00:01President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will summon Chinese Ambassador Jing Chuan over a threat the envoy made on the use of
00:08force.
00:09DILG Chief John Vic Rimulya links Mindanaoan official Idriza Naserimbang to the multi-million shabu shipment from Laos bound for
00:16Manila.
00:17Interim Chief Minister Abdulraov Makakuha gets the backing of 46 members of the newly elected Bangsamora Parliament.
00:24Ukraine strikes a Russian oil refinery after ending a ceasefire announced by U.S. President Donald Trump.
00:31And the NBI is set to probe the hosts of Machong Chismisan after an offensive remark mocking Josh Aquino.
00:45President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will summon Chinese Ambassador Jing Chuan over a threat the envoy had made on the use
00:51of force.
00:52In an interview on Thursday, October 15, Jing denied China was a troublemaker in the region and blamed Philippine officials
00:59for causing tensions between the two Asian countries.
01:02Jing told Filipino reporters,
01:04We should feel fortunate enough that you have a neighbor like China in this region.
01:10You know, if we want to use force, we may easily win.
01:15But no, we will not choose to use force.
01:19And we love peace.
01:21In response, Marcos says,
01:23I think that deserves a discussion between the ambassador and myself.
01:28A summon is among the highest means of communication a government can use to express concern, disapproval, or anger to
01:35an ambassador's home office.
01:37Should the summon push through, it would be the second time for Marcos to summon Jing to the palace in
01:42just over 10 months of being posted in Manila.
01:44The last time was in July, after a Filipino soldier was injured in a violent confrontation with China Coast Guard
01:50personnel in a Union Shoal in the West Philippine Sea.
01:53The Department of Foreign Affairs also says,
01:56As it was regrettable, Jing had a poor choice of words that would seem to convey a thinly veiled threat
02:01of the use of force.
02:04Interior Secretary John Vic Rimulya links Mindanaoan official, Edriza Nacer Rimbang, to a multi-million shabu shipment from Laos bound
02:12for Manila.
02:13Sultan Edriza Rimbang H. Nacer is to believe to be the financier of the entire operation.
02:22Yes, Edriza Rimbang Hacer was a former member of parliament that talo siya ng huling election.
02:28Last week, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency announced a 521-kilogram shipment, believed to be shabu, was intercepted in Laos.
02:37On October 15, PIDEA spokesperson Joseph Frederick Kalulut revealed the agency has identified the alleged financier behind the controversial drug
02:45operation, but did not name names.
02:48Rimbang was a former member of the Office of Muslim Affairs.
02:51In 2019, he was one of the 75 members of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority, appointed by former President Rodrigo Duterte.
03:0046 members of the newly-elected Bangsamoro Parliament signed a coalition agreement backing Interim Chief Minister Abdulraov Makakuwa.
03:09This ahead of the October 30 vote for the region's leadership.
03:12Former Bangsamoro Interior Minister Naguib Sinarimbo says the coalition has more than the 41 votes needed for a majority in
03:19the 80-member parliament.
03:21This puts Makakuwa in a strong position to secure the top post.
03:25Sinarimbo adds this ensures Makakuwa would become the first elected chief minister of the 7-year-old Bangsamoro Autonomous Region
03:32in Muslim Mindanao.
03:34Makakuwa, backed by Bangsamoro Federalist Party, is vying for the position against his former leader, Ahod Murad Ibrahim.
03:40A former interim chief minister, Ibrahim is the chairman of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front and is backed by the
03:46United Bangsamoro Justice Party.
03:50Ukraine strikes a Russian oil refinery after President Volodymyr Zelensky declared Kiev was abandoning a ceasefire announced by U.S.
03:58President Donald Trump.
04:00Zelensky also criticized Trump's willingness to strike deals with Moscow.
04:03Ukraine's latest target was a refinery in the Ryazan region southeast of Moscow, which accounts for nearly 5% of
04:10Russia's refinery throughout, helping supply the capital.
04:13With this, Zelensky risks deepening the rift between Kiev and Washington since Russia's February 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
04:21Meantime, Russian President Vladimir Putin played down the effect of Ukrainian long-range attacks on Russian refineries, saying they had
04:29caused nothing particularly significant.
04:33The National Bureau of Investigation is set to probe the hosts of Machong Chismisan after the public backlash over offensive
04:40remarks mocking Chris Aquino's son, Josh.
04:42In a Machong Chismisan podcast episode on October 5, the show's host, Tito Peep, referred to Josh Aquino as, quote,
04:48walang kwenta.
04:50The episode has since been taken down, but groups and newsmakers continue to criticize the show and say the hosts
04:55had crossed the line.
04:57The pod network terminated the podcast's contract effective immediately.
05:01Josh is on the autism spectrum, but his mother, Chris Aquino, shared that Josh is physically and emotionally present for
05:07her as she battles severe autoimmune illnesses.
05:10NBI Director Melvin Matibag also confirms to talk show host Boyabunda that he has ordered the agency's Cybercrime Division and
05:18Special Action Unit to probe the podcast's host and file the necessary complaints.
05:23On an episode of Fast Talk with Boyabunda, he recommends that Chris press charges against the podcast, citing RA-7277
05:31or the Magna Carta for Disabled Persons.
05:35And that's today's wrap. I'm Gina Rabaya. Thank you for watching.
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