Here are today’s headlines – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:
- Rodrigo Duterte’s first appearance at the ICC
- Duterte's arrest was 'by the book,' within ICC's liberal rules — experts
- SAF Policewoman hospitalized after a phone hit from Duterte’s partner
- Bong Go ties Tulfo for top spot in Senate survey held before Duterte's arrest
- US judges order Trump administration to reinstate thousands of fired workers
- Agency admits Kim Soo-hyun dated late actress Kim Sae-ron but not during her minor years
https://www.rappler.com/video/daily-wrap/march-14-2025/
- Rodrigo Duterte’s first appearance at the ICC
- Duterte's arrest was 'by the book,' within ICC's liberal rules — experts
- SAF Policewoman hospitalized after a phone hit from Duterte’s partner
- Bong Go ties Tulfo for top spot in Senate survey held before Duterte's arrest
- US judges order Trump administration to reinstate thousands of fired workers
- Agency admits Kim Soo-hyun dated late actress Kim Sae-ron but not during her minor years
https://www.rappler.com/video/daily-wrap/march-14-2025/
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00:00Today on Rappler.
00:13Former President Rodrigo Duterte undergoes initial proceeding at the International Criminal
00:17Court.
00:18A former ICC judge says Duterte's arrest followed the International Criminal Court's
00:23rules and procedures.
00:25A policewoman was taken to the hospital after the partner of former President Rodrigo Duterte
00:29hit a lady cop with her cell phone.
00:32Re-electionist Senator Bongo ties with Erwin Tulfo for the top spot in a recent Senate
00:37survey.
00:38U.S. federal judges ordered Trump's administration to reinstate probationary federal workers.
00:44And Kim Soo-hyun's agency admits the actor dated late actress Kim Se-ron, but denies
00:49the relationship started when she was a minor.
00:54Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte goes through an initial proceeding at the
00:58International Criminal Court, where he appears for the first time Friday evening, March 14,
01:03Manila time.
01:04The court reads the charges against Duterte.
01:07On 7 March 2025, pre-trial Chamber One concluded that there were reasonable grounds to believe
01:16that Mr. Duterte is criminally responsible pursuant to Article 25-3A of the Rome Statute
01:26as an alleged indirect co-perpetrator for the crime against humanity.
01:32His former executive secretary, Salvador Medialdea, acted as his lawyer.
01:36Two days ago, the whole world has witnessed the degrading fashion in which a former president
01:44of a sovereign country was bundled into a private aircraft and summarily transported
01:51to The Hague.
01:52It was a pure and simple kidnapping.
01:56My client was denied all access to the legal recourse, and this all in the nature of political
02:04scores settling.
02:06Meantime, the ICC had to clarify on Thursday, March 13, Duterte is in fact in their detention
02:12center after his lawyer claimed he was not there.
02:15Salvador Medialdea said in an interview outside the detention center, quote,
02:19We are told that there is no President Duterte at this facility.
02:22We are at a loss at this time.
02:24ICC spokesperson Fadi El Abdala says Duterte is under ICC custody at the ICC detention
02:31center in Scheveningen.
02:32He was admitted today following all medical checks.
02:35The Philippine Embassy in the Netherlands says Duterte informed Philippine officials
02:39in a call that he has received medical care and is generally fine.
02:45The swift arrest of former President Rodrigo Duterte followed normal local procedures and
02:50even complied with the liberal rules of a special tribunal like the International Criminal
02:54Court.
02:55Retired ICC Judge Raul Pangalangan, the first and only Filipino to serve on the ICC bench,
03:01says the ICC is practical and liberal with procedures to ensure the arrest moves forward.
03:06Meantime, the Philippine National Police disputes the Duterte family's claims.
03:10Authorities were hostile and unruly during former President Rodrigo Duterte's arrest.
03:16During a Malacanang briefing, Police Major General Nicolás Torre III says it was actually
03:20Duterte and his family he resorted to physical attacks during the arrest on Tuesday, March
03:2511.
03:26PNP spokesperson, Police Brigadier General John Fajardo says the arresting officers were
03:54also verbally attacked, but they observe maximum tolerance.
03:58At one point, Avancena also hit a female officer with her phone.
04:02In a separate interview, Interior Secretary John Vikramulla told Rappler they understood
04:07where the family was coming from.
04:09She was screaming at General Torre and General Torre was a gentleman about it.
04:14She was not threatened in any way.
04:18She was not bodily pushed or bodily touched in any way to make her stop.
04:26We let her express herself.
04:28We let her message come out on the media.
04:30We did not censor anything.
04:33We totally understood where she was coming from.
