Here are today’s headlines – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:
- Alice Guo, Bamban bosses face new money laundering charges
- DMW apologizes for sending wrong remains to family of deceased OFW
- South Korean investigators arrest impeached President Yoon
- John Amores sells JRU brawl jersey, Sara Duterte letter to Boss Toyo for P67,500
- Vice Ganda’s ‘And The Breadwinner Is’ grosses over P400 million
https://www.rappler.com/video/daily-wrap/january-15-2025/
- Alice Guo, Bamban bosses face new money laundering charges
- DMW apologizes for sending wrong remains to family of deceased OFW
- South Korean investigators arrest impeached President Yoon
- John Amores sells JRU brawl jersey, Sara Duterte letter to Boss Toyo for P67,500
- Vice Ganda’s ‘And The Breadwinner Is’ grosses over P400 million
https://www.rappler.com/video/daily-wrap/january-15-2025/
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00:00Today on Rappler
00:12The Department of Justice will file 62 counts of money laundering against Alice Goh and
00:17Bambang officials.
00:18The Department of Migrant Workers apologizes for repatriating the wrong remains to the
00:23family of OFW Jenny Alvarado.
00:26Goh's arrest impeached South Korean President Yun Suk-kyo at his residence in Seoul.
00:31Controversial PBA player John Amores sells his brawl jersey and Sara Duterte's letter
00:36for 67,500 pesos.
00:40And Vice Ganda's film, and the breadwinner is, grosses over 400 million pesos in cinemas.
00:47The Department of Justice will file 62 counts of money laundering against the dismissed
00:51mayor of Bambang, Tarlac, Alice Goh, accusing her of being the architect of a scam farm
00:56operation in the region.
00:58The indictment, dated December 20, a copy of which was obtained by Rappler on Wednesday,
01:02January 15, labels Goh as the architect of the alleged criminal scheme.
01:08This involves multiple money laundering activities, including transacting, transferring, and conspiring
01:13to move illicit funds to her family-owned companies.
01:1731 counts of money laundering conspiracy are also recommended against her parents, siblings,
01:22and officials from companies involved in the Bambang operation.
01:25This includes Goh's real estate company, Baofu, and two Philippine offshore gaming operators
01:30or POGOs that leased there.
01:32Meantime, Cassandra Ong, initially included in the complaint, was cleared by prosecutors
01:37who found no evidence linking her to the crimes.
01:40However, she faces separate human trafficking charges related to the Porak operation.
01:46The Department of Migrant Workers apologizes for repatriating the wrong remains to the
01:51family of overseas Filipino worker Jenny Alvarado.
01:55Alvarado died in Kuwait reportedly due to suffocation.
01:58DMW Secretary Hans Kakdak says he takes full responsibility for the mistake, saying he
02:03gave a directive to hasten Alvarado's repatriation, and the shipping service provider must've
02:08made a mistake because the body that was shipped was not Jenny's, but it was under her name.
02:13No information about the repatriated body was given, but media reports say the remains
02:18were that of a foreigner.
02:20Kakdak adds DMW's labor attache and lawyers on the ground are investigating how the mistake
02:25occurred and if anyone should be liable.
02:28Overseas Workers' Welfare Administration Chief Arnel Ignacio says Alvarado reportedly
02:32died of cold suffocation.
02:35The DMW says it is studying calls for a new deployment ban to Kuwait, despite just recently
02:40tightening its deployment restrictions there.
02:44Police arrest impeached South Korean President Yoon Seok-yol at his residence in Seoul on
02:48Wednesday, January 15.
02:51This weeks after investigators first attempted to arrest Yoon on January 3 after his short-lived
02:56martial law declaration last December.
02:58The warrant investigators secured for his arrest is the first ever issued against an
03:02incumbent South Korean president.
03:05His presidential motorcade left the residence and later arrived at the Corruption Investigation
03:09Office for high-ranking officials.
03:12Yoon's lawyers have argued attempts to detain Yoon are illegal and are designed to publicly
03:16humiliate him.
03:18In a pre-recorded message, Yoon says he submitted himself for questioning to avoid any violence,
03:23but says his actions are not an endorsement of what he calls an illegal investigation.
03:28Yoon has been suspended from his position since December 14, but still remains in office.
03:33South Korea's Constitutional Court is deliberating over whether to uphold his impeachment and
03:38permanently remove him from office.
03:42Controversial former PBA player John Amores sold one of his Jose Rizal University jerseys
03:47and a letter from Vice President Sara Duterte to Filipino content creator Boss Toyo for
03:52Php67,500.
03:55Amores initially asked for Php200,000 for the package deal but was shot down by the
04:00internet celebrity.
04:01The blue jersey is said to be the one Amores wore during his infamous November 2022 brawl
04:06against College of St. Benilde during the NCAA's Season 98 Men's Basketball Tournament.
04:12Amores was suspended indefinitely by the NCAA, and JRU expelled him from its athletics program.
04:18Duterte, also infamous for punching a Davao City sheriff over a decade ago, sent the letter
04:23to Amores a month after the incident.
04:26It reads,
04:27Remember the lesson, not the mistake.
04:29You have a friend from the office of the Vice President.
04:32Amores was drafted by the North Port Batangpierre in the PBA before crashing out with a serious
04:37gun-related incident last September.
04:40He is currently out on bail while awaiting trial for attempted homicide.
04:46Vice Gunda's star power continues to hold.
04:48ABS-CBN Star Cinema announces Wednesday, January 15 and the breadwinner is, grossed over Php400
04:54million in cinemas nationwide.
04:57The comeback film of the un-kabogable star in the Metro Manila Film Festival 2024 is
05:02the seventh film starring Vice Gunda to breach the Php400 million threshold.
05:07Showcasing his dramatic chops, Vice Gunda received the Special Jury Citation from the
05:11Metro Manila Film Festival for his performance in And The Breadwinner Is.
05:16The film is directed by the award-winning Jun Robles Lana and features veteran actors
05:20Eugene Domingo, John Hilario, Gladys Reyes, and Malu De Guzman.
05:27And that's today's wrap.
05:28I'm Cara Oliver.
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