Here are today’s headlines – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:
- EJ Obiena sorry for missed chance at Olympic medal: 'Sports is beautiful but brutal'
- EXCLUSIVE: Carlos Yulo's former Japanese coach proudly watches from Paris Games sidelines
- Harry Roque is now on immigration lookout
- Bangladesh awaits interim government, army chief to meet protesters
- Harris to unveil vice presidential pick in race against Trump
https://www.rappler.com/video/daily-wrap/august-6-2024/
- EJ Obiena sorry for missed chance at Olympic medal: 'Sports is beautiful but brutal'
- EXCLUSIVE: Carlos Yulo's former Japanese coach proudly watches from Paris Games sidelines
- Harry Roque is now on immigration lookout
- Bangladesh awaits interim government, army chief to meet protesters
- Harris to unveil vice presidential pick in race against Trump
https://www.rappler.com/video/daily-wrap/august-6-2024/
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00:00Today on Wrappler
00:12E.J. Obiena falls short of an Olympic medal in pole vault
00:16A Wrappler exclusive, Carlos Yulo's former coach, Munihiro Kogimiya, was in Paris to
00:20watch his former pupil
00:22The Justice Department puts Harry Roque on immigration lookout
00:26Bangladeshis await the formation of a new government a day after Prime Minister Sheik
00:30Hasina fled the country
00:32And Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris picks Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as
00:36her running mate
00:37A teary-eyed E.J. Obiena offers apologies after a painful Paris Olympics campaign that
00:44saw him fall short of a medal in pole vault
00:47Obiena almost ended the Philippines' 88-year Olympic medal drought in athletics, but wound
00:52up placing fourth, losing the bronze to Greece's Emmanuel Karelis
00:56Karelis and Obiena both registered 5.90 meters, but the Greek cleared each of the first five
01:00heights in a single attempt, while the Filipino committed a foul at 5.80 meters
01:06Sweden's Armand de Plantis defended his Olympic crown by shattering his own world record with
01:10a clearance of 6.25 meters, while the USA's Sam Kendricks bagged silver with 5.95 meters
01:17In a post on social media, Obiena vows to be back
01:21He says, in sports with three podium places, perhaps fourth is the harshest place to be
01:28Despite parting ways, Double Olympic gold medalist Carlos Yulo's former coach, Munehiro
01:32Kugimiya, feels proud to see the culmination of their gymnastics partnership
01:37Yulo was only 13 years old when they first met
01:40Kugimiya, who was part of a gymnastics delegation in Paris, watched Yulo live from the venue
01:44sidelines and was delighted to see his gold-winning performances and emotional moments
01:49But Kugimiya tells Rappler he never got a chance to speak with Yulo following his win
01:54I want to say congratulations, you did a great job
01:57Despite their split in 2024, Yulo told Rappler in May there was no bad blood between them
02:03and he'd always be indebted to Kugimiya, who molded him into a world champion in the
02:07floor exercise in 2019 and vault in 2021
02:12The Department of Justice put former presidential spokesperson Harry Roque and 11 others on
02:17immigration lookout for alleged links to a raided offshore gaming operator, or POGO
02:22An Immigration Lookout Bulletin Order, or ILBO, cannot prohibit the subjects from traveling
02:27abroad
02:28The topmost subject of the ILBO, Catherine Cassandra Lee Ong, has reportedly left the
02:33country and is in Singapore
02:35The DOJ says it will request a Precautionary Hold Departure Order, or PHDO, against Roque,
02:41Ong, and the others
02:42If granted by a court, the PHDO is the one that will bar overseas travel without a charge
02:47filed in court
02:48Roque is a lawyer for Whirlwind Corporation, which leased land to LuckySouth99POGO in Porak,
02:54Pampanga
02:55Congressional investigations conclude Roque effectively lawyered for the LuckySouth99POGO
03:03Bangladeshis await the formation of a new government a day after Prime Minister Sheikh
03:06Hasina resigned and fled the country
03:09Hasina deserted the top post after protests against quotas in government jobs snowballed
03:13into a violent uprising against her
03:16About 300 people were killed and thousands injured in violence that ripped through the
03:20country
03:21Jubilant crowds stormed unopposed into the opulent grounds of Hasina's residence after
03:25she fled on August 5, carrying out looted furniture and TVs
03:29Student leaders who spearheaded the anti-quota movement say they want Nobel Peace Laureate
03:34Muhammad Yunus as the chief advisor to the interim government
03:37Yunus 84 won the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize for work to lift millions out of poverty through
03:43microfinancing
03:45President Mohammed Sahabuddin said an interim government will hold elections as soon as
03:49possible
03:52Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris picks Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running
03:56mate
03:57Harris, the first woman and first black and South Asian person to serve as vice president,
04:01was faced with a list of white men with an appeal to rural, white or independent voters,
04:06which included Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro and Arizona Senator Mark Kelly
04:11Harris has raised hundreds of millions of dollars and given a boost of energy from her
04:15party's base
04:16Walz, 60, serves as governor in a solidly democratic state but has proven appeal to
04:21rural, white voters
04:23He is credited with having popularized the tag Weird when referencing the Republican
04:27tandem Donald Trump and J.D. Vance
04:30Harris is expected to appear with her running mate at an event in Philadelphia
04:34Her selection will demonstrate her thinking about her best pathway to winning the presidency
04:39And that's today's wrap! I'm Cara Oliver, thank you for watching!
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