00:05The Philippines suspends the excise tax on LPG and kerosene after rolling back diesel prices by as much as 20
00:12pesos per liter.
00:13U.S. President Donald Trump orders a naval blockade of all maritime traffic entering and exiting Iranian ports.
00:19Trump attacks Pope Leo and calls him weak on crime.
00:23Chinese boats dumped cyanide in waters near the BRP Sierra Madre in the West Philippine Sea.
00:28And Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is ousted after 16 years.
00:40The Philippine government suspends the excise taxes on liquefied petroleum gas or LPG and kerosene.
00:47President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. says this will shed around 37 pesos off the price of one LPG tank and 5
00:53pesos and 65 centavos off the per liter price of kerosene.
00:57This comes on the heels of Marcos' announcement of a significant rollback in fuel prices Sunday, April 12.
01:03He said diesel will roll back by at least 20 pesos per liter, gasoline by 4 pesos and 43 centavos
01:09per liter, and kerosene by 8 pesos and 50 centavos per liter.
01:13It will take effect Tuesday, April 14.
01:15Malaking tulong ito, lalo na sa ating mga drivers, sa mga commuter at sa bawat pamilyang Pilipino,
01:21na araw-araw naapektuhan ng mataas ng presyo ng krudo.
01:25Marcos acknowledges the latest rollback remains insufficient to fully address the burden of rising expenses.
01:30He adds, the government will continue to implement interventions aimed at easing costs across transport, food, and basic goods.
01:37Meantime, former LPG Marketers Association representative Arnel T. says,
01:41LPG consumption in the Philippines has dropped by 30 percent in the last 40 days as Filipinos shift to charcoal.
01:47Companies estimate that LPG prices may increase by 17 to 36 pesos per kilogram this April.
01:55U.S. President Donald Trump orders a naval blockade of all-maritime traffic entering and exiting Iranian ports and coastal
02:02areas.
02:03This after weekend talks failed to reach a deal to end the war with Iran, jeopardizing a fragile two-week
02:08ceasefire.
02:09The blockade starts at 10 a.m. Eastern Time or 10 p.m. Philippine Time on Monday.
02:13The U.S. Central Command says it will be enforced, quote,
02:16impartially against vessels of all nations entering or departing Iranian ports and coastal areas.
02:22It includes all Iranian ports on the Arabian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman.
02:26It adds, vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz to and from non-Iranian ports will not be impeded.
02:32Trump says U.S. forces will also intercept every vessel in international waters that had paid a toll to Iran.
02:38He adds, the U.S. Navy will begin destroying mines that the Iranians had dropped in the Strait of Hormuz,
02:43a choke point for about 20% of global energy supplies.
02:48U.S. President Donald Trump issues a scathing attack on Pope Leo,
02:52calling him weak on crime and terrible for foreign policy.
02:55This after the religious leader criticized Trump's foreign and immigration policies.
02:59Leo, who is known for choosing his words carefully,
03:02has emerged as an outspoken critic of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran that began on February 28.
03:06The Pope said this month's threat from Trump to destroy Iranian civilization was unacceptable.
03:11He has also called for deep reflection about the way migrants are being treated in the U.S. under the
03:16Trump administration.
03:17Trump says in his post, quote, Leo should get his act together as Pope.
03:21He later tells reporters he was not a big fan of the pontiff.
03:24Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops says in a statement,
03:28Pope Leo is not Trump's rival nor is the Pope a politician.
03:32He is the vicar of Christ who speaks from the truth of the gospel and for the care of souls.
03:38The Philippines says small wooden boats from Chinese maritime militia ships dumped cyanide in waters close to the BRP Sierra
03:44Madre
03:45based on samples from at least two confirmed incidents.
03:48In a joint press conference of the National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea,
03:52the Philippine Navy, and the National Bureau of Investigation,
03:56National Security Council Assistant Director General Cornelio Valencia Jr. says,
04:00The yellow bottles ceased from the zampans contain cyanide,
04:07a highly toxic chemical known to cause severe and irreversible damage to humans and marine ecosystems.
04:17Valencia adds the alleged use of cyanide endangers soldiers stationed in the Sierra Madre several ways.
04:23It threatens their well-being, depleting the fish population in Ayungin Shoal
04:27and threatening the integrity of the reef upon which the Sierra Madre stands.
04:31Philippine officials say the amount of cyanide that the NBI tested
04:34was more than enough to cause harm to people if ingested.
04:38Prime Minister Viktor Orban loses power after 16 years
04:42as Hungarians voted in record numbers for a pro-EU party led by center-right rival Petr Magyar.
04:48Early results show his nationalist Fidesz party losing to Magyar's pro-EU TISA party
04:53due to Hungary's economic stagnation.
04:56Orban is a key opponent of European Union efforts to help Ukraine fend off Russia's invasion.
05:00He had won endorsements from US President Donald Trump and some top European conservatives.
05:05A fiery anti-communist youth leader during the Cold War,
05:08Orban became Prime Minister for the first time in 1988 at the age of 35.
05:13After eight years in the opposition, he won a landslide victory in 2010.
05:17He rewrote Hungary's constitution and passed major laws aimed at creating what he calls an illiberal democracy.
05:23A right-wing populist and conservative,
05:25Orban opposes LGBTQ rights and espouses closer ties with China, Russia, and Turkey.
05:30His government has been accused of being a mafia state and a kleptocracy.
05:36And that's today's wrap. I'm JC Gutinga. Thank you for watching.
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