Today on Rappler – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:
⁃ House denies 2024 confidential fund requests of OVP, DepEd, DA, DICT, DFA
⁃ Marcos suspends LTFRB chief Teofilo Guadiz, cites alleged corruption
⁃ What Navy boat? AFP chief says China's Scarborough claims 'propaganda'
⁃ DFA wants Gaza under Alert Level 3; 9 Filipino families ask for exit plan
⁃ GCash says ‘funds are safe’ after users report issues in app
⁃ Asian Games champs Gilas Pilipinas members did not ask for money to play for country
⁃ PH’s Sophia Laforteza ranks 1st in Mission 2 of HYBE’s ‘The Debut: Dream Academy’
https://www.rappler.com/video/daily-wrap/october-10-2023/
⁃ House denies 2024 confidential fund requests of OVP, DepEd, DA, DICT, DFA
⁃ Marcos suspends LTFRB chief Teofilo Guadiz, cites alleged corruption
⁃ What Navy boat? AFP chief says China's Scarborough claims 'propaganda'
⁃ DFA wants Gaza under Alert Level 3; 9 Filipino families ask for exit plan
⁃ GCash says ‘funds are safe’ after users report issues in app
⁃ Asian Games champs Gilas Pilipinas members did not ask for money to play for country
⁃ PH’s Sophia Laforteza ranks 1st in Mission 2 of HYBE’s ‘The Debut: Dream Academy’
https://www.rappler.com/video/daily-wrap/october-10-2023/
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00:00 Today on Rappler
00:12 The House of Representatives strips five agencies, including the office of the vice president,
00:17 of confidential funds.
00:19 President Marcos suspends LTFRB chief Teofilo Guadis over allegations of corruption.
00:24 The Philippines says China's claims it shooed away a Philippine Navy vessel as propaganda.
00:29 The DFA wants Gaza put under alert level 3, where repatriation is still optional.
00:35 GCash says its users' funds are safe despite reported issues with its app.
00:39 GILAS Pilipinas members did not ask for added compensation to play for the Philippines in
00:44 the Asian Games.
00:45 And Filipina candidate Sofia Laforteza ranks first in Mission 2 of the debut Dream Academy.
00:53 The House of Representatives strips five government agencies of their proposed confidential funds
00:57 in the 2024 budget bill.
00:59 The office of the vice president, Department of Information and Communications Technology,
01:04 Department of Education, Department of Agriculture, and Department of Foreign Affairs lose their
01:08 confidential fund requests, which in total amount to 1.05 billion pesos.
01:15 One agency is under President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and two under Vice President Sara Duterte.
01:21 House Appropriations Committee Chairperson Zaldi Co. says a total of 1.23 billion pesos
01:26 in confidential funds were realigned for agencies asserting the Philippines' territorial rights
01:30 in the West Philippine Sea.
01:32 The following are the benefiting agencies.
01:37 Co. adds the agencies listed here will still receive the funds, although they will not
01:42 be confidential in nature.
01:47 President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. relieves Land Transportation, Franchising, and Regulatory
01:52 Board Chairman Teofilo Guadiz III from his post due to "alleged corruption under his
01:57 leadership."
01:58 In a statement, the Presidential Communications Office says Marcos "does not tolerate any
02:03 misconduct in his administration."
02:05 It was a quick turn of events for Guadiz, who was recently accused of misconduct over
02:09 the Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program.
02:13 Former LTFRB Information Team Head Jeff Gallos-Tombado claims the agency asked 5 million pesos to
02:18 process certain requests, such as franchise, special permit, or modification of route.
02:24 Department of Transportation Secretary Jaime Bautista also launches his own investigation.
02:29 LTFRB Board Member Mercy Paras-Lenas has now been designated Officer-in-Charge Chairperson
02:35 of the agency.
02:38 The Philippines dismisses China's claims it had driven away a Philippine ship by the
02:42 Scarborough Shoal in the West Philippine Sea.
