Here are today's headlines – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:
- Marcos announces ban on POGOs during SONA
- 'The Philippines cannot waver' in West Philippine Sea, Marcos vows in 2024 SONA
- Biden ends failing reelection campaign, backs Harris as nominee
- 2NE1 to reunite for 15th anniversary
https://www.rappler.com/video/daily-wrap/july-22-2024/
- Marcos announces ban on POGOs during SONA
- 'The Philippines cannot waver' in West Philippine Sea, Marcos vows in 2024 SONA
- Biden ends failing reelection campaign, backs Harris as nominee
- 2NE1 to reunite for 15th anniversary
https://www.rappler.com/video/daily-wrap/july-22-2024/
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00:00Today on Rappler
00:13President Marcos caps off his State of the Nation address with a bombshell announcement
00:16of a complete ban on Pogos.
00:19President Marcos sends a strong message on the West Philippine Sea during his third sauna.
00:24United States President Joe Biden drops out as Democratic presidential nominee in favor
00:29of Kamala Harris.
00:31And K-pop girl group 2NE1 is set to reunite for its 15th anniversary.
00:37President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. caps off his State of the Nation address or sauna on Monday,
00:41July 22 with a bombshell announcement of a complete ban on Philippine offshore gaming
00:46operators or Pogos.
00:59Marcos doubles down on how Pogos are abusing laws in the Philippines.
01:21Pogos flourished in the Philippines in 2016 under the administration of Rodrigo Duterte,
01:26a substantial source of revenue for the government.
01:31In his third State of the Nation address or sauna on Monday, July 22, President Marcos
01:35sends a strong message on the West Philippine Sea.
01:52The part draws one of the longest rounds of applause and at least two standing ovations.
01:57The president also thanks the armed forces of the Philippines, Philippine Coast Guard
02:01and fisherfolk, quote, for vigilance and sacrifice in facing China's aggressive actions.
02:07A day before the sauna, the Philippines announces it had reached a quote-unquote arrangement
02:11with China on a union shoal for the resupply of daily necessities and rotation missions
02:16to the BRP Sierra Madre.
02:18The move aims to bring tensions down and avoid confrontations between Philippine and
02:22Chinese fisherfolk and Coast Guards in the contested waters.
02:27U.S. President Joe Biden abandons his floundering re-election bid and endorses Vice President
02:33Kamala Harris as nominee to face Republican Donald Trump in the November election.
02:38Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton endorsed Vice President
02:43Kamala Harris for president.
02:45The 81-year-old Biden says he will remain in his role as president until his term ends
02:49on January 20, 2025 and will address the nation this week.
02:54He has not been seen in public since testing positive for COVID-19 last week and is isolating
02:59in his home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware.
03:02In opinion polls, Americans expressed widespread dissatisfaction over a potential Biden-Trump
03:07rematch.
03:08Trump tells CNN on Sunday he believes Harris would be easier to defeat.
03:13If officially nominated, Harris, 59, would become the first black woman to lead a major
03:18party ticket in U.S. history.
03:22K-pop girl group 2NE1 is reuniting ahead of its 15th anniversary.
03:27YG Entertainment founder Yang Hyun-suk announces the news in a video posted on Sunday, July
03:3221.
03:34The group, consisting of CL, Minzy, Bom, and Dara, will embark on a global tour starting
03:39with Seoul in October and Osaka and Tokyo in November and December, respectively.
03:432NE1 made its debut with YG in 2009, disbanded in 2016, and released a final single in 2017.
03:51They are best known for hits like Fire, I Don't Care, Can't Nobody, I'm The Best, and
03:56Come Back Home.
03:59And that's today's wrap.
04:00I'm Kara Oliver.
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