:37.4
Philippine election officials assure greater transparency in the country's midterm polls
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after choosing the winning bidder for its electronic transmission contact.
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The Election Commission awarded the contract to a joint venture of I-1 Resources Incorporated
08:52.0
and Ardit Networks.
08:54.5
The two Philippine firms clinched the bid,
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amounting to 1.5 million dollars.
08:57.9
Paul Body Chief George Garcia says,
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the new electronic transmission system will give more parties access to real-time precinct results in 2025.
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It will do away with the previous transparency server
09:14.3
and will send precinct results to the telco exchange of telco firms
09:18.8
before transmitting these to the data centers of the local board of canvassers and other stakeholders.
09:27.9
The transparency server, practically,
09:30.2
all that depends on it, that relies on the results,
09:33.2
will also be blocked and will not get a copy.
09:36.3
And therefore, there will be an issue of credibility of the results.
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In the future, our transparency server will be gone.
09:48.0
Now here's a look at other stories we're tracking today.
09:51.2
At 8.30 in the morning, President Marcos will attend the Bagong Pilipinas Town Hall meeting
09:56.4
on traffic concerns.
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While at 2.30 in the afternoon, a departure ceremony will be held
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for the President's official visit to Washington.
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We will also monitor today various Idofiti or celebrations across the country.
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Let's now get an update on the weather from Pag-ASA forecaster, Chanel Dominguez.
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Good morning, Chanel.
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Good morning, Bettina, and good morning to all.
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We're currently not monitoring any tropical cyclone or low-pressure area
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within and outside our Philippine area of responsibility.
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However, a frontal system is affecting Batanes.
10:32.0
So expect a cloudy sky with scattered rain showers and understorm over Batanes.
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Here in Metro Manila and the rest of our country,
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easterly continues to affect.
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So expect a generally fair weather with the chances of localized thunderstorm
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during the afternoon and the evening.
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The temperature here in Manila is to expect about 24 to 34 degrees Celsius
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and a heat index of 40 degrees Celsius.
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And that's the latest here in Pag-ASA.
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Weather Forecasting Center, Chanel Dominguez, and good morning.
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Thank you very much for that update, Chanel.
11:57.9
We're taking a quick break.
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Up ahead, another attempt by former U.S. President Donald Trump
12:19.9
to delay his hush money trial fails.
12:23.1
Details of that story and more when The Rundown returns.
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Welcome back to The Rundown, the headlines across the web.
13:03.3
Inquirer's Banner Story Online,
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President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. wants to expand the country's partnership
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with the World Food Program to end hunger in the Philippines.
13:14.4
Philippine Star's top story,
13:16.1
the Philippine National Police beefs up security for the Muslim religious event,
13:20.6
Eid al-Fitr, or the Feast of Ramadan, today, Wednesday.
13:25.0
In Manila Bulletin's headline,
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Marcos denies 150 million pesos to the dialysis center
13:32.6
of the Veterans Memorial Medical Center in Quezon City.
13:37.4
And topping GMA News website,
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relatives of expelled lawmaker Arnaud Forteves Jr.
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seen leaving Timor-Leste to fly out to Cambodia.
13:48.8
Donald Trump loses his second bid in as many days to stall his hush money trial,
13:55.2
which is set to begin on April 15.
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Former U.S. President's lawyer argued at a hearing in a mid-level state appeals court
14:03.7
the trial should be delayed to give Trump a chance to challenge a gag order in the case.
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The judge, however, swiftly denied the motion.
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A separate judge on Monday struck down Trump's request to delay the trial
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while he tries to move the case out of heavily democratic Manhattan.
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Trump is accused of covering up his former lawyer's $130,000 payment,
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to adult film star Stormy Daniels,
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in exchange for her silence before the 2016 presidential election
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about a sexual encounter she had with Trump a decade earlier.
14:41.6
The parents of a Michigan teen who shot and killed four classmates in November 2021,
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each sentenced to between 10 to 15 years in prison.
