Hontiveros: Alice Guo has left the Philippines | The wRap
Here are today’s headlines – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:
- Alice Guo already left PH on July 18 – Hontiveros
- Philippines says China damaged PCG ships near Escoda Shoal
- Philippines detects new mpox case after WHO public health emergency declaration
- Levi Jung-Ruivivar feels ‘really hurt’ missing out on heroes’ welcome for PH Olympians
- Sandro Muhlach files rape complaint vs Jojo Nones, Richard Cruz
https://www.rappler.com/video/daily-wrap/august-19-2024/
- Alice Guo already left PH on July 18 – Hontiveros
- Philippines says China damaged PCG ships near Escoda Shoal
- Philippines detects new mpox case after WHO public health emergency declaration
- Levi Jung-Ruivivar feels ‘really hurt’ missing out on heroes’ welcome for PH Olympians
- Sandro Muhlach files rape complaint vs Jojo Nones, Richard Cruz
https://www.rappler.com/video/daily-wrap/august-19-2024/
Transcript
00:00Today on Rappler
00:12Senator Risa Ontiveros says dismissed Bambantarlac Mayor Alice Guo has already left the Philippines
00:18China Coast Guard ships harass and damage two Philippine Coast Guard vessels near Escoda
00:23Shoal
00:24The Philippines detects its first mpox case in 2024 following the WHO's declaration of
00:29a public health emergency
00:31Gymnast Levi Yung-Ruvivar says she feels really hurt that she and other Filipino Olympians
00:35missed the government's homecoming event
00:38And actor Sandro Mulac files a rape complaint against GMA contractors Jojo Nones and Richard
00:43Cruz
00:46Senator Risa Ontiveros says Alice Guo, the dismissed Bambantarlac Mayor, has left the
00:50country
00:51Ontiveros said in a Senate session Monday, August 19, Guo was documented arriving in
00:56Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, past noon on July 18
00:59Days later, Guo flew to Singapore where she met with her parents, siblings, and POGO officer
01:04Cassandra Ong, all of whom are also wanted by the Senate
01:07In the session, Ontiveros produced a document that appeared to record Guo's arrival in Malaysia
01:12She said the document came from the National Bureau of Investigation
01:15But the Justice Department, which runs the NBI, says there are no indications that Guo
01:20has left the country
01:21DOJ Assistant Secretary Jose Dominic Lavana released a statement following Ontiveros'
01:26privileged speech
01:27He says there have been recent sightings of Guo by local authorities
01:32China Coast Guard ships harass and damage two Philippine Coast Guard vessels near Escoda
01:37Shoal
01:38The National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea says Monday, August 19, aggressive moves
01:42by a CCG vessel led to a collision with the PCG's BRP Cape Inganyo at 0324 that morning
01:49It left a two-and-a-half-foot hole on the deck of the Philippine vessel
01:52Just minutes later, another CCG ship rammed the PCG's BRP Bagakay twice, once on each
01:58side and caused some minor damage
02:00Despite these, the task force said both PCG vessels would proceed with their resupply
02:05missions to Patag and Lawak Islands, which host PCG outposts
02:09The Philippines called the Chinese ships' actions unlawful, aggressive, and dangerous
02:13China claims the PCG vessels deliberately collided with the Chinese ships and they illegally
02:18intruded in the area
02:19Escoda Shoal, also known as Sabina Shoal, is within the Philippines' Exclusive Economic
02:24Zone
02:26The Philippines announces on Monday, August 19, that it detected one new M-Pox or Monkey
02:31Pox case, the first in the country for 2024 and its 10th case overall
02:36This less than a week after the World Health Organization declared M-Pox a global public
02:40health emergency for the second time in two years
02:43The new case is from Metro Manila and was reported to the Department of Health on Sunday,
02:48August 18
03:05The patient had a fever over a week ago before getting a, quote, distinct rash on the following
03:10areas
03:11The DOH says symptoms also include the following
03:16M-Pox patients can either stay isolated at home or get confined in a hospital, upon the
03:22advice of a doctor
03:26Filipino gymnast Leva Yung-Ruvivar says she feels really hurt that she and several other
03:30members of the Olympic delegation missed out on the government's homecoming event for them
03:34last Tuesday
03:35In a post Monday, August 19, Yung-Ruvivar said she was never informed that she had been
03:40invited
03:41Another member of Team Philippines had told her about plans for a Heroes Welcome at Malacanang
03:46A week before the event, Yung-Ruvivar inquired with Gymnastics Association of the Philippines
03:50president Cynthia Carreon
03:52Carreon replied it was only for medalists
03:55Yung-Ruvivar shared a screencap of her exchange with Carreon
03:58Besides Yung-Ruvivar, gymnasts Alea Finnegan and Emma Malabuyo, and golfers Bianca Pagdanganan
04:03and Dori Ardina also missed the event
04:06Carreon later apologized to the three gymnasts
04:08She said she received late notice that the invitation included the whole team
04:12Yung-Ruvivar thanked Filipinos for their support and said she's excited to continue competing
04:17for the Philippines
04:23Actor Sandro Mulac formally files a complaint of rape through sexual assault against GMA
04:28independent contractors Giorgio Nones and Richard Cruz
04:31He also attended the Senate committee investigating the abuse and harassment complaints
04:36Nones and Cruz were also present
04:38Senator Jingo Estrada urged Mulac to recount the incident
04:41Mulac said after the GMA gala night on July 20, he received a text from Nones at 3.59am
04:47asking if he had already gone home
04:49Nones then said he would soon cast Mulac in a project he was directing
04:53Nones afterwards invited him to his hotel room for drinks
04:57But when he arrived at the room, Mulac says he saw Cruz drunk and lying in bed
05:01and then Nones offered him some wine
05:03Estrada tried to press for more details
05:05But Mulac's legal counsel said they couldn't yet disclose specific details
05:09as the accused had yet to receive a copy of the complaint
05:13And that's today's wrap
05:15I'm Cara Oliver, thank you for watching
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