Army joins 18-day drive to end violence against women

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00:00Good evening, I'm Gabrielle Lopez and this is PTV News Now, our top story for tonight.

00:07First up, the Philippine Army has thrown its weight behind the 18-day nationwide campaign

00:12to end violence against women determined not to let abuse slip through the cracks.

00:17Army Chief Lieutenant General Antonio Nartate urged all personnel to support the cause,

00:22emphasizing that the institution is pulling out all the stops to strengthen gender and development policies.

00:28With the theme United for a Va-Free Philippines, the campaign, led by the Philippine Commission on Women,

00:34adopts a whole-of-nation approach to ensure no victim is left out in the cold,

00:38citing data showing that 4.8 million Filipino women have suffered violence.

00:43The initiative aims to rally communities, empower men as allies, and inspire the youth to raise their voice against abuse.

00:50The campaign also calls on bystanders to step up, break the silence, and intervene safely,

00:56ensuring that no act of violence is swept under the rug.

01:02One of the organizers or conveyors of the Trillion Pesos March rally,

01:05whose next mass protest gathering takes place this weekend, made it crystal clear,

01:10earlier today, resignation of the duly constituted authorities or elected public officials is not an option.

01:17Kidapuan Bishop Colin Bagaforo, one of the proponents of the Trillion Pesos March rally,

01:22from the ranks of the clergy, said calling for the public officials to step down is not the group's agenda.

01:28The outstanding message of the protest rally is to hold all those who stole from government

01:32through flood control project irregularities and put them behind bars.

01:36The clergy has repeatedly insisted it is against any measure that is not within the scope of the charter

01:42in seeking resolution to the flood control mess and widespread corruption in the bureaucracy.

01:47Likewise, the Trillion Pesos protest march and rally, which kicked off on September 21,

01:54strictly advocates for peaceful resistance that absolutely eschews any acts of violence.

01:59Calling for resignation of the president is the apparent objective of the United People's Initiative Group,

02:05who seeks for him to step down to give way to the vice president,

02:08which more than half of the nation absolutely rejects.

02:11It was president-elect Donald Trump's highly touted and arguably most transformative initiative

02:19in his 2.0 presidency to shrink the government workforce and slash government spending.

02:24After barely nine months since its inception and hundreds of thousands of pink slips

02:29handed out to the government-hired workers,

02:31the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOES, has quietly disbanded and faded into relevance.

02:37But the handwriting on DOES's imminent demise was on the wall in the spring

02:41in the aftermath of Elon Musk's departure and falling out,

02:45with the president on the issue of his big, beautiful tax bill, which eventually passed muster.

02:50This despite Trump's inking of an executive order earlier in the year,

02:54extending DOES's effectivity to July 2026.

02:59Musk's decision to quit earlier left DOES without a clear-cut roadmap

03:03on its continued mission to further downside the federal government

03:07and with no able political-willed successor to fill in the void.

03:11Even more sustained unemployment and underemployment,

03:14stubborn inflation, rising cost of food and essentials,

03:18and the inability of the Trump administration to generate jobs

03:21have led to a sputtering economy and Trump's tanking trust and job approval ratings.

03:26And that brings us to the end of tonight's broadcast.

03:31We'll be back tomorrow evening.

03:34I'm Gabrielle Lopez.

03:35Thank you for letting us be a part of your evening.

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