00:05President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. approves the turnover of Vice President Sara Duterte's tax records to the Senate Impeachment Court.
00:13The Supreme Court declares vessel sea tracking meant to curb illegal fishing unconstitutional.
00:18Meralco Chair Manny Pangilinan warns the power industry may not survive if system loss charges are removed in full.
00:25K-pop group BTS boycotts the Grammy Awards.
00:28And Filipina tennis star Alex Ayala ends the reign of Canadian Leila Fernandez at the Washington Open.
00:41The Bureau of Internal Revenue turns over the tax records of Vice President Sara Duterte to the Senate Impeachment Court
00:48after President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s approval.
00:51The tax records also include those of Duterte's husband Man Scarpio and companies linked to the couple.
00:56The Senate Impeachment Court agreed to issue subpoenas for these financial records on July 20.
01:02Presiding Officer Cheese Escudero ruled that an authorization from the President is required to open the tax records following Section
01:0871 of the National Tax Code.
01:10Palace Press Officer Claire Castro explains Marcos' decision.
01:13So kung yan ang sinasabi po at kinakailangan na magbigyan, magbigay siya ng kanyang approval sa BIR para mabuksan ang
01:23tax records nila VP Sara at ni Attony Man Scarpio at ito naman ay para sa katotohanan.
01:31Hindi niya po ipagkakait ang katotohanan sa ating mga kababayan.
01:36These records are among the pieces of evidence that House prosecutors intend to use to prove the first article of
01:42impeachment, Duterte's alleged unexplained wealth.
01:45A House Justice Committee hearing on Duterte's impeachment complaints found a total of 6.77 billion pesos in large and
01:51suspicious transactions flowed through the bank accounts of the couple from 2006 to 2025.
01:58The Supreme Court declares unconstitutional the government policy requiring commercial fishing vessels to install a vessel monitoring system.
02:06The FC rules the policy violates commercial fishing operators' constitutional rights against unreasonable searches and seizures as well as their
02:14rights to due process and equal protection.
02:16The decision affirms the 2021 decision that declared Fisheries Administrative Order 266 unconstitutional.
02:22FAO No. 266 set the guidelines for vessel monitoring measures and an electronic reporting system for commercial Philippine-flagged fishing
02:30vessels.
02:31The policy aims to curb illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing, or IUU, by tracking vessel locations, fish catch, and ports
02:39of departure and arrival.
02:40The High Court says the government failed to show that the vessel monitoring system is effective in detecting IUU fishing
02:47violations.
02:47The court adds, the policy exceeded parameters in monitoring and surveillance of commercial fishing vessels, and permits unreasonable searches and
02:56seizures.
02:58Meralko Chairman Manny V. Pangilinan warns the Philippine power industry may not survive if system loss charges from electricity bills
03:05are removed in full.
03:07This after President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said in his State of the Nation address that system loss charges should not
03:12be passed on to the consumer.
03:14Pangilinan did not say yes when asked if he would execute the order, but says he wanted to talk to
03:19Marcos first.
03:20He adds, Meralko's distribution rate had been unchanged since July 2015, and the recent increases in electricity bills come from
03:27other parts of the power supply chain.
03:28Tens of billions of pesos. We may not survive. There's some loss still there. It's not gonna disappear.
03:36Yes.
03:36Right, so who's gonna pay for that?
03:38Pangilinan also expressed a support for Marcos' push to reduce electricity rates, but adds, the causes of the sudden rise
03:44in electricity must be addressed first.
03:48K-pop group BTS will not submit any music for consideration at the 69th annual Grammy Awards in February 2027.
03:55This comes after criticism over the Academy's new category for Best Asian Pop Music Performance.
04:01This marks the first time one of the biggest names in K-pop opts out of the awards ceremony.
04:05Each member of the group shares the news in a post on Instagram.
04:08It says,
04:10We have decided not to enter the Grammys this year. I hope that music can be heard and loved for
04:14what it is, rather than being divided by region or language.
04:18In response, the Recording Academy expresses disappointment in BTS's decision.
04:22Grammy CEO Harvey Mason Jr. says he was saddened to hear the news, but adds,
04:27As a music creator, I understand and respect their decision.
04:30But Mason clarifies submitting music to any category does not prevent an artist or group from being considered for the
04:36general field categories.
04:37On March 20, BTS released the comeback album Arirang after a hiatus for their members to complete military service.
04:43The album topped the Billboard 200 chart for two consecutive weeks.
04:49Filipina tennis star Alex Ayala earns her spot in the quarterfinals of the Washington Open
04:53after her win over defending champion Leila Fernandez of Canada on Thursday, July 30, Manila time.
04:59Ayala shows her grit in the second set, rallying from a 1-5 deficit and capitalizing on Fernandez's errors
05:06to close out the match in straight sets.
05:08She grabs a 5-1 lead in the tiebreak on Fernandez's errors
05:12before she fires back-to-back forehand winners to finish the game in 1 hour and 53 minutes.
05:17Ayala will face the winner in the match between Ukraine's Elina Svitolina
05:21and Uzbekistan's Polina Kudermetova.
05:25And that's today's wrap.
05:27I'm JC Gutinga.
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