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Here are today's headlines – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:
- NBI confirms fingerprints of Mayor Alice Guo, Guo Hua Ping match – Hontiveros
- Marcos on Ayungin incident: Deliberate action by China, but not armed attack
- Marcos downplays impact of Sara Duterte’s Cabinet exit on Uniteam coalition
- Like John the Baptist? Riotous San Juan revelers face gov’t penalties
- BINI surpasses Taylor Swift, Beyonce on YouTube Philippines searches

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00:00Today on Rappler
00:12Fingerprints of Alice Guo and Guo Huaping match
00:16President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. calls the incident in Ayungin Shoal a deliberate action by China
00:22President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. downplays the impact of Sara Duterte's Cabinet exit on
00:27the UNITEAM coalition
00:29The San Juan government runs after rioters' residents who douse water on passers-by after
00:34complaints go viral
00:36Aunt Beanie is the most-searched musical act on YouTube Philippines, surpassing Taylor
00:40Swift
00:41The National Bureau of Investigation confirms the fingerprints of suspended Bamban Mayor
00:47Alice Guo and Guo Huaping match
00:50Guo Huaping is the Chinese woman suspected to be the true identity of the local official
00:56Senator Issa Ontiveros says this finding is the, quote, strongest evidence in stripping
01:00Guo of her elective post
01:03She alleges Guo is a, quote, Chinese national masquerading as a Filipino citizen to facilitate
01:08crimes being committed by POGO
01:11She also urges the Office of the Solicitor General to expedite the filing of a Quo Waranto
01:15case against Guo
01:17On June 26, Ontiveros presented the NBI clearance of a woman whose name is Alice Leal Guo, with
01:23the same birth province and birthday as the Bamban mayor, but with a different photo
01:28The senator suggests the mayor stole the identity of a Filipino
01:31She adds there's no secret that can be kept hidden
01:36President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. says the Chinese Coast Guard's effort to disrupt Manila's resupply
01:41mission to Ayungin Shoal on June 17 was not an armed attack
01:46The incident severely injured a Filipino soldier and saw CCG officers use tear gas, brandished
01:52bladed weapons, tug at the Philippine Navy's rigid-hull inflatable boats, and throw rocks
01:57at soldiers
01:58Marcos says, quote, no shot was fired, they didn't point a gun at us, but it was a deliberate
02:04action to stop our people
02:06The Philippines has since filed a protest over China's disruption of the June 17 resupply
02:11mission
02:12Meantime, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin reaffirms the U.S.'s commitment to the Philippines,
02:17saying it is, quote, ironclad following China's dangerous actions on June 17
02:25President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. downplays the impact of Vice President Sara Duterte's Cabinet
02:30exit on the UNITEAM coalition
02:33In his first media interview since Duterte resigned, Marcos insists the parties that
02:37made up the UNITEAM remain intact, saying, quote, it would just depend on how Inday Sara
02:42would position herself in the 2025 elections
02:46Duterte resigned from her post in the Education Department and the National Task Force to
02:50end local communist armed conflict on June 19, but did not give a reason for her exit
02:56Marcos says he asked Duterte for a reason, but she said, quote, let's not talk about
03:01it
03:02Duterte's regional party in 2022 was Hugpong ng Pagbabago, which was part of the UNITEAM
03:07alliance
03:08But for the national elections, Duterte ran under Lakas CMD, which was also part of that
03:12broad coalition
03:14The San Juan government runs after riotous residents who break an ordinance during the
03:20Wata Wata Festival
03:22The festival is an annual tradition for the feast day of St. John the Baptist, where merrymakers
03:27splash water on passersby every June 24
03:30This year, complaints go viral on social media about revelers who doused water on motorcycle
03:35riders, truck drivers, and jeepney passengers in office clothes
03:40In 2018, the local government enforced an ordinance to protect people in public and
03:44private vehicles
03:46It prohibits using dirty water, forcibly opening vehicles, threatening people, rocking vehicles,
03:52boarding jeepneys and buses, and selling or consuming alcohol
03:56In a statement, the San Juan city government says it is gathering evidence and is examining
04:00videos to identify violators
04:03It also apologizes to those affected by the merrymakers' misbehavior
04:09Beanie is the most searched musical act on YouTube Philippines in June 2024, surpassing
04:14international pop stars Taylor Swift, Beyonce, and Sabrina Carpenter
04:18Data aggregated by Google Trends say Beanie had the highest number of searches in the
04:23streaming platform for the entire month
04:25Beanie is also a popular YouTube search in the United Arab Emirates
04:30They had more YouTube searches globally than Beyonce and Sabrina Carpenter for most of
04:34June
04:35This comes just days after the 8-member act reached 7 million monthly listeners on Spotify
04:41The girl group also recently became the first Filipino act to earn the top spot on Spotify
04:46Philippines' Daily Top Artist chart
04:48They dethroned Swift, who had the top spot in that chart for almost two years
04:53Beanie is set to hold a three-night sold-out Beanieverse concert at the New Frontier Theater
04:58on June 28-30
05:01And that's today's Wrap, I'm Cara Oliver, thank you for watching
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