00:00A delightful Monday evening to all. Yours truly, Gabrielle Lopez here and pleased to bring you PTV News Now.
00:09Well, the start of the work week began with a bang. A bombshell many saw coming sooner than later but yet felt with awe and shock upon hearing the names drop today's probe session.
00:20With absolutely no choice left to wiggle themselves out, the couple Diskaya decided to come clean and uncover the identities of lawmakers and local government leaders skimming off the top of allocated flood control funds.
00:35In today's Senate hearing on the flood control project mess, Curly Diskaya, the better half of Sarah Diskaya, contractor of hundreds of government flood control structures, let the cat out of the bag.
00:46On the legislators and local government executives skimming off the top of government allocated funds.
00:52Among the personalities the Diskayas identified today include Pasig City Congressman Roman Romulo, Quezon City Representative Patrick Michael Vargas, Quezon City Lawyer Juan Carlos Arjo Ataide,
01:05ex-Marikina Mayor and now City Representative Marcy Teodoro, Caloocan City Congressman Dean Asistio, and Sapang Palay Representative Florida Robes, among others.
01:16Likewise, the Diskaya couple listed and cited five district engineers, a project director, regional director, and DPWH undersecretary, all of whom were in cahoots with the aforementioned legislators, out-of-lease government funds set aside for flood control measures.
01:34Unsurprisingly, all or nearly all those in the Diskaya list pushed back on their inclusion with most threatening to sue the Diskayas for their allegedly baseless accusations.
01:46DPWH officials, meanwhile, repeatedly pointed to a co-bicol partyless lawmaker, Zaldi Koh, as the whale among the big fishes for being chief solicitor with a share of as high as a quarter on total project cost.
02:00Meanwhile, a Quezon City Congressman allegedly kept name-dropping House Speaker Martin Romualdez each time he extorted his cut or payout.
02:09From a distance, it looks like it would rest away or fall apart, but for more than a quarter century, the grounded BRP Sierra Madre has been the country's man-made bastion of sovereignty.
02:22In waters, China has long coveted to establish presence and power.
02:27And since 1999, when it ran aground, the BRP Sierra Madre has stood in the way of Chinese expansion in the West Philippine Sea,
02:35due in large part to the continued presence of failed Navy personnel standing watch 24-7 aboard the ship,
02:42thanks to sustained resupply missions of food, water, fuel, essential and miscellaneous over 25 years, which proceeds without let-up till today.
02:52In the latest Bagong Pilipinas Ngayon program earlier today, West Philippine Sea Rear Admiral Roy Vincent Trinidad
02:58assured an unbroken streak of rolling resupply missions to the BRP Sierra Madre,
03:04even with the threat of harassment from the Chinese Coast Guard, Navy and military vessels.
03:09The last resupply mission was on July 13, with the next one scheduled tentatively soon,
03:15but with no set date pending orders from the AFP Western Command.
03:18Israel's alleged unilateral acts of genocide, war crimes by the Israeli government and Gaza,
03:26have drawn widespread rebuke from at least 140 countries in the United Nations.
03:31One outspoken critic of the Netanyahu government has decided to predicate its rhetoric against Israeli government with action.
03:40Earlier today, Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced multiple measures
03:44to hopefully curb or slow down Israeli's unilateral actions in Gaza with an arms embargo
03:50and the momentarium on ships carrying fuel bound for Israel from entering Spanish ports.
03:56Likewise, Spain intends to cut aerial transport of military equipment bound for the Jewish state
04:03and ban imports on products from illegal settlements in Palestinian territories in the West Bank.
04:08With the aim to slow down Israeli expansion there,
04:11this move could trigger similar acts of support from European Union countries,
04:15which have since then denounced Israeli's war crimes in Gaza
04:19and its latest assault and takeover assault on Gaza,
04:22which could heighten an already-ranked humanitarian crisis in the Rumble City.
