00:01Iran attacks a loaded Kuwaiti crude oil tanker at Dubai Port
00:05President Donald Trump threatens to attack Iran's energy plants if the Strait of Hormuz stays closed
00:10The Energy Department says the country's fuel supply can last for 50.9 days
00:16The Manila City government hires jeepney drivers to provide free rides to commuters
00:20And NASA astronauts will swing around the moon and back the first in over 53 years
00:33Iran attacks a fully loaded crude oil tanker at Dubai Port's Anchorage Monday, March 30, setting it ablaze and damaging
00:40its hull
00:40Kuwait's state news agency reports Kuwait Petroleum Corporation warns of a possible oil spill
00:46Authorities in Dubai confirm they were responding to a drone attack on a Kuwaiti oil tanker in Dubai waters
00:52No injuries have been reported and all 24 crew members were safe
00:56This strike is just the latest in a string of assaults on merchant vessels by missiles or drones in the
01:02Gulf End Strait of Hormuz
01:03This since the US and Israel attacked Iran on February 28
01:07Meanwhile, authorities say an industrial building and a fuel tanker at Israel's oil refinery in Haifa were hit by debris
01:14from an intercepted missile
01:16Flames and thick smoke are seen billowing from inside the refinery complex
01:20It was not immediately clear where the missile was fired from
01:25President Donald Trump warns the United States will obliterate Iran's energy plants and oil wells if Tehran does not open
01:32the Strait of Hormuz
01:33This after Tehran described US peace proposals as unrealistic and fired waves of missiles at Israel
01:40Iran earlier said it had received US peace proposals via intermediaries following talks between the foreign ministers of Pakistan, Egypt,
01:49Saudi Arabia, and Turkey
01:50But Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Ismail Bagai says the proposals were
01:57Unrealistic, illogical, and excessive
01:59Trump also threatens to attack the desalination plants that supply clean water to Iran
02:06The Energy Department says the country's fuel inventory could last up to 50.9 days as of Friday, March 27
02:13This is longer than the previously estimated 45 days
02:17Energy Secretary Sharon Garin says the country continues to replenish its stocks while adding new ones to extend the inventory
02:24While we consume, we can replenish every 10 days
02:29Same for kerosene, jet fuel, fuel oil, and LPG
02:34Our supply gives us a level of assurance in the sense that we have a lead time to order for
02:43more while we are consuming for the month of April
02:47She adds, the Philippines has procured over 1 million barrels of diesel, with 142,000 barrels arrived from Japan on
02:54March 26
02:55The agency also expects the delivery of barrels from Singapore, Malaysia, North Asia, India, and Oman on the following schedule
03:07Meantime, Cebu Pacific announces it has secured enough jet fuel to support all domestic and international flights until June 2026
03:15The airline says it is working closely with suppliers and partners to ensure continued fuel supply and stable operations in
03:22the coming months
03:25The Manila city government hires more than 1,400 Jeepney drivers struggling with rising oil prices to provide free rides
03:32The city government will pay 3,000 pesos per jeepney, 1,000 pesos for the driver, 1,000 pesos for
03:39the operator, and 1,000 pesos allotted for diesel
03:42The program ran on Monday, March 30, and on Tuesday, March 31, before being suspended for Holy Wheat
03:49It will resume Monday, April 6, to Wednesday, April 8
03:52Meantime, the Domagueta city government rolled out a 10 million peso fuel subsidy program to help tricycle and jeepney drivers
03:59cope with rising oil prices
04:01The aid is limited to Domagueta-based drivers, who will receive 700 pesos in fuel coupons to cover about a
04:07week of expenses
04:08But the drivers say the government aid is only a temporary fix
04:14NASA is preparing to launch the first crew of astronauts to the moon in over 53 years with its second
04:19Artemis mission
04:20Not since Apollo 17 in 1972 have humans touched down on the moon's surface, a tricky feat NASA aims to
04:28repeat in 2028
04:29Three U.S. and one Canadian astronaut are due for liftoff aboard NASA's Orion capsule and Space Launch System rocket
04:36on Wednesday, April 1
04:38They will do a 10-day test mission, swinging around the moon and back
04:41The astronauts on board will test critical life support systems, crew interfaces, navigation, and communications
04:47While we're at the moon, we're going to take images and look at the far side of the moon
04:52We're going to take our astronauts farther than any human has ever been from Earth before
04:57So we'll break the record from Apollo
05:00The U.S. is the only country to have put humans on another celestial body with its six Apollo landings
05:06Driven by competition with the former Soviet Union
05:08Artemis is NASA's return to the moon
05:12And they're doing it similarly to what was done in the Apollo program in the 1960s
05:17Which is you have incremental steps towards being able to get to an actual landing
05:24And that's today's wrap
05:25I'm Gina Reyes
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