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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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#TheDailyRundown Top Stories of November 16, 2024

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