00:50.5
Philippine President Marcus Jr.
00:52.8
says Vice President Sara Duterte
00:54.9
will remain in his cabinet
00:56.6
despite her feud with the First Lady.
01:00.0
A U.S. State Department report
01:01.8
says extrajudicial killings
01:03.3
in the Philippines
01:04.0
remained a serious problem last year.
01:08.0
And more bodies are recovered
01:10.4
from a mass grave
01:11.9
in Gaza's Can Yunis Hospital.
01:30.0
Good evening, I'm Tony Velasquez.
01:33.4
And I'm Pia Gutierrez.
01:35.3
On our broadcast tonight,
01:36.6
a heightened Chinese presence
01:38.1
in the West Philippine Sea
01:39.4
as Filipino and U.S. troops
01:41.5
hold their annual joint drills.
01:43.9
The exercises coincided
01:45.4
with the approval by the U.S. Congress
01:47.4
of an aid package for the Philippines
01:49.4
and other U.S. allies.
01:51.7
Michael Delizo has tonight's top story.
01:56.2
The Philippine Navy reveals
01:58.0
a surge in the number of Chinese
01:59.8
maritime militia vessels
02:01.1
swarming in the West Philippine Sea
02:03.2
as Manila and Washington
02:04.6
begin its annual joint military drills.
02:07.4
Data from the Navy showed
02:08.6
that from April 16 to 22,
02:11.0
more than a hundred militia vessels,
02:13.3
nearly a dozen Chinese Coast Guard ships
02:15.3
and three People's Liberation Army
02:17.2
Navy warships were spotted
02:19.3
mostly in the areas of
02:20.8
Bajao de Masinloc,
02:23.0
and Ayungi Shoal.
02:24.6
It's only for this week
02:25.7
that we have seen a surge
02:27.1
of up to a total of 124.
02:29.8
increase is not normal.
02:32.5
On the reason why,
02:33.3
I can only say it coincides
02:35.5
Over 16,000 Filipino
02:37.1
and American troops
02:38.1
kicked off joint military exercises
02:40.1
in the Philippines on Monday.
02:42.6
Trinidad says there are
02:43.8
appropriate measures in place
02:45.4
should China disrupt
02:46.7
or interfere in the war games.
02:49.7
the U.S. House of Representatives
02:51.1
approves an $8.1 billion
02:53.7
emergency aid package
02:55.3
for key allies in the Indo-Pacific,
02:57.5
including the Philippines.
02:58.4
The bill allocates
02:59.8
$4 billion in security assistance,
03:02.1
nearly $2 billion in stock replenishment,
03:04.6
and $3 billion in submarine infrastructure
03:07.1
for America's allies.
03:09.1
Philippine House Speaker
03:10.0
Martin Ramualdez says
03:11.3
the measure will benefit Manila
03:13.3
amid escalating tensions
03:14.6
in the West Philippine Sea.
03:16.3
Ramualdez lobbied extensively
03:18.6
during meetings with American legislators
03:20.6
at Washington, D.C. earlier this month.
03:23.9
Commodore Trinidad clarifies
03:25.3
the use of China-made ship
03:27.2
as target for the joint drills
03:29.1
is just coincidental.
03:30.8
It's just coincidental.
03:32.9
It's not complicated.
03:35.5
no meaning to that.
03:36.7
It's just coincidental.
03:38.0
The BRP Lake Kaliraya,
03:39.7
a retired Chinese-manufactured
03:41.1
naval asset of the Philippines,
03:42.7
will be used as a mock enemy target
03:45.4
during the sinking exercises.
03:47.9
Navy Flag Officer-in-Command
03:49.3
Vice Admiral Toribio Adasi Jr. said
03:51.7
the use of old vessels as targets
03:54.4
during exercises is completely normal.
03:59.1
sinking exercise around the world,
04:01.5
they use old vessels
04:02.8
as the target of the exercise.
04:06.4
And the same thing
04:08.2
we are doing with Lake Kaliraya.
04:14.8
Philippine President Marcus Jr.
04:18.0
to replace Vice President Sara Duterte
04:20.4
over her alleged feud
04:22.4
with the First Lady.
04:23.9
Marcus says his wife's sentiments
04:25.8
won't affect his working relationship
04:27.8
with the Vice President.