02:45 China says its Coast Guard took measures to drive away a Philippine Navy gunboat after
02:49 it supposedly intruded into waters around the shoal.
02:53 Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief General Romeo Bronner says there was a Navy ship in
02:57 the area, but it continued on its patrol mission despite being challenged by the China Coast
03:01 Guard.
03:02 Bronner says, "The Navy ship did not change course, it did not stop, nor did it change
03:07 direction."
03:08 Bronner adds the Philippine and Chinese vessels were far away from each other, saying Beijing's
03:13 claim is just propaganda.
03:15 A 2016 arbitral tribunal determined the shoal to be the traditional fishing ground of fisherfolk
03:20 from various nationalities, which means no fisherfolk should be barred from fishing there.
03:25 China claims it has "indisputable sovereignty" over the shoal and adjacent waters.
03:31 The Department of Foreign Affairs says it is working on the repatriation requests of
03:35 nine families, including 39 Filipino nationals and 11 Palestinians married to Filipinos.
03:41 The Philippine embassy in Amman recommends placing Gaza under Alert Level 3, meaning
03:45 repatriation is still optional.
03:48 Placing Gaza under Alert Level 3 will require approval from President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
03:53 Meantime, Israel says it has re-established control over the Gaza border and is planting
03:58 mines where Hamas militants had toppled the barrier during their bloody weekend assault.
04:03 Israel's latest round of airstrikes comes after Hamas threatened to execute an Israeli
04:07 captive for every bombing of a Palestinian home.
04:10 The violence claimed more than 1,500 lives, prompting international calls for an end to
04:15 the fighting.
04:18 Gcash acknowledges the intermittent access to some of its services after many users reported
04:23 issues when accessing or using the app.
04:26 In its advisory on Monday, October 9, Gcash says it's working on restoring the services
04:31 as quickly as possible and assures users the funds on their accounts are safe.
04:35 On social media, users complain about not being able to log in, while others share errors
04:40 in using the Express Send and Bank Transfer features.
04:44 Reports from DownDetector show outages in Gcash began at around 6 a.m. on Monday and
04:48 peaked at 1.12 p.m., with 901 reported outages.
04:54 Gilas Pilipinas team manager Alfrancis Chua praises the 12 players who steered the Philippines
04:59 to its first Asian Games men's basketball crown since 1962.
05:03 He says the players did not ask for extra compensation.
05:07 "Not a single player asked me how much they should pay me.
05:12 I was so proud of these players, even Brawley, even Juan Pipe.
05:17 They didn't ask for anything.
05:19 They just want to win."
05:20 Assembled just two weeks before the Games, Gilas defied great odds by overcoming undefeated
05:25 teams in their last three Games.
05:27 PBA chairman Ricky Vargas reveals they wanted to bring in two unnamed players who could
05:32 have been pivotal, except they asked for a steep price.
05:35 Teams with five or more participants will receive 25 percent of the P2M incentive given
05:40 for an Asian Games gold medal.
05:42 Chua adds San Miguel Corporation's Ramon Ang and MVP Group's Manny Pangilinan will also
05:47 hand out bonuses.
05:51 Filipina candidate Sofia Laforteza will advance to Mission 3 of the debut Dream Academy after
05:56 garnering the highest number of votes in the second mission.
06:00 Mission 2 saw the remaining 18 contestants divided into four teams, with each team tasked
06:05 to perform a song by K-pop girl group, Lcerofim.
06:08 On Sunday, October 8, the Talent Reality Show unveiled the ranking of the 18 participants
06:13 as well as the team that received the most fan votes.
06:16 With a total of 49,690 votes, Sofia's Team A wins over Team B by over 12,600 votes.
06:24 For the individual rankings, Sofia leads the candidates with a total of 69,098 fan votes,
06:30 followed by Brazil's Samara and South Korea's Yoon Jae.
06:33 The remaining 14 contestants will compete in Mission 3, the last mission before the
06:37 show's live finale, where the final members and group name will be announced.
06:43 And that's today's wrap.
06:44 I'm Nina Liu.
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