00:01Senator Judges flagged inconsistencies in the testimony of a defense witness in the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte.
00:09Naga City Mayor Lenny Robredo says she is not running for president in 2028.
00:14The Energy Department says expect a big fuel price rollback starting Tuesday, November 10.
00:20Economic growth in the Philippines slows down further to 2.1% in the third quarter of 2026.
00:26And world leaders come together as the 31st United Nations Climate Change Conference or COP31 opens in Antalya, Turkey.
00:42The defense formally starts its presentation of evidence in Vice President Sara Duterte's impeachment trial as it resumes Monday, November
00:509.
00:51Davao City Assessor Engineer Jaime Adalin takes the stand as its first witness.
00:55His testimony appears to negate the prosecution's claim that Duterte failed to declare certain properties in her statement of assets,
01:02liabilities, and net worth, or SALEN.
01:04Adalin claims that a property in Matina crossing Davao City, which was identified in a tax declaration filed with the
01:10city assessor's office, is the same property declared in Duterte's 2024 SALEN.
01:14However, Adalin hesitated when he was shown photos of the properties, which Senator Judge Francis Pangilinan flagged as an inconsistency.
01:21The prosecution previously alleged that Duterte failed to declare two properties in her SALEN.
01:27One is a lot in Matina, Davao City, which was sold to her husband, lawyer Manasse Scarpio, for 6 million
01:32pesos in July 2024.
01:34The other is a property in the island garden city of Samal, acquired for 3 million pesos in 2018.
01:41Senator Judge Erwin Tulfo warns Adalin of the consequences of lying under oath.
01:45This, after Adalin drew laughter for deflecting a question on whether he joined a trip to China in 2025 sponsored
01:52by the Chinese consulate.
01:54Instead of confirming, Adalin says,
01:56I think that's irrelevant.
01:57Adalin eventually admits to the 2025 China trip, but he denies taking a similar trip in 2018.
02:04Senator Judge Raffi Tulfo then calls him out.
02:23Dulfo then asks Adalin how much he makes as a local government employee to be able to travel so frequently.
02:29Adalin answers, he earns 120,000 pesos monthly.
02:35Naga City Mayor Lenny Robredo says she is not politically savvy enough for a national position,
02:40and reiterates she is not running for president in 2028.
02:44This amid surveys showing her as the closest rival of the top contender, Vice President Sara Duterte.
02:49In a media interview in Naga, Robredo says that a potential 2028 presidential run is closed and that nothing can
02:56change her mind.
02:56She says she reached that decision after a lot of self-assessment, but says she was open to support a
03:02candidate who is competent and deserving.
03:04Robredo names other potential contenders including Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte, Pasig City Mayor Vico Soto, and Senators Risa Ontiveros,
03:12Kiko Pangilinan, and Bam Aquino.
03:14The former vice president said as early as April that she would no longer seek a second presidential run.
03:19She says she would rather work on her re-election as Naga Mayor in 2028.
03:25Expect a big fuel price rollback starting Tuesday, November 10.
03:29The Department of Energy announces gasoline will go down by at least 16 pesos and 80 centavos per liter,
03:35diesel by at least 4 pesos and 10 centavos, and kerosene by at least 3 pesos and 70 centavos.
03:42International oil prices fell following the U.S. midterm elections,
03:46with the Democrats' win raising hopes of de-escalation of the war with Iran.
03:49This could allow more Middle Eastern oil to reach global markets, improving the strained supply.
03:55Still, pump prices remain significantly higher than they were before U.S. and Israeli forces attacked Iran last February.
04:03Economic growth in the Philippines slows further down to 2.1 percent in the third quarter of 2026.
04:10The Philippine Statistics Authority says this on Monday, November 9.
04:13This is the fifth consecutive quarter that the economy's growth slowed down and the weakest since 2009,
04:19excluding the pandemic years.
04:21The third quarter's GDP figure is lower than the second quarter's 2.4 percent growth
04:26and the 4 percent growth recorded in the third quarter of 2025.
04:30This puts the odds against the government reaching its already slashed full-year 2026 GDP growth target rate of 3
04:36.5 to 4.5 percent.
04:38Ahead of the number's release, BPI lead economist Emilio Neri Jr. warned that private construction continued to weaken
04:45and inflation has consumers spending less on non-essential goods.
04:51World leaders come together as the 31st United Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP31, opens in Antalya, Turkey.
04:58The focus of the two-week climate conference, dubbed Blue COP, is to put the ocean at the heart of
05:03the global climate agenda.
05:04Together with Australia, we are ready to listen to the voice of the Pacific
05:09and find solutions to the challenges faced by vulnerable countries.
05:14COP31 President Murat Kurum of Turkey says it is time to turn promises into actions.
05:19This as Kurum raises the hand of Australia's Chris Bowen, COP31 President of Negotiations,
05:25with the two countries co-hosting this year's climate talks.
05:28UN Climate Chief Simon Stiel also says COP31 must supercharge solutions
05:33and break down existing global targets and national plans into component steps and land practical solutions.
05:39Global heating is already costing the earth.
05:42Appalling tragedy has hit the Himalayas, adding to the ever-expanding catalog,
05:47hitting communities across every region.
05:51A monster, El Niño, is spiling fuel on the climate fire
05:55that's already burning through communities and economies everywhere.
05:58Stiel says this year's fossil fuel crisis delivered a global shockwave,
06:02hitting households hard and spreading inflation like a cancer.
06:05But he says global renewables saved around half a trillion dollars last year
06:09and another $265 billion in the first half of this year alone.
06:14And that's today's wrap.
06:16I'm JC Gutinga.
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