00:00A pleasant Wednesday evening to all. Gabrielle Lopez here, homegrown and happy to bring you PTV News Now.
00:07First up, the DSWD has rolled out its anti-bossy campaign across all evacuation centers nationwide,
00:14ensuring the safety of women and children is front and center in disaster operations.
00:20Assistant Secretary Irene Dumlao said the theme,
00:22Sa Isi Walang Vowsi, underscores the agency's commitment to leave no stone unturned in protecting vulnerable groups.
00:30The DRMB stressed that evacuation centers must function not only as shelters from calamities but also as dignified violence-free spaces for evacuees.
00:41To reinforce safeguards, the department is pulling out all the stops through gender-responsive camp management,
00:47protection desks and continuous training on key Vowsi laws.
00:51DSWD personnel also displayed orange ribbons to show solidarity as the 18-day campaign gathers momentum nationwide.
01:00Businessman and cockfighting kingpin Charlie Atong Ang will receive no preferred treatment throughout the legal process in the ongoing kidnap-slash-slay case of 34
01:11cockfighting aficionados who went missing during online cockfighting games at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
01:18So says the Justice Department in the wake of Ang's indictment yesterday.
01:23Over 26 counts of kidnapping with homicide and kidnapping with serious illegal detention,
01:29along with 21 co-accused for the first charge and over 9 co-accused for the second charge.
01:35The DOJ has found sufficient prima facie evidence with a high likelihood of conviction,
01:40prompting it to file the aforementioned cases against Ang yesterday.
01:44In the latest palace presser earlier today, Malacang press officer and PCO Undersecretary Claire Castro said,
01:51Atong Ang's case and faith is in the hands of the court to hear and adjudicate the cases filed and decide of the merits or lack thereof.
01:59Meanwhile, showbiz celebrity-slash-Atong Ang's friend Gretchen Barreto was not among the dozen co-accused slap
02:06with separate charges of abduction with homicide and abduction with serious illegal detention.
02:11Fifteen of 26 of Ang's co-accused are former and current police officers and personnel.
02:20Ukraine President Vladimir Zelensky refuses to budge on his stand to not compromise Ukrainian land or territory
02:27on Kremlin's condition to ink peace treaty or stop the nearly four-year-long war between Kiev and Moscow.
02:34Zelensky's stance stance is a clear rejection of U.S. President Donald Trump's instance
02:39to end the war and secure lasting peace by having Ukraine concede to the Russian president's condition
02:45to permanently annex Ukrainian land in his Russian forces and successfully taken thus far.
02:51As a result, Zelensky just completed a whirlwind European tour over the last one and a half days
02:57to garner support for Ukraine's continued defense amidst heightened Russian airstrikes.
03:02He had met with European leaders in 10 Downing Street in London,
03:06where he received reassurance for sustained support for Ukraine's defense.
03:11Earlier, he met with the Pope in the Papal Summer Gateway of Castel Gandolfo,
03:15where the latter lamented a growing shift in the U.S.-European alliance.
03:19Over the past weekend, Zelensky paid a visit to Italy's Prime Minister,
03:23George Maloney, who pledged on wavering support for a just peace plan
03:27and announced the dispatch of emergency supplies to support Ukrainian and their energy infrastructure,
03:33which have been under siege from Russian's drone attacks.
03:38That brings us to the end of the line for tonight's newscast.
03:42We'll be back tomorrow ready with more breaking headlines and stories making waves across the nation and beyond.
03:48This is Gabriel Lopez calling it tonight, and thanks for letting us be a part of your evening.
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