00:05The Office of the Ombudsman says a total of 35 cases related to the multi-billion
00:10peso flood control scandal are now being tried in courts.
00:13Dozens of public transportation projects may have no funding in 2027.
00:18An Iranian attack on a Saudi oil tanker kills two Filipino seafarers.
00:23UNICEF reports about 20 million internet-using children across 21 countries experienced sexual
00:29exploitation or abuse online in a single year.
00:32And actor and philanthropist George Clooney warns artificial intelligence threatens film
00:37and journalism.
00:45The Office of the Ombudsman reports a total of 35 cases related to the multi-billion peso
00:51flood control scandal are now pending in courts.
00:53Ombudsman Boyeng Rimulya says 31 are with the anti-graft court Sandigan Bayan, while the
00:59remaining four are with various regional courts.
01:02Although the Sandigan Bayan is a designated anti-corruption tribunal, certain lower courts
01:06are also mandated to handle corruption cases.
01:09Big-ticket cases like the plunder and graft cases against Senator Jingoy Estrada and the
01:14graft and malversation cases against former Acobicol Representative Zaldico are with the
01:19Sandigan Bayan.
01:20Although they have charges before the anti-graft court, former DPWH engineers like Bryce Hernandez
01:25also face corruption cases before Quezon City RTC.
01:29Rimulya also says the Ombudsman is currently conducting preliminary investigation into 166 flood-control-related
01:36complaints and 107 lifestyle checks on public officials and employees.
01:41Preliminary investigation is the stage in criminal proceedings where prosecutors are determining
01:46whether a complaint has enough evidence to become a case and be filed before a court.
01:52Dozens of public transportation projects proposed by the Department of Transportation may go unfunded
01:58in 2027, this despite the agency seeking a bigger budget.
02:02The DOTR is proposing a P300.96 billion budget for 2027, higher than its P137.84 billion
02:11approved budget in 2026.
02:13The DOTR says during the budget hearing, the Department of Budget and Management approved
02:17only 30 of the 179 projects proposed by the agency in its 2027 budget proposal.
02:24This leaves 149 proposed projects worth P387 billion without funding in the National Expenditure
02:30Program submitted to Congress.
02:32Among the projects that did not receive funding are the rehabilitation of LRT2, the extension of LRT1,
02:38the EDSA bus carousel, and the construction of several transport hubs.
02:42The DOTR also says several railway projects have no funds set aside for right-of-way acquisition,
02:48including the Metro Manila Subway, MRT4, Mindanao Railway, PNR South Long Hall, and LRT2 West Extension.
02:58An Iranian attack on an oil tanker owned by Saudi Arabia's national shipping company kills two
03:04Filipino seafarers. Siddur, owned by Saudi's shipping company Bari, was one of two supertankers
03:10carrying Saudi oil reported to have been hit late on Monday while transiting the Strait of Hormuz.
03:16Tehran has threatened tankers attempting to sail through the waterway without authorization,
03:20blocking energy exports from neighboring oil-rich Gulf countries.
03:23About one-fifth of global oil and liquefied natural gas trade used to pass through the
03:28strait before the US and Israel launched strikes on Iran on February 28.
03:33The Philippines Department of Migrant Workers are coordinating the repatriation of the bodies of
03:37the seafarers. The DMW also reiterates, Filipino seafarers have the right to refuse sailing in
03:43high-risk maritime areas, including the Strait of Hormuz.
03:49UNICEF reports about 20 million internet-using children across 21 countries experienced sexual
03:55exploitation or abuse on digital platforms in a single year, primarily on social media platforms.
04:01The UNICEF report estimates more than one in five children aged 12 to 17 across Africa, Asia, Latin America,
04:08and Eastern Europe experienced at least one form of sexual abuse or exploitation online the year
04:14before being surveyed. Roughly 15 million children encountered unwanted sexual content,
04:20with many cases involving known individuals, and less than 1% of incidents were reported to authorities.
04:26The number of children subjected to this abuse globally is certain to run into many tens of millions, it said.
04:33The report finds almost 60% of reported abuse occurred on social media platforms led by Facebook,
04:39WhatsApp, Instagram, Snapchat, and TikTok, while 14% took place in online gaming. UNICEF calls for
04:47enhanced safety measures from governments and tech companies to combat online abuse,
04:51including addressing the risks associated with AI-generated content.
04:57Actor and philanthropist George Clooney warns,
05:00advances in artificial intelligence are making it increasingly difficult to distinguish truth from
05:05fiction.
05:06It's going to get harder and harder and harder for us to discern the truth. And worse than that,
05:12because you poison the well of saying, maybe this is true, maybe this isn't, then when you see real
05:18things that are really true, people are able to say, well that's fake.
05:22Clooney spoke at the Venice Film Festival where he received the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement
05:27Wednesday, September 2. Clooney also links the AI challenge to wider concerns about journalism.
05:33He notes media ownership became concentrated in the hands of a small number of wealthy individuals.
05:38The richest people in the world right now are owning the Washington Post and Twitter and
05:44most of the places we get our information and that is a concern.
05:47Clooney also says he recently met leading AI developers and was unconvinced current safeguards would be
05:53enough to keep pace with improvements in the technology.
05:56The state of journalism is always in flux, always challenged, but I do believe that information
06:03will find its way out.
06:07And that's today's wrap. I'm Julian Serenio. Thank you for watching.
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