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A jury convicted Jennifer and James Crumbly in a rare case of parents being held responsible
14:57.0
in a school-related crime.
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A school shooting.
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Prosecutors say the Crumblys were criminally negligent
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for giving their then 15-year-old child Ethan a semi-automatic pistol
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as a Christmas present and for ignoring signs of his deteriorating mental health.
15:13.5
The defense meanwhile argued it was impossible for the mother and father
15:17.4
to imagine their son carrying out a mass shooting.
15:21.1
The sentencing came after several parents of the victims gave emotional statements in court.
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You show no remorse, no respect or compassion for our family.
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The same traits that you've bestowed upon your son.
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The traits that you have torn my family into pieces.
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The lack of compassion that you have shown is outright disgusting.
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The ripple effects of both James and Jennifer's failures to act have devastated us all.
15:55.6
This tragedy was completely...
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If only they had done something.
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Now let's find out what stories our North America Bureau is pursuing right now
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from our correspondent, Henny Espinosa.
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Hey guys, here are news-making headlines for Filipinos in North America.
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We begin in Arizona where a Filipina mother is facing up to two years in prison
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for trying to kill her husband.
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40-year-old Melody Feliciana Johnson in Superior Court on Monday in Tucson
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admitted that she tried to poison her soldier husband, Robbie Johnson,
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on two separate occasions last year by putting bleach in the coffee maker.
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Local TV station KGUN was in court at the plea hearing.
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...that you intended to harm, is it Robbie?
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Robbie Johnson by adding or enabling poison or chemical compounds to water.
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...to your hearing.
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Melody, who initially faced charges of attempted first-degree murder and aggravated assault,
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accepted a plea agreement for the incidents, which were captured on home surveillance.
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Prosecutors say Melody's husband, who works for the U.S. Air Force,
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provided videos he secretly recorded inside their homes since May last year,
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after he started noticing that his coffee was tasting bad.
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The couple has one child.
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...and is going through a divorce.
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The Pinay sentencing hearing is scheduled for May 10th.
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Let's go to New York where hundreds of people gathered at the iconic Rona Park in Queens
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for a glimpse of the much-awaited, stunning partial solar eclipse on Monday.
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The 2024 partial solar eclipse was seen in all five boroughs of New York City.
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Filipinos were among those who looked up with their solar eclipse glasses
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and the Big Apple.
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Once in a lifetime experience, so it's a treasure and privilege.
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When the moon blocks the sun, it casts a shadow.
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And my teacher said, the whole New York City is not a full eclipse, it's a partial eclipse.
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The line of totality, or where there was complete sun coverage, spanned 15 states.
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But a partial eclipse appeared in all continental United States, according to NASA.
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And finally, in entertainment news,
18:33.7
40 years of the best in original Filipino music will be celebrated in California a month from now.
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After a series of sold-out shows in Manila,
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legendary Filipino singer-songwriter Odette Quesada
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will bring her all-hits 40th anniversary celebration concert to San Francisco and Los Angeles.
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It's just as much as a surprise.
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It's for me that I've lasted this long.
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Actually, my songs have lasted this long.
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So it's a testament to everybody who loves to listen to OPM.
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The friend of mine, songwriter, will also bring some friends to the stage.
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Her longtime collaborator, Raymond Lochenco,
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the Philippines' Queen of Soul, Jaya,
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and crooner, Felson Panad.
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Quesada's two-stop show is a joint effort from the Filipino channel,
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and Crossroads Advice.
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And will take place on May 11th at the Alex Theater in Glendale
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and on May 12th at the Redwood City's Fox Theater.
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Tickets to the show are available on mytfc.com
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slash odettequesada40.
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And those are the news-making headlines today.
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You can catch more TFC news on the ABS-CBN News website,
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YouTube channel, and app.
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I'm Henia Espinosa.
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Back to you guys at The Rundown.
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And that's The Rundown today.
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