Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro meets Chinese Pres. Xi, holds talks on scientific cooperation to send Venezuelans to the moon in time;
Small-time rice vendors in Region 12 receive their 15K payout under EO 39 from DSWD
Small-time rice vendors in Region 12 receive their 15K payout under EO 39 from DSWD
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00:00 Good day, this is Monique Tuzon and this is PTV News Now.
00:08 From one meeting of authoritarian leaders to another, just about the time North Korean
00:13 strongman met and shook hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday, and Beijing
00:18 President for life Xi Jinping received one eager dictator and despot Venezuelan President
00:24 Nicolas Maduro who came to China to upgrade ties, especially on the scientific and technological
00:30 front.
00:31 After a multi-city tour, the Venezuelan President arrived in Beijing Tuesday from Shanghai, then
00:36 met with his counterpart on Wednesday when both reached and inked a scientific cooperation
00:41 pact that would train young Venezuelan astronauts in China in the hopes of sending the first
00:47 man and woman from the country to the moon in a Chinese spacecraft.
00:51 In a presser held earlier today to wrap up his visit, Maduro said Caracas and Beijing
00:57 had entered a "splendid stage in economic, cultural, educational, civilizational and
01:02 scientific achievements."
01:05 Small rice retail vendors in Region 12, or the Soksar gen, began receiving their 15,000
01:11 peso cash grants under the DSWD's Sustainable Livelihood Program earlier today in Takorong
01:16 Hall in Sultan Kudarat.
01:18 A total of 147 grain retailers in the region, covered by Executive Order 39, are up for
01:24 2.2 million pesos in subsidy under EO's Livelihood Grant.
01:29 In Takorong City, Sultan Kudarat alone, 27 micro rice retailers availed of the payout
01:35 and received them in the amounts due to them.
01:38 DSWD Region 12 Director Loreto Cabaya Jr. presided over the distribution earlier today
01:43 in Takorong City Hall, much to the surprise and delight of many recipients.
01:48 He said the distribution of the subsidy under the Sustainable Livelihood Program was also
01:53 held in the cities of Quedapawan and Coronadal that day with Alabel.
01:58 Salangani and General Santos up for tomorrow's payout.
02:03 Let's turn to Eddie Carta for the latest developments in the Cordilleras.
02:06 Eddie Carta.
02:07 Good evening, Philippines.
02:13 The government of Cordillera People's Liberation Army has issued a new PISA Court Order, which
02:17 resulted in the opening of the Cordillera Administrative Region.
02:24 The Presidential Advisor on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity, Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. served
02:31 as the PISA Court Advisor for 37 years.
02:38 He was appointed by the Cordillera Elders and Leaders to sign the 1986 Copyright Act.
02:44 For the past 37 years, the Cordillera National Government has supported the implementation
02:51 of the program, project and activity of the Local Government, Civil Society and Grassroots
02:59 Organizations.
03:01 The Cordillera people have been selected to be part of the PAYAPA and the PAMANA Program
03:09 in 2024.
03:10 The total amount is P711.54 million.
03:13 The program will provide education, health insurance and road infrastructure.
03:26 The Cordillera's quest for meaningful regional autonomy is anchored on the Philippine Development
03:32 Plan 2023-2028.
03:41 Our agency also has a parallel framework in which it works closely with stakeholders as
03:47 we continue to strengthen the foundations where long-lasting peace and sustainable development
03:54 can take root and flourish here in Cordillera.
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