Today's headlines: Shiela Guo & Cassandra Ong, Sara Duterte, EJ Obiena | The wRap | August 22, 2024
Here are today’s headlines – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:
- Alice Guo’s sister, Porac POGO worker Cassandra Ong now in PH custody
- House leaders deny efforts to impeach Vice President Sara Duterte
- ‘That’s my dad’: Walz’s tearful son stars in Democratic convention speech
- Taylor Swift expresses fear and guilt when she canceled Vienna shows
- EJ Obiena rises to third in first post-Olympics meet as Duplantis cruises anew
https://www.rappler.com/video/daily-wrap/august-22-2024/
Here are today’s headlines – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:
- Alice Guo’s sister, Porac POGO worker Cassandra Ong now in PH custody
- House leaders deny efforts to impeach Vice President Sara Duterte
- ‘That’s my dad’: Walz’s tearful son stars in Democratic convention speech
- Taylor Swift expresses fear and guilt when she canceled Vienna shows
- EJ Obiena rises to third in first post-Olympics meet as Duplantis cruises anew
https://www.rappler.com/video/daily-wrap/august-22-2024/
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00:00Today on Rappler
00:13Catherine Cassandra Ong and Alice Goua's sister are turned over to Philippine authorities
00:17after being held by Indonesian immigration.
00:20House of Representatives officials say talk of an impeachment move against Vice President
00:24Sara Duterte is rumor-mongering.
00:26The son of Vice Presidential candidate Tim Walz becomes an enduring image on day three
00:31of the Democratic National Convention.
00:33US pop megastar Taylor Swift talks about the plot to attack her Vienna concerts.
00:38And Filipino poll vaulter EJ Obiena snatches a joint third-place finish at the 2024 Lausanne
00:43Diamond League in Switzerland.
00:47Catherine Cassandra Ong and Sheila, the sister of Bambantarlak Mayor Alice Goua, are turned
00:52over to Philippine authorities after being held by Indonesian immigration.
00:57The two arrive in the country Thursday afternoon, August 22.
01:00Ong is tied to LuckySouth99, a Philippine offshore gaming operator in Porak, Pampanga.
01:05Justice Secretary Boeing Rimulya notes it proves the connection between Bamban and Porak
01:10operations.
01:11Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission spokesperson Winston Cascio says immigration
01:16agents went to Batam, Indonesia to bring back Ong and Sheila Goua.
01:20Sheila is covered by a Senate arrest order while Ong has an arrest order from the House.
01:24The two will be put under the custody of the National Bureau of Investigation.
01:28Alice Goua reportedly left the country in July and flew to Indonesia, Malaysia, and
01:32joined her family in Singapore.
01:36House of Representatives officials downplay speculations of an impeachment effort against
01:41Vice President Sara Duterte, calling it rumor-mongering.
01:45This after Duterte said on Tuesday, August 20, that her friends in Congress made her
01:49aware of an alleged plot to oust her from the Vice Presidency.
01:52Some congressional leaders who faced the media on Wednesday, August 21, say there are no
01:57impeachment talks in the lower chamber.
01:59I personally can categorically say that there is no such talk, counterproductive to the
02:07work that we are doing right now, and that this is not only create disunity, create chaos
02:13politically.
02:15In November 2023, House Deputy Minority Leader Franz Castro said there were informal discussions
02:20about Duterte's possible impeachment.
02:22House leaders dismissed the impeachment rumors, and President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. himself
02:27said he did not want Duterte impeached.
02:35The son of vice presidential candidate Tim Walz becomes an enduring image on day three
02:39of the Democratic National Convention.
02:42Gus, the son of Kamala Harris' 61-year-old running mate, jumped up, sobbing, pointing
02:47at the stage while yelling,
02:48"'That's my dad.'"
02:50Gus has a nonverbal learning disorder, ADHD, and an anxiety disorder.
02:55Democrats hope Walz's folksy charm will win over white men in rural areas who voted for
03:00Trump.
03:01Freedom to make your own health care decisions, your kids' freedom to go to school without
03:07worrying about being shot dead in the hall.
03:10The Democrats also put the spotlight on the siege of the U.S. Capitol, with a video showing
03:14Republican candidate Donald Trump encouraging supporters.
03:18I will be looking very, very strongly at that pardon.
03:21Let us not forget who assaulted democracy on January 6th.
03:27He did!
03:29U.S. pop megastar Taylor Swift reveals a new sense of fear came over her after authorities
03:35uncovered a plot to attack her Vienna concert.
03:38She also shares she felt guilty for letting down fans by cancelling her three shows in
03:42the city.
03:43The singer also applauds authorities for foiling the plan to cause mass harm at Ernst Happel
03:48Stadium.
03:49She writes on Instagram,
03:50Thanks to them, we were grieving concerts and not lives.
03:53My priority was finishing our European tour safely, and it is with great relief that I
03:58can say we did that.
03:59Austrian police arrested a 19-year-old man who had confessed to wanting to cause a bloodbath
04:04at Swift's shows.
04:05Vieira's tour is the highest-grossing concert tour in history.
04:09It will resume in October to December in the United States and Canada.
04:14Top Filipino pope Voltaire, Egeo Vienna, kickstarts his road to Olympic redemption after snatching
04:19a joint third-place finish at the 2024 Lausanne Diamond League in Switzerland on Wednesday,
04:24August 21, or Thursday, August 22, Manila time.
04:28He finishes with a 5.82-meter clearance, but fails all three attempts at 5.92.
04:34Olympic world record holder and two-time reigning Olympic champion Mondo Duplantis easily cops
04:39gold at the 6-meter mark.
04:41He also nets the meet record at 6.15 meters in three jumps.
04:45Reigning silver medalist Sam Kendricks nails another runner-up finish with a 5.92-meter
04:50mark.
04:51Greek Emmanuel Karelis, meantime, slides to sixth place.
04:54Obiena plans to mount a historic World Athletic Sanctioned Pole Vault event at Makati's Ayala
04:59Triangle Gardens in the Philippines on September 20.
05:03And that's today's wrap.
05:04I'm Cara Oliver.
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