00:02Pleasant Tuesday evening. Greetings to you all. Proud Filipina Ayes Martinez here and happy to bring you PTV News Now.
00:08Tops honor stories for this evening. A ceiling cost on imported staple greens weighs heavy on Agi Chief Francisco Tiu
00:15Laurel Jr.
00:16as the war in the Middle East rages on and spills over to a number of states in the Persian
00:21Gulf.
00:21Secretary Laurel Jr. said he is seriously studying the feasibility of setting a cap on the price of imported rice
00:27and would immediately recommend it to the president as yet one more measure.
00:32To add to a set of relief measures to mitigate the impact of the latest shockwaves from a worsening oil
00:37supply crisis due to the war in the Middle East.
00:40Concerns and fears worldwide over Iran's latest moves to weaponize its control on the Strait of Hormuz,
00:47the planet's biggest and most critical energy choke point where 20% of the world's imported oil passes through
00:52have sent prices off petroleum products and gas at the pump skyrocketing.
00:57And the cost of fertilizer, fuel and freight services pushing northward.
01:01For its part, the DA instructed government-run companies like Food Terminal Incorporated and Planters Products Incorporated
01:08to sell rice at 45 pesos to 48 pesos a kilo.
01:13The sitting vice president has been quite vocal of late launching solos against the president
01:18over what seems to be prompted or influenced by her penchant for disinformation or outright false stories.
01:24Her latest breakback at her boss is lack of empathy and questionable use of funds
01:29into what claims is a slothful repatriation of migrant workers in the Middle East wanting back home
01:35and not being met or received by the president or his surrogates in their return.
01:40Dallas press officer and PCO under Secretary Claire Castro brought her up to speed on the repatriation issue,
01:46citing the vice president's need to check the veracity of her information sources,
01:51especially if it is derived from dubious online personalities aligned with her cause.
01:57Castro also cited a false claim and accusations she leveled last week against the government,
02:03saying it could have easily chartered a plane for stranded OFWs like she alleged she did during the pandemic
02:08when she brought home her compatriots stuck in Manila back to Davao.
02:13Problem is, nearly all the Gulf states shut their airspace down during the first five days of the war
02:18from February 28 to March 4, then reopened on the limited status from March 5 to 9,
02:24just about the time when the first batches of OFWs made their way back home.
02:30Last week, U.S. President Donald Trump bragged having completely won the war on the first day,
02:35boasting how the U.S. and Israel disseminated Iran's air force and sank most of the Navy's ships.
02:41Now, U.S. President Donald Trump is pleading for countries from the NATO alliance and allies from Japan and South
02:48Korea
02:48to send their ships to help quell Iranian drone attacks
02:52and sweep aquatic mines set up by an Iran safely out of the waters of Formos Strait.
02:58But the response from the countries he seeks help from has been called thus far.
03:03French President Emmanuel Macron is maybe at its best on escorting ships out of the strait.
03:09British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is unknown even though he says the request is under consideration.
03:16Japanese Premier Senate Takachi has pushed back and quietly ignored Trump's request like South Korea for obvious reasons.
03:24But it was Germany's foreign minister who made it clear it will not come to Trump's aid for the war
03:30he started
03:30and the message or the mess he created.
03:33worst of all, Trump has called on China for help which has gone unanswered
03:38and quite frankly is Beijing's polite way of saying no to a rather pathetic request.
03:45So we've come to an end of tonight's show.
03:49Join us on you tomorrow for another round of major stories here and abroad.
03:53Always keep in mind to stay connected by catching the news right here.
03:57This has been Ice Martinez wishing you all a restful night ahead
04:00and thank you for watching PTV News Now.
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