Improved services, treatment in PGH with grant of request of added staff

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00:00A splendid and not-so-hot-and-humid Tuesday afternoon, everyone.

00:08Yours truly, Denise Osorio here for PTV News Now.

00:11And we kick off our afternoon stories with...

00:14The country's top public hospital located near the heart of the nation's capital

00:18will soon get a shot in the arm with increased staffing or manpower

00:23to the tune of 1,200 more positions to be filled out very soon.

00:27The impending confusion of medical personnel and staff support

00:30is the national government paying heed to the Hospital's Leadership Treaty

00:34on Treaty for Additional Bodies to help carry out its mission of providing health services

00:40or medical treatment at no cost or free of charge

00:45to the poor and indigent of the City of Manila and elsewhere.

00:49The decision to grant and greenlight the PGH's request for staff expansion

00:54was a no-brainer given an increasing volume of new patients from all over the megacity

00:59and nearby province who seek top-notch yet affordable healthcare and medical treatment.

01:05Capacity strengthening will be pursued gradually in four rounds or tranches

01:09beginning in the first and last quarters of this year in 2026 and in 2027.

01:18US President Donald Trump's Liberation Day announcement at the White House Rose Garden

01:22has rocked financial markets worldwide and sent heads of states, governments, business leaders

01:28and ordinary folks slash workers scrambling to address the adverse effects of Trump's latest tariff raids.

01:35One of the latest to weigh in?

01:37Singapore Prime Minister and Head of Government Lawrence Mong

01:41who said earlier today Trump's aggressive tariff scheme

01:44and imposition on Singapore is not what one does to a friend

01:49adding his government will likely downgrade this year's economic forecast.

01:53Prime Minister Mong likewise hinted at the likelihood of a global trade war erupting

01:58and urged his constituents, the utterly trade-dependent people of Singapore

02:03to brace themselves and prepare for the bumpy and rocky road ahead.

02:07And though Singapore was hit by a minimum and minuscule 10% tariff

02:12the higher rates of its trading partners will surely have adverse repercussions

02:16with a slump on global commerce and a disrupted even dismantled free trading system

02:21that has worked for so long for all nations to include the United States.

02:29Last week and a half ago US President Donald Trump vented his exasperation on Kremlin

02:34and Putin dragging their feet and coming to agreement on a peace pact with Ukraine.

02:39Days after Secretary of State Marco Rubio let out his frustration and said Russia cannot go on

02:45prolonging talks and will have to make a decision very soon.

02:49One of the key or thorny issues hampering agreement over a ceasefire

02:53is the who keeps whose lands between the two.

02:56VOA's Jeffrey Kuster was in Moscow recently and he filed this report.

03:03Moscow this week suffered the biggest Ukrainian drone attack since the start of the war

03:07leaving at least three dead and 17 injured.

03:10Many Muscovites are trying to ignore the war

03:12but many also hope that negotiations between the Kremlin and the new US administration

03:17will soon bring a peace that Russians consider a victory.

03:20Officials say the goal is international recognition of the new borders

03:23that the Russian army has obtained by force.

03:26It is clear that there will be a bilateral settlement between us and Kiev.

03:31It should be a peace treaty that will legalize the new borders of Russia

03:35and the post-Soviet borders of Ukraine.

03:38Many in Moscow are already celebrating the new geopolitical scenario before the conflict has ended.

03:44This is a real victory. You can open champagne.

03:47Also, it cannot be lost. Russia must continue the offensive

03:51because no one cancelled the ambitions of the United States.

03:54Yes, they are afraid of us, but it does not mean that they abandoned their idea of a world empire.

04:00After more than three years of war, independent media outlet MediaZona

04:05counts more than 95,000 Russian casualties.

04:08But these losses are not stopping the Kremlin from carrying on with the war.

04:12In a meeting with wives and mothers of deceased soldiers,

04:15Russian President Vladimir Putin said there would be no concessions.

04:18We are not going to do that.

04:21We must choose for ourselves a version of the world that would suit us

04:25and that would ensure peace for our country for a long historical perspective.

04:31Critics of Putin can only speak from exile.

04:33As they see it, the Kremlin could make concessions,

04:36but giving up its territorial ambitions is out of the question.

04:41Compromises can be presented on some other issues

04:44related to how the Ukrainian security architecture will be formed after the war.

04:49Moscow wants to be a participant in the formation of this new Ukrainian security architecture

04:55and, in fact, to describe what can be done and what cannot be done.

05:00Russian officials are looking forward to a meeting with U.S. officials

05:03following the talks between U.S. and Ukrainian negotiating teams in Saudi Arabia.

05:07So far, there is no such gathering in sight.

05:10Jeff Custer, VOA News.

05:15And that's a wrap for this afternoon's Breaking Stories.

05:18Join us again later on for the second set of Breaking Stories at the hour in our evening edition.

05:24And always get yourself up to speed with the rapid pace of events here at home and abroad

05:28by keeping it here for news you can count on, news you can trust.

05:32Denise Osorio here till later tonight, and thank you for watching PTV News Now.

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