00:008. Ride-hailing drivers will stop accepting bookings to join the two-day transport strike
00:07Former Senator Sonny Trillianes files a new criminal complaint against 18 self-styled ex-Marines and SMNI personalities
00:14Iran threatens to attack Israel's power plants and facilities supplying US bases in the Gulf if Trump hits Iran's power
00:20network
00:21Alex Ayala reaches the Miami Open Round of 16 after beating Poland's Magdalene
00:26And P-pop boy group SB19 ticks control of its old songs by releasing remastered versions
00:329. Thousands of motorcycle and car ride-hailing drivers will stop accepting bookings to join other public utility vehicles in
00:46a two-day transport strike on Thursday, March 26 and Friday, March 27
00:51This to protest the rising fuel prices
00:54Defend Job Philippine spokesperson Ted Lazaro says around 5,000 Transportation Network Vehicle Services or TNVS drivers are expected to
01:02participate, including some bus and UV express drivers
01:06Also supporting the strike is no-to-oil price hike coalition composed of labor and transport groups including Piston and
01:12Banibela
01:13The coalition is calling for the removal of value-added tax and excise tax on fuel as well as the
01:18repeal of the oil deregulation law
01:20The group is also pushing for a rollback of fuel prices to P55 pesos per liter from current levels of
01:26over P100 pesos per liter
01:28The coalition also urges the government to increase fares for public transportation
01:33President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. suspended the fare hike scheduled last week to alleviate the plight of commuters
01:41Former Senator Antonio Tirelianes IV files a new criminal complaint before the Department of Justice against 18 self-styled ex
01:48-Marines and other personalities
01:50This stems from the allegation that he delivered bribe money to the International Criminal Court
01:55The cyber libel complaint comes nearly three weeks after he filed a perjury complaint against them
02:00He also filed cyber libel complaints against their lawyer Levi Baligod, former congressman Mike Defensor, former broadcaster Jay Sonza, Lorraine
02:08Badoy, and vlogger Kathy Binag
02:11Tirelianes anchors his complaint on the February 23 press conference of the quote-unquote ex-Marines, their joint affidavit, their
02:17interview with Jessica Soho, their March 5 press conference, and an SMNI interview
02:22Also named in the cyber libel complaint are SMNI hosts Banat Bay, Oliver Cristobal, Master Judea, and RJ Piodina for
02:30allegedly inducing and provoking the malicious claims
02:32Others who had filed criminal complaints against the ex-Marines are Mamamayang Liberal Representative Laila de Lima, Father Flavi Villanueva,
02:40and National Security Advisor Eduardo Año
02:44Iran will attack Israel's power plants and facilities supplying power to U.S. bases in the Gulf if President Donald
02:50Trump carries out his threat to obliterate Iran's power network
02:53The country's Revolutionary Guard says in a statement, quote,
02:57We are determined to respond to any threat at the same level as it creates in terms of deterrence. If
03:02you hit electricity, we hit electricity
03:04Trump issued his warning Saturday evening, March 21, less than a day after signaling the U.S. might consider winding
03:11down the conflict
03:11This even as U.S. Marines and heavy landing craft are headed to the region
03:16But while strikes on power could hurt Iran, they could be far more damaging to its Gulf neighbors, which use
03:22significantly more electricity per person
03:25Electricity makes their desert cities habitable, in part by powering the desalination plants that produce 100% of the water
03:31consumed in Bahrain and Qatar
03:35Filipino tennis star Alex Ayala advances to the round of 16 of the Miami Open after her 6-3-7
03:41-6 win over Poland's Magdalene Nett
03:43This is the second time this year that Ayala beat Lynette after her win in their quarterfinal match in the
03:49ASB Classic in January
03:50The win also keeps her on track to replicate or even surpass her historic semifinal run in Miami last year
03:57That's when she pulled off a series of upsets over Grand Slam champions si Igas Biantec, Madison Keyes, and Yelena
04:03Ostapenko
04:04It'll only get tougher as Ayala battles World No. 14 Karolina Mukova of the Czech Republic for the next round
04:12If there's one thing Taylor Swift taught artists today, it's that they should take ownership of their music
04:18Now, P-Pop boy group SB19 is doing just that
04:22In a press conference on Monday, March 23, the group reveals the tracklist of Wakas at Simula, the upcoming album
04:28to be released on March 27
04:30The album features 24 tracks with 6 new songs including a song in collaboration with Japanese boy group B First
04:37and another one with artist JoLynn
04:39It also includes remastered songs from Pagsibol, their 2021 EP under their old management
04:46Similar to Swift's case, the group did the remastering to gain ownership of the songs after settling their legal issues
04:52with their former management in 2023
04:54For this year, we'll be more vocal and we will be more confident with what we want to say
05:03And we'll make sure that our influence to people is in the right direction or what we really want
05:12Meantime, Josh is excited for their upcoming performance at the Lollapalooza Festival in July
05:18We've been preparing for this moment our entire lives
05:24And that's today's wrap, I'm Julian Sirineo
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