04:29.1
Joyce Balancho reports.
04:33.1
Vice President Sara Duterte
04:35.2
is not going anywhere
04:36.7
amid calls from various lawmakers
04:38.6
for her resignation
04:39.6
or replacement as Education Secretary.
04:43.1
No less than President Marcos
04:44.6
is backing the Vice President
04:46.0
saying he has no reason
04:48.0
to remove Duterte from her post.
04:50.8
Any of the cabinet secretaries
04:53.3
pag hindi nila ginagawa
04:54.3
ang trabaho nila.
04:55.8
All the other things
04:59.1
They're not part of the discussion.
05:01.1
Pag hindi na kaya,
05:03.6
papalitan ka namin.
05:05.8
O hindi talaga marunong
05:08.1
tatanggalin ka talaga namin.
05:10.5
E hindi naman ganun si Inday.
05:12.3
This comes as First Lady
05:14.1
Lisa Marcos admitted
05:16.6
when the Vice President laughed
05:18.2
when President Marcos
05:19.6
was accused of being a drug addict
05:21.7
during a recent rally
05:24.3
The remarks were made
05:25.4
by former President
05:30.1
our working relationship
05:31.1
with the Vice President,
05:32.1
Secretary of Education.
05:34.1
Huwag niyang masyadong dibdibin
05:36.1
at yung hindi naman siyang
05:41.1
Madali naman siguro
05:42.1
ang plansahin lahat
05:44.1
The Chief Executive says
05:46.1
he will speak with the Vice President
05:48.1
on matters concerning his wife.
05:51.1
I don't think we need to patch anything up.
05:53.1
I think she understands,
05:56.1
as a wife herself.
05:59.1
the sentiments of,
06:01.1
of the First Lady.
06:03.1
our conversation will be
06:05.1
I am sure you understand,
06:08.1
The President argues
06:10.1
his wife isn't used to mudslinging,
06:12.1
but he feels lucky to have a wife
06:14.1
who defends him from critics.
06:18.1
my, my first reaction is
06:19.1
how about a lucky husband I am.
06:25.1
very protective sa akin,
06:30.1
hindi magandang sinabi
06:35.1
she gets very upset.
06:39.1
I guess we cannot blame her.
06:41.1
First Lady hindi siya naiso politika yan, eh.
06:44.1
manihid na kami dyan sa mga insulto.
06:48.1
sa political family.
06:52.1
siya still has to learn
06:53.1
na magpalampas ng konti
06:57.1
at may init at panghang sa salita.
07:00.1
Vice President Duterte,
07:03.1
the sentiments of the First Lady
07:04.1
do not affect her mandate
07:05.1
as a public official.
07:07.1
She also insisted
07:08.1
that government should instead
07:09.1
focus its attention
07:12.1
that the country is facing.
07:19.1
The U.S. State Department says
07:20.1
extrajudicial killings
07:21.1
were still a serious problem
07:23.1
in the Philippines last year.
07:26.1
Philippine human rights practices
07:28.1
notes these killings
07:29.1
were carried out largely
07:31.1
and other security forces.
07:33.1
The report cites data
07:35.1
from the University of the Philippines,
07:38.1
which recorded 209 killings
07:40.1
in anti-drug operations
07:41.1
from January to August last year.
07:43.1
It also notes that
07:45.1
51 complaints of extrajudicial
07:47.1
or politically motivated killings
07:50.1
by the Philippine Human Rights Commission.
07:52.1
The report mentions
07:53.1
the murders of Negros Oriental Governor
07:56.1
and nine others in March,
07:58.1
and the death of a 17-year-old boy
08:00.1
shot dead by Navota City Police
08:03.1
The U.S. State Department's
08:05.1
on human rights practices
08:07.1
are submitted annually
08:08.1
to the U.S. Congress.
08:13.1
Standing up for freedom
08:15.1
is simply the right thing to do.
08:17.1
But defending and promoting
08:19.1
these inalienable and universal rights
08:21.1
is also profoundly
08:22.1
in our national interest.
08:24.1
Countries that respect human rights
08:26.1
are more likely to be peaceful,
08:32.1
AMC has reached out
08:34.1
to the Presidential Palace
08:35.1
for its reaction to the report,
08:37.1
but it has yet to respond
08:41.1
The lawyer of expelled
08:42.1
Filipino lawmaker
08:43.1
Arnulfo Tevez Jr.
