00:00Good morning, here is the PTV news for today.
00:09Some congressmen called on Vice President Sara Duterte to stop avoiding issues and instead,
00:17to just answer the issue of the wrong use of funds in her office.
00:25According to House Senior Deputy Speaker Aurelio Gonzalez Jr.,
00:29the public has the right to know the truth about the budget utilization of the agencies held by the second president.
00:37That is why she should stop her manoeuvring diversionary tactics.
00:42Duterte also criticized President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. for attacking him.
00:48He said that he is not a good leader.
00:51For House Majority Leader Manix Dalipe,
00:55it is better for the Vice President to leave because she has already saved the government from bankruptcy.
01:03House Assistant Majority Leader Zia Alonto-Adiong also called on Vice President Sara desperately
01:11as an advocate for her country even if she is the first one to do so,
01:14just to avoid the issue.
01:17Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tio Laurel Jr. and Norwegian Ambassador Christian Halles Leister
01:25helped to discuss the continuation of the trade of agricultural products between the two countries.
01:33Leister gave Norway's DA the intention to increase the activities of trade in the Philippines.
01:41He also announced that he is ready to set up a partnership between the Bureau of Plant Industry
01:47and the Norwegian Fertilizer Company, Yara.
01:50At the moment, Yara is helping farmers in Davao to increase the production of durian
01:58and to promote sustainable ways of farming.
02:02Norwegian Ambassador also informed Secretary Laurel
02:06that the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources has four members
02:10who are currently in Norway to study aquaculture, fish processing facilities, and disease control.
02:18Did Laurel believe that Leister will support Norway in promoting seaweed production in the Philippines?
02:27Seaweed is Norway's primary import from the Philippines,
02:30aside from canned sardines, live tropical fish, and nyug.
02:35That's all the news for now.
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02:42I'm Dominic Alvelor for Pambansang TV in Bagong, Philippines.
02:46Good morning.
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