Today on Rappler – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:
- Chinese fighter jets circled PH planes in West Philippine Sea – AFP
- De Lima: My priority is assist ICC, help get justice for Duterte's drug war victims
- West Philippine Sea task force okays civilian sail to Ayungin Shoal
- Pasay condo ‘sex den’ raid rescues 15 Filipinos
- Biden hopes for extension as Israel-Hamas truce enters final day
- Nicaraguan pageant head barred from country after Miss Universe 2023 Sheynnis Palacios' win
- Sales over safety? Netizens slam Chowking over out-of-store order taking
https://www.rappler.com/video/daily-wrap/november-27-2023/
- Chinese fighter jets circled PH planes in West Philippine Sea – AFP
- De Lima: My priority is assist ICC, help get justice for Duterte's drug war victims
- West Philippine Sea task force okays civilian sail to Ayungin Shoal
- Pasay condo ‘sex den’ raid rescues 15 Filipinos
- Biden hopes for extension as Israel-Hamas truce enters final day
- Nicaraguan pageant head barred from country after Miss Universe 2023 Sheynnis Palacios' win
- Sales over safety? Netizens slam Chowking over out-of-store order taking
https://www.rappler.com/video/daily-wrap/november-27-2023/
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00:00 Today on Rappler
00:12 Chinese fighter jets circle Philippine plains and the West Philippine Sea during joint maritime
00:17 patrols with Australia.
00:19 Former Senator Laila de Lima says her priority is to assist the ICC in finding justice for
00:24 victims of Rodrigo Duterte's drug war.
00:27 The Philippine government gives the go signal to a civilian resupply mission to the BRP Sierra
00:31 Madre in the Ayungin Shoal.
00:34 Authorities rescue 15 Filipinos in an alleged sex den in Pasay City.
00:38 International leaders seek an extension of the temporary truce between Israel and Hamas.
00:43 Nicaragua's national pageant head is barred from entering the country following their
00:47 Miss Universe win.
00:49 And a fast food brand is under fire for a viral video of an employee going house-to-house
00:53 for orders.
00:58 The Armed Forces of the Philippines confirms Chinese fighter jets orbited above the Philippines'
01:03 Super Tucanos during its joint air patrol with Australia over the West Philippine Sea.
01:08 The circling lasted for about 15 minutes and the mission was completed without incident
01:12 last Sunday, November 26.
01:15 A day before the incident, AFP Chief General Romeo Bronner Jr. said Chinese vessels shadowed
01:20 Philippine and Australian ships during joint maritime patrols in the West Philippine Sea.
01:25 The AFP chief says this seems to be China's tactic, pointing out that Chinese vessels
01:30 had earlier circled US and Japanese aircrafts flying over the area on a separate occasion.
01:36 China's Global Times earlier said its military was on high alert over foreign provocations
01:41 including the Philippines' enlisting of countries outside the region to jointly patrol the South
01:46 China Sea.
01:47 Bronner notes the Philippines' joint patrols with allies are legitimate operations as the
01:52 nation exercises its right to patrol its exclusive economic zone.
01:59 Former Senator Laila de Lima says her priority is still fighting for justice for drug war
02:03 victims despite that being the cause of her almost seven years in detention.
02:08 In an exclusive Rappler interview, de Lima says she intends to pursue this simultaneously
02:13 as she runs after former President Rodrigo Duterte for sending her to jail.
02:18 "There's some plan now to consider full cooperation, allowing the ICC probers to come
02:29 in.
02:30 If that happens, then I can first focus on that before pursuing my own case against Mr.
02:37 Duterte."
02:38 As Commission on Human Rights Chairperson in 2009, de Lima led the investigation into
02:43 the killings allegedly carried out by Duterte's Davao death squad.
02:47 There are now three pending resolutions at the House of Representatives urging government
02:51 agencies to cooperate with the ICC investigation.
02:57 The Philippine government gives the go-signal for civic groups to launch a resupply mission
03:01 to Ayungin Shoal in the West Philippine Sea, a flashpoint in tensions between Manila and
03:06 Beijing.
03:07 This, a week after the National Security Council said it discouraged and would not support
03:11 a civilian-led mission.
