Quad-Committee chair suggests joint House and Senate probe on EJKs, POGOs

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00:00Nightly greetings, one and all, William Theo here, homegrown and happy to bring you PTV

00:09News Now.

00:10And we kick off tonight's top stories with, Quad Committee Chairperson, Surigal Representative

00:16Robert Ace Barbers, on the eve of his ninth panel hearing tomorrow, has a new interesting

00:22idea to carry on with his committee's probe and a parallel inquiry to be launched by the

00:28Senate shortly, a joint investigation into the EG case, illegal drugs and illegal pogos

00:34and their linkages.

00:35Barbers said a unified probe benefits both House investigations with lesser time entailed

00:42and resources extended, especially in scheduling of resource persons and in the drafting or

00:48composition of appropriate legislation to address the pitfalls of an aggressive campaign

00:54versus illegal drugs that short circuits the criminal justice system and discriminates

01:00against the thousands of poor and indigent users being deprived of their chances to reform

01:05and rehabilitate themselves.

01:07Still a number of Barbers' colleagues in the Quad Committee expressed doubts and pushback

01:13against the idea of a joint probe, especially if Senators De La Rosa and Goh do not recuse

01:19themselves and their closeness to the former president and their recent pronouncements

01:24attacking resource persons like Kerwin Espinosa and Rohingya Garma, a handpicked Duterte former

01:31Davao chief of police and PCSO chairperson.

01:35Barbers confirmed having extended an invite to ex-president Rodrigo Duterte to attend

01:41tomorrow's ninth Quad Com hearing and assured he would be afforded the due courtesy he deserves.

01:49Meanwhile, between 160 to 165 million registered voters in all 50 states of the Union are expected

01:58to cast their ballots for the November 5 presidential elections, but then the polls will be decided

02:05by seven key swing or battleground states to include the Sun Belt states of Georgia,

02:10North Carolina, Nevada and Arizona, the latter a traditional red or Republican state.

02:17U.S. President Joe Biden flipped in 2020, but is trending GOP this year as the polls show.

02:23VOA's Dora McClure has the story.

02:28Arizona, home to more than seven million people, historically leans towards Republicans.

02:34Over the past 76 years, only three Democratic presidential candidates have won the southwestern state.

02:42Joe Biden pulled off a narrow victory in 2020 and this election year, the race is tight again.

02:48I think kind of underscores kind of this independent nature of Arizona.

02:52You know, we've kind of it's a strongly unaffiliated, but also kind of libertarian.

02:59Libertarians believe that liberty is the most important political value and that it can be achieved by limiting government power.

03:07Predicting their vote becomes very challenging because how they vote in one election doesn't necessarily mean they're going to vote in the next election.

03:15And they're notoriously ticket splitters. Right. So they vote differently.

03:20The electorate in Arizona is changing, including a growing Hispanic population that is increasingly coming of age to vote for this election.

03:30Those Gen Z voters, those under the age of 30, are now mirroring the population in general of Arizona, and that's occurring for the first time.

03:40And so there is definitely a trend among older Latino voters, perhaps of not being distinctly or primarily Democrat.

03:50Younger voters tend to be. The other major change in voting patterns is the large number of people, particularly from California, who are moving to Arizona.

04:00They tend to be a more Democratic or liberal vote that has kind of come in and permeate some of our particularly our larger metropolitan areas.

04:10Maricopa County is home to the state capital of Phoenix and has more than half of Arizona's total population.

04:17Whoever wins Maricopa usually wins the state.

04:21It's that process where we have these big cities that are now coming to dominate state level politics.

04:26Riley says the issues that Arizonans care most about are the economy, reproductive rights and immigration.

04:33Two of those issues are on the November ballot, including Proposition 139, which would codify a woman's right to abortion in Arizona and could drive more people to the polls.

04:45It could have a pretty significant impact.

04:47So in terms of states where we've seen this happen in the past, we have seen a bump in voters showing up.

04:54Proposition 314 would make illegally crossing the Arizona-Mexico border a state crime in addition to a federal crime.

05:03One issue could drive more liberal voters to the polls, while the other could energize more conservative voters.

05:10We might see some split ticking there, right, that they maybe feel strongly on immigration and the border issue and would vote for one candidate there,

05:18but also feel strongly about reproductive rights and vote differently there.

05:25Which means some Arizonans could vote to protect abortion rights, then split on voting for either former President Donald Trump or for Vice President Kamala Harris.

05:36Dora McQuarr, VOA News, Phoenix, Arizona.

05:42At this point, allow me to shift to PTV Studios' Baguio City for what's hot and happening in the Cordilleras. Audrey?

05:50Good evening, Filipinas. This is the Department of Education Cordillera in our region.

05:56Today, we will present the performance of the International Student Assessment Program, WINO-PISA.

06:05This year, we will present the performance of the International Student Assessment Program, WINO-PISA.

06:14This program was established in 1978 in newly-created positions.

06:20The program was established by the International Student Assessment Program, Project Hybrid Learning Using Technology for Equity and Quality.

06:29This program was established by the International Student Assessment Program, Project Hybrid Learning Using Technology for Equity and Quality.

06:34This program was established by the International Student Assessment Program, Project Hybrid Learning Using Technology for Equity and Quality.

06:37This program was established by the International Student Assessment Program, Project Hybrid Learning Using Technology for Equity and Quality.

06:43The Cordillera was included in the NCR 4A, which had a good score on the PISA.

06:57This was also confirmed by the National Achievement Test, where the CAR-OLE is at the top with the NCR at 4A.

07:10Even though our resources are not enough.

07:17On the other hand, the Scout Officials for a Day was held in Baguio City Hall.

07:23Here, officials and congressmen were invited to attend the event.

07:30In celebration of Philippine Scout Month, 50 Philippine Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts attended the Scout Officials for a Day event in Baguio City Hall.

07:42Under the Sashing of Scout Officials, parents and officials were invited to attend the event.

07:48Officials were also invited to attend the event.

07:54Vishayne Edas, a student at Pines City National High School, was also invited to attend the event.

08:02I think this will be the chance for me to see the situation of our city.

08:08We can tell our fellow students and fellow citizens what is really happening in our city.

08:15Hopefully, my attendance today will be meaningful.

08:20This is so memorable in my life.

08:22As you take your seats today, remember that leadership is not only about holding a title or position.

08:30It is all about disposition.

08:34Leadership is about influence.

08:37People will follow you if they believe in you.

08:41And what will make them believe in you?

08:43It's all about competence and character.

08:48For more information, please visit PTV Cordillera and Audrey Villena in Bagarabi.

08:56Many thanks, Audrey, and we've come to the program's end.

09:01Join us again tomorrow afternoon and evening for a Twin Bill of Newsbreakers.

09:06And you all keep connected by keeping it right here for news you can rely on.

09:10William Theo wishing you all a restful evening ahead and many thanks for watching PTV News Tonight.

09:17♪♪♪

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