PBBM inks RA 12024, a LEDAC priority legislation

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00:00Good afternoon, I am William Thieu and this is PTV News Now.

00:08Top on our news leaderboard at this hour, the President inks a piece of preferred legislation.

00:15It is a priority bill of this administration as designated by the Legislative Executive

00:21Development Council or LEDAC.

00:23And earlier today, the President inked this priority piece of legislation in a ceremonial

00:29signing in Malacañang.

00:31Republic Act 12024, otherwise known as the Self-Reliant Defense Posture Revitalization

00:38Act, seeks to ensure an adequate inventory and stockpile of the military's armor and

00:44weaponry through increased manufacturing and or production of arms and military hardware.

00:50The just signed law also seeks to grant preference to locally owned factories or manufacturers

00:56on development, servicing and operation of such hardware or weaponry.

01:03And barely two weeks have passed since tropical cyclone Helene ravaged the southeastern United

01:08States and left a trail of devastation and ruin across four states.

01:13And a more powerful storm is poised to hit Tampa and the western part of the Florida

01:19Panhandle in 48 hours.

01:21Hurricane Milton has reached Category 5 strength and was tracked some 1,300 miles southwest

01:28of Tampa, packing winds of 174 miles per hour and moving at a lazy speed of 15 miles per

01:35hour.

01:36Milton, which turned into a powerful storm on Sunday, is forecast to make landfall in

01:41the western part of Florida Wednesday morning or Thursday evening Manila time.

01:46For his part, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, 51 of Florida's 67 counties, under a state

01:53of calamity, warning the storm's major impacts with the storm surges reaching 15 to 20 feet

01:59and more than double of those of Hurricane Helene.

02:03As such, several counties have received mandatory evacuation orders, with more expected to follow.

02:09Tampa Mayor Jane Castor also weighed in, but with a more serious and dire tone, urging

02:16her constituents to evacuate and not tough it out with Milton saying, doing so is betting

02:21against Mother Nature who wins 100% all the time.

02:26An even scarier message and Facebook post by the Taylor County Sheriff pleaded to those

02:32who refuse to evacuate to write their names and personal information with a permanent

02:37marker on their arms or legs for identification purposes in the event their bodies are found

02:42floating or lifeless after the storm.

02:47Beirut and the border towns of Lebanon in the south have turned into a no-man's land

02:51as Israel continues to pound them into a pulp with bombs and missile strikes from the air.

02:57Hence, with flights out of Beirut airport being cancelled and ticket prices going through

03:03the roof, a Turkish port has turned into the escape route of choice out of Lebanon.

03:09VOA's Onur Erdogan has more.

03:14The port town of Tashiju in Turkey's Mersin province has seen an unusual surge of passengers

03:20from Lebanon who are fleeing Israeli assaults and rising tensions.

03:25Ferry officials say the vessels brought more than 600 passengers from Tripoli last week,

03:30raising the total number of recent arrivals to about 1,300 compared to an average of 50

03:36people over the same period of time.

03:38With many flights out of Lebanon cancelled and prices soaring, the ferry service has

03:43become a way for many to flee the conflict between Hezbollah and Israel in Lebanon.

03:48There are no flights and those that still exist are way too expensive.

03:53It is around $900.

03:56That's why I came via sea.

03:58It's also a little expensive, but there's nothing I can do.

04:01We came today from the vessel from the port of Tripoli so I can catch a flight back to

04:06Ghana where I work.

04:08We've been there for seven years.

04:10The trip was, it was our first time.

04:12It was a good experience.

04:13It was hectic.

04:15It was a long trip, 12 hours.

04:17After two weeks of Israeli airstrikes and a ground invasion and Hezbollah rocket attacks

04:22on Israel, hundreds of thousands of people are being forced to leave Lebanon.

04:28The national carrier Middle East Airlines was the only remaining commercial airline

04:32operating in the country as of Thursday, according to the U.S. State Department.

04:38Some here are worried that another wave of refugees will enter Turkey, which already

04:43hosts more than 3.5 million people, one of the largest refugee populations in the world.

04:49The CEO of the ferry line in Tashiju, Ali Toror, says some refugees say they will return

04:54home as soon as possible.

04:58After the latest developments, after Israel's bombings, airlines decided not to send their

05:03airplanes to Beirut airport because of security concerns.

05:07But with attacks continuing and the conflict widening in the region, it is far from certain

05:12how soon the refugees will be able to safely return home.

05:17For Onur Erdogan in Mersin, Turkey, Bejan Hamdard, VOA News.

05:26And that is a wrap for this afternoon's show.

05:28Join us again later on for the evening news break edition, and stay connected by keeping

05:33it here for news you can count on.

05:35I am William Thio, and thank you for watching PTV News Now.

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