00:01Concerns grow the U.S.-Iran ceasefire might collapse as the U.S. seizes an Iranian cargo ship.
00:06President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. announces a big oil price rollback for diesel effective Tuesday, April 21.
00:13Czech authorities confirm to Rappler Zaldiko was the subject of a law enforcement intervention.
00:19The Commission on Audit orders Vice President Sara Duterte to return P375 million in confidential funds.
00:25And more than 50,000 fans drove to P-pop boy group SB19's biggest concert yet.
00:39Concerns grow that the ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran might not hold after the U.S. military seized
00:44an Iranian cargo ship.
00:46The U.S. said it fired on an Iranian-flagged cargo ship sailing toward Iran's Bandar Abbas port as it
00:52maintained a blockade of Iranian ports.
00:54U.S. President Donald Trump writes on social media,
00:57We have full custody of their ship and are seeing what's on board.
01:00Iran vows to retaliate and says it would not participate in the second round of negotiations before the ceasefire expires
01:07on Tuesday.
01:08Iran also reasserts control over the Strait of Hormuz that handles roughly one-fifth of the world's oil supply.
01:14Iranian state media says Tehran rejected the peace talks due to the ongoing blockade, threatening rhetoric and Washington's excessive demands.
01:21Meanwhile, Trump says his envoys would still arrive in Islamabad on Monday evening for the supposed peace talks.
01:29President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. announces another oil price rollback expected to take effect Tuesday, April 21.
01:36Marcos says diesel prices would be reduced by 24 pesos and 94 centavos per liter, gasoline by 3 pesos and
01:4241 centavos per liter, and kerosene by 2 pesos per liter.
01:46The price cut for diesel is bigger than the 20 pesos per liter that took effect Tuesday, April 14.
01:51The reduction will bring down the common price of diesel in NCR from 153 pesos and 70 centavos to 128
01:58pesos and 76 centavos per liter.
02:01But this is still more than double the 55 pesos per liter common price of diesel in NCR before the
02:07U.S.-Israel war on Iran began on February 28.
02:10Diesel is the most critical fuel in the country since it is used by jeepneys and trucks to deliver goods,
02:15especially farm produce.
02:17Marcos also urges oil companies in the country to implement the rollback in full.
02:23Czech Republic authorities tell Rappler fugitive and former congressman Zaldi Ko was the subject of an official law enforcement intervention
02:30in their country.
02:32Rappler reached out to Czech authorities before President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. announced the arrest and officials later confirmed that police
02:38action involving Ko took place.
02:40But the office declined to provide more details, saying it cannot verify the reporter's identity and thus they're unauthorized to
02:47disclose more details.
02:49Marcos has been issuing updates on the arrest of Ko in Prague, but in the absence of proof, his political
02:54opponents cast doubt on the information he has given.
02:57Meantime, Marcos says a high-level team will be sent to Prague to coordinate Ko's repatriation.
03:01We will bring Zaldi Ko home and we will do so in accordance with the law. He will answer to
03:08the Filipino people.
03:10The Commission on Audit orders Sara Duterte's Office of the Vice President to return P375 million in confidential funds for
03:182023, this due to numerous violations of the joint circular governing such expenses.
03:23The notice of this allowance holds Duterte liable for the disbursement of the funds alongside Special Disbursing Officer Gina Acosta,
03:31Chief Accountant Julieta Villa del Rey, and Duterte Security Head Raymond Dante La Chica.
03:36The following amounts in the P375 million are also disallowed for the following reasons.
03:41P199 million supported only by acknowledgement receipts lacking sales invoices or official receipts.
03:48P62 million in reward payments flagged because the OVP didn't provide documentation to prove the success of information gathering or
03:56surveillance activities.
03:57And P300,000 cash advance utilized for reimbursement of expenses.
04:02The OVP has 6 months or 180 days from the receipt of the order to contest the ruling.
04:09P-pop boy group SB19 drew in more than 50,000 attendees for its biggest concert yet on Saturday, April
04:1518, at the SMDC Festival Grounds in Paranaque City.
04:18The Wakas at Simula The Trilogy Concert Finale concludes the group's 21-stop world tour with shows in Asia, the
04:25United States, Canada, the Middle East, and Oceania.
04:37Pablo, Stel, Josh, Ken, and Justin performed their iconic song What?
04:41As slogans like No To War, Stop Korap, and Ikulong Mga Korakot showed up on screen.
04:46They also performed crowd favorites Gento, Ilaw, Mapa, I Want You, Emoji, Bazinga, Go Up, and Freedom.
04:59Japanese boy group Be First shared the stage with SB19 as both groups performed their collab song Toy Friend.
05:05The group's company, 1Z Entertainment, meantime announced two new artists under its wing, rapper and dancer J2X and its first
05:12girl group Sonara.
05:13SB19 is set to perform at the Lollapalooza Festival in July in Chicago and at the Summer Sonic Festival in
05:19Tokyo in August.
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