DOLE says yesterday's P35 wage hike order still open to appeal

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DOLE says yesterday's P35 wage hike order still open to appeal;  Biden's proposed end to Israel vs. Hamas war must include Gaza rehab, rebuild

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00:00Evening greetings one and all William Theo here homegrown and happy to bring you PTV news now and topping our news

00:07stories tonight the

00:0935 peso hike in the daily minimum wage in the NCR approved yesterday by the regional tripartite wage and

00:16Productivity board for the national capital region is not yet set in stone

00:21The wage hike amount set to officially apply or go in effect on July 11 is still open to appeal from both the labor and

00:29employers or business owner sectors Department of Labor and Employment chief Bienvenido

00:34Leguizma indicated in an interview earlier today

00:38labor groups like the Ebon Foundation who contend for a

00:42120 daily hike called yesterday's hike amount insulting while employers group ECOP as

00:49Always lamented the tripartite wage and productivity boards move and called it untimely

00:56In

00:57other news a US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken stressed

01:01President Joe Biden's proposed end to the war in Gaza is still within reach

01:06But only if the rebuilding rehab and reconstruction of Gaza from the rubble is on the table

01:13VOA's Veronica Valdez Iglesias has the full report

01:18As Israeli troops continue deepening their incursions in Gaza in search of militants Prime Minister

01:24Benjamin Netanyahu announced Monday that Hamas's military capabilities have almost been eliminated

01:32We are advancing to the end of the phase of eliminating the terrorist army of Hamas and there will be a

01:39Continuation to strike its remnants

01:41The announcement was made as US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken in an interview at the Brookings

01:48Institution in Washington called on Hamas's leadership to accept a phased peace proposal

01:54Currently on the table. I think the proposal that President Biden put forward is

02:01Achievable and it would be the best way forward the quickest way

02:04to end the

02:06conflict in Gaza to stop

02:08The violence to massively surge assistance to get everyone home including American hostages as the secretary spoke

02:15The voices of protesters gathered outside the Brookings Institution could also be heard

02:22Blinken who didn't acknowledge them stressed that the Israel Hamas conflict cannot end with a vacuum in Gaza

02:30It has to end in a way that makes sure that there are

02:35clear

02:36coherent achievable plans

02:39For Gaza's governance for security and of course

02:43To start to help people to rebuild

02:46Their lives that have been so decimated and destroyed one of the Palestinians whose life has radically changed and wants

02:53Accountability is dr. Mohammed Abu Salma. Yeah, the director of Al Shifa Hospital was released early Monday after being in

03:01Israeli custody since November

03:05We were subjected to severe torture and my little finger was broken

03:10I was repeatedly subjected to hitting on the head causing bleeding multiple times

03:16There was almost daily torture in the Israeli prisons

03:21The Israeli Prison Service told The Washington Post that it was not aware of the torture claims

03:28It said prisoners have the right to file complaints that will be fully examined

03:34Israeli troops raided Al Shifa Hospital last year

03:38Alleging Hamas militants were using the site as a command center

03:43hospital officials denied the allegations

03:46Abu Salma was released alongside some 50 Palestinians who were returned to Gaza for medical treatment

03:54Veronica Valdez Iglesias VOA news

04:00And we've come to the end of our program join us anew tomorrow for another set of late-breaking stories here and abroad

04:06Stay informed by catching the news right here William Theo wishing you all a cooler and more restful night ahead

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