Here are today's headlines – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:
- Davao police chief relieved as probe into March drug war killings begins
- Teodoro slams China Coast Guard regulation as 'provocation'
- China starts second day of war games around Taiwan to test ability to 'seize power'
- Teenager Carlo Acutis, ‘patron of the internet,’ to be first millennial saint
- Maria Ressa tells Harvard graduates: ‘Our world is on fire. Welcome to the battlefield.’
https://www.rappler.com/video/daily-wrap/may-24-2024/
- Davao police chief relieved as probe into March drug war killings begins
- Teodoro slams China Coast Guard regulation as 'provocation'
- China starts second day of war games around Taiwan to test ability to 'seize power'
- Teenager Carlo Acutis, ‘patron of the internet,’ to be first millennial saint
- Maria Ressa tells Harvard graduates: ‘Our world is on fire. Welcome to the battlefield.’
https://www.rappler.com/video/daily-wrap/may-24-2024/
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00:00 Today on Rappler
00:12 The chief of police of Davao is relieved as a probe begins into March drug war killings
00:17 in the city.
00:18 Defense chief Ghibo Teodoro slams a new China Coast Guard regulation that calls for the
00:22 apprehension of so-called "trespassers" in China-claimed waters.
00:27 China starts the second day of war games in Taiwan that tests its ability to "seize
00:32 power."
00:33 Teenager Carlo Acutis will become the first millennial saint.
00:37 And Maria Ressa tells Harvard graduates "Our world is on fire.
00:42 Welcome to the battlefield."
00:45 The chief of police of Davao City, Richard Badang, is administratively relieved from his
00:49 post Thursday, May 23, less than two months after he assumed command.
00:54 This as the regional internal affairs office starts an investigation into the deaths of
00:58 seven people suspected of involvement in the local drug trade during police operations
01:03 in Davao City from March 23 to 26.
01:07 The first of the series of killings took place a day after Davao Mayor Sebastián Duterte
01:11 warned he will go after people engaged in illegal drug activities in the city unless
01:16 they leave.
01:18 The message is reminiscent of the pronouncements of his father, ex-president Rodrigo Duterte.
01:23 A spokesperson from PNP Davao Regional Headquarters says Badang's removal aims to ensure an impartial
01:28 and credible investigation and will prevent any undue influence on witnesses or tampering
01:34 of evidence.
01:37 Speaking before officers of the Philippine Navy, Defense Secretary Guibo Teodoro criticizes
01:41 China's newest Coast Guard regulation as a "provocation."
01:46 In another interview, Teodoro confirms he was alluding to a newly released China Coast
01:50 Guard regulation setting the conditions for "trespassers to be apprehended in Chinese
01:55 waters."
01:56 Teodoro calls it an "irresponsible threat," which he says is a violation of the UN Convention
02:01 on the Law of the Sea or UNCLOS and the United Nations Charter.
02:04 Teodoro adds it is a matter of international concern since it is a breach of international
02:09 peace.
02:10 The regulation will reportedly take effect in June 2024.
02:14 Tensions between the Philippines and China have amped up significantly as Manila asserts
02:18 its sovereign rights in the West Philippine Sea.
02:22 China claims a huge chunk of the South China Sea, despite a 2016 arbitral ruling that junks
02:27 its claim as invalid.
02:31 China's military starts its second day of war games around Taiwan Friday, May 24, with
02:35 drills to test its ability to "seize power and control key areas."
02:41 China says the exercises were launched to punish Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te.
02:45 China has never ruled out the use of force to bring Taiwan under its control.
02:50 The drills in the Taiwan Strait and around groups of Taiwan-controlled islands near the
02:53 Chinese coast start just three days after Lai took office.
02:58 China denounces Lai as a "separatist."
03:00 Lai repeatedly offered talks with China but has been rebuffed.
03:04 He says only Taiwan's people can decide its future and rejects Beijing's sovereignty claims.
03:10 Taiwan's armed forces meantime are mobilized to monitor and shadow Chinese forces.
03:15 Taiwan's defense ministry on Friday published pictures of F-16s with live missiles patrolling
03:20 the skies.
03:23 The Vatican says Italian teenager Carlo Acutis, who died of leukemia at the age of 15, will
03:28 be declared a Catholic saint after a miracle is attributed to his intercession.
03:33 It takes one miracle to be beatified and a second to be declared a saint.
03:37 Acutis has a huge following in predominantly Catholic Philippines.
03:41 The Vatican says the miracle that led to his sainthood involves a Costa Rican woman.
03:46 The woman's mother visited Blessed Carlo's tomb in Assisi after her daughter suffered
03:50 severe head trauma with a very low chance of survival.
03:54 That same day, the daughter began to breathe spontaneously, partially regained her speech,
03:59 and a CAT scan later proved hemorrhaging had disappeared.
04:02 A computer programmer who watched Pokemon and played the PlayStation, Acutis is touted
04:06 as a saint for the 21st century and dubbed the first millennial saint.
04:19 Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Rappler CEO Maria Ressa tells the Harvard Class of 2024
04:24 they, quote, "must have the courage to create the world as it should be—more compassionate,
04:30 more equal, more sustainable."
04:33 In her commencement address, she commends the battle-tested graduates who survived the
04:37 pandemic and saw on their screens the horrors of war.
04:52 Around 30,000 graduates gathered at the entire stretch of the Harvard Yard, which was the
04:56 site of a 20-day pro-Palestine encampment.
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