08:45.1
disputes the Justice Department's
08:46.1
bribery allegation
08:48.1
against the ex-Congressman's son.
08:50.1
The DOJ earlier said
08:52.1
the former Congressman's son
08:54.1
a Timorese police officer
08:56.1
in exchange for his father's safety
08:58.1
in a Timor-Leste prison.
09:00.1
But Atty. Ferdinand Topacio claims
09:02.1
Tevez had refused
09:03.1
the officer's demand for money.
09:05.1
Topacio is optimistic
09:07.1
Tevez will be granted
09:08.1
political asylum or refugee status
09:11.1
by the Timor-Leste government.
09:15.1
The translation is here with me
09:17.1
and the headline reads
09:18.1
it's very clear that
09:20.1
Ramos Horta condemns PCP
09:22.1
member who asked for money
09:25.1
from fugitive Tevez.
09:27.1
He reported the matter.
09:30.1
there is an official statement
09:32.1
from no less than the head of state,
09:34.1
President Ramos Horta,
09:37.1
this is under investigation.
09:39.1
We are following the process there.
09:42.1
our government keeps making
09:44.1
interruptions or interventions
09:47.1
to the government of East Timor
09:49.1
and which I think
09:53.1
very well taken there.
09:57.1
Tevez was arrested in Dili last month
10:00.1
for the murders of Negros Oriental Governor
10:02.1
Roel de Gamo and nine others.
10:06.1
The Philippine Election Commission
10:07.1
is ordered by the Supreme Court
10:09.1
to reopen a disqualification case
10:11.1
against Cagayan Governor Manuel Mamba.
10:14.1
The High Court found the Paul body
10:16.1
to have abused its discretion
10:18.1
in dismissing the 2022 disqualification case.
10:21.1
The election chief,
10:23.1
says the commission
10:24.1
has yet to receive a copy
10:25.1
of the Supreme Court's decision.
10:27.1
Garcia says the commission may file
10:29.1
a motion for reconsideration.
10:31.1
Mamba's political rival
10:33.1
had asked the Paul body
10:34.1
to disqualify him
10:35.1
for alleged vote buying
10:37.1
and unlawful disbursement
10:41.1
Philippine police filed charges
10:44.1
of the transport group Manibela
10:46.1
for disrupting traffic
10:47.1
during their two-day
10:48.1
transport strike last week.
10:50.1
The Quezon City Police Department
10:52.1
filed charges of alarm and scandal
10:54.1
and resistance and disobedience.
10:57.1
The group had obstructed
10:58.1
major thoroughfares in Quezon City
11:00.1
during its protest against the government's
11:03.1
jeepney modernization program.
11:05.1
The police claim Manibela refused
11:07.1
to cooperate with authorities
11:09.1
and failed to secure a permit
11:10.1
from the Quezon City government.
11:12.1
The transport group Piston
11:14.1
is set to stage another strike next week
11:17.1
as the deadline for the jeepney franchise
11:19.1
consolidation nears.
11:21.1
Piston's leaders say
11:22.1
the strike will end on April 30,
11:25.1
the same day the franchise consolidation
11:27.1
deadline will expire.
11:29.1
Piston expects 250,000 of its members
11:32.1
to join the rally.
11:35.1
A leader of an Islamic militant group
11:37.1
and a dozen of their fighters
11:38.1
are killed by Philippine government troops.
11:41.1
The military clashed with the
11:42.1
Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters
11:44.1
or B.I.F.F. in a town
11:46.1
in Maguindanao del Sur province.
11:48.1
B.I.F.F. leader Mohideen Animbang
11:50.1
and his brother Saga were killed.
11:52.1
Seven soldiers were injured.
11:54.1
The B.I.F.F. is a splinter group
11:56.1
of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front.
11:58.1
It claimed responsibility
12:00.1
for the death of four soldiers
12:02.1
in Cotabato last month.
12:06.1
Up next, the prosecutors
12:07.1
in Donald Trump's historic criminal trial
12:09.1
call his hush money payment election fraud.
12:12.1
More stories when The World Tonight returns.
12:18.1
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12:20.1
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12:22.1
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13:18.1
Back on The World Tonight,
13:27.1
the defense and prosecution
13:29.1
give their opening statements
13:30.1
at the start of Donald Trump's
13:32.1
historic hush money trial in New York.
