Spanish Football Federation Chief assailed for kissing Spanish football star during medal ceremonies;
Japan all set to dump treated radioactive wastewater from Fukushima nuclear plant into Pacific on Thursday despite Chinese, environmentalist pushback;
Sen. Imee Marcos enjoins gov't., public to seek peaceful, diplomatic resolution in WPS despite rising tensions
Japan all set to dump treated radioactive wastewater from Fukushima nuclear plant into Pacific on Thursday despite Chinese, environmentalist pushback;
Sen. Imee Marcos enjoins gov't., public to seek peaceful, diplomatic resolution in WPS despite rising tensions
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00:09 Good day, I am Naomi Tiburcio and this is PTV News Now.
00:14 It was a kiss definitely on her list.
00:17 So says Jenny Hermoso, star player of the Spanish football team that beat England for
00:22 the FIFA Women's World Cup title on Sunday, who has since been thrust into another spotlight
00:28 when she received a sudden and spontaneous kiss on her lips from the Spanish football
00:33 federation chief Luis Rubiales on stage during the medal ceremony.
00:37 What seemed as an innocuous lip smack provoked outrage not only in Spain but all over the
00:43 planet.
00:44 Liberals and progressive groups tagged it scandalous and opportunistic, some even calling
00:50 it outright assault and demanding Rubiales to be fired or held into a stricter account.
00:56 Spanish football boss Luis Rubiales has since apologized after the fallout and after Spain's
01:01 sports minister demanded for an apology Monday.
01:04 He said that while the 1-0 victory and Spain's first ever title was a moment of joy and intense
01:11 emotions public officials need to show respect to all, especially to underlings.
01:19 The highly controversial and much debated move to dump radioactive wastewater from Japan's
01:25 Fukushima nuclear plant is set in stone.
01:27 Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, fresh from a historic trip to Camp David where he
01:33 sealed a defense and security pact with the US and South Korea, made clear his decision
01:38 Sunday during a brief visit to the tsunami-wrecked nuclear plant to show the world the safety
01:44 of this impending release of thoroughly treated radioactive wastewater into the Pacific.
01:50 Some 1.34 million tons of treated wastewater equal to 540 Olympic-sized swimming pools
01:58 are in storage and approximately a thousand steel containers at the seaside site and need
02:05 to discharge to make room for much-needed space.
02:34 Amid rising tensions in the West Philippine Sea between the Philippines and China over
02:41 a recent encounter in the Union Shoal, Presidential Sister and Senator Aimee Marcus called on
02:46 colleagues and the public to lower the temperature and find a peaceful and diplomatic solution
02:52 to the worsening status in the West Philippine Sea even as the AFP sets its sights on the
02:58 next resupply mission to the BRP Sierra Madre.
03:02 Senator Aimee urges the DFA, Coast Guard and all military personnel to establish friendlier
03:07 lines of communication and full documentation.
03:11 A peaceful and diplomatic resolution is in order, per the Senator's wishes, even as
03:16 she recognizes the legitimate claim and ownership of the Union Shoal territory as part of the
03:22 country's exclusive economic zone.
03:25 The impending rotational and resupply mission in the Union Shoal is meant as a clear demonstration
03:31 of the country's resolve to stand up against threats and coercion and its commitment in
03:38 upholding the rule of law, AFP Spokesperson Colonel Medel Aguilar says.
03:44 Let's turn to Ms. Ala Sunduan with a breaking event in Cordillera.
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04:47 Thank you Ms. Ala Sunduan.
04:49 This is Naomi Tiburcio.
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