00:00Outgoing DTI Secretary Alfredo Pascual said that there is no specific trigger of his departure from the Cabinet of President Marcos.
00:11I finally decided that it's time for me to go back to where I was, to the private sector, and be able to spend more time with my family.
00:24My family is growing, you know, I have 10 grandchildren who are always looking for me.
00:31On the last day of Pascual's term as Secretary-General, he will be following official functions.
00:37The ceremonial signing of the agreements for the e-commerce track and weighing of the Bayan Project will be held.
00:44His resignation will be effective tomorrow.
00:47The travel budget of the Office of the President for 2025 was reduced to a smaller amount compared to 2024
00:54based on the submitted National Expenditure Program of the DBM.
00:58It was reduced by Php 94 million compared to the 2024 budget.
01:03The total fund for the President's trip in 2025 is more than Php 1 billion.
01:10With the addition of the DBM, the first tranche, or the first drop in the salary of government officials, will be effective from January this year.
01:18Four tranches will be added to the salary.
01:20It will be given annually until 2027.
01:23Every government employee will also receive a Php 7,000 medical allowance.
01:28The Executive Order is being prepared for this.
01:31Second Gentleman Attorney Manases Carpio,
01:34former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV has already responded to the complaint of drug smuggling and graft against him.
01:42According to Carpio, Trillanes is trying to get his opponents to fight him,
01:47DAVO 1st District Representative Paulo Duterte and his DAVO Group,
01:52in connection with their involvement in illegal drugs,
01:56even though there is no reason to demand them based on the former investigation of the Senate.
02:01It is understandable that someone like Trillanes, who has already passed away,
02:06will want to strengthen himself in politics,
02:09but it is saddening that he is doing this while the innocent people are being harmed.
02:14Trillanes filed a case against DOJ for Php 6.4 billion worth of shabu,
02:21which was found hidden in five steel cylinders in a raid in Valenzuela in 2017.
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