00:00Greetings to all. I am William Theo and this is PTV News Now. First up, House leaders initially recommended returning the proposed 2026 National Expenditure Program to the Department of Budget and Management or DBM due to issues in its content.
00:18However, they withdrew this stance after Speaker Martin Romaldas advised them to proceed and after the DBM and the Department of Public Works and Highways assured lawmakers, they would fix the problem within 10 days.
00:31Appropriations Vice Chair Jose Alvarez and Committee Chair Mikaela Swan Singh both confirmed deliberations will continue, stressing the need to pass the budget on time.
00:41Meanwhile, Ako Biko, Representative Zaldiko, linked to some of the budget controversies, is abroad for medical treatment, according to the House spokesperson.
00:51In addition, Human Rights Committee Chair Bienvenido Abante Jr. called for an investigation into the alleged attempted insertion of 8 billion pesos into the Philippine National Police's 2026 budget.
01:04Lawmakers emphasize that the final budget must directly address the needs of Filipinos.
01:09Meanwhile, the sitting vice president is following up her as an in-in comment from yesterday with an equally outrageous claim of being in the crosshairs of another presidential attempt to take her out of public circulation and put her in lock-up.
01:24This time, she's hurling accusations of a sinister thought brewing in corridors of power in Malacanang to round up she and her allies and put them all in lock-up before the 2028 national elections.
01:37As if it were not enough, presidential sister slash Senator Aimee Marcos piled on with a commentary of her own concurring with the vice president's claim and citing Justice Secretary Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulia's aspiration and pursuit of the vacated ombudsman post cements her fears of the administration's dogged efforts to keep her from her ascent to the presidency in 2028.
02:02In response, Palace press officer and PCO undersecretary Claire Castro casually admitted of such plan, one that exists only in their wild and imaginative minds.
02:14A federal judge in Boston ordered the restoration of cuts in research funding in the amount of $2.6 billion, which U.S. President Donald Trump froze in late spring over charges of rampant anti-Semitism and pro-liberal bias.
02:31Judge Allison Burroughs, a Obama-appointed magistrate, found little connection over the claim of anti-Semitic leanings in campus, which the Ivy League school administration made efforts to address, and the research funding in grant terminations the White House halted.
02:48The judge in her ruling stressed Trump's freeze order above all violates the First Amendment and warned against any such future directives from the White House on similar or identical grounds.
03:00As expected, the White House pushed back on this latest reversal order, citing the judge's liberal and activist predisposition and vowed to appeal the ruling.
03:10The iconic Ivy League institution has been front and center in Trump's war on the academe after Harvard defied calls to submit to oversight of its curriculum, staffing, student recruitment, and diversity in thinking.
03:25And at this moment, let's lend our eyes and ears to my colleague in PTV's Baguio City studios for what's hot and happening in the Cordilleras. Audrey?
03:34Nengbag Arabi, impatang ni Department of National Defense Secretary Gilbert Chodoro nga awan ti dakkal asusik itinagbatan ti Pilipinas kan China.
03:46Kinuna na a propagandala ang ti China dag iti aligasyon da kontra i ti Pilipinas.
03:50Dag iti nasaong aligasyon katuwagas ti pagilian at China tapno saan niya irupir ti Pilipinas,
03:55ti karbangan da ito ititaaw kan tapno saan at tumulong ti kaalyado da pagilian kontra i ti 9-dash line ti China.
04:01Inyo na'y unay na aggas lighting ti aramidang ti China.
04:04Malaksid iti day ita, kinuna na ati one China policy katusus na randa kontra i ti Pilipinas iti susig dahi ti Taiwan.
04:11Mawatan na matnoapay ang madanagan dag iti Pilipino.
04:14Ngayon impasigurado na nga awan ti mang pangpanggap ang mga sakop iti pagilian.
04:18Impatang ti opisyal asaan niya agpadiktar ti Pilipinas iti anyaman apagilian.
04:23Hindi natin masisisi atin mga kababayan dahil nagtatrabaho yan, may ibang ginagawa.
04:28Ngunit ilagay po natin sa likod ng isip natin na merong gustong manakop sa atin na gutom na gutom
04:37dahil gusto kunin lahat ng yaman sa ilalim ng karagatan.
04:44Hindi lang sa West Philippine Sea kung hindi kahit sa Pacific.
04:49Ang one China policy, kinokomit naman talaga natin.
04:52Ngayon, huwag nila tayong diktahan kung ano ang one China policy,
04:57lalong-lalo na kung meron nangyayari dito sa ating lupa.
05:02Eh, dinidikta ba natin sila kung anong gawin nila doon sa bansa nila?
05:08Hindi tayo nakikialam.
05:19Sigun kinidiyaw ST, Sekretary Renato Solidong Jr.,
05:25may sa day to a platform a na i-designyo takno mapabilig pa'y dagiti local ag gobyerno,
05:30planners kan ti publiko may naiy ka dagiti science-based hazard information.
05:35Imbinglay na ang mabalin ang ma-access day to iti publiko
05:37kung mabalin damatla ang nga i-generate dagiti hazards di may sa alugar,
05:41babaan iti panayikabil da iti lokasyon.
05:44Babaan matla ang iti inisiyatibo,
05:45mabalin i-kabil dagiti LGUs dagiti data dababaan iti feature day to iti
05:49at geomapper PH can plan smart PH.
05:52Babaan day to'y mapapigsa tayo local planning processes dagiti lokal ag gobyerno.
05:58JURIS, through its geomapper, can provide you with this nationally consistent database.
06:05But JURIS Philippines is more than just a data collection and repository.
06:10It is a governance platform that fosters collaboration across sectors
06:16and provides clear guidance for decision-makers in a transparent, systematic, and efficient manner.
06:24Dagi ta-dagi si damdamag maliputi ng PTV Cordillera,
06:28siya ni Audrey Villana, na Imbag Arabi.
06:30Many thanks, Audrey.
06:33And with that, we've come to the end of our program tonight.
06:36Join us anew tomorrow for another set of major stories here and abroad at the hour.
06:40I am William Thea, wishing you all a restful night ahead.
06:43And thank you for watching PTV News Now.
