Sunken MT Princess Empress damage hits P41.2B
Sunken MT Princess Empress damage hits P41.2B;
Ukraine marks second anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion;
Brazil's ex-President Bolsonaro greets crowds at rally in Sao Paolo
Ukraine marks second anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion;
Brazil's ex-President Bolsonaro greets crowds at rally in Sao Paolo
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00:00 Good day, I am William Thio and this is PTV News Now.
00:05 The cost of environmental and community damage from the sunken MT Princess Empress in Nauhan,
00:11 Oriental, Mindoro hits Php 41.2 billion.
00:15 According to the Center for Energy, Ecology and Development, a non-governmental think
00:21 tank, it left an estimated Php 40.1 billion in environmental damage while its socioeconomic
00:28 losses was at Php 1.1 billion.
00:31 The study was conducted by several experts, including members from the UP College of Economics.
00:37 MT Princess Empress is loaded with 800,000 liters of industrial fuel, which was scattered
00:42 on the ocean, causing a massive oil spill that reached the coasts of provinces around
00:48 the resource-rich Verde Island Passage.
00:52 The EEC said their estimate is 800 percent higher than the government's estimate.
00:59 Meanwhile, Ukraine marks the second anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion.
01:05 BOA's Anna Shchernikova reports from Kiev.
01:11 I'm Anna Shchernikova reporting from Ukraine's capital, Kiev.
01:15 As the country marks the second anniversary since the Russian full-scale invasion began.
01:21 Two years ago, like millions of Ukrainians, I woke up here in Kiev to the sound of the
01:26 first explosions.
01:29 Before dawn on February 24, Russian forces launched a full-scale assault, reaching the
01:34 outskirts of Kiev in less than 24 hours.
01:38 Since then, Ukraine has demonstrated incredible resilience.
01:42 It has had ups and downs on the battlefield, but Ukraine has regained control of 50 percent
01:47 of the territories occupied by Russia since February 2022.
01:52 The country is currently living through a tough moment, lacking ammunition and means
01:56 on the battlefield, waiting for more aid from the international allies.
02:01 There is a fear Russia is preparing a new assault and will try to occupy more territory.
02:07 These two years changed the nation's perception of normal life, with constant air raid alerts
02:12 and shelling becoming an everyday routine.
02:15 Ten years ago, Ukrainians made their choice in favor of a European future.
02:20 Now they believe there is no other way than to continue to fight for the country's existence
02:25 and European values.
02:27 Anna Shchernikova, VOA News, Kiev.
02:33 Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro arrives at the Sao Paulo rally he called for
02:38 to reject claims he plotted a coup with allies to remain in power after his failed 2022 re-election.
02:45 Investigators say the far-right ex-army captain led a plot to falsely discredit the Brazilian
02:52 election system and prevent the winner of the vote, leftist President Luiz Inácio Lula
02:59 da Silva, from taking power.
03:01 A week after Lula took office on January 1, 2023, thousands of Bolsonaro supporters stormed
03:08 the presidential palace, congress and supreme court, urging the military to intervene to
03:13 overturn what they called a "stolen election."
03:18 This is William Thio.
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