13:33.1
We'll get the highlights
13:34.1
from our North America correspondent,
13:41.1
and 6 alternates in place,
13:43.1
the historic criminal trial
13:44.1
of former President Donald Trump
13:46.1
is now under way.
13:48.1
their way at the New York Criminal Court
13:50.3
in Lower Manhattan.
13:52.0
Prosecutors made their opening statements
13:54.1
on Monday alleging Trump
13:56.0
falsified business records
13:58.0
to cover up a $130,000
14:00.8
hush money payment
14:02.4
to silence adult film star
14:04.4
Stormy Daniel just weeks
14:06.4
before the 2016 presidential
14:08.3
election. Manhattan prosecutor
14:10.6
Matthew Colangelo considers
14:12.5
this a criminal conspiracy
14:14.2
and a cover-up, saying Trump
14:16.2
orchestrated a criminal scheme
14:18.1
to corrupt the 2016 election
14:20.6
then covered it up.
14:22.6
Meanwhile, Trump's defense team
14:24.1
painted a different picture, saying
14:26.5
the former president is innocent.
14:28.8
His attorney Todd Blanch
14:30.1
stresses that Trump did not commit
14:32.6
any crimes. Trump has
14:34.5
pleaded not guilty to 34 counts
14:36.6
of falsifying business records.
14:39.1
But prosecutors say
14:40.4
Trump falsified checks and
14:42.4
invoices to disguise
14:46.2
payments to his fixer
14:47.9
Michael Cohen as legal services
14:49.9
when in fact, they were meant
14:52.0
to reimburse him for paying Daniels
14:54.0
to silence her. The jurors also
14:56.1
heard briefly from the prosecutor's
14:58.1
first witness, former National
15:00.3
Enquirer publisher David Packer,
15:02.6
who prosecutors say
15:03.7
participated in a catch-and-kill
15:06.0
scheme that suppressed negative
15:07.9
stories about Trump to help him
15:09.9
get elected in 2016.
15:12.8
Prosecutors portrayed the
15:14.0
hush money payment as a criminal
15:16.2
to deceive voters at a time
15:18.4
when Trump was facing other
15:19.9
accusations of crude sexual behavior
15:22.2
right after the infamous
15:24.0
Access Hollywood hot mic comment.
15:26.4
Colangelo calls this a planned,
15:28.5
coordinated, long-running
15:30.3
conspiracy to influence the
15:32.0
2016 election to help
15:34.1
Trump get elected through illegal
15:36.3
expenditures. The prosecutor
15:38.4
also refers to it as election
15:40.3
fraud, pure and simple.
15:42.3
Meanwhile, across the street from the courthouse,
15:44.7
reporters and their coverage
15:45.9
teams outnumbered protesters
15:47.9
and supporters who showed up on
15:49.9
Monday. It's a big day for New York
15:52.1
and I'm just very proud that
15:53.9
the city is handling it so well.
15:55.9
It's very quiet here. It's very peaceful here.
15:58.4
There's no crowds at all. There's
15:59.7
a lot of police presence and
16:01.9
I just hope that whatever is going on in the
16:03.8
building behind us
16:05.5
will show the country
16:07.7
that justice will prevail.
16:09.5
While Trump was quiet inside Judge Juan
16:11.9
Marchand's courtroom, outside
16:13.7
he voiced out his frustration.
16:15.9
That while Biden is on the campaign
16:17.6
trail, his Republican challenger
16:19.7
was on criminal trial.
16:23.4
this payment and they go
16:25.6
at a legal expense and you heard it today
16:27.7
for the first time. This is what I got
16:29.4
indicted over. This is what
16:31.6
took me off and takes me off the campaign
16:33.8
trail because I should be in
16:37.4
I should be in Florida now. I should be in a lot of
16:39.5
different places right now campaigning and I'm
16:41.5
sitting here and this will
16:43.6
go on for a long time. It's very unfair.
16:45.9
This first criminal trial of a former
16:47.8
U.S. President will resume
16:49.7
on Tuesday. Don Tagala,
16:57.5
American lawmakers visited
16:59.2
Kyiv Monday after the U.S.
