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Here are today’s headlines – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:  - Ex-cop Royina Garma, who confirmed Duterte's death squad, arrested in US  - Philippines says it's under pressure from China to cede claims in South China Sea  - Sara Duterte on relationship with Imee Marcos: ‘We’re friends, still’ - BARMM polls cannot be postponed – Supreme Court - Journalists, activists demand Frenchie Mae Cumpio’s freedom as she takes the stand  https://www.rappler.com/video/daily-wrap/november-12-2024/

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00:00Today on Rappler

00:15Retired Police Colonel Ruyi Nagarma, who implicated Rodrigo Duterte in drug war killings, has

00:19been arrested in the U.S. Defense Secretary Yibo Chidoro says China is putting more pressure

00:24on the Philippines to relinquish its rights in the South China Sea.

00:28Vice President Sara Duterte says she and Senator Aimee Marcos are still friends.

00:33The Supreme Court says parliamentary elections for BARMM cannot be postponed.

00:38And journalists and activists demand the release of journalist Frenchie May Cumpio.

00:44Retired Police Colonel Ruyi Nagarma, who implicated Rodrigo Duterte in drug war killings, has

00:49been arrested in the United States.

00:51Her lawyer, Emerito Kilang, tells Rappler Tuesday, November 12, Garma was arrested upon

00:56landing in San Francisco.

00:57She and her daughter have been in the custody of California officials since November 7.

01:02Garma also tried unsuccessfully to travel to the U.S. in August.

01:06She was blocked both times because her visa was canceled without her knowledge, likely

01:10owing to U.S. sanctions on human rights violators.

01:13Kilang couldn't confirm the reasons for her arrest, but he says U.S. authorities assured

01:17him Garma and her daughter are safe.

01:19Justice Secretary Boeing Remulia says the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service

01:24flagged Garma's arrival and it is now working to repatriate her.

01:28There is no whole departure order on Garma, who does not have a pending case in the Philippines.

01:35Defense Secretary Gibo Chidoro says China is putting ever greater pressure on the Philippines

01:39to relinquish its sovereign rights in the South China Sea.

01:42Chidoro says this after his meeting with Australian Defense Chief Richard Marles in Canberra on

01:47Tuesday, November 12.

01:49He says there is, quote,

01:54Chidoro adds that the Philippines is a victim of Chinese aggression.

01:58Marles says Australia wants to work more closely with the Philippine defense industry and it

02:03will send an engineering assessment team in 2025.

02:06The Philippines and Australia are strengthening defense cooperation.

02:09They signed strategic partnership in September 2023 and afterwards launched joint air and

02:14sea patrols in the South China Sea.

02:17The Philippines joined war games in Australia for the first time this year.

02:22Vice President Sara Duterte downplays whispers of a rift with Senator Aimee Marcos following

02:27her recent sharp remarks about the senator's younger brother, President Ferdinand Marcos

02:32Jr. and her late father.

02:34Duterte says Tuesday, November 12, she and Aimee Marcos are still friends and continue

02:39to stay in touch and exchange messages regularly.

02:42But she also notes an instance when she felt the senator's response was cold.

02:46Duterte also accused First Lady Liza Araneta Marcos and Speaker Martin Romualdez of being

02:51behind an alleged smear campaign against her using members of the House of Representatives.

02:56She claims the two have presidential ambitions for 2028 and view her as a likely rival.

03:01Duterte said she wanted to decapitate Marcos Jr. and threatened to dig up the remains of

03:06the late dictator and dump it into the West Philippine Sea.

03:11The Supreme Court says that the polls in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslimandanao

03:15or Barm cannot be postponed.

03:17ESSE spokesperson Camille Sumay Ting says the ruling is immediately executory, meaning

03:23that the decision should be fully implemented despite the pending motion for reconsideration.

03:28In September, the ESSE affirmed the constitutionality of the Bangsamoro Organic Law but also ruled

03:33the Sulu should be excluded from the autonomous region since the province did not ratify the

03:37law during the 2019 plebiscite.

03:40The ruling was penned by ESSE Senior Associate Justice Marvic Leonin.

03:44The Barm, which replaced the autonomous region in Muslimandanao or Arm, originally included

03:49Sulu.

03:50Earlier in November, Senate President Chiz Escudero filed Senate Bill No. 2682, seeking

03:55to postpone the 2025 Barm parliamentary elections to May 11, 2026, following the High Court's

04:01ruling.

04:05Journalists and activists call for the freedom of Takloban-based journalist Frenchie May

04:08Cumpio.

04:09This as she testified before a later court to defend herself from allegations of illegal

04:14firearms possession and terror financing.

04:17Cumpio and four human rights advocates were arrested in February 2020 under the Rodrigo

04:22Duterte administration's nationwide crackdown against dissenters.

04:26Police claim they possessed illegal firearms.

04:28In 2021, while in detention, authorities filed a terror financing complaint against Cumpio

04:33and her companions.

04:35Prior to her arrest, Cumpio faced multiple red-tagging incidents and had been under surveillance

04:39by suspected military agents.

04:42In a joint statement, media organizations say Cumpio's case is an attack on press freedom

04:46in the country.

04:49And that's today's wrap.

04:50I'm Cara Oliver.

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