00:00Here's the top stories for December 23rd.
00:03Total of 20 million pesos in cash turned over to DOJ by contractor Sally Santos.
00:10Redawn slams leviste over lies and fake news about 150 million peso budget insertion claim.
00:17Supreme Court ruling on Kian de los Santos underscores need for independent truth commission.
00:22Palace says,
00:24A mihan weakens and easterlies prevail while no storm's seen over Philippines.
00:28Pagasa says,
00:30Thailand and Cambodia to resume ceasefire talks after deadly border clashes.
00:37A contractor who has been charged in ghost flood control projects in Bulacan
00:41has turned over 20 million pesos in cash to the Department of Justice.
00:46DOJ spokesperson Rafael Nicolo L. Martinez said that Sally Santos of Sims Construction Trading
00:52handed over 15 million pesos to the DOJ last Monday.
00:56In addition to the 5 million pesos she delivered last December 5th.
01:01The 20 million pesos had been deposited with the bank, he said.
01:05Martinez explained that the money Santos turned over was part of the restitution process under the memorandum of agreement she signed with the DOJ.
01:14The exchange between Bicol Saro Party List Representative Terry Redawn and Batanga's First District Representative Leandro Legarda Leviste
01:25has intensified over allegations of a 150 million peso budget insertion.
01:30In an interview, Redawn accused Leviste of lying and spreading fake news following the latter's earlier claim linking the alleged insertion to Redawn.
01:41Leviste later clarified that the allegation was not directed at Redawn personally, but at the Bicol Saro Party List,
01:48a claim Redawn dismissed as false and misleading.
01:54Malacanang said the Supreme Court's ruling that affirmed the conviction of three police officers for the killing of 17-year-old Kian de los Santos
02:01during an anti-drug operation in Caloacan in 2017 calls for the formation of an independent truth commission.
02:09Presidential Communications Office Secretary Dave Gomez said the development underscores the need to consider the formation of the commission
02:17to investigate more deeply the cases of extrajudicial killings.
02:23He also said they will need to review the Supreme Court's decision.
02:29With the Northeast Monsoon or Amihan weakening and easterlies prevailing across much of the country,
02:35PAGASA said no tropical cyclone or low-pressure area is being monitored inside or outside the Philippine area of responsibility.
02:44PAGASA weather specialist Chanel Dominguez said,
02:48We are still not monitoring any storm or low-pressure area inside or outside the Philippine area of responsibility.
02:55She noted that the Amihan affecting northern and central Luzon has weakened,
03:00resulting in the absence of a shear line over the country.
03:05Thailand and Cambodia will resume talks later this week to work toward a more durable ceasefire along their border,
03:12Thai Foreign Minister Sihasak Phwanket Kheow said Monday,
03:16stressing that progress depends on detailed bilateral negotiations rather than public declarations.
03:22Sihasak said the October ceasefire was rushed,
03:25so it could be witnessed by U.S. President Donald Trump and lacked sufficient details to ensure it would hold,
03:30noting this after an ASEAN foreign minister's meeting in Kuala Lumpur.
03:36He added that while Cambodia has publicly expressed readiness for an unconditional ceasefire,
03:41Thailand received no direct proposal and believes the statements were meant to increase international pressure
03:46rather than resolve the dispute.
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