00:01The United States military halts trade going in and out of Iran by sea.
00:05Vice President Sara Duterte rejects her alleged former bagman's claims.
00:09She lacked the intellect to finish law school.
00:11President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. names retired General Eduardo Oban Jr.
00:15the new national security advisor, replacing Eduardo Año.
00:19The Philippine National Police reveals minors influenced by online nihilistic violent extremism
00:25were involved in fatal school shootings.
00:27And Alex Ayala falls to Leila Fernandez in the opening round of the Stuttgart Open.
00:41The United States says its military had completely halted trade going in and out of Iran by sea,
00:46even as President Donald Trump said talks with Tehran could resume this week.
00:50Trump says negotiations between U.S. and Iranian officials on ending the war
00:54could resume in Pakistan in the next two days.
00:57Vice President J.D. Vance, who led weekend talks that ended without a breakthrough, says
01:02he felt positive about where things stood.
01:04Officials from Pakistan, Iran, and the Gulf also say negotiating teams from the U.S. and Iran
01:09could return to Pakistan later this week.
01:11But one senior Iranian source said no date had been set.
01:14Talks in Islamabad last weekend did not yield an agreement,
01:17raising doubts over the survival of a two-week ceasefire that still has a week to run.
01:21Iran has effectively shut down the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial global waterway for oil and gas transport,
01:27since the war began on February 28.
01:31Vice President Sara Duterte pushes back at her self-confessed bagman's claim,
01:36she lacked the intellect to get through law school.
01:38In his 24-page affidavit, Ramil Madriaga recalls a conversation with Ryan Ray Quilala,
01:43who supposedly had close ties to the Dutertes.
01:46Quilala was once an Assistant Special Prosecutor at the Ombudsman
01:49and was Associate Dean of the San Sebastian College Recoletos College of Law
01:53when Sara was still a student.
01:55He shared with me that Sara was not particularly good in school,
02:00was often struggling with her academics and habitually rude and violent to other students.
02:07Hence, Attorney Ryan used his influence in San Sebastian College of Law
02:12to ensure that Sara received passing grades, despite her poor academic performance.
02:18Duterte rejects these claims.
02:20She says in a statement she prioritized a well-rounded life over academic distinction
02:25and did not seek special treatment in law school.
02:28Duterte also rejects allegations of misconduct during her time in law school,
02:32saying she was never the subject of complaints involving rudeness or violence against other students.
02:38President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. names retired General Eduardo Oban Jr.
02:43the new National Security Advisor, replacing Eduardo Año.
02:46Oban is a former Armed Forces Chief of Staff who rooted for Lenny Robredo in the 2022 presidential elections.
02:53Año says his permanent retirement was because of, quote,
02:56health reasons that require my full attention and care.
02:58He officially steps down on April 16.
03:01Año had offered to resign more than once, sources close to him told Rappler.
03:05Last year, when Marcos asked for the courtesy resignations of all his cabinet secretaries,
03:10Año felt an irrevocable one.
03:12But he was prevailed upon by the president to stay a little bit longer, the same sources added.
03:17Marcos appointed the former military chief as his NSA in January 2023,
03:21and Año later played a key role in the government's transparency initiative.
03:26Through images and videos, the Philippines showed the harassment our troops and vessels faced
03:30at the hands of Chinese maritime units in the West Philippine Sea.
03:35The Philippine National Police reveals minors allegedly influenced by online nihilistic violent extremism
03:41were involved in fatal school shootings.
03:44This comes after a foiled school shooting in Calamba, Laguna in February involving seven minors.
03:50In a Senate hearing, the PNP Anti-Cybercrime Group's Deputy Director,
03:53Col. Romeo Desiderio, talks about one case in Marikina in October 2025.
03:58The student reportedly took his father's licensed firearm, pointed it at a classmate, then at himself,
04:04and while joking, fired the gun.
04:06The student later died in the hospital.
04:09Desiderio says the victim's gadgets showed he was possibly influenced by violent extremism.
04:14Another case involved a grade 12 student in Batangas in February who brought a .45 caliber firearm to school,
04:21fired twice at the classroom floor, and then shot himself despite intervention attempts.
04:25He also died later.
04:27Again, Desiderio says they found links to grooming.
04:30In Las Piñas, 20 replica guns were recovered.
04:33The cases all involved grooming on Roblox.
04:35Seven other similar cases also remain under investigation.
04:39Authorities say most of the groomers behind the extremist influence are based abroad with only one identified locally.
04:47Filipina tennis star Alex Ayala crashes out of the opening round of the Stuttgart Open in Germany after a 6
04:53-1, 6-4 loss to Canada's Leila Fernandez.
04:56This in a clash that put Filipino heritage on display.
04:59Fernandez, born to a Filipina-Canadian mother and an Ecuadorian father, lived up to her billing as the higher-ranked
05:05player
05:06by racing to a quick lead and keeping Ayala at bay to claim the straight set's victory.
05:10Ayala won the next two games to fuel hopes of forcing a decider, but ultimately fell short as Fernandez wrapped
05:16up the match in 1 hour and 28 minutes.
05:19This is the third time in 2026 that Ayala lost in the first round following exits in the Australian Open
05:24in January and the Qatar Open in February.
05:40The third time in the first round is to the third time in aid of the past.
05:40The first time they're going to start rolling out of the people's
05:40and the second time they're in the first time they're going to be able to offer their co-opener.
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