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Today on Rappler – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:
- Marcos says Ayungin incident no reason to invoke MDT
- ‘Why is that funny?’: Flustered Marcos laughs when asked about family’s plunder
- Singapore's exclusive deal with Taylor Swift not a hostile act towards neighbors, PM says
- Wow Paraw Festival showcases Ilonggo boat-making skills, passion for the seas
https://www.rappler.com/video/daily-wrap/march-6-2024/
- Marcos says Ayungin incident no reason to invoke MDT
- ‘Why is that funny?’: Flustered Marcos laughs when asked about family’s plunder
- Singapore's exclusive deal with Taylor Swift not a hostile act towards neighbors, PM says
- Wow Paraw Festival showcases Ilonggo boat-making skills, passion for the seas
https://www.rappler.com/video/daily-wrap/march-6-2024/
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00:00 Today on Rappler
00:13 President Marcos says the latest Iung-in clash which injured four Navy personnel is no reason
00:18 to invoke the defense treaty with the U.S.
00:21 President Marcos is flustered after being asked about his family's plunder on Australian
00:25 television.
00:26 Singapore's Prime Minister says its exclusive deal with Taylor Swift is not a hostile act
00:31 against its neighbors.
00:33 And boatmakers and sailors from Iloilo and Guimaras take part in Iloilo's Parao Regatta
00:38 Festival.
00:41 President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. says it is not the time to invoke the country's mutual
00:45 defense treaty with the United States, even after four Navy personnel sustained minor
00:50 injuries from actions of the China Coast Guard in the West Philippine Sea.
00:54 "I do not think that it is the time or the reason to invoke the mutual defense treaty.
01:02 However, we continue to view with great alarm this continuing dangerous maneuvers and dangerous
01:10 actions that are being done against our seamen, our Coast Guard."
01:17 The MDT, signed in 1951, means both countries are compelled to come to each other's defense
01:22 in the event of an armed attack.
01:24 On March 5, two CCGVs used water cannons on the smaller UNIZA May 4, a civilian ship bringing
01:30 supplies to the BRP Sierra Madre.
01:35 In an interview with ABC anchor Saira Ferguson, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
01:40 gets flustered when asked about his father's corruption.
01:43 Marcos responds with a nervous laugh, prompting Ferguson to ask, "May I just ask you why
01:47 that's funny?"
01:49 Marcos stutters before regaining composure.
01:51 He downplays as propaganda the Presidential Commission on Good Government's findings that
01:56 his family still owes the country a huge amount of money from ill-gotten wealth.
02:00 In 2018, anti-graft court Sandigan Bayan found his mother Imelda guilty of illegally creating
02:06 private organizations in Switzerland.
02:09 As of 2022, his father held the Guinness World Record of greatest robbery of a government.
02:14 As of September 2021, the Philippine government retrieved P174 billion in ill-gotten wealth
02:21 and is going after P125 billion more.
02:27 Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong says an incentive given to Taylor Swift to make
02:31 Singapore the only stop in Southeast Asia on her world tour was not a hostile act towards
02:36 its neighbors.
02:37 Lee says Tuesday, March 5, Singapore's agencies negotiated an arrangement with a singer-songwriter
02:43 and it turned out to be a very successful arrangement.
02:46 Taylor is currently partway through six sold-out shows in Singapore.
02:50 Singapore's government had said it gave her a grant to play in the city-state without
02:54 mentioning the terms of the deal.
02:56 The announcement annoyed other countries in the region.
02:58 The Prime Minister of Thailand said the grant was made on the condition that it would be
03:02 the artist's only show in Southeast Asia.
03:05 A Filipino lawmaker said, "It isn't what good neighbors do."
03:08 39 skilled boatmakers and sailors from Iloilo and Guimaras take part in Iloilo's 51st
03:17 Parao Regatta Festival of Iloilo City.
03:19 Vibrant hues and rhythmic dance of sails line the Ilongo coastline Sunday, March 3.
03:24 The festival showcases traditional boat racing with boats adorned with colorful imagery.
03:29 "Parao" refers to a boat propelled by sail while "layag" denotes the sail itself, embodying
03:35 the essence of wind-driven navigation in Hiligaynon tradition.
03:39 This year's edition of the race started in Arevalo District of Iloilo City and ended
03:43 at the shores of Buenavista Town in the neighboring island province of Guimaras.
03:48 The Iloilo Festival Foundation says "Wao Parao" promotes the preservation of traditional
03:52 boat-making skills and sustainable fishing practices in Iloilo.
03:59 And that's today's WRAP.
04:00 I'm Nina Liu.
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