17:01.7
House of Representatives passed a
17:03.5
$95 billion security
17:05.7
assistance package for
17:07.6
Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan.
17:10.1
The delegation, the legislation
17:11.7
now proceeds to the U.S. Senate
17:13.6
which passed a similar measure,
17:15.9
more than two months ago.
17:19.1
My hope is that President Biden
17:21.3
will use the funds and the authorities
17:23.0
of this latest supplemental bill to quickly
17:25.5
give Ukraine the weapons that
17:27.7
it needs. This includes a longer
17:29.7
range attack of missiles that Ukraine
17:31.4
has requested and I'm glad
17:33.5
this supplemental funding bill explicitly
17:35.7
mandates that the President transfer
17:37.7
these missiles to Ukraine
17:39.2
as soon as practical.
17:43.7
U.S. Congressional delegation
17:45.9
respects at the memory wall
17:48.0
of fallen defenders of Ukraine.
17:50.3
They earlier met with Ukraine
17:51.8
President Volodymyr Zelensky.
17:55.6
More bodies are recovered from a
17:57.7
mass grave in Gaza's
17:59.4
Kanyunis Hospital. The remains
18:01.5
were of people killed during Israel's siege
18:03.6
and military raid on the hospital.
18:06.1
Emergency workers have so far
18:07.6
recovered 310 bodies
18:09.4
after at least 35 more were
18:11.5
found. A spokesperson for the
18:13.6
UN chief called the discovery of
18:15.7
the mass graves extremely troubling.
18:17.6
The death toll from Israel's
18:19.5
military operations in Gaza
18:21.2
has already exceeded 34,000.
18:25.0
The U.S. is looking into
18:27.0
allegations of Israel's human rights
18:31.3
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken
18:33.4
denied Washington has a double
18:35.6
standard for Israel and
18:37.4
human rights. Blinken spoke
18:39.4
during the release of the State Department's
18:41.5
annual human rights report.
18:45.7
the same standard to everyone
18:50.0
change whether the country
18:51.6
in question is an adversary,
18:53.9
a competitor, a friend, or an ally.
18:58.1
hugely important. This is
18:59.5
I think a good example of
19:01.6
a process that is
19:06.1
that seeks to get
19:07.3
the facts, to get all the
19:09.7
information, that has to be done
19:11.7
carefully, and that's exactly
19:13.8
how we proceeded as we
19:15.7
proceed with any country
19:17.0
that is the recipient of military
19:19.4
assistance from the United States.
19:23.9
pro-Palestine protesters are
19:25.6
arrested by New York police after
19:27.8
defying a warning to vacate
19:29.6
a plaza at the New York University.
19:31.9
The university had asked the police to
19:33.6
arrest them for trespassing.
19:35.6
No injuries were reported.
19:37.6
Protests are also being held in various
19:39.6
university campuses across the U.S.
19:42.1
in response to the escalation
19:43.7
of the Gaza conflict.
19:45.7
Ten people are killed
19:48.1
in a mid-air collision of
19:49.8
two Malaysian Navy helicopters.
19:52.4
The choppers collided during
19:53.8
a rehearsal at a naval base
19:55.8
for the Navy's 90th anniversary
19:57.7
parade. The Malaysian Navy
19:59.7
has vowed to investigate the incident.
20:08.2
Philippine President Marcus
20:09.8
Jr. says the country's rice supply
20:11.9
is sufficient despite the El Nino
20:13.8
phenomenon's destructive impact.
20:15.7
The president on Tuesday
20:18.1
inspected rice farms in
20:19.9
Occidental Mindoro Province.
20:22.0
He assured affected farmers that they will
20:23.8
receive government aid.
20:25.6
He also bared plans to supply
20:27.6
irrigation with a new dam
20:29.8
and solar-powered pumps.
20:45.7
Philippine shares joined a regional rally
21:12.2
in anticipation of
21:13.7
tech corporate earnings in the U.S.
21:15.7
The details in this report.
21:19.5
Most Asian markets continue
21:21.5
their upbeat performance on Tuesday
21:23.5
as traders anticipate strong
21:25.5
profits from big tech firms on
21:27.6
Wall Street out later this week.
21:30.0
All eyes will be on those earnings
21:31.4
if it will meet expectations of stronger
21:33.7
growth among tech companies
21:35.2
fueled by artificial intelligence.
