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- In Bula, Camarines Sur, some residents forced to pay to get rescued
- 12 Eastern Samar towns under state of calamity as Kristine affects over 6,700 families
- PNP initial findings: Quiboloy may have sexually abused 200 women
- Israel names Al Jazeera reporters as Gaza militants, network condemns 'unfounded allegations'
- Nearly 25 million votes already cast as Harris, Trump hit battleground states
https://www.rappler.com/video/daily-wrap/october-24-2024/
- In Bula, Camarines Sur, some residents forced to pay to get rescued
- 12 Eastern Samar towns under state of calamity as Kristine affects over 6,700 families
- PNP initial findings: Quiboloy may have sexually abused 200 women
- Israel names Al Jazeera reporters as Gaza militants, network condemns 'unfounded allegations'
- Nearly 25 million votes already cast as Harris, Trump hit battleground states
https://www.rappler.com/video/daily-wrap/october-24-2024/
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00:12In Bula, Camarines Sur, some residents are forced to pay to be rescued.
00:17Twelve municipalities in eastern Samar are placed under a state of calamity.
00:21Police say Apollo Kibuloy may have sexually abused around 200 women.
00:26Israel accuses six Al Jazeera reporters of being Hamas members.
00:30And nearly 25 million voters cast ballots through early voting or mail-in ballots in
00:35the United States.
00:38Residents of Bula, Camarines Sur, affected by severe Tropical Storm Christine, complain
00:42some of the stranded people in their town had to pay to get rescued by private boat
00:47owners.
00:48The fees charged range from 500 pesos to 2,500 pesos per head and 5,000 pesos per boat.
00:54A Bula resident clarifies it is their fellow residents, not government personnel or genuine
00:59volunteers who are charging fees for rescues.
01:02A concerned citizen from Albay says this practice has been ongoing for years during disasters,
01:07specifically in the town of Nabua, a flood-prone area.
01:11The Department of Social Welfare and Development reports at least 315,000 families are affected
01:16in the Bicol region.
01:18The department also says it is having trouble reaching certain areas in Camarines Sur to
01:23deliver aid for the hardest-hit communities, but adds the supply of the pre-positioned
01:27stockpile of relief goods is still stable.
01:29Follow Rappler for more updates.
01:33Twelve municipalities in eastern Samar are placed under a state of calamity on Wednesday,
01:38October 23.
01:39Torrential rain, flooding, and landslides caused by severe Tropical Storm Christine,
01:44international name TRAMI, affect nearly 7,000 families in the province.
01:48Here are the affected municipalities in eastern Samar.
01:54Jipapad was the hardest-hit with all 13 of its barangays submerged by floodwaters.
01:59Evacuations of affected families and individuals have been carried out, and clearing operations
02:04and relief efforts are ongoing across the province.
02:07Meantime, strong winds, flooding, landslides, and power outages are plaguing areas in Negros
02:13Occidental and its capital, Bacolod.
02:16Negros Occidental's Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council reported
02:20landslides in Cipalay City Wednesday.
02:23Officials say more than 700 families are affected in the province.
02:27Follow Rappler's coverage of the onslaught of severe Tropical Storm Christine.
02:33Initial findings of the Philippine National Police say doomsday preacher Apollo Quibuloy
02:37may have sexually abused around 200 women.
02:40Davao City PNP Chief Hansel Marantan told the Senate Wednesday, October 23, his agency
02:46identified 68 females of different ages who were Quibuloy's victims.
02:51The victims were usually pastorals or attractive women who perform special tasks and do numerous
02:56errands for Quibuloy as supposed forms of service to God.
03:00The police are also investigating the so-called Angels of Death in Quibuloy's church, who
03:04threaten those who violate the secrecy of Quibuloy's acts, including sexual exploitation.
03:09Quibuloy faced the Senate for the first time Wednesday since Senator Issa Ontiveros' committee
03:14launched the probe in late January.
03:17He continues to deny allegations of abuse, even calling the Senate probe unfair.
03:21This one is like trial by suspicion.
03:24We don't have a resource person.
03:26No one came to us.
03:30The Israeli military named six Palestinian Al Jazeera reporters in Gaza as members of
03:35the Hamas or Islamic Jihad militant groups.
03:38It published documents Wednesday, October 23, supposedly proving the men had a military
03:43affiliation to the groups.
03:45The papers supposedly included Hamas and Islamic Jihad lists of personnel details, salaries
03:50and militant training courses, phone directories, and injury reports.
03:55But Al Jazeera says the move is an attempt to silence journalists.
03:59The network says it has no affiliation with militant groups and accused Israeli forces
04:03of deliberately killing its journalists.
04:06Meantime, Al Jazeera calls for the immediate medical evacuation of its injured journalists
04:10in Gaza.
04:12They were injured during an attack by Israeli forces early October.
04:17Nearly 25 million voters have cast ballots either through in-person early voting or mail-in
04:22ballots, according to tracking data from the Election Lab at the University of Florida.
04:27Several states, including the battlegrounds of North Carolina and Georgia, set records
04:32on their respective first day of early voting last week.
04:35The robust early turnout comes as Vice President Harris and former President Trump remain neck
04:40and neck in seven of the most competitive states, with less than two weeks to go until
04:44the November 5 election.
04:46Pennsylvania and Georgia are among the seven battleground states that will decide who wins
04:50the presidency, and both candidates are likely to spend much of the rest of their campaigns
04:54visiting them.
04:56Harris holds a marginal 46% to 43% lead over the former president in the latest Reuters-Ipsos poll.
05:04And that's today's Wrap, I'm Cara Oliver, thank you for watching.
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