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Today on Rappler – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:     ⁃    Ex-LTFRB exec recants corruption allegations, apologizes to Bautista, Guadiz, OP     ⁃    Senate panel approves Office of the President budget in under 30 minutes     ⁃    Meralco rates up in October 2023 due to higher generation charge     ⁃    ‘Most difficult phone call’: OFWs killed in Israel died on first day of Hamas attack     ⁃    Australian journalist Cheng Lei back home after China release     ⁃    juan karlos makes OPM history on Spotify Global chart with ‘Ere’     ⁃    'I did confess': Alden Richards admits past romantic feelings for Maine Mendoza  https://www.rappler.com/video/daily-wrap/october-11-2023/

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00:00 A former LTFRB executive recants allegations of corruption in the agency.

00:17 A Senate panel approves the budget of the Office of the President in less than 30 minutes.

00:22 Meralco will hike prices this October, citing higher generation costs.

00:27 Authorities confirm two Filipinos were killed in the Hamas attack in Israel.

00:31 Australian journalist Cheng Lei returns home after being detained in China for three years.

00:36 Filipino singer Juan Carlos makes OPM history with "Single Ere" on the Spotify Global Chart.

00:42 And Alden Richards admits he once had romantic feelings for Aldab fame partner Mayne Mendoza.

00:50 Former Lantransportation Franchising and Regulatory Board official Jeff Tombado recants his claims

00:55 of corruption in the office.

00:57 Just days after he boldly alleged corruption all the way to the Office of the President,

01:01 Tombado says his public declarations were, quote, "unintentional and misguided."

01:06 In an October 9 press conference organized by transport group Manibela, Tombado alleged

01:11 that suspended LTFRB chairman Teofilo Guadis III regularly accepted bribes of up to P5

01:16 billion in exchange for the speedy approval of special permits, franchises, and modification

01:21 of routes.

01:22 Tombado adds the sworn affidavit is a public apology to Guadis, Transportation Secretary

01:27 Jaime Bautista, and the Office of the President.

01:30 Bautista categorically denies involvement in any form of corruption since taking the

01:34 top position in the Transportation Department.

01:39 The Office of the President breezes through committee-level budget deliberations in the

01:43 Senate, with no lawmaker asking questions from Executive Secretary Lucas Persamin and

01:48 other representatives on the office's 2024 spending plan.

01:52 Senate Finance Committee Chairperson Sonny Angara terminates the hearing after only 21

01:57 minutes.

01:58 "They're no colleagues.

01:59 That means I think they have a vote of confidence in your budget.

02:02 So we will favorably endorse your budget for plenary consideration."

02:06 The topic of confidential and intelligence funds was not raised.

02:10 In the proposed 2024 budget, the OP is seeking P10.7 billion, including automatic appropriations,

02:17 higher by P1.6 billion from the current fiscal year.

02:21 Around 42 percent of the OP's proposed budget for 2024 falls under confidential and intelligence

02:26 funds.

02:27 This amounts to P4.56 billion.

02:32 The Manila Electric Company will raise power rates in October as higher generation charges

02:37 push up costs.

02:39 Meralco will adjust rates upward by P42 per kilowatt-hour in October, bringing the overall

02:44 rate for a typical household to P11.82 per kilowatt-hour from September's P11.39.

02:51 A typical household consuming 200 kilowatt-hours a month will see an increase of around P84

02:57 in their total electricity bill.

02:59 Meralco says independent power producers and power supply agreements inched up in September

03:03 due to higher costs of fuel.

03:06 Transmission charges for residential customers also increased due to higher ancillary service

03:10 charges.

03:13 Philippine Ambassador to Israel Pedro Lailo Jr. confirms two Filipinos are among those

03:18 killed in the surprise attack by Hamas in Israel.

03:21 One was killed when Hamas militants knocked on the door where the Filipino lived and opened

03:25 fire, while the circumstances of the death of the other Filipino who was captured by

03:29 Hamas remains unclear.

03:31 Lailo says he personally spoke to the wife of one of the two dead Filipinos, saying it

03:36 was the most difficult phone call in his career.

03:39 The embassy declines to identify the two dead, citing the request of their families.

03:43 One was a 42-year-old man from Pampanga, while the other was a 33-year-old who comes from

03:48 Pangasinan who had worked for six years in Israel.

03:51 Lailo says President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is set to speak to the wife of the Filipino

03:55 man who died.

03:58 Australian journalist Cheng Lei, who had been detained in China on national security

04:03 charges for more than three years, returns home on Wednesday, October 11.

04:07 Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says Cheng, who was tried in secret in March

04:12 2022, arrives in Melbourne and reunites with her two children and family.

04:16 Cheng was a business television anchor for Chinese state television when she was detained

04:20 in August 2020 for allegedly sharing state secrets with another country.

04:25 In a letter to Australia released publicly in August, Cheng writes of missing her children

04:29 aged 11 and 14 who have been living in Melbourne with their grandmother while she was detained.

04:35 Australia had repeatedly raised concerns about her detention.

04:39 OPM pride is sky high as Juan Carlos' newest single "Ere" makes history as the first Filipino

04:45 song to appear on the Spotify Global Chart.

04:48 The track enters the top 100 at 87th place with 1.45 million streams, two days after

04:54 it debuted at 177th place on Saturday, October 8.

04:58 On top of securing a spot on the Global Charts, it is also the first Filipino song to make

05:03 the one million mark in a single day of streams.

05:06 The song also surpasses a record previously held by OPM band Lola Amores' "Raining in

05:10 Manila," the OPM song with the biggest single-day streams in the Philippines.

05:14 "Ere" is also the song, regardless of genre, with the biggest single-day streams in the

05:19 country, which was achieved earlier on by Taylor Swift's "Mine, Taylor's Version."

05:23 Juan Carlos, also known as J.K.

05:25 Labajo, rose to fame after placing third in the first edition of the competition show

05:30 The Voice Kids Philippines.

05:31 Alden Richards admits he once had romantic feelings for his on-screen love team partner,

05:38 Mane Mendoza.

05:39 In his guesting on Fast Talk with Boy Abunda, host Boy asks Alden if he had ever fallen

05:44 for Mane romantically throughout their years as Aldub, their love team formed on the noontime

05:48 show Eat Bulaga.

05:50 Alden confirms he had feelings for Mane, adding he had confessed to the actress.

05:54 Boy also asks Alden if he considered Aldub his biggest romance and breakup, which Alden

05:59 both agree to.

06:00 He adds he is very grateful to Eat Bulaga and says both him and Mane needed growth.

06:04 In the same interview, Alden also admits he had feelings for Miss Universe 2015 Pia Wurtzbach,

06:10 as she would regularly come on set to visit her close friend Pauline Luna Soto, one of

06:14 Eat Bulaga's past hosts.

06:18 And that's today's wrap.

06:19 I'm Nina Liu.

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