Residents of 2 Surigao towns receive 15-K each for livelihood under DSWDs zero hunger payouts

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00:00Nightly greetings, one and all. Denise Osorio here, homegrown and happy to bring you PTV

00:11News Now. Tops on our stories tonight, over 5 dozen residents of two Surigao del Sur towns

00:17are fortunate recipients of DSWD's Zero Hunger Payouts Program that will let them engage

00:23in agriculture production and MSMEs with a startup capital of Php15,000 each. In a statement

00:29released earlier today, DSW Region 13 or DSWD Karaga said the funds would be invested or

00:36put into growing local businesses such as corn, coffee, banana chip, salted eggs, and

00:42chorizo production. In the town of Tabina, the fortunate recipients have their sights

00:47set on investing in equipment and raw materials for corn, coffee, and salted egg production.

00:52Whilst in the municipality of Barabo, funds from the DSWD endowment or grant have been

00:58pooled to acquire machinery and equipment for banana chip and chorizo production. DSWD's

01:04Zero Hunger Payout Scheme is under the department's Sustainable Livelihood Program that seeks

01:09to slash the incidence of hunger by boosting food security in rural areas.

01:14The Keystone State which United States President Joe Biden won by 81,000 votes has been the

01:24most visited by both campaigns this year, more than double the next closest. Its 19

01:29electoral votes is most coveted especially by Democrat bet Kamala Harris whose path to

01:35victory entails winning Pennsylvania. This VOA report.

01:41It's been called the king of the swing states, Pennsylvania, one of seven states that will

01:46likely decide the 2024 US presidential race. And it's widely seen as a must win for Vice

01:53President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump to take the White House in November.

02:00Candidates need 270 electoral votes to clinch the presidency. Pennsylvania is worth 19,

02:07one of the biggest prizes in the country. But it's also one of the hardest to predict.

02:14Professor Joe Morris of Mercyhurst University in Erie, Pennsylvania, unpacks the swing state

02:20where Trump and Harris are campaigning the most.

02:25Pennsylvania was once described as being Philadelphia and Pittsburgh with Alabama in the middle.

02:32And what we mean by that is that we have two major population centers and then a large

02:38number of smaller communities that dot this very large state. And I think that's one of

02:45the things that makes Pennsylvania such an interesting place.

02:52Pennsylvania was long considered a reliably democratic state, part of the so-called Blue

02:57Wall.

02:58That changed in 2016. In 2016, Donald Trump punched a giant hole through the Blue Wall

03:05that included not only Pennsylvania, but also Michigan and Wisconsin.

03:11Morris says Trump saw an opening in Pennsylvania to win over Democrats.

03:17Pennsylvania is a state that tends to vote Democratic in presidential elections. But

03:22the state is largely socially conservative. We have a history of enacting some of the

03:29most conservative legislation, particularly with regard to abortion, that you would have

03:35found anywhere 20 years ago, 30 years ago.

03:38In 2020, the state voted for a Democrat again, this time one of its own, Joe Biden, who grew

03:45up in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Still, the Republican Party here has only grown in recent years.

03:53There are by far more Republicans registered in Pennsylvania than I've certainly I've seen

04:00in my lifetime. We are approaching in Pennsylvania and in Erie County, parity between Democrats

04:07and Republicans, something that 10, 15 years ago would have been unheard of.

04:17White working class Pennsylvanians without college degrees account for roughly half of

04:22the state's eligible voters. Many of them are drawn to Trump. But high turnout in the

04:27urban areas, which are more diverse, could help Harris. Latino voters could also tip

04:34the scales. Nearly 580,000 will be eligible to cast a ballot this year, according to one

04:40estimate. In 2020, Biden won by just 81,000 votes.

04:47Pennsylvania is a really interesting mix. We have in terms of our racial composition,

04:54an interesting mix in terms of our income levels, interesting mix. And the group this

04:58year that is probably going to play the deciding role is women. Women have been incredibly

05:05important in past elections. And when it comes to presidential elections, women not only

05:11are more likely to go to the polls and vote than men, but they voted a higher percentage.

05:19Pennsylvanians top concern, like people in every other swing state, is the economy.

05:24We have to remember that many of Pennsylvania's communities were devastated decades ago when

05:29manufacturing left. And today they're still looking.

05:33For months, polls from Pennsylvania have shown Trump and Harris in a virtual tie. One place

05:39that pollsters are looking at for clues is Erie County.

05:44Erie County is probably the swingiest swing county in the entire United States. We voted

05:49for the winner in 23 of the last 25 statewide elections. So if you want to understand what's

05:55happening in Pennsylvania politics, the place to come is Erie.

05:59But it's hard to know exactly what's happening here. Signs for both candidates are everywhere.

06:05And Republican and Democratic operatives just across town from one another are battling

06:11to win over as many voters as possible before Election Day.

06:21At this moment, let's turn to my colleague in PTV's Baguio City Studios for what's hot

06:26and happening in the Cordilleras. Audrey?

07:26We are already coordinated through a letter to the provinces regarding the submission

07:41of their documents. And then we will conduct validation.

07:48And then we will conduct validation on the documents that we have submitted to the province.

07:55And then we will conduct validation on the documents that we have submitted to the province.

08:04And then we will conduct validation on the documents that we have submitted to the province.

08:15And then we will conduct validation on the documents that we have submitted to the province.

08:22And then we will conduct validation on the documents that we have submitted to the province.

08:30And then we will conduct validation on the documents that we have submitted to the province.

08:37And then we will conduct validation on the documents that we have submitted to the province.

08:44And then we will conduct validation on the documents that we have submitted to the province.

08:49And then we will conduct validation on the documents that we have submitted to the province.

08:54And then we will conduct validation on the documents that we have submitted to the province.

08:59And then we will conduct validation on the documents that we have submitted to the province.

09:04And then we will conduct validation on the documents that we have submitted to the province.

09:10And that's all she wrote for tonight's show.

09:13Join us again tomorrow for a twin bill of top breaking stories both here and abroad.

09:18And stay connected by catching the news right here.

09:21Denise Osorio here wishing you a restful night and thank you for watching KTV News Now.

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