00:00A pleasant Monday evening greetings to all. Yours truly, Gabrielle Lopez here, pleased to bring you PTV News Now, tops on our major stories this evening.
00:12Defense troops and security patrols in the West Philippine Sea remain on high alert and vigilance, and this default status stays unchanged unless otherwise specified.
00:21So says Defense Chief Gilberto Teodoro Jr. after the conclusion of the joint naval exercises and in the wake of the inadvertent collision between two Chinese patrol vessels in a Yungin Shoal barely two weeks ago.
00:35Likewise, Teodoro said he had been regularly appraised by the National Maritime Council of Developments in the country's territorial waters.
00:43Over the weekend, Teodoro and Australian Defense Minister Richard Arles stood witness to simulated exercise on naval gun support, amphibious landings, maritime strike missions, and airfield takeovers by Filipino and Australian forces during the amphibious land operations in Palawan.
01:01Both Defense Chiefs saw the high level of interpolarability between the two forces, even as Teodoro stressed the homeland's unyielding stance to uphold its sovereignty and sovereign rights over the country's rightful maritime waters, reaffirming the President's firm stance on the issue.
01:21If there is one thing certain about the grassroots and youth council polls, they are never held, originally scheduled since over the last few administrations.
01:30Given such trend, election watchdog, the parish pastoral council for responsible voting, is keeping its fingers crossed this latest and year-long.
01:41Postponement of the village and Sangguniang Kabataan polls, originally slated for December this year, and moved to November 2026, would be the last ever.
01:51PPCRV Chair Evelyn Singson, in a radio interview, bewailed this ignominious decision that has befallen the BSKE polls, which she hopes to never recur, has had a serious erosive effect on voter trust and accountability in the country's local governments.
02:08She, however, did not question or challenge the wisdom of the President in moving the December BSKE polls for November next year, so the poll body can fully focus on the upcoming BARM Parliament polls in October.
02:21Besides deterrent of the BSKE polls, the President in Inking Republic Act 12232 has set the schedule of the BSKE elections to be held every four years.
02:32After his rather successful takeover of law enforcement operations in America's capital, POTUS Donald Trump moles extending or broadening his move to highly urbanized cities in America, run by Democrats or traditional blue states and cities.
02:49This, after the National Guard troops began carrying firearms on Sunday, on orders of Pentagon Chief Pete Hegseth on Saturday to ramp up deterrence against lawless elements in the nation's capital.
03:01But his latest statement stood,
03:03Order the National Guard to Chicago and perhaps Baltimore, MD, was met with mocked from Mayors Jake D. Pritzker and Maryland Governor Wes Moore,
03:13who said he would gladly walk the streets of Baltimore with Trump, even suggesting the President to ride on a golf cart all throughout the inspection visit.
03:23Many quarters, especially those in Democrat circles, say Trump's attempts to federalize state police operations are a distraction to divert attention from climbing inflation as a result of his tariff policies
03:35and widespread pushback on his big, beautiful bill, which Congress recently enacted into law by the slightest margin.
03:43At this moment, let's switch focus to my colleague in PTV's Baguio City Studios for what's hot and happening in the Cordilleras.
03:51Audrey?
03:53Naimbaggarabi, kalpasan tit pa ni butaktak ni Mayor Benjamin Magalong kadagiti aligasyon
03:58kontra itid na dumakong kongresista ang maata pakaraman it korupsyon kadagiti DPWH projects
04:04nagsinumbangir apang mabalaw tinaawat ni Mayor.
04:06Sigun ki ni Mayor Benjamin Magalong, saan da iti nga agdawa ti public apology gapo iti akusasyon na kadagiti membro ti Kamara
04:16mainayag iti anomalya kadagiti flood control projects.
04:19Sigun iti Mayor dagiti masaknan akongresista ti kasapulan ni agkidaw iti pamakawan kadagiti umili
04:24gapo kadagiti maatap apakainaiiganda kadagiti nasaw a proyekto.
04:29Impotong ti Mayor nga abumat dagiti kongresista no sino dagiti karaman dagiti anomalya a proyekto
04:34ngam saan dala ang nga kaya't nga agtagari.
04:37Gapo iti panaguling magda at ada a kimaro ti korupsyon.
04:40Nakasagana sumangot ti Mayor iti Kamara tapno ibutaktak dagiti igam na nga impormasyon
04:45kontra kadagiti daduma akamang ti Kamara.
04:48DPWH officials kandagiti kontraktor akaraman iti korupsyon.
04:53Hindi ako maghumingi ng paumanhin sa inyo.
04:55O na dapat kayo humingi ng mag-apologize kayo sa taong bayan sa mga pinagagawa nyo.
05:00Alam nyo naman kung ano talaga yan eh.
05:03Nagmamaang-maangan pa kayo.
05:04Kabayatan na mabigbigbig ti Sablan kas Fruit Basket of Benguet,
05:11itaabulan, maramarambakan ti may kasangapulok at may sa Fruit Festival tiini.
05:19Iti ba't nga apektado ti produksyon ti nagduduma a prutas iti munisipyo,
05:23gapo ka dagiti naglabas sa kalamidad,
05:25imbidala ta dagiti manlalun kanbabasit ang negosyante dagiti apitda,
05:29tampok dagiti iti inter-barangay trade fair kan market encounter.
05:32Tema iti may kasangapulok at may sa atawan a selebrasyon,
05:36in every seed, a shared dream, in every fruit, a shared future.
05:41Sigun ka ni Sablan Mayor Alfredo Dacumos Jr.,
05:43mangisim-simbolo dahito iti tarigagay ang maitaluti ekonomiya
05:47ti ili ka negosyo dagiti babasit ang negosyante.
05:50Kadakalan niya aktibidad ti float parade into September 2,
05:53Farmers Congress can MSME's forum into September 3.
05:57At sa dagiti neighboring munisipyo, neighboring provinces or regions,
06:04ay ayabanda kayo ono dawatan mi iti gagadyo na umay pumasyarti Sablan
06:11tapno makipag-join kayo datoy 11th Sablan Froots Festival niya.
06:18At umayumat pumasyarti ili tayo na Sablan,
06:21umayuraman ang dagiti na dumatumang prutas titirayan tayo ako.
06:26Dagita-dagiti damdamag manipod iti PTV Cordillera siya ni Audrey Villana na imbag Arabi.
06:36Many thanks Audrey, so we've come to the end of our show tonight.
06:40Join us anew tomorrow for yet another set of breaking stories here and abroad at the hour.
06:45This is Gabrielle Lopez wishing you all a restful night ahead
06:48and thank you for watching PTV News Now.