03:13 In a release on Monday, November 27, the Aten-Ito Coalition, says officials from the National
03:18 Task Force for the West Philippine Sea, agreed to the planned civilian resupply mission following
03:23 a meeting with NTF-WPS officials on Friday, November 24.
03:28 The group had initially planned a December 5 mission that would include over 40 vessels
03:32 of fisherfolk, civil society, artists, youth, religious, and church groups.
03:37 Philippine Coast Guard vessels are expected to escort the civilian convoy.
03:41 The coalition has yet to release details of its mission.
03:47 Law enforcers rescue 15 Filipino women and arrest three Chinese during a midnight raid
03:52 on a suspected sex den in Pasay City on Saturday, November 25.
03:56 Dozens of agents raid eight units in three towers of shore residences at the popular
04:01 Mall of Asia area during a joint entrapment operation.
04:04 Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission Undersecretary Gilbert Cruz says they launched
04:09 the rescue operation after receiving reports of around 48 Filipino women engaged in the
04:14 sex trade at the condominium complex.
04:17 The complex management allows unit owners to rent out their properties.
04:21 Authorities find multiple units allegedly assigned for sex activities empty, but with
04:25 lingerie, packs of condoms, lubricants, and contraceptive pills.
04:30 One of the young women rescued says sex is offered in four packages, and prices vary
04:34 depending on the duration.
04:36 The women say most clients are Chinese.
04:39 This is the first PAOCC sex trade raid in months that does not involve an offshore gaming
04:43 operation.
04:47 The temporary truce between Israel and Hamas enters its fourth and final day on Monday,
04:52 November 27, as both sides release a total of 117 Palestinian prisoners and some 40 hostages.
05:00 This includes one Filipino, Jimmy Pacheco, who was among the first group released by
05:04 Hamas.
05:05 The Israel Embassy in Manila says Pacheco is now in the custody of Israel Embassy officials.
05:10 U.S. President Joe Biden, meantime, says he hopes the temporary truce between Israel and
05:15 Hamas can go on as long as hostages are being released.
05:18 Hamas says it wants to extend the pause in fighting if it means an increase in the number
05:22 of Palestinian detainees released by Israel.
05:25 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he would welcome extending the temporary
05:29 truce if 10 captives would be released daily.
05:33 As of Thursday, November 23, Gaza's health ministry says around 14,800 Palestinians have
05:39 been killed in the war, while Israel says 1,200 people were killed.
05:46 Miss Universe 2023 Cheyenne Spalash's win triggers controversy in her home country of
05:51 Nicaragua as the pageant's country head was barred from entering the country.
05:56 Nicaraguan newspaper La Prensa says authorities barred national pageant director Karen Celeberti
06:01 and her daughter from entering the country on Thursday, November 23.
06:05 They were placed on a flight back to Mexico after having arrived at the airport in Managua.
06:10 Nicaraguan writer Gioconda Belli exiled for her criticism of current President Daniel
06:14 Ortega claims Celeberti was barred by Ortega's wife, Vice President Rosario Murillo.
06:20 Opposition media also say Celeberti's Managua home had been searched and her husband briefly
06:25 detained.
06:26 The Nicaraguan government has yet to make a statement on the actions against Celeberti.
06:31 Nicaraguans view Palacios' Miss Universe win as a jab at the current administration, with
06:35 photos of Palacios attending anti-government protests in 2018 going viral.
06:40 Palacios is the first representative from Nicaragua to win the Miss Universe title.
06:47 Fast food chain Chowking is under fire after one of its staff went viral for roaming around
06:52 a subdivision in Davao City taking orders.
06:54 In a TikTok video posted by user @cabralmaria_, a Chowking server shares how she was required
07:01 to go out of the restaurant to take orders so she could meet the quota of the branch.
07:05 "The service crew had to go early because our sales were slow.
07:11 I just used my car, ma'am."
07:15 Chowking posts a statement on Sunday, November 26, saying it asked the store involved to
07:19 "put the activity on hold while the guidelines are undergoing review."
07:24 Social media users in response say it should not have been allowed in the first place as
07:28 it is outside a worker's job description.
07:31 Others note that the practice isn't new as they've seen workers from other fast food
07:35 chains doing the same task.
07:40 And that's today's wrap.
07:41 I'm Nino Liu.
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