Here are today's headlines – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:
- Solicitor General launches probe into Bamban Mayor Alice Guo
- 46 Chinese ships in vicinity, as civilian convoy tries to reach Panatag Shoal
- Marcos says he won’t abolish NTF-ELCAC, denies its history of red-tagging
- Marcos laments Philippine universities' exclusion from Asia top 100 ranking
- Here’s what to expect in ‘B★VERSE BTS, Singing the Stars’ exhibition in Quezon City
https://www.rappler.com/video/daily-wrap/may-16-2024/
- Solicitor General launches probe into Bamban Mayor Alice Guo
- 46 Chinese ships in vicinity, as civilian convoy tries to reach Panatag Shoal
- Marcos says he won’t abolish NTF-ELCAC, denies its history of red-tagging
- Marcos laments Philippine universities' exclusion from Asia top 100 ranking
- Here’s what to expect in ‘B★VERSE BTS, Singing the Stars’ exhibition in Quezon City
https://www.rappler.com/video/daily-wrap/may-16-2024/
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00:00Today on Rappler
00:12The Solicitor General investigates Alex Guo, Mayor of Bamban, Tarlac
00:17The Philippine Coast Guard monitors at least 46 Chinese vessels in the vicinity of Panatag
00:22Shoal as the Ateneto Coalition sail closer
00:25President Marcos shuns calls to abolish the NTF-ELCAC
00:28President Marcos says the Philippines made strides in improving the quality of tertiary
00:32education but still has work to do after exclusion from Asia's top 100 ranking
00:38And a spectacular treat awaits Filipino armies and K-pop enthusiasts as the B-Verse BTS Singing
00:43the Stars exhibition opens in Quezon City
00:48The Office of the Solicitor General launches a probe to investigate Bamban, Tarlac Mayor
00:53Alice Guo
00:54Solicitor General Menardo Guevara says the investigating team is gathering relevant information
00:59from other agencies
01:01Under the rules of court, the Solicitor General can initiate a quo warranto petition against
01:06public officers suspected of usurping their office, or those who are not qualified for
01:10office in the first place
01:12A quo warranto petition can remove officials, like the one used to oust former Chief Justice
01:17Maria Lourdes Sereno
01:19Bamban's first female mayor is currently in hot water due to alleged involvement in
01:23two illegal pogos in her province and her shady background
01:27Opposition Senator Risa Ontiveros raises the question of whether Guo is a quote-unquote
01:32asset planted by China to infiltrate local politics
01:36Senators earlier urged the DILG to suspend Guo over alleged pogo ties
01:43The Philippine Coast Guard monitors at least 46 Chinese vessels in the vicinity area of
01:48Panatagshol or Bajo de Masinloc on Thursday, May 16
01:52This as the civilian mission of Coalition Aten Ito sail closer to the shoal
01:56The PCG says there were eight China Coast Guard ships and 38 alleged Chinese maritime
02:01militia vessels
02:03The 46-vessel deployment from China is the largest observers have tracked in the West
02:07Philippine Sea
02:08Aten Ito earlier announced an advance team of 10 people made it near Panatagshol on May
02:1315
02:14The smaller team was able to distribute supplies, including 1,000 liters of diesel and 200 food
02:20packs to fisherfolk in the area
02:22Just before noon Thursday, the main convoy concludes with a Thanksgiving prayer
02:26The convoy escorted by BRP Bagacay is situated halfway between Zambales and Panatagshol
02:34President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. shunts calls to abolish the National Task Force to End
02:39Local Communist Armed Conflict or NTF-ELCAC
02:42This after a Supreme Court ruling warning of the dangers of red-tagging invited renewed
02:47scrutiny to the task force
02:49In an ambush interview in Cagayan de Oro City on Thursday, May 16, Marcos says he sees no
02:54reason to get rid of the NTF-ELCAC
02:56There is no reason why we should remove it.
03:00They say it's because there is red-tagging.
03:04The government doesn't do it, it's someone else who does it
03:09But instances of red-tagging by NTF-ELCAC officials have been thoroughly documented
03:13since it was formed under the Rodrigo Duterte administration in 2018
03:18In 2023, the ombudsman reprimanded former NTF-ELCAC officials Lorraine Badoy and Antonio
03:23Parlade Jr. in an administrative case related to red-tagging
03:29President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. says the Philippines has made strides in improving the quality
03:34of tertiary education but acknowledges that it still has its work cut out for it due to
03:38the country's poor showing in university rankings in Asia
03:42The Times Higher Education's 2024 Asia University Rankings shows that no Philippine higher education
03:48institution or HEI made it to the top 100
03:51In that list, Ateneo de Manila University placed in the 401-500 bracket, slipping from
03:5784th place in the previous year
03:59Dalasall University and the University of the Philippines ranked 501st to 600th, while
04:04the University of Santo Tomas and Mapuwe University were in the 601-plus rank
04:09This just goes to show that much work is still to be done
04:12We must pursue a comprehensive and all-encompassing strategy that will turn this trend around
04:20A spectacular treat awaits Filipino armies and K-pop enthusiasts at the Araneta Center
04:25in Quezon City
04:26The B-verse BTS' Singing the Stars exhibition makes its way to the Philippines at Level
04:314 of the New Gateway Mall 2, set to run from May 17 to August 15
04:36The exhibition promises an enchanting journey through the evolution of the K-pop group as
04:41a global sensation and as individual stars
04:44It features a virtual reality room where fans can enjoy BTS' 2021-2022 TMA stage, featuring
04:51performances with a touching message at the end
04:54In the Seven Planets section, there are rooms personalized for each BTS member
04:59ARMY Way is where fans may get sentimental with the BTS lyrics and group photos
05:04At the end of the exhibit, fans can purchase exclusive postcard collections, stylish t-shirts
05:09and other merchandise
05:13And that's today's wrap
05:14I'm Cara Oliver, thank you for watching
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