04:29Right now, allow me to shift focus to my colleague in PTV's Baguio City Studios
04:33for what's brewing up late in the Cordilleras.
04:36Audrey.
04:38Namebag Arabi.
04:39Kalpasan ti may sanga agaw i dinapasamak ti Uram
04:41i ti basement i Maharlika Livelihood Complex
04:44ag sa saruno atulong ti papaay ti City Social Welfare and Development Office
04:48kadag itinaapektaran ti Uram.
04:52May basari ti datos ti opisina dumanon iti innam apulok at lima at tenants
04:56kan upat apulok at upat a workers ti apektado ti Uram.
05:00Naipayan matan nag iti tenant iti kaskanan at tulong kas
05:02iti relief can cash assistance.
05:05Iti inisyang investigasyon ti Bureau of Fire Protection Baguio
05:08dumano'n iti 1,500 square meters ti na Uram kan nasurok kumura
05:12ng 18 million pesos ti Danyos Daitoy.
05:15Awan mati na i-report ang nadangran when upimusay gapoy ti Uram.
05:18Agtultuloy ti investigasyon iti ng rugyan kan rason ti Uram.
05:21Nakalukat matang ti Maharlika Livelihood Complex
05:24para kadag iti negosyante asaan ang naapektaran i ti Uram.
05:27Nagpalagip mati BFP taknumalapda ang nag iti insidente ti Uram iti siyudad.
05:32Pag may sunog tayong nakita, mas maganda i-report kaagad po nila sa hotline number natin na 911
05:38or sa 4422222 para po ma-respond din natin gagad.
05:41And yun nga, remember, paglalabas tayo ng bahay natin sa opisina,
05:46laging tanggalin yung mga nakasaksak na mga appliances.
05:48Sensitibo ti sumaruno a damag kakaidyan iso a kidawan miti panarabay dag itinagan na
05:56kadag iti agbuybuya ang menor de edad.
05:59Ita ang mabuserbaran ti Suicide Awareness and Prevention Month
06:02na ipalagip kadag itil hitimo a kamunti media
06:04yung noapan ng talantan kain panang surat kadag iti sensitibo
06:08nga isyo may naig iti suicide kan mental health.
06:13Babaan day to iti Mind Matter in Media Course
06:15ngayon sayang ka ti Department of Health and City Health Services Office
06:19na talantan dito'y dag iti san anaskan nga aramidan ti Maysa
06:22alihiti mo ang media practitioner
06:24kasi iti panagaramat ka dag iti sensational
06:26apan narita iti headlines.
06:29San aapan ang binsabinsa iti waga state pupusay?
06:32San aapan ang waragawag itinagan, lokasyon,
06:34weno anyaman niya impormasyon ti biktima kanda dumapay?
06:38Iti kao dyan a datos ti CHSO na obserbaran tingin mato
06:41a bilang ti death by suicide.
06:43Iti agdamatawan, mapatapata at talupulo
06:45kat lima tinailis sa akaso.
06:47Bayat adwapulo kat siyamla
06:49ang tinailis sa idinapalabas atawan.
06:51Kadwan ang nag-suicide dag iti lalaki.
06:54Educate the public with the facts about suicide
06:56and suicide prevention based on an accurate information.
06:59Do report stories of how to cope with life's stressors.
07:02Ayan po tapat ang majority and bulk
07:04ng articles po ninyo.
07:08Dag ita dag iti damdamag,
07:10Manipuditi PTV Cordelia Rasha
07:12at ni Audrey Villana na Imbag-Arabi.
07:14Many thanks, Audrey.
07:17With that, we've come to the end of tonight's show.
07:19Join me anew tomorrow for a twin-bill
07:21presentation of breaking stories here,
07:24at home, and elsewhere on the planet.
07:26And always remember to stay connected
07:28by catching the news right here.
07:30This is Gabrielle Lopez wishing you all
07:31a restful evening ahead
07:33and thank you for watching PTV News Now.
