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Here are the top stories of #TheDailyRundown November 16, 2024

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00:00Here's the quick rundown of today's top stories, Saturday, November 16th.
00:08The storm Pepito, with an international name of Manyi, is now a super typhoon.
00:14In a tropical cyclone bulletin issued at 11 a.m. on Saturday, November 16, the Philippine
00:20Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration warned that Pepito
00:25is approaching its peak intensity.
00:28Citing radar imagery, PAGASA noted that the intensity of Pepito may begin to stabilize
00:34or slightly decrease in the coming hours.
00:36However, it noted that if the ongoing eyewall replacement process is completed before its
00:42passage over Catanduanes, the super typhoon could resume intensifying.
00:48Philippines to import rice due to typhoon's damages to the agricultural sector.
00:54President Marcos revealed that the country would have to import rice to compensate for
00:58the agricultural damages caused by the recent typhoons that hit the country in just three
01:02weeks.
01:04According to Marcos, the Department of Agriculture informed him of a possible importation of
01:08around 4.5 million tons.
01:11The successive typhoons in the country caused around 7 billion pesos in agricultural damages
01:17and losses in regions 1, 2, 3, 6, 8, 12, the Cordillera Administrative Region, Calabarzon,
01:27Mimaropa, and the Bicol Region.
01:32Solan hits Vice President Sara for refusing to take an oath, unlike her dad, Duterte.
01:38House Deputy Majority Leader La Unión First District Representative Paulo Ortega V credited
01:44former President Rodrigo Duterte for taking an oath in a congressional investigation involving
01:49him, something that the latter's daughter, Vice President Sara Duterte, refused to do.
01:55Ortega was referring to the Quad Committee hearing in the House of Representatives last
01:59Wednesday, November 13th.
02:02Before sitting through 13 hours of questioning from congressmen regarding his bloody war
02:06on drugs, the elder Duterte stood up to take an oath.
02:10Meanwhile, the House, through the Committee on Good Government and Public Accountability,
02:14is investigating Vice President Duterte's alleged misuse of confidential and intelligence
02:19funds.
02:23Marcos Government Asked to Give Comparable Opportunities to OFWs Who Will Be Sent Home
02:27Under Trump OFW Party List Representative Marissa Del Mar Magsino is prodding the Marcos
02:34Administration to give comparable opportunities to returning overseas Filipino workers who
02:40may be forced to leave their jobs in the United States soon with the expected strict implementation
02:45of immigration laws.
02:47This, as the Lady Solan told the Philippine government to proactively address the effects
02:52of the possible mass deportation of 300,000 undocumented Filipinos from the U.S. under
02:58the incoming administration of President-elect Donald Trump.
03:03Indonesia Eyes Transfer of Mary Jane Veloso to Philippine Prison Jakarta is considering
03:09a transfer to the Philippine prison of Mary Jane Veloso, a Filipino national facing death
03:14penalty for drug charges in Indonesia.
03:17Indonesia's Coordinating Ministry for Legal, Human Rights, Immigration and Correction said
03:22that the transfer of prisoner is being eyed as an option in line with the Philippine government's
03:27request.
03:28That came as Philippine Ambassador to Jakarta Gina Alagon Jamaralin met with Coordinating
03:33Minister Yusrul Issa Mahendra amid Manila's constant efforts to seek clemency for Veloso.
03:41Lebanon's Prime Minister Asks Iran to Help Secure a Ceasefire in Israel-Hezbollah War
03:47As a top advisor to Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei visited Lebanon for talks, Lebanese
03:52officials said an American proposal for a ceasefire deal had been passed on to Hezbollah,
03:58aiming to end 13 months of exchanges of fire between Israel and the group.
04:03Iran is a main backer of Hezbollah, and for decades has been funding and arming the Lebanese
04:08militant group.
04:10Hezbollah began firing rockets into northern Israel the day after Hamas's surprise attack
04:14into Israel on October 7, 2023 ignited the war in Gaza, prompting exchanges between the
04:21two sides ever since.
04:26American Rock Band My Chemical Romance Returns Nearly two decades ago, My Chemical Romance
04:32released their career-defining rock opera, The Black Parade, cementing their shift from
04:37mainstays of the emo scene to mainstream recognition and becoming one of the most inventive bands
04:42of the 21st century.
04:44In 2025, fans will get to experience the 2006 album once again.
04:49The band will embark on a 10-date North American stadium tour, where they will perform The
04:54Black Parade in full, on the heels of their headlining performance last month at Las Vegas
04:58when we were Young Festival.
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