21:38.1
Back here at home, Philippine shares
21:39.5
joined their regional peers higher.
21:41.7
For the day, the PSE index climbed
21:43.5
nearly a percent to return to the
21:47.9
Chupitero.com's Mico Sayo
21:49.8
though is not convinced the rally
21:51.8
will hold in the long term.
21:53.7
The markets are rallying right now
21:56.1
because of a relief
21:57.7
that the situation
21:59.9
in the Middle East didn't
22:04.2
But if you'll notice
22:08.7
and there's a lack
22:13.0
I wouldn't say that this
22:15.5
rally is convincing at all.
22:18.0
So it's still a bit
22:20.0
iffy right now whether this rally
22:22.0
is going to continue or not.
22:23.6
I mean, of course, all of us are
22:26.8
the market could do a significant
22:30.0
rally and maybe climb back
22:31.9
up to 6,700 or maybe even
22:37.9
actually not too optimistic
22:39.6
about it. I'm like
22:43.1
I'm 50-50 about the
22:45.5
situation right now. There's also that
22:47.4
threat that prices might just
22:49.6
be consolidating right now before
22:51.4
we continue to move lower.
22:53.2
In corporate stories now, San Miguel Corporation
22:55.8
is offering 20 billion pesos
22:57.6
in bonds due in 2034.
23:00.5
The bonds have a base
23:01.5
offer of 15 billion pesos
23:03.0
with an over-subscription of up
23:05.4
to 5 billion. These will be
23:07.4
sourced from SMC's 50 billion
23:09.3
peso denominated shelf-registered
23:11.6
bonds. Meanwhile, SM Prime
23:13.5
Holdings, after yet another stellar
23:15.4
year in earnings, declares a
23:17.3
regular cash dividend of up to
23:19.2
10 billion pesos.
23:21.2
Sockholders of the integrated property
23:23.1
developer as of May 8 get
23:25.3
0.34 pesos per share.
23:31.0
SM Prime also announces it is eyeing
23:33.2
100 billion pesos this year for
23:35.1
capital expenditures, including
23:37.1
for four new malls here at home
23:39.4
with over 400,000
23:41.2
square meters in gross floor area.
23:43.8
The C Family's firm also
23:45.2
targets up to 10,000 residential
23:47.3
units in its residential segment.
23:49.9
Next to Boulevard Holdings,
23:51.3
it posted a net loss of nearly
23:52.8
103 million pesos for the
23:55.1
nine-month period ending
23:56.8
February 29, 2024.
23:59.6
The group says its Friday's
24:01.2
Boracay Beach Resort is still on track
24:03.1
for a reopening in
24:07.0
offer to tourists 110 rooms
24:09.3
and facilities such as
24:11.0
pools, as well as restaurants
24:12.8
and bars, among others.
24:14.5
And finally, the Philippine
24:16.2
Competition Commission opens an in-depth
24:18.4
review of the proposed acquisition
24:20.6
of a northern Luzon drugstore
24:22.5
chain by Ayala Health's
24:24.5
pharmaceutical arm.
24:26.3
Ayala Pharma Ventures, the operator
24:28.4
of Genetica Drugstore, is
24:30.3
seeking a 49% stake in
24:32.3
Joleco Resources' St. Joseph
24:34.7
Drug. The antitrust
24:36.4
body says Phase 2 of its review
24:38.6
will assess if the transaction
24:40.3
could lead to lesser competition
24:42.6
in relevant markets in the
24:44.5
Ilohos and Cordillera
24:50.3
operator at Terminal 3 of
24:52.5
Manila's International Airport
24:54.4
will compensate the owners of
24:56.2
19 vehicles destroyed by
24:58.3
a grass fire Monday.
25:00.4
A spokesperson of the Manila International
25:02.6
Airport Authority says
25:04.1
Philippine Skylanders International
25:06.4
has committed to shoulder all
25:08.3
damages. Seven car owners
25:10.5
have already been identified.
25:12.0
The other 12 have yet to be
25:14.5
detected. The airport authority
25:16.1
is waiting for the investigation report
25:18.1
of the Bureau of Fire Protection.
25:20.2
It has instructed the car park operator
25:22.3
to already lay gravel on the
25:24.3
parking area and completely remove
25:26.6
the grass from it.
