Here are today’s headlines – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:
- Sara Duterte on impeachment: Getting dumped by ex hits harder
- Facebook pages of pro-Duterte personalities inaccessible
- Trump says Israel would hand over Gaza after fighting is over, no US troops needed
- Barbie Hsu's husband Koo Jun-yup vows to protect her children 'from the wicked'
- NewJeans rebrands as NJZ, teases more ‘bold’ image and music
https://www.rappler.com/video/daily-wrap/february-7-2025/
- Sara Duterte on impeachment: Getting dumped by ex hits harder
- Facebook pages of pro-Duterte personalities inaccessible
- Trump says Israel would hand over Gaza after fighting is over, no US troops needed
- Barbie Hsu's husband Koo Jun-yup vows to protect her children 'from the wicked'
- NewJeans rebrands as NJZ, teases more ‘bold’ image and music
https://www.rappler.com/video/daily-wrap/february-7-2025/
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00:00Today on Rappler
00:12Vice President Sara Duterte says getting dumped in love hurts more than being impeached.
00:17The Facebook pages of four pro-Duterte personalities are inaccessible.
00:22President Donald Trump says Israel will hand over Gaza to the U.S. with no U.S. troops
00:26needed on the ground.
00:28Barbie Shoes' husband Ku John Yap promises to protect her children from an earlier marriage.
00:33And K-pop girl group NUGENES changes its name.
00:51Vice President Sara Duterte has this to say when asked about her impeachment.
00:56She opens her press conference Friday, February 7, with a brief statement.
01:15The VP appears calm and unfazed, completely different from the Sara Duterte who cursed,
01:19ranted, and threatened in a midnight virtual press conference in November 2024.
01:24Asked if she had already spoken to her father, former President Rodrigo Duterte, she says
01:28her father said,
01:29"...everything will be alright."
01:31The vice president's impeachment is based on allegations of betrayal of public trust,
01:35culpable violation of the constitution, bribery, graft and corruption, and other high crimes,
01:39following a resolution fast-tracked by 215 lawmakers.
01:43After transmittal, the Senate will now serve as an impeachment trial court.
01:49The Facebook pages of at least four pro-Duterte personalities are inaccessible as of Friday,
01:54February 7.
01:55Several Facebook users on Thursday night, February 6, noticed that the pages of the
01:59following personalities were unavailable on the platform.
02:03The URLs of the listed Facebook pages display the message,
02:06This content isn't available right now.
02:08The reason for the unavailability remains unclear, but Facebook's parent company, Meta,
02:12typically removes pages for violating its community standard or after reports from other
02:17users.
02:18Sassasot, Chrisette Chu, and Lorraine Badoi had been in the news for avoiding a February
02:224 hearing on online disinformation.
02:24This is not the first time Sassasot and Badoi's pages were taken down.
02:28Some pro-Duterte Facebook users blamed the Marcos administration for allegedly taking
02:32down the pages.
02:34This after the public fallout between Vice President Sara Duterte and President Ferdinand
02:38Marcos Jr. that built up to Duterte's impeachment.
02:43President Donald Trump says Israel will hand over Gaza to the United States after the fighting
02:47was over and the enclave's residents had been resettled elsewhere.
02:51Trump claims this means no U.S. troops would be required on the ground.
02:55Israel Defense Minister Israel Katz says on X,
02:57I welcome President Donald Trump's bold initiative, which can create extensive opportunities
03:02for those in Gaza who wish to leave.
03:04Trump's announcement that the U.S. will take control of and develop Gaza into the
03:08Riviera of the Middle East was met with global condemnation.
03:12Katz says he ordered the army to create a plan allowing for the voluntary departure
03:15of Gazans from Palestine.
03:18He adds, it will include exit options through land crossings, along with special provisions
03:22for departure by sea and air.
03:24Meantime, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio says people would need to live elsewhere while
03:29Gaza was being rebuilt, but did not specify whether they can return.
03:33Gaza is home to over 2 million Palestinians.
03:38Ku Jon-Yup, the husband of late actress Barbie Shue, promises to take legal action to protect
03:42the children of his wife from, quote, the wicked.
03:45Ku broke his silence to mourn the passing of his wife at age 48.
03:48In a translated post by the South China Morning Post, Ku says, quote,
03:51I am in indescribable sadness and pain, as if my heart is being cut by a knife and my
03:56insides are torn apart.
03:58I have no strength to speak, nor do I want to.
04:01Ku also accuses certain individuals of tarnishing his family's name, pretending to mourn.
04:05Ku's statement came a day after Shue's ashes were brought back to Taiwan from Japan,
04:10where she died from influenza-induced pneumonia and was cremated.
04:13Ku and Shue had dated and rekindled their relationship in 2022, marrying soon after
04:18she ended her decade-long marriage to Chinese businessman Wang Xiaofei.
04:22Following the divorce, Shue and Wang, who shared a daughter and son, traded accusations
04:26and lawsuits.
04:28K-pop girl group NU'GENE rebrands as NJZ as its members turn a new page in their careers.
04:35Minji, Hani, Danielle, Hyerin, and Hyeyin, together with American media company Complex,
04:40announced the name change Friday, February 7.
04:43In an interview with CNN, the group members open up about their new chapter and name.
04:47Danielle and Hani say the group spent a lot of time picking a name that retained the essence
04:51of the original NU'GENE's name.
04:53Hani shares they don't want their dispute with HYBE to be the focus of their careers.
04:58She also teases fans should expect music and releases that are a lot more sharp, a lot
05:02more bold.
05:03The five girls terminated their contracts with HYBE and sublabel Adore in November 2024
05:08after the two companies failed to respond to their demands.
05:13And that's today's wrap.
05:14I'm JC Gotinga.
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