00:00Nightly greetings one and all, William Theo here, homegrown and happy to bring you PTV
00:09News Now.
00:10Topped on our stories this evening with disgraced KOJC founder and cult leader Pastor Apolo
00:16Kibuloy in the custody of police and set to face, along with four of his alleged major
00:22cohorts, a plethora of legal raps, its curtains on the pastor and his KOJC look drama.
00:30Nah, not by a long shot.
00:32The PNP Region 11 Command is on the verge of filing sedition charges versus a rowdy
00:38bunch of KOJC followers who tried so hard to get in the way of the search by acts of
00:43harassment, even life-threatening force.
00:46And the PNP does not forget, especially with a sufficient well of videos and still photo
00:52documentation to back up their accusations.
00:56PRO-11 Regional Director Brigadier General Nicolás Torre III said raps are up for those
01:02who intentionally block their way from conducting a search inside the KOJC grounds and premises
01:09on day one of the search on August 25.
01:12Torre III said at least 10 personalities are to be named in the sedition raps, which led
01:18to six cops of the PNP sustaining injuries.
01:22Likewise, General Torre III confirmed and bewailed the inclusion of PNP personnel and
01:27officers tagged as trainers of the KOJC terror group known to bully and blackmail current
01:33and former KOJC members from telling the truth.
01:39In other news, a well-known Pakistani broadcaster and journalist is in the crosshairs of a growing
01:44number of online trolls who mock her looks and competence, and also threaten her with
01:50bodily harm.
01:51This brazen treatment or disrespect for women in media is fast becoming the new normal,
01:57as VOA's Elisabeth Schoeneffer narrates in this report.
02:01From a studio in Islamabad, Nadia Mirza prepares for her show.
02:07A journalist and primetime talk show host at Dawn News, Mirza is a well-known presence
02:12across Pakistan.
02:13She covers her head for religious reasons, but online trolls still attack her appearance
02:18and character.
02:19Whatever we speak or sometimes we post, which is not, you know, which is disliked by some
02:26political party, so they use the word, which pain, which give me pain, which really hurts
02:33me.
02:34Although she takes a scarf, although she takes, you know, a hijab, but her character is not
02:42good.
02:43Covering sensitive issues also draws attackers.
02:46She remembers enduring online abuse after a show a few years ago.
02:50They labeled me that I did something wrong, and I did, you know, blasphemy something,
03:00and I was drunk.
03:01Blasphemy is punishable by death in Pakistan, and even an unfounded accusation can incite
03:06mob violence.
03:07I was getting threats, so my management asked me when I was in Islamabad at that time, my
03:13management asked me just leave Islamabad or just stop doing shows on that.
03:18But Mirza had her guest return to the show to help clear her name.
03:22I put the same question to him.
03:24Did you really find me that I was drunk and I was in some suspicious sort of condition?
03:31He totally denied, and I'm thankful to him that he showed very respect to me, and he
03:38said, no, it's all propaganda.
03:40Media experts say such attacks on female journalists are a global issue.
03:45The root of this issue comes down to women's voices in public spaces and the fact that
03:51there are many people who would like to shut them up, regardless of how they're presenting,
03:57their appearance.
03:58Hoffman says her organization's research has found that online abuse can affect the
04:03well-being of journalists and their ability to work.
04:07A third of women did say they thought about leaving their jobs as journalists, specifically
04:11because of online abuse that they experienced.
04:14Mirza says she is not aware of any training for dealing with online threats.
04:19For now, she tries to ignore the worst of the hate.
04:22I don't respond to trolls.
04:26It's very rare to respond to someone just to correct the fact.
04:30To stop online abuse, media experts say newsrooms should offer better support and tools to help
04:36their journalists.
04:39For Tabinda Naim, Elizabeth Cherneff, VOA News.
04:45And now let's turn to my colleague in PTV's Baguio City Studios for what's hot and happening
04:50in the Cordilleras.
04:51Audrey.
04:52In Baguio, Philippines, the Cordillera Regional Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council
05:00is working with the Department of Social Welfare to respond to the possible impact of the
05:04pre-positioned Family Food Packs that have been issued in Baguio.
05:07The pre-positioned Family Food Packs have been issued by the Department of Social Welfare
05:11in Baguio.
05:12The Department of Social Welfare is working with the Department of Social Welfare to
05:16respond to the possible impact of the pre-positioned Family Food Packs that have been issued in
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05:22The pre-positioned Family Food Packs have been issued by the Department of Social Welfare
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