Here are today’s headlines – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:
- Sara Duterte says she’s working remotely while in the Hague
- Imee, Boying face off in Senate probe into Duterte arrest
- DND eyes 2 islands in Zambales, Bataan as military reservations
- ‘Diversity is our strength’: Marcos vetoes bill naming Pampanga as PH culinary capital
- Trump to sign order to shut down Department of Education, White House says
https://www.rappler.com/video/daily-wrap/march-20-2025/
- Sara Duterte says she’s working remotely while in the Hague
- Imee, Boying face off in Senate probe into Duterte arrest
- DND eyes 2 islands in Zambales, Bataan as military reservations
- ‘Diversity is our strength’: Marcos vetoes bill naming Pampanga as PH culinary capital
- Trump to sign order to shut down Department of Education, White House says
https://www.rappler.com/video/daily-wrap/march-20-2025/
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00:00Today on Rappler
00:12Sara Duterte answers questions regarding the operations of the Office of the Vice President
00:17while she is abroad.
00:19Senator Aimee Marcos faces off with Justice Secretary Boyeng Remulia over the drug war
00:23killings during Duterte's time.
00:25The National Defense Department eyes two islands in Zambales and Bataan as military reservations.
00:31President Ferdinand Marcos vetoes a bill that seeks to declare Pampanga as the Philippine
00:35culinary capital.
00:37And US President Donald Trump is about to sign an executive order shutting down the
00:41Department of Education.
00:45Vice President Sara Duterte is asked about what happens to the Office of the Vice President's
00:49operations while she is abroad.
00:51Sara has been in the Netherlands since March 13 after the arrest of her father, Rodrigo
00:55Duterte, by the International Criminal Court.
00:58Earlier, Palace Spokesperson Claire Castro said this.
01:06The Vice President says on Thursday, March 20, she remains on top of everything, even
01:10while working remotely.
01:11The
01:31Vice President says she would stay in The Hague until a family member could replace
01:34her.
01:35She has secured a travel clearance from the Philippine government until April 30.
01:41Senator Aimee Marcos leads a Senate probe on Thursday, March 20, into the arrest and
01:45transfer of former President Rodrigo Duterte to the ICC in The Hague.
01:49Only two other senators joined the five-hour hearing, Duterte's 2016 running mate Senator
01:54Alan Peter Cayetano and Senator Jingoy Estrada.
01:57Top Philippine government officials like Justice Secretary Boyeng Remulia, Interior Secretary
02:01John Vic Remulia, CIDG Chief Nicolás Torre defend Duterte's arrest.
02:06They say it is compliant with both Philippine laws and Manila's international commitments.
02:11Towards the end of the hearing, Marcos insists Duterte should have been tried by local courts.
02:15But Boyeng Remulia explains the drug war killings fell through the cracks of the local justice
02:20system.
02:21The people who went to the ICC, they tried to get justice in the Philippines, but they
02:28were beaten.
02:29The ICC is just the last resort.
02:30They should not go there if they are not already beaten, if they are already surrendering.
02:37They have been going to the ICC for years.
02:40Not only now, but during President Duterte's term, they are already demanding.
02:46In the drug war, the police have no blotter.
02:49The problem here is that a lot of people died.
02:54The death certificate says cardiac arrest, but there is a hole in the head from the bullet.
03:01So that's what you're saying, failure of our justice system.
03:06Yes, at that time.
03:07If it's better now, why don't they file cases here in the Philippines?
03:11It's better now.
03:12It's different.
03:13I can't ask that to those who demanded in the ICC.
03:16We don't need to hold those people.
03:19We don't know them.
03:23The Department of National Defense says it is eyeing Grande Island in Subic Bay, Zambales
03:27and Chiquita Islands in Bataan as military reservations.
03:30This after the arrest of several people linked to suspected cybercrimes in one of the small
03:35but strategic islands.
03:36The DND says six foreigners and two Filipinos were arrested in Grande Island after a warrant
03:42was served for Chinese national Qiu Feng, whose real name is Ye Qianwu, on Wednesday, March 19.
03:47Ye was arrested for violating the Securities Regulation Code and the Cybercrime Prevention
03:52Act of 2012.
03:53The DND also says,
03:55The arrest exposes the unlawful nature, including suspected espionage and kidnapping activities
04:00related to Philippine offshore gaming operations, for which some foreign nationals are using
04:04Grande Island under the guise of private enterprises.
04:07The department describes Grande Island as,
04:18President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. vetoes the bill to declare Pampanga the culinary capital
04:22of the Philippines, saying that the country should focus on promoting the diverse culinary
04:26traditions from all regions.
04:28In his message, the president thanked both houses of Congress for the,
04:36However, he also cites several reasons for rejecting the bill, including concerns about
04:41its historical basis, the lack of studies, and key performance indicators supporting
04:45the designation.
04:46He also warns that the declaration could offend sensibilities in other provinces that are
04:51equally proud of their culinary traditions.
04:55U.S. President Donald Trump will sign an executive order aiming to shut down the Department of
05:00Education, fulfilling a major campaign promise, according to a White House summary seen by
05:04Reuters.
05:05The order directs Education Secretary Linda McMahon to,
05:09take all necessary steps to facilitate the closure of the Department of Education and
05:13return education authority to the states.
05:16It also mandates that any programs funded by the Department of Education should not,
05:26Before the order was signed, a group of Democratic state attorneys general filed a lawsuit to
05:31stop Trump from closing the department.
05:33Abolishing the Department of Education would be Trump's first attempt to close a cabinet-level
05:37agency.
05:38Trump has often called the existence of the agency,
05:45And that's today's wrap, I'm JC Gotinga, thank you for watching.
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