25:29.9
Napansin po ng ating general manager
25:32.5
na si Eric Ines, talaga pong
25:34.7
maraming tuyong-tuyong
25:36.5
damo sa parking facility
25:40.1
when we inquired about this,
25:42.9
nabangit nga po ng operator,
25:44.5
na meron po dyan na portion
25:47.0
sa property nga. Meron na po silang
25:48.6
stockpile ng mga crushed
25:50.6
rocks agravel. They were
25:54.5
after cleaning the property from dry
25:56.5
grass, they were intending to cover it
25:58.6
with itong crushed rocks agravel.
26:00.9
Kaya nga lang po, nangyari na nga po
26:02.7
itong unfortunate incident na ito.
26:06.7
The parent company of
26:08.6
this news channel formally seals
26:10.6
a partnership with AllTV.
26:14.5
Entertainment programs and
26:16.3
the Philippines' longest-running primetime
26:18.4
newscast, TV Patrol, can now
26:20.6
be viewed on AllTV's
26:22.4
free-to-air channel.
26:26.5
Media Broadcasting System, or AMBS,
26:30.5
have formally signed a partnership that
26:32.5
will bring iconic Filipino
26:34.2
entertainment programs to more
26:36.3
audiences via the free-to-air
26:40.3
Nostalgic kapamilya shows under
26:42.2
Jeepney TV will now be
26:44.3
aired on AllTV. Included
26:46.3
in the partnership is the airing of
26:48.3
TV Patrol, the flagship news
26:50.5
program of ABS-CBN
26:56.3
honored to be celebrating
26:58.2
today the start of what we hope
27:00.4
is going to be a long,
27:06.4
partnership between
27:10.0
as well as ABS-CBN.
27:12.6
We are very excited to
27:14.3
bring the ABS-CBN brand of storytelling
27:16.1
to the audiences of AllTV.
27:17.8
It's a bit of a sentimental note for us today because
27:20.1
we're bringing one of our longest-running programs,
27:22.4
TV Patrol, back to Channel 2.
27:26.4
some who feel that
27:28.0
we feel some pain
27:30.0
over our return to our former
27:32.3
channel, a home that was once
27:36.2
humility, let's try and put
27:37.6
all of the past behind us and
27:40.2
embrace instead our mission to serve the Filipino
27:42.5
wherever they may be.
27:44.3
ABS-CBN President and CEO
27:46.0
Carlo Catigbak, COO Corey Vidanez,
27:48.9
Group CFO Rick Tan,
27:50.7
AMBS President Maribeth
27:52.3
Torrentino, and CFO Cecil
27:54.2
Bernardo signed the deal.
27:56.5
Also present were ABS-CBN Chairman
27:58.4
Mark Lopez and Chief Partnership
28:00.5
Officer Bobby Barrero.
28:02.4
The Villar Group, meanwhile, was represented
28:04.2
by Chairman Manny Villar,
28:06.1
Senator Mark Villar, Vista Land
28:08.5
and Livescapes, Inc. President
28:10.1
and CEO Paulo Villar,
28:12.0
and All Value Holdings Corp.
28:14.0
President and CEO Camille Villar.
28:18.4
hope the partnership will
28:20.0
bring more enjoyable,
28:22.0
enriching and informative content
28:23.9
to Filipinos. We're very excited
28:27.1
TV Patrol, which as you know
28:29.9
is the longest running
28:34.1
Philippines. We're very honored
28:36.0
to have them in all TV
28:37.5
as well as the rest of the content.
28:39.8
There's been a persistent clamor for Patrol's
28:42.0
credible news and information to reach the
28:43.8
audience it once had.
28:45.6
I hope that by working together with All TV,
28:48.5
we are once again able to deliver
28:50.0
this service to all our Kababayans.
28:52.6
All TV is available on
28:54.1
free TV, cable and satellite
28:58.0
Jackie Pascual, ABS-CBN News.
29:01.6
Our final word tonight is a quote from
29:04.0
Courtney A. Kemp.
29:06.0
Great partnerships thrive
29:07.7
because the people need each other.
29:12.0
And that is The World Tonight.
29:13.8
The 23rd of April, 2024.
29:16.7
I'm Pia Gutierrez.
29:17.9
I'm Tony Velasquez from the Philippines.
29:43.8
Thank you for watching!
