Today on Rappler – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:
- Areas under state of calamity due to Typhoon Egay, southwest monsoon
- ‘We have to start importing’: Marcos worries over rice supply amid El Niño
- Downpour soaks UP Diliman graduation ceremony, program cut short
- Musk draws heat from San Francisco over giant X logo
- ‘Have The Loveliest Time indeed’: Carly Rae Jepsen releases new album
- Kathryn Bernardo at the Seoul International Drama Awards, Maine Mendoza and Arjo Atayde wed
- MTRCB summons ‘It’s Showtime’ heads over ‘alleged indecent acts’ by Vice Ganda, Ion Perez
https://www.rappler.com/video/daily-wrap/july-31-2023/
- Areas under state of calamity due to Typhoon Egay, southwest monsoon
- ‘We have to start importing’: Marcos worries over rice supply amid El Niño
- Downpour soaks UP Diliman graduation ceremony, program cut short
- Musk draws heat from San Francisco over giant X logo
- ‘Have The Loveliest Time indeed’: Carly Rae Jepsen releases new album
- Kathryn Bernardo at the Seoul International Drama Awards, Maine Mendoza and Arjo Atayde wed
- MTRCB summons ‘It’s Showtime’ heads over ‘alleged indecent acts’ by Vice Ganda, Ion Perez
https://www.rappler.com/video/daily-wrap/july-31-2023/
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00:00 Today on Rappler
00:13 Several provinces in Luzon are placed under a state of calamity in the aftermath of Typhoon
00:17 Egay
00:18 President Marcos Jr. says the Philippines needs to start importing rice
00:23 Heavy rains cut the graduation ceremony at the University of the Philippines' Diliman
00:27 Campus in Quezon City
00:29 San Francisco officials and residents are not happy with Twitter's giant new logo
00:35 Pop star Carly Rae Jepsen releases her latest album, The Loveliest Time
00:40 Filipina actress Catherine Bernardo wins big at the 2023 Seoul International Drama Awards
00:45 while Maine Mendoza gets married
00:48 And why are Showtime hosts Vise Ganda and Ayan Perez in trouble with the MTRCB?
00:56 Several provinces in Luzon are placed under a state of calamity in the aftermath of Typhoon
01:00 Egay and the arrival of Typhoon Falcon, enhancing the southwest monsoon or habagat
01:06 As of Monday, July 31, the provinces of Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, Mountain Province, Bataan,
01:12 Pampanga, Cavite, Cagayan, Dagupan City, and the municipality of Calasao and Pangasinan,
01:17 the municipality of Calumpit in Bulacan, and Sablayan in Occidental Mindoro are placed
01:22 under a state of calamity
01:23 Damage and losses are pegged at 1.54 billion pesos, with over 99,000 farmers and fisherfolk
01:29 affected
01:31 Agricultural production losses are estimated at more than 66,000 metric tons, with 110,000
01:37 hectares of damaged agricultural areas
01:40 More than 650,000 families or 2.3 million persons were affected by Typhoon Egay and
01:46 the monsoon rain
01:49 President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. says the country needs to begin preparing for the effects of
01:53 the El Niño phenomenon, saying the Philippines needs to start importing more rice
01:59 According to the state weather bureau Pag-asa, El Niño increases the likelihood of below-normal
02:04 rainfall conditions, which may bring drought to some areas of the country
02:08 Marcos attends a July 29 briefing with Cagayan Valley officials in the aftermath of Typhoon
02:13 Egay
02:14 "Everybody is preparing for El Niño, all of Southeast Asia.
02:18 I'm nervous that the price will increase even if we import."
02:22 A February 2023 IBON Foundation report finds rice import dependency and trade deficit has
02:28 worsened while rice self-sufficiency has fallen, negatively impacting farmers
02:33 A heavy downpour caused by the southwest monsoon disrupts the graduation ceremony at the University
02:41 of the Philippines' Diliman Campus in Quezon City early morning Sunday, July 30
02:46 Graduating students and parents, some of whom came from the provinces, expressed their disappointment
02:51 on social media over the lack of a contingency plan
02:55 The program was also cut short, lasting for only less than an hour
02:59 The UP Diliman Office of the Chancellor issued advisories at almost 4 a.m. on Sunday, saying
03:04 the general commencement exercises will proceed as scheduled, and everyone was advised to
03:09 bring an umbrella and/or rain gear
03:12 UP student Regent Siegfried Severino expresses his disappointment, saying he attempted to
03:17 communicate with the ceremony's stage managers, but they promptly switched to the shortened
03:22 program
03:25 Twitter owner Elon Musk installs a giant glowing X on the roof of the company's headquarters
03:30 in San Francisco, California, soon after he changed the company's name
03:35 City officials and residents are not happy with the glowing, pulsing, and strobing lights,
03:40 calling it "intrusive"
03:42 San Francisco's Department of Building Inspection says it might be in violation of building
03:46 permit rules
03:47 A BID inspector says they were denied roof access twice when they tried to inspect the
03:53 logo
03:54 Meantime, X reinstates the account of Kanye West after it was suspended in December 2022
04:00 after the rapper violated platform rules of inciting violence
04:04 Kanye posted a photo appearing to show a swastika symbol inside a Star of David
04:09 The Wall Street Journal says X reinstated Kanye's account after he promised not to use
04:14 the platform to share anti-semitic or harmful language
04:17 It's time to have the loveliest time, English Any Carly?
04:23 Carly's second album, released on Friday, July 28, contains 13 tracks, including the
04:28 previously released single "Shy Boy."
04:31 Following her tradition of releasing companion projects for each album, The Loveliest Time
04:36 is an accompaniment to her October 2022 album, The Loneliest Time.
04:40 In a post, Carly reveals the album is inspired by James Taylor, saying, "That's the type
04:45 of artist I want to be for people, or rather, the type of experience I want to create."
04:51 She adds, "Music has always been to me this beautiful invitation.
04:55 It's therapeutic, it's joyful and healing.
04:58 I want that for you with this album.
05:00 Have the loveliest time indeed."
05:04 Catherine Bernardo is one of the recipients of the Outstanding Asian Star Prize at the
05:08 Seoul International Drama Awards 2023.
05:12 Aby Acebian writes, "The Asian superstar is conquering the world."
05:16 In 2015, she and Daniel Padilla were named Best Foreign Actor and Actress in Vietnam's
05:21 Face of the Year Awards.
05:23 They also won the same award in 2017.
05:26 Meantime, Mayne Mendoza and Arjo Atayde tie the knot on Friday, July 28 in Baguio City.
05:33 July 28 is a special date for the couple.
05:36 It was on that date in 2013 when Mayne famously tweeted Arjo Cutie way before she met him
05:42 and even before she made her showbiz debut.
05:45 The same date in 2018 would turn out to be the day of their first meeting.
05:49 Arjo proposed to Mayne on the same date in 2022.
05:55 The Movie and Television Review and Classification Board or MTRCB summons the producers behind
06:01 its Showtime.
06:02 This, after it received complaints about concerning scenes between Vaisganda and Ayon Perez during
06:08 the noontime show's Isip Bata segment.
06:11 MTRCB says Monday, July 31, it issued a notice to the producers to appear and testify due
06:16 to quote-unquote "alleged indecent acts" by the two hosts.
06:21 A cut from the show's July 25 episode shows the two being sweet while sharing a cake.
06:26 Vaisganda was seen taking some icing off the cake from Ayon's fingers before tasting it
06:31 and greeting Ayon a happy monthsary.
06:34 As of writing, ABS-CBN and its Showtime have yet to release a statement on the issue.
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