Today on Rappler – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:
- Caving in to pressure, House to strip Duterte-led OVP, DepEd of confidential funds
- In show of support for ‘friends,’ Imee joins protest vs Bongbong Marcos’ DOF chief
- Trust for Marcos, Duterte wavered but remained high – Octa
- Hobbling Margielyn Didal stumbles in Asian Games title defense
- Maggie Wilson says online ‘trolls’ were behind smear campaign against her
- Ticket prices, seat plan: SEVENTEEN’s ‘Follow’ concert in PH
- Taylor Swift’s concert film scores a worldwide release
https://www.rappler.com/video/daily-wrap/september-27-2023/
- Caving in to pressure, House to strip Duterte-led OVP, DepEd of confidential funds
- In show of support for ‘friends,’ Imee joins protest vs Bongbong Marcos’ DOF chief
- Trust for Marcos, Duterte wavered but remained high – Octa
- Hobbling Margielyn Didal stumbles in Asian Games title defense
- Maggie Wilson says online ‘trolls’ were behind smear campaign against her
- Ticket prices, seat plan: SEVENTEEN’s ‘Follow’ concert in PH
- Taylor Swift’s concert film scores a worldwide release
https://www.rappler.com/video/daily-wrap/september-27-2023/
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00:00 Today on Rappler
00:13 Congress reallocates the confidential funds of the OVP and DepEd for agencies protecting
00:17 the West Philippine Sea.
00:19 Senator Aimee Marcos joins a protest against Finance Chief Benjamin Diokno.
00:24 Trust in President Marcos and Vice President Duterte remain high despite a dip in numbers.
00:29 Injured skateboarding star Marjolaine Didal fails to defend her title in the Asian Games.
00:34 Model Maggie Wilson says online trolls were behind a smear campaign against her.
00:39 Ticket prices and the seat planned to Seventeen's follow concert in the Philippines are here.
00:45 And pop star Taylor Swift announces her The Eras Tour concert film is coming to theaters
00:49 worldwide.
00:52 The House of Representatives gives in to public clamor and commits to remove the confidential
00:56 funds allotted to Sara Duterte's Office of the Vice President and Department of Education
01:01 in the proposed 2024 budget.
01:03 In a statement, House Appropriations Committee Chairperson Zaldy Coe says the funds will
01:07 be realigned to augment the budgets of government agencies addressing tensions in the West Philippine
01:12 Sea.
01:13 Coe adds the House is still looking at other sources of funding.
01:17 In the proposed 2024 budget, the OVP has allotted 500 million pesos for confidential funds while
01:23 the DepEd asks for 150 million.
01:26 Authority leaders in the House say the beneficiaries of the move would be the following agencies.
01:31 The move was triggered by China's installation of a 300-meter floating barrier in the southeast
01:36 portion of Bajo de Macinlok or Scarborough Shoal, which prohibited Filipino fishermen
01:40 from fishing in the area.
01:42 The Philippine Coast Guard has since conducted a special operation to remove the barrier.
01:48 Senator Amy Marcos, sister of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., joins a protest on Tuesday, September
01:54 26.
01:55 She joins calls for the resignation of her brother's finance chief, Benjamin Jochno,
01:59 over his economic policies.
02:01 Amy joins the ranks of farmer friends who stood in front of the finance building to
02:05 protest the plan of the finance department to reduce the tariff on imported rice.
02:10 The reduction of tariffs was meant to address the surging price of rice in the market.
02:15 Amy says she was in the protest because, quote, "all of my friends are here," referring to
02:19 farmers and fisherfolk from northern, central, and southern Luzon.
02:23 She adds she doesn't support the plan of her brother's economic managers since the harvest
02:27 season already started.
02:29 On Monday, the Agriculture Department said the president doesn't support the DOF's plan
02:33 to reduce tariffs.
02:35 Marcos leads the DA as its secretary in a concurrent capacity.
02:40 A survey by Okta Research says President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Vice President Sara Duterte
02:46 continue to enjoy the trust of the majority of adult Filipinos in the second quarter of
02:50 2023.
02:51 This, despite a slight dip in ratings.
02:54 Marcos still maintains a big majority in the trust ratings nationwide at 75%, although
02:59 this was lower than the 83% he had in Okta's March 2023 survey.
03:04 Most respondents are 82% of adult Filipinos trust Duterte, also a slightly lower figure
03:09 from her trust rating of 87% in March 2023.
03:14 Marcos garners the highest trust from adults in the National Capital Region, while Duterte
03:18 gets her highest trust rating in Mindanao.
03:21 Both the president and the vice president also seem to capture the imagination of the
03:25 lower classes.
03:29 Skateboarding star Marjolaine Didal fails to retain her title in the Asian Games in
03:32 Hangzhou, China, and finishes at eighth and last place in the Women's Street Final.
03:37 An ankle injury hampers Didal from landing the tricks she usually makes.
03:41 Didal, who fractured her left ankle a year ago in Brazil, appeared to hurt her right
03:46 arm after an unsuccessful second trick attempt.
03:49 She then fell hard in her third try before deciding to skip the rest of the stage.
03:53 Didal finishes with a best score of 23.39 points in the runs portion.
03:59 China secures the two highest podium spots in the Women's Street Final, while Japan clinches
04:03 third.
04:06 Maggie Wilson calls out, quote, "influencers" allegedly paid to troll her and her company,
04:11 Akasa Manila Online.
04:13 The model shares screenshots of videos attacking her with influencers who Wilson said were
04:17 instructed to create content against her.
04:20 There are also screenshots from a group chat between the paid influencers.
04:24 They were allegedly paid 8,000 pesos for their videos.
04:28 Some of the influencers involved came forward and said their posts against Wilson were scripted.
04:33 The former Binibining Pilipinas World alleges her ex-husband, Victor Consunji's current
04:37 partner, Rachel Carrasco, led the attacks against her.
04:41 Maggie Wilson and Victor Consunji separated in 2021.
04:44 They have a son, Connor.
04:48 Heads up, carrots!
04:49 Live Nation Philippines announces the ticket prices and seat plan for Seventeen's upcoming
04:53 follow concert in the Philippines.
04:56 The concert will be held at the Philippine Sports Stadium in Bulacan on January 13, 2024.
05:02 Tickets range from 4,550 pesos for the Bleacher Center II sections to 19,000 pesos for VIP
05:09 Gold sections.
05:10 The ticket selling for the public will begin on November 11, 12 p.m.
05:14 But fans who have registered for the Carrot Membership presale can secure their tickets
05:18 on November 9, starting at 10 a.m.
05:21 The January 2024 concert will mark Seventeen's first return to the country in more than a
05:26 year, since its Be The Sun in Bulacan concert in December 2022 at the Philippine Arena.
05:33 Taylor Swift announces Tuesday, September 26, her documentary film from her Billion
05:38 Dollar Ears concert tour will be screening worldwide.
05:41 She writes on Instagram, "The tour isn't the only thing we're taking worldwide.
05:45 Been so excited to tell you all that the Ears Tour concert film is now officially coming
05:50 to theaters worldwide on October 13."
05:53 Taylor earlier said the movie, called Taylor Swift The Ears Tour, will only be released
05:57 in North America.
05:59 The singer's film provides movie theater chains a high-profile title to help fill gaps caused
06:03 by the actors' and writers' strikes in Hollywood.
06:06 Taylor's tour was well-received, with 53 shows played in stadiums across the United
06:10 States and later expanded to include 78 international dates.
06:17 And that's today's Wrap.
06:18 I'm Neenah Liu.
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