04:38A Special Action Force policewoman was taken to the hospital after Hanilet Avancena, the
04:43partner of former President Rodrigo Duterte, hit a lady cop with her cell phone Tuesday,
04:48March 11 at the Villamor Air Base.
04:51The Philippine National Police, on Thursday, March 13, released a video of the incident
04:55which happened when Duterte was being made to board a plane to The Hague.
04:59In a video, Avancena and her daughter Veronica Duterte, also known as Kitty, can be seen
05:04surrounded by SAF.
05:06The PNP spokesperson, John Fajardo, says the police were asking Avancena and Kitty to move
05:11to the side to facilitate Duterte's ascent to the plane.
05:14In the process, Kitty was separated from her mother and Avancena shouted,
05:19Ibalik nyo ang anak ko.
05:20Return my daughter.
05:22At this point, she slammed her cell phone at one of the SAF.
05:25The officer, who was hurt, suffered a bump and swelling on the head.
05:29Fajardo said the SAF was looking into filing a case of direct assault versus Avancena.
05:34But the Inquirer reports, the policewoman has decided not to pursue the case.
05:41Longtime Duterte aide and re-electionist Senator Bongo gained nearly eight percentage
05:45points, tying for the top spot in the latest senatorial preference survey by Pulse Asia
05:50Research Incorporated.
05:52The February 2025 survey, released on Tuesday, March 13, shows Goh tying with ACT-CIS representative
05:59Erwin Tulfo for the top position in the 2025 Senate race if elections were held during
06:04the survey period.
06:05In the January 2025 Pulse Asia survey, Goh ranked second, over 12 percentage points behind
06:11Tulfo.
06:12Meantime, Tulfo saw a six-point decrease in his rating.
06:21The survey was conducted weeks before the arrest of former President Rodrigo Duterte
06:25and the Marcos administration's decision to hand him over to the International Criminal
06:29Court.
06:32Federal judges in California and Maryland order the Trump administration to reinstate
06:36thousands of probationary federal workers who were fired during mass layoffs at 19 agencies.
06:43U.S. District Judge James Brodar in Baltimore agrees with 20 Democratic-led states, ruling
06:48that 18 agencies violated regulations by firing probationary employees.
06:53The restraining order applies to agencies like the Environmental Protection Agency,
06:58the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and the U.S. Agency for International Development,
07:03which have been targeted for deregulation and cost-cutting by the Trump administration.
07:08Other agencies include the U.S. Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Education, Energy,
07:13Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, Housing and Urban Development, Interior, Labor,
07:19Transportation, Treasury, and Veterans Affairs.
07:22Government agencies now face a Thursday deadline to submit plans for a second round of layoffs
07:26and budget cuts.
07:28These rulings are a major setback for Trump and top advisor billionaire Elon Musk's plan
07:33to reduce the federal bureaucracy.
07:35Trump and Musk, the architect of the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, are pushing
07:40to reduce the federal workforce, which had about 2.3 million workers when Trump took
07:45office in January.
07:48The agency of Korean star Kim Soo-hyun admits the actor dated late actress Kim Sae-ron,
07:54but refutes claims the relationship started when she was a minor.
07:57Entertainment company Gold Medalist confirms the relationship Friday, March 14.
08:02This contradicts its earlier statement that the two were never together.
08:05The agency releases the statement after Soo-hyun reportedly showed signs of severe psychological
08:10instability.
08:11Soo-hyun lost over 500,000 followers on Instagram and reportedly faces brand endorsement penalties
08:17of up to 20 billion won, or nearly $14 million.
08:22This since YouTube channel HoverLab released a video on March 10 claiming that the now
08:2637-year-old began dating Sae-ron when she was just 15.
08:30The video included a photo allegedly taken in 2016 showing Soo-hyun kissing Sae-ron,
08:35who was born in 2000.
08:37Gold Medalist clarifies the outfit worn by Sae-ron in one of the photos posted by HoverLab
08:42was only made available in the market in 2019, while another photo was taken on Christmas
08:47Eve 2019 based on the metadata.
08:50Gold Medalist also denies allegations that Soo-hyun ignored Sae-ron when she reached
08:54out to him in March 2024 for help to settle her debt following her drunk driving incident
08:59in 2022.
09:01The agency says Soo-hyun brought the matter to Gold Medalist, which shouldered the remaining
09:05700 million won of the debt.
09:07The agency also blasts HoverLab for implying Soo-hyun was the reason Sae-ron took her own
09:12life.
09:13Sae-ron was found dead after an apparent suicide on February 16, which fans noticed coincided
09:19with Soo-hyun's birthday.
09:20And that's today's Wrap.
09:23I'm Giselle Barrientos, thank you for watching.
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