00:00A good yet rainy post-election Tuesday afternoon to all. Yours truly, Denise Osorio here for PTV News Now. Tops on our stories this afternoon.
00:16Senators hail the men, women behind yesterday's successful poll senators of the Republic Express heartfelt appreciation for the heroes of yesterday's big event.
00:26The teachers, poll body officers, volunteers, police, soldiers, and media practitioners who work tirelessly to ensure a free, fair, and safe elections.
00:38Come-elect thank teachers conducting polls, military, PNP-securing voting sites with the vote counting winding down.
00:47Sen. Villanueva said the country owes a huge debt of gratitude to all the aforementioned public servants who put in all their energies and efforts to safeguard the country's most sacred act of democracy.
00:59He also lauded the poll body for shepherding the entire electoral process from its careful preparation since a year ago and into a busy campaign period, administering the casting of ballots, and all the way to counting the last vote.
01:13For his part, Sen. Sherwin Gachulian raised the sacrifices the teachers put in administering the casting of votes and digitally transmitting the precinct tallies to the come-elect, underscoring the dual role they play in protecting democracy and educating the country's children.
01:30With yesterday's big event in the country's where view mirror, the president called on the people and the newly mandated leaders in national and local governments to come together and help government with the huge task of hand-off nation building.
01:54The president issued his plea to the newly elected officers of the land to join in the collective task of lifting the country to greater heights and setting aside partisanship and personal sentiments with the country and government needing all the help it can get.
02:10He thanked the Filipino people for taking part in the electoral process and doing it peacefully, safely, and responsibly.
02:18The president shrugged off the rather dismal performance of his hand-picked senatorial slate and instead looked forward to the road ahead of leading the country and leaving it better than when he took over.
02:29Ukraine President Vladimir Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin are expected to meet in Turkey this weekend in a meeting U.S. President Donald Trump brokered.
02:47Though Trump hailed it as a breakthrough and watershed moment, there is guarded optimism on Kyiv and the Kremlin reaching a deal on anything, especially since Putin will not budge on his core conditions, among them keeping Crimea and other seized Ukraine territory.
03:04We revisit this report, found by VOA's Jeff Custer.
03:07Moscow this week suffered the biggest Ukrainian drone attack since the start of the war, leaving at least three dead and 17 injured.
03:17Many Muscovites are trying to ignore the war, but many also hope that negotiations between the Kremlin and the new U.S. administration will soon bring a peace that Russians consider a victory.
03:27Officials say the goal is international recognition of the new borders that the Russian army has obtained by force.
03:32It is clear that there will be a bilateral settlement between us and Kyiv.
03:39It should be a peace treaty that will legalize the new borders of Russia and the post-Soviet borders of Ukraine.
03:45Many in Moscow are already celebrating the new geopolitical scenario before the conflict is ended.
03:51This is a real victory. You can open champagne.
03:55Also, it cannot be lost.
03:56Russia must continue the offensive because no one canceled the ambitions of the United States.
04:01Yes, they are afraid of us, but it does not mean that they abandoned their idea of a world empire.
04:12And that's a wrap for this afternoon's stories.
04:14Join us on you later on for the evening set of Newsbreakers.
04:18Till then, keep it tuned here for news you can count on, news you can trust.
04:22This is Denise Osorio, and thank you for watching TTV News Now.
