00:01A pleasant Monday evening to all of you, Patrick De Sos here and pleased to bring you PTV News Now.
00:08At this moment, let's kick off this last working week of February with what's hot and brewing right now, here
00:14and elsewhere, beginning with...
00:18Hard to believe, but the people power revolution that swept the late President Corazon Aquino into power and captured the
00:25world's attention and admiration on how to carry out the ideally peaceful and perfectly bloodless revolution is turning 40 years
00:34old.
00:35Little wonder, militant cause-oriented groups are seeking to recapture or replicate that extraordinary mystique of people power this Wednesday.
00:45In the hope to escalate and galvanize action to hold all the bad actors in the flood control scam into
00:52account.
00:53So the PNP in its response has ordered close to 13 and a half battalions of police personnel and officers
01:01to keep all participants in Wednesday's rallies in check and their actuations under control.
01:07In a law and order pressure earlier today at police headquarters in Camp Crame, NCR Police Office spokesperson, Major Hazel
01:16Asilo said,
01:17The final deployment consisted exactly of 13,448 boots on the ground for assignment at the EDSA Shrine in Ortigas
01:26Avenue, at the People Power Monument in the White Plains area, and in other key locations in the megacity.
01:33Thousands of arresting officers, drone operators, negotiators, legal support units in Quezon City, only three of the five groups which
01:44applied for permits to assemble and protest receive grants to their requests.
01:48The other two application requests denied over issues of venue and jurisdictional concerns, and only one group was granted permission
01:57to hold activities in and around the People Power Monument in the EDSA-White Plains Junction.
02:05The President's unceasing efforts to address food insecurity and extend yet another assistance arrangement to those living in the margins
02:14took another forward step today with the kickoff of his BBM program earlier today at Malacanang's Heroes Hall.
02:22In his speech before LGU chiefs and officers and his surrogates in the cabinet at the launch of the Bawat
02:30Bayan Makikinabang program, the President officially declared the program on and active, which will extend rice allowances of 10 kilos
02:39each to approximately 5 million Filipino families or vulnerable households every two months or 60 kilos for a year.
02:48This latest rise, subsidy, and poverty elevation program will be bankrolled by the local government support fund to the tune
02:57of P58 billion for this year alone.
03:01In essence, the program seeks to immediately convert national gains to real household security by helping provide for their fundamental
03:09needs to survive food, healthcare, education, and work-slash livelihood.
03:15By way of this latest government program launch, the Marcos Jr. administration shows a transfer of resources from the national
03:24government down to the LGUs and ultimately to households that is transparent and direct thanks to the use of digital
03:33platforms.
03:34Sa usaping pagkain mula sa LGSF, mamamahagi tayo na 60 kilong bigas sa higit limang milyong pamilyang Pilipino.
03:49Makakatanggap ang bawat pamilya ng isampung kilong bigas sa loob ng anim na buwan kada taon.
03:55Sa tulong na ito, may may maiyahagi tayo na sa hapag ng ating ating mga kabataan at kahit papano'y
04:07gagaan ang gastusin sa araw-araw.
04:10Hinihikayat ko ang lahat na makilahot upang ang mga proyekto sa inyong komunidad at maging katuwang ng pamahalaan sa pagtiyak
04:21na ang pondo ay napapakinabangan ng bawat mamamayan.
04:24Sama-sama natin itatag ang bagong Pilipinas na mas handa sa hamon, mas bukas sa oportunidad, mas maulad para sa
04:34mga susunod na henerasyon.
04:37Maraming maraming salamat sa inyo at mabuhay kayong lahat.
04:43Pilipinos love their hoops and adore their heroes of the hard court, whether local players or those in the NBA.
04:50And even with the dramatic surge of popularity of Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors over the last decade
04:57and a half, the Philippines is Laker country.
05:01Earlier today, the Purple and Gold paid homage and finally offered its flowers to its winningest coach of all time
05:10and the shepherd of the most dominant fast-breaking team in NBA history, Pat Riley and the Showtime Lakers of
05:18the 80s.
05:19In acknowledging the tribute paid to him by the Lakers, Riley struck the same pose of the 8-foot-tall
05:26bust of his likeness
05:27as a shower of confetti fell and the paparazzi clicked to capture the spontaneous moment.
05:34During the halftime juncture of the Lakers-Heltic game, NBA Hall of Famer and Showtime floor orchestrator Magic Johnson
05:41presided over a ceremony in which Riley was presented a miniature replica of his statue at the entrance of Crypto
05:50by Magic Johnson
05:51and 8 other members to include the captain of the showtime team, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar,
05:58fellow Hall of Famer James Worthy, shooting guard Byron Scott, and power forward Kurt Rambis.
06:05Riley is the 8th former member of the previous Lakers teams, players and otherwise to be honored
06:11with statues of their likeness at Crypto Arena's Star Plaza, namely Hall of Famers Jerry West, Elgin Baylor,
06:21Kobe Bryant, Shaquille O'Neal, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Magic Johnson, and legendary broadcaster Chick Hearn.
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