Here are today’s headlines – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:
- On Labor Day, Marcos orders review of workers’ minimum wage
- PH says China ‘elevated’ tension in West Philippine Sea with Panatag Shoal harassment
- Not a pyramid scheme, but pharma company admits giving doctors incentives
- Judge fines Trump $9,000 for contempt in hush money trial, threatens jail
- BINI show in Dagupan cut short amid reports of fans fainting
https://www.rappler.com/video/daily-wrap/may-1-2024/
- On Labor Day, Marcos orders review of workers’ minimum wage
- PH says China ‘elevated’ tension in West Philippine Sea with Panatag Shoal harassment
- Not a pyramid scheme, but pharma company admits giving doctors incentives
- Judge fines Trump $9,000 for contempt in hush money trial, threatens jail
- BINI show in Dagupan cut short amid reports of fans fainting
https://www.rappler.com/video/daily-wrap/may-1-2024/
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00:00Today on Rappler
00:13President Marcos orders the Wage Board to reassess workers' average salaries, citing
00:17the continually rising prices of goods.
00:20The Philippine Coast Guard says China elevated tensions in the West Philippine Sea after
00:25it used jet stream pressure to harass Philippine vessels in the Panatag Shoal.
00:29Pharmaceutical company Belken's Pharma denies allegations of being a pyramid scheme but
00:34admits it gave incentives to doctors who were shareholders.
00:38Former U.S. President Donald Trump is fined $9,000 for violating a gag order in his hush
00:43money trial.
00:45And P-Pop girl group Beanie cuts its show short in the Gupan City after some fans fainted
00:49due to extreme heat.
00:53President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. marks Labor Day in the Philippines with an order to reassess
00:57workers' average salaries, citing the continually rising prices of goods.
01:02I call on the regional tripartite wage and productivity boards to initiate a timely review
01:09of the minimum wage rates in their respective regions with due consideration to the impact
01:14of inflation amongst others.
01:16The RTWPB set the minimum wages per region.
01:20In Metro Manila, the minimum wage is Php610 per day but inflation has eroded its real
01:25value.
01:27Economic think tank IBAN Foundation says as of January this year, a family of five in
01:32the capital region needs Php1,193 per day to live decently.
01:37IBAN Foundation insists a wage hike would result in better economic activity.
01:44The Philippine Coast Guard spokesperson for the West Philippine Sea says the China Coast
01:48Guard's use of jet stream pressure from water cannons elevated tensions in the West Philippine
01:53Sea.
01:54Three China Coast Guard vessels aimed their water cannons at two Philippine vessels enroute
01:59to Panatagshol or Bajo de Masinloc in the West Philippine Sea.
02:03PCG spokesperson Commodore J. Tariella says this is the first time the Coast Guard vessel
02:08has been subjected directly to water cannons with that degree of pressure.
02:12Tariella says the water pressure was strong enough to bend the metal railings of the BRP
02:17Bangkao, a ship of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources.
02:21The PCG's BRP Bagakay was also damaged.
02:24But Tariella says China's use of high water cannon pressure is still not considered an
02:28armed attack amid questions about what could trigger the Philippines' mutual defense treaty
02:33with the United States.
02:34President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. previously said the treaty could be invoked only when
02:39a Philippine serviceman is killed in such an encounter.
02:44Pharmaceutical company Belken's Pharma denies allegations it is a pyramid scheme but admits
02:49it gave incentives to doctors who were also its shareholders.
02:53In a Senate hearing on Tuesday, April 30, Belken's Pharma CEO Luis Raymond Goh denies
02:58doctors received commissions from the company.
03:01This after reports that some doctors would prescribe certain brands that they could profit
03:05from in a scheme that's similar to multi-level marketing.
03:09Goh denies this but admits the company gives incentives to doctors who prescribe its products.
03:15Incentives include educational assistance both local and foreign, medical equipment,
03:19and overseas trips.
03:21Here the country's generics app, medical, dental, and even veterinary practitioners
03:26are to prescribe a drug's generic name, not specific brands.
03:30Private doctors are allowed to put their preferred brand but those in government hospitals are
03:34required to only use generic names.
03:39Donald Trump is fined $9,000 for contempt of court on Tuesday, April 30 for violating
03:44a gag order imposed by the judge overseeing his criminal hush money trial.
03:49The former U.S. president is fined $1,000 for each of his posts that insulted likely
03:54witnesses and questioned the impartiality of the jury.
03:57The amount is just short of the $10,000 penalty prosecutors requested.
04:02Justice Swanmerchand says he would consider jailing Trump as the fine may not be enough
04:06to deter Trump from further violating the order.
04:09He also orders Trump to remove the statements from his Truth Social account and his campaign
04:14website by 2.15pm EDT.
04:17Trump is charged with falsifying business records to conceal a $130,000 payment to porn
04:23star Stormy Daniels in exchange for her silence about a sexual encounter she said she had
04:27with Trump in 2006.
04:32P-pop girl group Beanie was forced to stop its show at the Dagupan Bangus Festival in
04:36Pangdasinan on Tuesday, April 30 as an unconfirmed number of people in the audience fainted.
04:42Several group members posted about the incident.
04:45Reports say 10,000 people attended the concert.
04:49Videos posted on X under hashtag BeanieXCokeStudioPH show clips of Beanie asking people not to
04:55push one another and handing out water bottles to the audience.
04:58A user notes how the girls tried their best to help.
05:02Another user said medics had difficulty reaching those who needed help, but ABS-CBN News reported
05:07that medics and volunteers were able to attend to all of them.
05:11Dagupan City recorded the highest heat index in the country on April 30 at 48 degrees Celsius.
05:16And that's today's wrap.
05:19I'm Cara Oliver.
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