00:01The pre-trial of the impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte is set for June 18.
00:06The Senate website reflects its leadership change and no longer refers to Alan Peter Cayetano as Senate President.
00:12Several foreign governments express their sympathies to Filipinos affected by the magnitude 7.8 earthquake in Mindanao.
00:19Malacanang calls out Davao City Mayor Sebastian Duterte's ugaling basura or garbage behavior.
00:24And Aurora Police say the drowning of Ateneo Blue Eagles players Rene Baterboña and Divine Adili was an accident.
00:39The Senate, led by Acting Senate President Sherwin Gatchalian, schedules the pre-trial conference for the impeachment case against Vice
00:45President Sara Duterte on June 18.
00:48In a notice, the impeachment court directs Duterte and the House Prosecution Panel to appear at 9 a.m. at
00:53the Senate.
00:53The conference seeks to tackle the stipulation of facts, simplification of issues, marking of evidence, and identification of witnesses.
01:00It will also discuss trial dates, the proposed sequence for the presentation of evidence, and other matters to ensure a
01:06fair and expeditious trial.
01:08Both camps are given until June 15 to submit their pre-trial briefs.
01:12The court adds, failure to file pre-trial briefs on time or appear at the conference could result in the
01:18waiver of certain evidence and witnesses.
01:19Meantime, Gatchalian authorizes a work-from-home arrangement for Senate personnel on Wednesday, June 10, and Thursday, June 11.
01:27This after the National Bureau of Investigation relayed information of a security threat.
01:31Senator Tito Soto describes it as a clear and present danger.
01:37The Senate website reflects the leadership change at the upper chamber on June 3.
01:41Senator Wyn Gatchalian is now officially listed as Senate President Pro Tempore, while Senator Mick Zubiri is listed as Senate
01:47Majority Leader.
01:48The other officer positions, Senate President and Senate Minority Leader, are still vacant as 13 senators are needed to elect
01:55a Senate President.
01:56The website also reflects the new chairpersons of some committees, and among them is Senator Erwin Tulfo as chair of
02:01the Blue Ribbon Committee.
02:03While Senator Alan Peter Cayetano continues to insist that he is the legitimate and moral Senate President, he also sought
02:08what he called a workable interim administrative arrangement with Gatchalian.
02:12This, according to Cayetano, would supposedly ensure that Senate operations are unhampered by their dispute.
02:18The offer was for both Cayetano and Gatchalian to sign Senate documents for salaries. Gatchalian rejected this.
02:24Over the weekend, Gatchalian met with officials from the Office of the Senate Sergeant-at-Arms as concerns persist among
02:30Senate employees.
02:31Cayetano held another Facebook Live over the weekend to assure his supporters he has not ceded the Senate Presidency.
02:39Several foreign governments expressed their sympathies to Filipinos affected by the magnitude 7.8 earthquake off the coast of Sarangani
02:46on Monday, June 8.
02:47The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council reports at least 37 people died as of Tuesday morning, June 9.
02:54The NDRRMC also says at least 479 are injured and four people are still missing.
03:01Japan Prime Minister Sanae Takeuchi expresses her heartfelt condolences to those affected and says Japan is ready to provide any
03:07possible assistance.
03:08Canada's Ambassador to the Philippines, David Hartman, also says Ottawa is ready to extend support to affected communities.
03:15The Ambassadors of Australia, the UK, and the European Union offer messages of solidarity with those affected.
03:22The U.S. Embassy in Manila says it is closely monitoring the situation along with local authorities and stands ready
03:28to support government relief efforts.
03:29The embassies of France, China, New Zealand, and the Czech Republic also expressed their sympathies to affected communities.
03:36More than 19,000 families have been affected by the quake according to NDRRMC's latest situational report.
03:42Around 5,000 families are in evacuation centers.
03:46Meantime, the Jollibee Food Corporation says employees in all its stores in the city have been accounted for and are
03:51safe.
03:52This after a video of the collapse of one of its stores went viral.
03:57Malacanang and the Environment Management Bureau slammed Davao City Mayor Sebastián Duterte's order to dump trash in front of the
04:03DNR's regional office, calling it ugaling basura or garbage behavior.
04:07Ang tahasang pagpapakita ng kawalan ng galang sa batas, proseso at rule of law, ang siyang dapat na ituring na
04:16ugaling basura.
04:18Ito ang dapat na itapon ng mga abusadong leader na imbes na sumunod sa proseso para sa kapakanan ng komunidad
04:26ay maninisipa sa mahigpit na pagpapatupad ng mga panuntunan.
04:34The EMB said on June 6, Duterte's order violates the law which prohibits littering and illegal dumping under the Ecological
04:40Solid Waste Management Act of 2000.
04:43Duterte issued the order in response to the mounting trash that accumulates daily while the new Carmen Sanitary Landfill remains
04:49closed.
04:50The Department of Environment and Natural Resources suspended the landfill's operations on May 21 and says it will only be
04:56lifted once all safety and engineering interventions are completed.
05:00Reports say at least two died from the trash slide.
05:03Duterte said his office had identified additional waste collection points including the DNR's regional office so officials there can quote
05:10personally appreciate the volume of garbage that accumulates when an essential public service is halted indefinitely.
05:16The mayor also says a new sanitary landfill is underway which will start operations by June 16.
05:23The Aurora Police Provincial Office says the deaths of Ateneo Blue Eagles players Rene Baterbonya and Divine Adili is quote
05:31purely an accident.
05:33Baterbonya 19 and Adili 21 died from drowning Monday June 8 during the Blue Eagles team-building activity in Dipakulaw,
05:40Aurora.
05:40Acting Provincial Director Police Col. Percival Pineda says their investigation indicated no signs of foul play.
05:47He says the two men were walking in thigh-deep water at a private resort at around 2.40pm before
05:52being swept away in a deeper section by strong currents.
05:55The Blue Eagles have supposedly held the same team-building in Aurora for years.
06:00Meantime, the Philippine Sports Commission announces it will form a sports stakeholders panel to investigate the players' tragic deaths.
06:07The panel includes the Samahang Basketball ng Pilipinas, the University Athletic Association of the Philippines, the Commission on Higher Education,
06:14and the National Youth Commission.
06:16These bodies will work to quote, examine existing policies, protocols, and training practices for athletic training environments.
06:23The panel will also coordinate with the police and the Department of Justice to lay out the facts of Baterbonya
06:28and Adili's deaths.
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