00:00A wonderful Thursday evening to all on the eve of the Feast of El Nazareno.
00:05Yours truly, Ice Martinez here and glad to bring you PTV News Now.
00:10We begin tonight's stories and rightfully so with Tres Lashon 2026.
00:14The main highlight of tomorrow's Feast of the Black Nazarene is the nearly day-long procession of the iconic image
00:20from the Quirino Grandstand to its home in Quiapo Church.
00:23And anywhere between a million to three million devotees, participants and onlookers
00:28will descend all along the procession route beginning at the crack of dawn tomorrow till evening.
00:34Frankly, just to get a glimpse of the image from afar could get testy, rowdy and rough.
00:39Hence the depth of health, Metro Manila Health Center development reminds devotees or participants
00:44joining or witnessing tomorrow's procession and to prioritize safety for a peaceful and orderly celebration.
00:51Besides putting 20 hospitals in the NCR on standby all throughout tomorrow's festivities,
00:56health emergency response teams have been pre-positioned in key locations such as
01:02Quirino Grandstand, Rizal Park, the National Museum, SM Manila, Quinta Market, Ayala Bridge,
01:08San Sebastian Church Grounds, MLQU Campus and various locations in Quiapo.
01:14The public is urged to call for assistance in the event of any emergency through the MMCHD Operations Center number
01:21or by calling the National Emergency Hotline 9-1-1.
01:27By now we know full well US President Donald Trump is one hell of a transactional head of state for starters.
01:35There's his global tariff policy which has raised taxes on exported products to the United States
01:40from just about every country on the planet since April last year.
01:44Then his latest move to uncouple or detached from unprofitable activities or associations internationally.
01:52His administrations pull out from working with or force 66 international organizations, commissions and or agreements,
02:01nearly half of which are linked or affiliated with the United Nations.
02:05Institutions like the Department of Economic and Social Affairs, International Law Commission,
02:11International Trade Center, UN Entity on Gender Equity and the Empowerment of Women,
02:17UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and the UN Conference on Trade and Development or UNCTAD to name a few.
02:25Many of the five and a half dozen international entities,
02:28the U.S. is cutting ties with focus their work on climate change, migration, labor, diversity and other initiatives
02:36the Trump administration consider as woke and or wasteful partnerships with little or nothing maternal to benefit from.
02:47And that's all for tonight's show.
02:49Join us tomorrow night for a recap of the stories here and elsewhere in the week just past.
02:55This has been Ice Martinez wishing you a restful night ahead and thank you for watching PTV News Now.
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