Here are today's headlines – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:
- US cancels visa of Royina Garma, ex-cop linked to Duterte's 'death squad'
- Alice Guo's graft case transferred from Tarlac to Valenzuela court
- North Korea shows first photos of banned uranium enrichment site
- Kris Aquino to fly back to the Philippines
- SB19's PABLO releases first solo album ‘ALON’
https://www.rappler.com/video/daily-wrap/september-13-2024/
- US cancels visa of Royina Garma, ex-cop linked to Duterte's 'death squad'
- Alice Guo's graft case transferred from Tarlac to Valenzuela court
- North Korea shows first photos of banned uranium enrichment site
- Kris Aquino to fly back to the Philippines
- SB19's PABLO releases first solo album ‘ALON’
https://www.rappler.com/video/daily-wrap/september-13-2024/
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00:00Today on Rappler
00:12The United States cancels the visa of former Duterte Davao death squad implementer Roina
00:17Garma
00:18Alice Guo's graft case is transferred from Capas, Tarlac to a court in Valenzuela
00:23North Korea shows images of a banned uranium enrichment facility
00:27Chris Aquino is back in the Philippines to start a second round of treatment
00:31And SB19's Pablo releases his first solo album, Alon
00:38The United States cancels the visa of former Duterte drug war implementer Roina Garma
00:42Garma says she was not able to board her connecting flight in Japan to the US on August 28 because
00:48her visa, supposed to be valid until 2028, had been declared invalid and cancelled
00:53Self-confessed Davao death squad hitman Arturo Lascaña said in his affidavit with the International
00:58Criminal Court that Garma was among those who carried out the orders of then-Mayor Duterte
01:03Is the visa cancellation related to the US Magnitsky Act?
01:06The US Magnitsky Act bans travel to the United States for individuals seen as serious human
01:11rights violators
01:13The US Embassy in Manila says it cannot comment on individual visa cases
01:17Meantime, the House of Representatives' Quad Committee ordered the detention of Garma on
01:21Thursday, September 12, after she was cited in contempt
01:25Lawmakers accused Garma of evading questions about her closeness to Duterte
01:31The graft case of dismissed Bamban Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo is transferred from Capas
01:34Tarlac Regional Trial Court to the Valenzuela City RTC
01:39Supreme Court Spokesperson Camille Su Mei Ting says there is a circular from the Office
01:43of the Court Administrator that states,
01:45When the accused is a public official, the case shall be forwarded to the nearest RTC
01:49of the nearest judicial region from the judicial region where the official holds public office.
01:54In Guo's case, the nearest RTC of the judicial region from Capas is in Valenzuela.
02:00Senator Francis Tolentino explains the implications of the case transfer.
02:03He says if the jurisdiction and court venue are wrong, everything else will be wrong.
02:08He says the warrant of arrest issued is also invalid.
02:13North Korea for the first time shows images of the centrifuges that produce fuel for its
02:19as leader Kim Jong-un visits a uranium enrichment facility.
02:22Photos released by state media KCNA Friday, September 13, provide a rare look inside North
02:28Korea's nuclear program, which is banned under multiple United Nations Security Council resolutions.
02:33The report did not make clear when the visit occurred nor the facility's location.
02:37KCNA says in a separate report, Kim oversaw the test launch of a new 600mm multiple-launch
02:43rocket system on Thursday.
02:45A South Korean official earlier said the launch may have been meant to test the weapons for
02:50export to Russia.
02:51North Korea conducted six underground nuclear tests between 2006 and 2017.
02:57In July, a U.S. report concluded the country may have built up to 90 nuclear warheads but
03:02that it has likely assembled closer to 50.
03:07Kris Aquino returns to the Philippines to start a second round of treatment for her
03:10illnesses.
03:11Her friend Len Alonte confirms Friday, September 13, Aquino has landed in Manila.
03:17The actress is set to receive treatment in two to three weeks and in an Instagram post
03:21says she will need emotional support from her family, closest friends, and doctors.
03:26She is diagnosed with six autoimmune conditions and is awaiting test results for two more.
03:32Aquino also shares while she was previously struggling to improve her health, she is now
03:36struggling to protect her vital organs.
03:38She writes,
03:39This is now the fight of my life.
03:42The 52-year-old moved to the US in 2022 to receive treatment and has remained there since.
03:47She confirmed in late June she was dating someone new, a medical doctor based in Makati.
03:53SB19 leader Pablo releases Alon, the first album under his solo project.
04:09The P-Pop Boy Group's producer and main rapper drops the eight-track album Friday,
04:14September 13.
04:16The record features his first single, LALUNA, and KUMUNOY, which he performed during the
04:20Pagtatag World Tour.
04:28Pablo posted versions of his other tracks, Drowning in the Water, KELAN, and WALA, on
04:32his SoundCloud account.
04:34Pablo worked with his brother Josue for most of the songs in the album and performs KELAN
04:39with him.
04:40Pablo makes waves in his new album, hoping to inspire and motivate fans and listeners.
04:44A second album, LAON, is set to be released September 20.
04:50And that's today's rap.
04:51I'm JC Gotinga.
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