00:00This is the Pay TV news for now.
00:07The countries of the Philippines, Thailand and Indonesia joined the bilateral exercise.
00:18More than 2,000 soldiers from the Australian Defence Force,
00:22British Armed Forces, Japan Ground Self-Defence Force and Republic Korea Marine Corps
00:27joined the exercise.
00:29The exercise aims to further strengthen the disaster response
00:33and maintain regional security in the Indo-Pacific region.
00:37The exercises will be held in Palawan, Central Luzon, Ilocos Norte and Batanes.
00:43The Philippine Marines explained that it has nothing to do with geopolitical tensions.
00:50In other news, Pope Francis established a new Diocese of Prosperity in Agusan, Del Sur.
00:55The first Bishop of Prosperity, Ruben Labajo, is now the Bishop of Cebu.
01:01Labajo was ordained a priest in Cebu on June 10, 1994.
01:05In June 2022, he will become the Auxiliary Bishop of Cebu.
01:09Prosperity will become the 87th diocese of the Catholic Church.
01:16And those are the news for now.
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01:23I'm Joshua Garcia for Pambansang TV in the new Philippines.
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