Ex-Pres. Duterte skips 9th Quadcom probe on Acct. of Poor health

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00:00Good Tuesday afternoon, I am William Theo here for PTV News Now.

00:08Tops on our stories for this afternoon.

00:12Former President Rodrigo Roa Duterte, through his legal counsel, asked the House Quad Committee

00:18to take a rain check on his no-show today for the panel's hearing on the thousands

00:22of alleged extrajudicial killings during his war on illegal drugs.

00:28The former President, through his lawyer Martin Delgra, III, cited poor health for his decision

00:34to skip today's hearing, even though he made it clear since last week of his intent

00:39to attend and testify under oath.

00:41Duterte has been cited by former PCSO Chairman and ex-Davao City Police Chief Rohingya Garma

00:48of putting up a reward system for the capture or neutralization of illegal drug pushers

00:54or personalities.

00:56A claim retired Lt. Col. Jovi Espinido insisted in on his testimony in August when the panel

01:03began its work.

01:05Still, Duterte's counsel Martin Delgra III assured everyone of Duterte's intent to

01:10attend the session, preferably after the days of the dead holidays.

01:17It was an unannounced trip he made yesterday, but U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin flew

01:22to Kyiv to personally assure Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky the Biden administration

01:29will get Ukraine what it needs to sustain its 32-month resistance against Russia's

01:34invasive designs.

01:36But Austin stopped short of guaranteeing or granting Zelensky's fervent wish for long-range

01:42U.S.-made missiles that could strike military targets way deep inside Russian cities and

01:47towns or bringing up Zelensky's victory plan that calls for Ukraine's outright membership

01:53into the North Atlantic Treaty Organization or NATO.

01:57And although Austin brought with him the latest trench in military aid worth 400 million dollars

02:04to include armored vehicles, anti-tank weapons, ammunitions for rockets and artillery fire

02:10and mortar systems and rounds, no new weaponry, particularly the ones in Kyiv's wish list,

02:16was provided.

02:18By not acceding to Kyiv or Zelensky's wishes for long-range missiles and weaponry, Washington

02:23is tacitly making it clear it wants no war with Russia and will not risk supplying ballistic

02:30missiles to Ukraine that Russia will surely respond to.

02:36Their group or demographic represents less than a tenth of America's electorate, but

02:41most of them are registered voters who go out to cast their votes.

02:45Pence presidential candidates have always sought and wooed them during the stomp, but

02:51this year the Teamsters did not endorse the Democratic Party's bet and other workers'

02:56unions have been shifting towards former President Donald Trump.

03:00One such, the casino workers' union in Sin City, who have warmed up to Trump's promise

03:05not to tax their gratuities or tips as they make, as VOA's Katherine Gibson reports.

03:14At a rally for Vice President Kamala Harris, excitement among union workers for her plan

03:23to end taxes on tips or gratuities that workers receive.

03:32I know that Vice President Kamala Harris has a plan, a clear plan to end federal taxes

03:37on tips for us service workers here in Nevada.

03:41That's right, that's right.

03:47And that Donald Trump pretending he is the tipped worker's savior is a dangerous lie.

03:55Former President and Republican candidate Donald Trump has also visited the city that

04:01relies on the service industry to promote his plan of no taxes on tips for casino dealers,

04:09waitresses and housekeepers.

04:12That is going to be adored by the employees, by all of the employees, particularly that

04:19don't have salaries and that they work on tips, that's going to be loved by them.

04:25Trump has also earned the support of the Las Vegas Police Department.

04:29The majority of our citizens trust law enforcement and so if law enforcement says, hey, we believe

04:35this person has our best interests at heart, that they're going to keep you safe, that

04:38they're going to try and make our economy thrive, that people trust what we say.

04:42Gramas has spoken about Trump's support for law enforcement at numerous rallies.

04:48A man like Donald Trump and his campaign has always stood by us and said, no, I'm not going

04:52to bend to the winds of politics.

04:57The endorsement of the tens of thousands of union workers employed in Nevada is eagerly

05:02sought by presidential candidates.

05:05Gramas also earned the endorsement of the local Teamsters Union, but the National Association

05:11of Freight Drivers and Warehouse Workers declined to endorse either presidential candidate.

05:19Some voters here in Nevada see that as an important sign.

05:23Well, they always, always went Democratic.

05:28So now if they're not doing Democratic, that means they must be leaning towards who?

05:34Trump.

05:36But the Culinary Workers Union in Las Vegas did endorse Harris.

05:41Working class voters are, are smart.

05:43They're not dumb and they, they are a little skeptical, but the problem with President

05:47Trump is that he lies and he lies a lot.

05:51However, Vice President Harris, this is part of an overall program to tackle the cost of

05:56living.

05:59And they're knocking on doors to let voters know.

06:03We're just conversing for Kamala Harris.

06:05We're all voting for her.

06:06Big corporations coming in and price gouging us on food, gas, you know, rent.

06:13So having, you know, the right candidate in office, you know, telling them the correct

06:18information, what I know as facts that, you know, Kamala is going to be there for us,

06:23the middle class, the union members.

06:25Union members here in Nevada, one of just a handful of swing states that decide the

06:30presidential election could end up casting the deciding vote.

06:36Catherine Gipson in Las Vegas, Nevada, FOA News.

06:43And that is a wrap for this afternoon's program.

06:46Join us anew later for tonight's late breaking stories and our Baggio City news on the Cordilleras.

06:52Always stay connected by catching the news right here.

06:55I am William Theo and thank you for watching PTV News Now.

07:00See you next time.

07:01Bye.

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