00:00Good Thursday evening, I'm Sharm Zespina and this is PTV News Now.
00:05Let's lift the lid on the stories making noise and turning heads this evening.
00:10The Department of Migrant Workers, or DMW, is pulling out all the stops as it verifies reports
00:15that Houthi rebels took into custody Filipino crew members after attacking and sinking MV Eternity Sea in the Red Sea.
00:23Five Filipinos and one Indian guard were pulled to safety, while 16 remain unaccounted for.
00:30The vessel's captain threw caution to the wind by crossing the Red Sea twice,
00:35violating DMW's safety rules, prompting the suspension of its manning agency.
00:40President Ferdinand R. Marcus Jr. ordered a whole-of-government response
00:44to lend a helping hand to the crew's families through aid, medical support and psychosocial care.
00:52In the meantime, the Anti-Agricultural Economic Sabotage Council hit the ground running
00:57in its first enforcement operation, uncovering 26,526 sacks of smuggled rice
01:04worth 38 million pesos in Talisai City, Cebu.
01:08The warehouse operator, River Valley Distribution Inc.,
01:11failed to come clean on the origin of over 20,000 sacks raising serious red flags.
01:18On July 8, the Court of Tax Appeals issued a seizure order,
01:21while the DOJ is gearing up to throw the book at those behind the illegal trade.
01:27AAES chairperson Frederick Goss said,
01:29this sends a strong message.
01:32The government will leave no stone in turn in its fight against economic saboteurs.
01:35In the news overseas, nothing is more hostile in the realm of international trade
01:43than a unilateral hike in tariff rates by one party
01:46that almost always touches off an act of reciprocity
01:50or retaliatory tit-for-tat that goes on and on and on.
01:55And for Brazil, the missive it received earlier today from the Oval Office
01:58was similar to letters of notification or demand also transmitted today to the Philippines,
02:04Algeria, Brunei, Iraq, Liberia, Moldova and Sri Lanka.
02:08Except for one small in the form but huge in function difference.
02:12A 50% tariff rate in all Brazilian imports entering the United States.
02:18Yet the huge tariff increase put on Brazil was not entirely on trade and commerce grounds
02:22between both countries, but on Trump's displeasure on President Lulu da Silva
02:27and his government trying to hold former president and authoritarian leader,
02:32Jair Bolsonaro, into account for trying to lead a coup attempt
02:36on the results of the last presidential elections in 2022, which Lula won.
02:42Clearly, Trump is putting his personal friendship with Bolsonaro
02:45in the way of Brazil's internal affairs and international trade.
02:49But Lula was having none of Trump's latest rant and posted on X
02:52that Brazil will respond accordingly,
02:55writing on X, any unilateral tariff increases will be addressed
02:59in light of Brazil's law of economic reciprocity.
03:03On top of the 50% tariff hike threat,
03:06a 50% tariff charge will be slapped at all imports of copper,
03:10Trump announced on his Truth social media platform Wednesday.
03:13Right now, let's turn to my colleague in PTV's Pine City Studios
03:20for what's hot and happening in the Cordilleras.
03:22Audrey?
03:22May buggera bin.
03:25Itapanawang ti panagtutudo may saka daguiti parikot daguiti residente
03:28ti barangay irisan kat ti panaglayus.
03:30Kinuna ni Punong Barangay Arthur Carlos,
03:35dua nagsaruno at panaglayus sinapasaranda italaang abulan
03:38no sa dinutika o dyan kat ijepuruk 17.
03:41No paikas sa agyam yaman dahi tiga po iti napartang na aksyon
03:44ti lokal a gobyerno ti siyudad.
03:46Kinuna na ang mapagsarsaritaan anti-plano
03:48ang may papan kadag iti pagayayusan ti danum iti barangay.
03:51Inaklunmat ni Carlos Abasura timaysa
03:53ang nagbalin arason kadag iti napasamak at panaglayus.
03:56May nagiti na ito'y kinuna ni City Administrator Victorio Jericho Kawis
04:01ang nangisayang kat inspeksyon ti City Engineering Office
04:04kadag iti drainage daguiti nalayus a Puruk ti irisan
04:06kang runaan ti Puruk 13 kan Puruk 17.
04:10At tuntuloy ti panangikat ti City Engineering Office
04:13kadag iti na Ibarra kadag iti drainage system iti barangay.
04:16Umapapilamod na ito'y kadag iti residente ti irisan
04:19kasamatla ang kadag iti dumaldalan iti lugar
04:21nga agbalinda responsable kadag iti basurada.
04:24It's lang magtulungan tayo na ilagay sa tamang dispusal yung basuras
04:31yung tamang schedule para hindi maapiktuhan yung mga karamihan na tao dito.
04:36Sana yung mga tao natin sa irisan magtulungan tayo
04:39para hindi tayo makapirwiso.
04:41But one of the big problem there,
04:44doon lahat bumabagsak kasi pati yung mga barangay drainages
04:47coming from San Luis.
04:49And we are setting up a coordination meeting
04:51hopefully by the end of this week
04:52para maayos namin yung some of the directions
04:55nitong mga barangay drainage
04:57para hindi lahat po pumupunta sa baba.
04:59Iti sa Bali Adam, mag-i-monitor ita tila Trinidad LGU
05:05Tile Belti Danong, iti Balini River
05:07gapuiti agtululoy a panagbayak habak titudo.
05:12Sigun iti mayor tila Trinidad,
05:14masapul amang maintainer tile Belti Danong
05:15iti nasa Ocarayan,
05:17tapusan amapiktaran dag iti da Duma
05:19a residential areas,
05:20Kenti Strawberry Farm.
05:22Iti mat-monitoring tila Municipal Environment
05:23and Natural Resources Office,
05:25mas disiplinado dag iti umilis at nan iti panaggibel
05:28lang da iti basura iti Balini River.
05:31Sigun iti opisina at tunggal pa nagtutudo
05:33igidan dag iti da Duma
05:34at ataong aggibel lang iti basura
05:36da iti Karayan
05:37ang mang ituntun da iti pan na kay Pula
05:39at dag iti da Duma drainage system.
05:41Yung Balini River naman natin
05:43regularly nanamonitor
05:45kung tataas o hindi.
05:46Kasi pag tataas yung Balini River,
05:48yung buloklik naman maapektuhan
05:50kasi bumabalik yung tubig
05:51papuntang Strawberry Farm.
05:52Ang panawagan natin sa mga constituents natin
05:56nalong-lano na doon sa mga nakatira
05:58malapit sa may ilog,
06:00ang pag-iusap natin palagi
06:01is huwag magtapon ng basura.
06:03Yung mga basura natin
06:04ay itapon lamang
06:06doon sa mga designated
06:08collection points.
06:09Dagi ta-dagiti damdam
06:13magmanipuditi PTV Cordillera
06:15siya ni Audrey Villana
06:16na Imbag Arabi.
06:19Many thanks Audrey
06:20and with that
06:21we have come to the end
06:22of our show tonight.
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06:34Sharm Zespina here
06:35wishing you a restful night ahead
06:36and thank you for watching
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