00:01A Quezon City court junks Man Scarpio's petition to stop impeachment proceedings against his wife,
00:07Vice President Sara Duterte. Seven Filipino seafarers are injured after an Iranian drone
00:12attack on their Malta-flagged ship. The Philippine economy slows to 2.8 percent growth in the first
00:17quarter of 2026. The Senate flags loopholes in shopping apps that make vapes accessible to minors.
00:23And Alex Ayala wins her opening round match in the WTA 1000 Italian Open.
00:36A Quezon City court junks the petition filed by Vice President Sara Duterte's husband Man Scarpio
00:42to stop the impeachment proceedings against his wife. The QC court cites lack of jurisdiction and
00:47rules the case should have been filed with the Supreme Court instead. Carpio challenged the House
00:52Justice Committee's power to issue subpoenas driving the Bureau of Internal Revenue to produce tax
00:56documents. This comes after the BIR surrendered a sealed box containing the second couple's tax
01:02records to the committee, but lawmakers opted to not open it amid legal concerns. Even then,
01:07the QC court rules a subpoena issuance is an inherent power of the committee, validly created by law.
01:13The House is set to conduct a plenary vote on Duterte's impeachment on May 11.
01:19Seven Filipino seafarers were injured, with three of them in more serious condition,
01:23following an Iranian drone attack on their Malta-flagged ship. The container ship CMACGM San
01:29Antonio was reportedly hit as it passed through the Strait of Hormuz while on night transit near Oman on May
01:345.
01:35The incident left eight injured crew members and damage to the vessel. Migrant Worker Secretary
01:40Hans Leo Kakdak announces Thursday, May 7, all the injured Filipinos are receiving medical treatment and
01:46have been taken out of the ship. Four sustained relatively minor injuries while the other three are in
01:50serious condition and are in the intensive care unit of an undisclosed hospital. As of Thursday,
01:56about 1,400 seafarers have successfully exited the Strait of Hormuz, including the 92 seafarers aboard
02:02four ships who just exited over the past week. The Philippine economy grows at a much slower pace in
02:09the first quarter of 2026. The country's gross domestic product grew by only 2.8 percent in the first
02:15quarter of 2026, considerably lower than the 5.4 percent growth logged in the same period in 2025.
02:22This as price shocks due to the Middle East conflict dampened household spending.
02:26Household consumption was expected to slow as the situation in the Middle East pushed fuel and food
02:31prices higher. This is the country's weakest economic performance since the COVID-19 pandemic.
02:37The latest figure fell short of the government's target range of 5 to 6 percent.
02:42The Senate Health Committee flags loopholes in shopping apps that make e-cigarettes or vapes
02:47accessible to minors. Dr. Celia Flor Brillantes of the Baguio City Health Office reports 22 percent of
02:54local students aged 13 to 15 have tried vaping as noted in their 2023 Youth Tobacco Survey. 37 percent
03:01say they can buy vapes easily regardless of existing regulations like the Vaporized Nicotine and Non-Nicotine
03:06Products Regulation Act. Representatives of shopping platforms Shopee, Lazada, Facebook, and TikTok are
03:13asked how they prevent access by minors. The online platforms say they have verification systems that
03:18include a user's age. Vape listings supposedly do not appear in the general search results of minors.
03:24But the platform representatives admit sellers still get around systems by disguising vapes as other products.
03:30Sen. Risa Ontiveros notes age verification methods offer little to no real security.
03:37Alex Ayala wins her opening round assignment in her return to the WTA 1000 Italian Open.
03:43She survives Poland's Magdalena Frek in a 6-0, 3-6, 6-4 win at the Foro Italico in Rome
03:49on Wednesday, May 6.
03:51Ayala outlasts Frek in a match that took two hours and seven minutes. With the win, Ayala climbs two spots
03:57to
03:57No. 42 in the latest WTA rankings. Up next for the Filipina is China's world No. 33, Wang Xin Yu,
04:03whom she lost to in the semi-finals of the ASB Classic in New Zealand in January.
04:10And that's a day's wrap. I'm JC Gutinga. Thank you for watching.
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