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Today on Rappler – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:
- Nobel laureate Maria Ressa, Rappler acquitted of tax evasion
- Marcos to spend birthday in Singapore for regional forum, F1
- Tough-talking Duterte still hasn’t fully explained OVP’s 2022 confidential funds
- North Korea’s Kim Jong-un in Russia amid US warnings not to sell arms
- Parokya ni Edgar musical unveils title, opens auditions
- Gerald Anderson, Sam Milby, Jennylyn Mercado to star in PH remake of ‘All About My Wife’
- SEVENTEEN is coming to PH in January 2024

https://www.rappler.com/video/daily-wrap/september-12-2023/

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00:00 Today on Rappler

00:12 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Ressa and Rappler are acquitted of a fifth tax evasion

00:17 charge.

00:18 President Marcos will spend his birthday in Singapore for a conference and the Formula

00:22 One Grand Prix.

00:24 Vice President Sara Duterte has yet to explain the confidential funds used by her office

00:28 in 2022.

00:30 Reports say North Korea's Kim Jong-un arrived in Russia to meet with President Vladimir

00:35 Putin.

00:36 Auditions open for the upcoming Parokya ni Edgar musical.

00:39 Gerald Anderson, Sam Milby, and Janeline Mercado will star in a local remake of the film All

00:45 About My Wife.

00:47 And K-pop Powerhouse 17 is returning to the Philippines in 2024 for its Follow World Tour.

00:55 A PASIG court acquits Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Rappler chief executive officer Maria

01:00 Ressa and Rappler Holdings Corporation or RHC of tax evasion charges.

01:05 In the acquittal, the PASIG court says the RHC did not act as a dealer in securities

01:09 when it issued Philippine depository receipts to North Base Media and the PDR transactions

01:15 were just in line with the RHC's purpose as a holding company.

01:19 The court victory ends four years and 10 months of trial of the case filed under the administration

01:24 of former President Rodrigo Duterte in 2018.

01:27 In a statement, Rappler says the victory is also for everyone who has "kept the faith

01:32 in a free and responsible press."

01:34 This is the latest acquittal secured by Ressa and RHC after the Court of Tax Appeals also

01:39 cleared them of four tax-related charges in January 2023.

01:44 With the junking of the last tax case, there are now only two remaining active cases against

01:48 Rappler and its CEO.

01:52 Malacanang confirms President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will be flying to City-State Singapore

01:56 this week in time for his 66th birthday.

01:59 On September 13, the president's birthday, the palace says Marcos will speak at the 10th

02:03 Asian Conference in Singapore.

02:06 Malacanang adds Marcos will talk about his government's "efforts in improving the

02:10 lives of Filipinos amid challenges from significant global events."

02:14 Marcos will stay for at least another four days to watch the Formula One Singapore Grand

02:18 Prix 2023 upon the invitation of Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.

02:23 The president will hold meetings with business personalities in Singapore as well, but the

02:27 palace does not say who Marcos would meet and when these meetings would take place.

02:32 This is Marcos' third trip to Singapore in just over a year in office.

02:35 He first went in early September 2022 for his second-ever state visit.

02:42 Vice President Sara Duterte has yet to explain the transfer of P125 million pesos of confidential

02:47 funds from the office of the president to her office in 2022.

02:51 Instead, Duterte issues mostly blanket denials and clapbacks against critics, particularly

02:57 ACT teachers' representative Franz Castro and Senator Risa Ontiveros.

03:01 Duterte hits Castro and Ontiveros in a statement that thanked allies for explaining the fund

03:06 but offered little explanation on the fund itself.

03:09 Duterte's office releases a video in response to Duterte.

03:27 A commission on audit report found the OVP under Duterte spent P125 million pesos in confidential

03:34 funds in 2022 despite not having a line item for it in the 2022 General Appropriations

03:40 Act.

03:42 Japanese media reports North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has arrived in Russia for what

03:47 the Kremlin said would be a comprehensive discussion with President Vladimir Putin.

03:52 This, amid warnings from Washington they should not agree on an arms deal.

03:57 Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov says, "There will be negotiations between two delegations."

04:03 Washington and its allies have been voicing concern at recent signs of closer military

04:08 cooperation between Russia and the nuclear-armed North.

04:12 The U.S. State Department says any transfer of arms from North Korea to Russia would violate

04:16 multiple UN Security Council resolutions, which ban any arms transactions with North

04:22 Korea.

04:23 North Korea is one of the few countries to have openly supported Russia since the invasion

04:27 of Ukraine in 2022.

04:29 It will be Kim's second summit with Putin after they met in 2019.

04:36 Heads up, Parokya ni Edgar fans, Full House Theater Company unveils new details about

04:41 the much-awaited Jukebox musical.

04:43 The production company that stages Newport World Resort's musicals announces the title

04:48 of Parokya ni Edgar's upcoming musical.

04:50 The video, which uses the band's song "Bagsakan" in the background, sees Parokya ni Edgar frontman

04:55 Chito Miranda talking about the musical.

05:03 Bruguduy Stun Stugudun Stuy is the title of the rock novelty band's 1997 debut album.

05:09 The online audition submission period is from September 12 to October 1 and is open to males

05:14 and females who are 18 to 50 years old who sing and dance.

05:19 Parokya ni Edgar is the next OPM band after the Eraserheads to be honored with a musical

05:24 based on their discography.

05:26 The cast of the recently concluded Ang Huling El Bimbo musical teased the production by

05:30 singing the band's harana after their last show in July.

05:36 Gerald Anderson, Sam Milby, and Janeline Mercado lead the Filipino movie adaptation of the

05:41 2012 hit South Korean film All About My Wife.

05:44 Cornerstone Entertainment announces the news, sharing a photo of the three lead stars.

05:49 Aside from hinting that the filming will start "very soon," other details about the remake

05:54 have yet to be disclosed.

05:56 The upcoming movie will serve as Sam and Janeline's reunion project after eight years following

06:00 their 2015 romcom The Prenup.

06:03 Originally an Argentinian film, All About My Wife was adapted in South Korea in 2012.

06:09 The box office hit follows an unhappy married man who hires a Casanova to seduce his wife

06:14 to push her to file for a divorce.

06:18 Save the date, Filipino carrots!

06:20 K-pop boy group Seventeen is coming back to the Philippines for their follow concert world

06:25 tour.

06:26 Seventeen posts on their Weverse community the details of their Asia leg, which includes

06:31 a stop in the Philippines.

06:33 The concert will be held at the Philippine Sports Stadium in Bulacan on January 13, 2024.

06:39 Additional details such as seat plan and ticket prices have yet to be announced.

06:44 The January 2024 concert will mark Seventeen's first return to the country in more than a

06:48 year.

06:49 The 13-member act held its "Be the Sun in Bulacan" concert in December 2022 at the

06:54 Philippine Arena.

06:57 Seventeen debuted in 2015 under Pledis Entertainment.

07:00 It is known for hits "Aju Nice," "Don't Wanna Cry," "Hot," and "Super."

07:07 And that's today's wrap.

07:08 I'm JC Gotinga, thank you for watching.

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