00:01The police and the NBI begin the hunt for Senator Bato de la Rosa.
00:05Vice President Sara Duterte's impeachment trial will begin on July 6.
00:10The Department of Agriculture sues regional public works officials over ghost farm-to-market road projects in Davao Occidental.
00:17Women's groups and local officials call out Macolod broadcaster Jean Paul Generoso after saying on air that he wants to
00:23rape a reporter.
00:24And the UN General Assembly votes to adopt a resolution on the legal obligation of countries to address climate change.
00:40Acting Department of Justice Secretary Frederick Vida announces the Philippine National Police and the National Bureau of Investigation have been
00:47ordered to arrest Senator Bato de la Rosa.
00:49I would like to confirm that the Philippine law enforcement agencies are now tasked to effect the arrest of Senator
00:57Bato de la Rosa.
00:59De la Rosa faces a crimes against humanity case before the International Criminal Court for his alleged involvement in the
01:05war on drugs.
01:07Senator Bato is fugitive from justice and he should be brought to the ICC to face the charges before him.
01:17Vida announces the order a day after the Supreme Court denied the senator's request for a temporary restraining order to
01:24block his warrant.
01:26The impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte will start on July 6.
01:31Senator Erwin Tulfo says in an interview, the trial will be held in the afternoon around 3 p.m. from
01:37Monday to Wednesday.
01:38Before the trial, the Senate will hold regular sessions from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m.
01:42Tulfo adds the schedule was agreed upon by the senators in a caucus on Wednesday, May 20.
01:47Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano announced on Wednesday the Duterte camp confirmed receipt of the impeachment court's summons.
01:54Duterte has 10 calendar days to respond.
01:57But Cayetano said that since May 30 falls on a Saturday, the deadline for her response is on the next
02:02working day, Monday, June 1.
02:04When Duterte submits her response, the House prosecution panel will have five days to respond to the Vice President's arguments.
02:12The Department of Agriculture sues several regional public works officials and contractors for graft and malversation.
02:19This over 94 million pesos worth of ghost farm-to-market road projects in Davao Occidental.
02:24Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. reports his visit to the project sites and says,
02:30Walang cemento, walang bakal, wala lahat.
02:32Tiu Laurel leads the filing at the Ombudsman.
02:34Among the respondents from the Department of Public Works and Highways are District and Project Engineers Rodrigo Larete,
02:41Joel Lumogdang, and Michael Awa, Quality Assurance Officer Jafel Faunilian, and Finance Chief Tsar Ryan Ubungin.
02:48The DA says the respondents falsified documents such as certificates of payment and disbursement vouchers to make the projects appear
02:54completed.
02:55The projects were funded in 2021.
02:58Tiu Laurel adds, no politician has been implicated in the case.
03:03Women's groups and local officials call out bakalod broadcaster Jean Paul Generoso after he said on-air that he wanted
03:09to rape a reporter.
03:11Generoso was discussing the case of a man accused of beating his 7-year-old daughter at the city's public
03:16plaza
03:16during a live broadcast of the 11 MBPS program on K5 News FM Network on Wednesday, May 20.
03:22A female reporter was reporting live from City Hall on the incident when Generoso said he wanted to rape her,
03:28even if that meant going to prison with the allegedly abusive father.
03:32Bakalod counselor Celia Matea Flor, chairperson of the City Council's Committee on Women, Gender and Family, and Children's Welfare, says,
03:47The women's rights group Gabriela condemns Generoso's remarks, calling it gender-based harassment under the Safe Spaces Act.
03:54Generoso has publicly apologized for his offensive remarks.
03:58An executive of the radio station says Generoso has been placed under indefinite suspension pending an investigation.
04:05The United Nations General Assembly votes 141-8 to adopt a resolution backing a world court opinion
04:12that countries have a legal obligation to address climate change.
04:16UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres says Wednesday, May 20, the vote emphasized
04:20governments are responsible for protecting citizens from the escalating climate crisis.
04:2528 countries abstained, including COP31 Climate Summit host Turkey, India, and oil producers Qatar and Nigeria.
04:32The world's biggest historical emitter, the United States, opposed it.
04:36The Trump administration earlier removed the U.S. from the Paris Climate Agreement and other major environmental accords.
04:42Under Trump, the U.S. is boosting fossil fuel production.
04:46Under the resolution, states are obligated to reduce fossil fuel use and tackle global warming.
04:51While not legally binding, the opinion is expected to be cited in climate-related legal cases worldwide.
04:58And that's today's wrap, I'm JC Gutinga, thank you for watching.
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