Here are today’s headlines – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:
- Alice Guo's 'stolen identity' may soon strip her of Filipino citizenship
- Chinese APT behind cyberattacks on PH Coast Guard – DICT official
- Philippines files protest vs China over ‘aggressive’ acts in Ayungin resupply
- WikiLeaks founder Assange freed by US court after guilty plea
- SEVENTEEN is UNESCO’s Goodwill Ambassador for Youth
https://www.rappler.com/video/daily-wrap/june-26-2024/
- Alice Guo's 'stolen identity' may soon strip her of Filipino citizenship
- Chinese APT behind cyberattacks on PH Coast Guard – DICT official
- Philippines files protest vs China over ‘aggressive’ acts in Ayungin resupply
- WikiLeaks founder Assange freed by US court after guilty plea
- SEVENTEEN is UNESCO’s Goodwill Ambassador for Youth
https://www.rappler.com/video/daily-wrap/june-26-2024/
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00:00Today on Rappler
00:12The Senate investigation into Bamban Mayor Alice Guo uncovers the existence of another
00:18Alice Leal Guo.
00:19A Chinese APT is identified to be behind the cyberattacks on the Philippine Coast Guard's
00:24websites.
00:26The Philippines files a protest against China for the June 17 aggression in the West Philippine
00:31Sea.
00:32WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is free after pleading guilty to violating US espionage
00:37law.
00:38And K-pop boy group Seventeen is named UNESCO's first goodwill ambassador for youth.
00:45There is an Alice Leal Guo born in Tarlac on July 12, 1986.
00:49But it's not Bamban Mayor Alice Leal Guo, prompting speculations of identity theft.
00:55In a Senate hearing Wednesday, June 26, Senator Risa Ontiveros shows the NBI clearance of
01:00a woman who has the same name as the mayor, with the same birth province and birthday.
01:05Who is this woman named Alice Leal Guo, but does not look like a mayor?
01:13Why did Guo Haping have to steal the identity of Ms. Alice Leal Guo?
01:21The Philippine Statistics Authority has moved to cancel Guo's birth certificate, which will
01:25strip her of her Filipino citizenship.
01:28Officials say if Guo is found to be a foreigner who stayed through illegal means, this could
01:33lead to deportation.
01:35If Guo is charged in court with qualified trafficking and convicted, she will have to
01:39serve her sentence in the country.
01:43The Department of Information and Communications Technology says a Chinese Advanced Persistent
01:48Threat, or APT, is behind the cyberattacks on the Philippine Coast Guard's websites.
01:53APTs work quietly on long-term cyberespionage campaigns to acquire data on targets of interest.
02:00DICT Undersecretary Jeffrey Ian Dee says, there have been reports that Chinese actors
02:05are actively acting on a certain government's online site.
02:09Dee says the tactics, techniques, and procedures are very, very similar to APT 41, which is
02:15a Chinese group.
02:17But Dee clarifies the group behind the cyberattack is not the Chinese government.
02:21In 2016, network security firm FireEye said, Philippine organizations were twice as likely
02:27to face an advanced cyberattack compared to the worldwide average.
02:33The Philippines filed a protest over China's aggression against Filipino soldiers on a
02:38routine resupply mission to Ayungin Shoal in the West Philippine Sea last June 17.
02:43Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo says a note verbal had been sent by the Philippines
02:48but did not say when it was filed or what it contained.
02:52Rappler learns that the Philippines made demarches after the June 17 incident, both in Manila
02:57and in Beijing.
02:58A demarche is a petition or protest presented through diplomatic channels.
03:02Meantime, United States Ambassador to Manila Mary Kay Carlson urges China to cease harassment
03:08of Philippine vessels and calls on China to halt its disruption to state sovereign rights.
03:13This is not the U.S.' first strong statement of support for the Philippines.
03:18Both the embassy in Manila and its State Department issued statements condemning China's June
03:2217 actions and reiterated the coverage of the Mutual Defense Treaty.
03:29WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is freed by a court on the U.S. Pacific Island Territory
03:33of Saipan Wednesday, June 16, after he pleads guilty to violating U.S. espionage law.
03:40During the three-hour hearing, Assange pleads guilty to one criminal count of conspiring
03:45to obtain and disclose U.S.-classified national defense documents.
03:50But he also asserts he believed the Constitution's First Amendment, which protects free speech,
03:55shielded his activities.
03:57Assange's U.S. lawyer Barry Pollack says WikiLeaks' work will continue.
04:03Assange returns home to Australia after serving more than five years in a British high-security
04:07jail.
04:08He was also holed up for seven years in the Ecuadorian embassy in London, as he fought
04:13accusations of sex crimes in Sweden and battled extradition to the U.S., where he faced 18
04:18criminal charges.
04:21K-pop boy group SEVENTEEN is named UNESCO's first Goodwill Ambassador for Youth Wednesday,
04:26June 26.
04:27We want to tell our fellow youth that every unique dream that you have is important.
04:34In our song, Super, we repeat, I love my team, I love my crew.
04:39And we want to tell you, from today, all youth are our team and our crew.
04:46Please know that you are not alone.
04:48You are a part of us, and your dreams are also SEVENTEEN's dreams.
04:53The group also donates $1 million to UNESCO's Global Youth Grant Scheme, which aims to
04:58mobilize resources for young people around the world.
05:03SEVENTEEN previously spoke at UNESCO's Youth Forum in November 2023, the first K-pop act
05:07that appeared at the forum.
05:10SEVENTEEN is a 13-member K-pop boy group known for hits like Hot, Super, and Adieu Nice,
05:15among others.
05:19And that's today's wrap.
05:20I'm Kara Oliver.
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