Pope Francis passes away sending the entire planet in shock, grief

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00:00an uneventful Easter Monday and somber afternoon to all of you yours truly Denise Osorio here

00:11and this is PTV News Now and today is a truly sad day Pope Francis the affable universally loved

00:19and most progressive thinking pontiff in the history of Vatican whose open mind and love for

00:24the poor and marginalized is legendary has passed on after two months or over two months of

00:29recuperation from double lung cancer and managing to stay on till after Easter Sunday Cardinal Kevin

00:36Farrell Vatican Carmel Camerlengo announced barely an hour and a half ago that Pope Francis returned

00:43to the home of the father at 7 35 a.m. Vatican time Pope Francis otherwise known as Cardinal Jorge

00:50Bergoglio from Argentina was the first Pope to be elected from the Jesuit congregation the first from

00:56the Americas and the southern hemisphere and is known for his humility staunch advocacy for human

01:02rights and his more progressive views on the teachings of Christ Pope Francis has a special

01:08place in the hearts of Filipinos for his pilgrimage to the country in mid-January of 2015 where millions

01:14gathered to see him wherever he spoke or on the streets just to get a glimpse of him when his

01:19convoy passed Pope Francis was 88 when he passed away today

01:24palace dismisses calls for military intel to back up the PNP on kidnapping cases there has been a handful

01:33of kidnappings in the mega city over the last few months mostly Chinese and driven by personal vendetta

01:38and not the typical hostage for ransom type abductions driven by huge amounts of money the sum up of palace

01:45press officer and PCO spokesperson under secretary Claire Castro Claire Castro earlier today in refuting

01:51exaggerated claims by the administration's detractors of a mounting kidnapping spree and a worsening

01:58climate of lawlessness even more are the calls for the military intel intervention to back up the PNP to

02:04hopefully resolve the cases and put to bed the reported spate of isolated case abductions the latest of

02:10which was the recent kidnapping of businessmen Anson Keh and driver as of press time the three prime

02:17suspects in the abduction of Keh and his driver Armand Abilio are in the custody of the PNP anti-kidnapping

02:24group similarly the nation's top cop general Francisco Marbil pushed back on calls to mobilize the

02:31intelligence services of the military or ISAFP and belied claims of a growing number of kidnapped for

02:38ransom incidents citing the string of Chinese kidnappings of late are all vendetta driven and personal

02:46cashless fare payment on the MRT 3 to take effect soon paying fair sans the cash in the mass transport

02:52sector is an idea whose utilization is way past due and has finally arrived towards such end the MRT 3 and

03:00the Department of Transportation are on a study on the viability of easing the hassles of the daily commute

03:06on the MRT 3 railway line through a cashless payment scheme even for single trip or one-way ticket purchases

03:13coming off the long length and break Department of Transportation chief Vince Dizon noticed shorter

03:18queues on the MRT 3 line following the deployment of three four-car trains in responsible to in response

03:25to growing calls by MRT 3 train commuters to add more cars to mitigate the agonizing wait and long queues

03:31during rush hours likewise this move to add more cars and the anticipated anticipated mid-year deployment

03:38of the dalian trains procured during the aquino administration in 2014 is expected to slash the

03:45average waiting time between trains from four to two and a half minutes potential bird flu pandemic keeps

03:54newest farmers scientists on edge the recent outbreak of the h5n1 avian influenza or bird flu virus in the

04:02u.s has sparked fears and doubts of a potential human-to-human transmission resulting in a more widespread and

04:09lethal pandemic likewise farmers harbor new apprehensions of losing their livelihood if such scenario plays out

04:17VOA's veronica balderas iglesias tells us more

04:22feeding time george terwilliger runs pleasant vale farm in delaplane virginia west of washington he has

04:30modified his small-scale operation due to the h5n1 avian influenza virus the so-called bird flu has

04:38resulted in not only a high u.s bird mortality since 2022 but also a sharp increase in the price of eggs

04:46nationwide we here on this farm have not expanded our chickens over the last year or two out of

04:54fear that we might inadvertently bring birds in that are infected terwilliger a member of the virginia

05:02department of wildlife resources board is also concerned about the risk bird flu could pose to his hogs

05:09and to about 100 cows and calves that he owns if the disease were to get to the point where it infects

05:20cattle and makes them sick or makes their meat these are beef cattle makes their meat unacceptable that

05:28would put us out of business bird flu and dairy cows was first reported in late march the centers for

05:34disease control and prevention says the public health risk remains low with just 67 confirmed

05:41infections from animals to humans and one death constant changes in the genome of the virus however

05:48have some scientists worried if there are changes that make it more possible for the virus to transmit

05:55from person to person which so far we haven't seen then that could be a real challenge in terms of our

06:02public health response and is the reason that we think of this virus as having pandemic potential

06:09people can minimize the risk of infection davis added avoiding contact with sick or dead wild animals

06:17is probably the most important thing to do we know that pasteurization of milk cooking of meat to

06:23the recommended temperatures and cooking of eggs are effective to really inactivate this particular virus pet

06:31owners are advised to monitor recalls of contaminated pet food and raw milk and to keep their pets away

06:38from contact with wild birds as he keeps a watchful eye on the latest developments terwilliger is planning ahead

06:46typically sometime a month or so from now we would buy turkey pulse to raise turkeys for commercial sale at

06:55thanksgiving i'm not sure we'll do that this year because i would be concerned about where i get the

07:02birds from will they come with avian flu in the meantime he says he'll follow the science and hopes that

07:10the disease runs its course all while keeping a very close eye on his livestock veronica valderas iglesias

07:19voa news de la plain virginia and with that report we've come to the end of the show join us on you a

07:29little later this evening for the back end of our twin bill set of news breakers for the day and always

07:34keep in tune here for stories you can count on news you can trust i'm denise osorio and thank you for

07:40watching ptv news now

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