Here are today's headlines – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:
- 5 DepEd execs quit as Angara prepares to take over agency
- Marcos gov't urged to nullify license of POGOs for Chinese market
- A Catholic archbishop sails West Philippine Sea to pray for China
- Trump appears with bandaged ear at Republican convention, names Vance as running mate
- NCR wins 17th straight Palaro overall crown, Calabarzon regains 2nd
https://www.rappler.com/video/daily-wrap/july-16-2024/
- 5 DepEd execs quit as Angara prepares to take over agency
- Marcos gov't urged to nullify license of POGOs for Chinese market
- A Catholic archbishop sails West Philippine Sea to pray for China
- Trump appears with bandaged ear at Republican convention, names Vance as running mate
- NCR wins 17th straight Palaro overall crown, Calabarzon regains 2nd
https://www.rappler.com/video/daily-wrap/july-16-2024/
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00:00Today on Rappler
00:12High-ranking officials of the Education Department resign as Sonny Angara takes over the agency.
00:18Legal luminaries urge President Marcos to cancel the license granted to Pogos.
00:24Archbishop Sok Villegas leads a fluvial procession in the West Philippine Sea to pray for peace
00:29and for China.
00:31Donald Trump names US Senator J.D. Vance as his running mate.
00:35And the National Capital Region clinches its 17th straight overall championship at the
00:40conclusion of the Palarompambansa 2024 in Cebu City.
00:46Five high-ranking officials of the Education Department resign from their posts.
00:51This as incoming Education Secretary Sonny Angara takes over the agency on Friday, July
00:5619.
00:57DepEd Undersecretary and Chief of Staff Michael Poa tells Rappler on July 15 he thinks it
01:02is only appropriate to give Angara a free hand to choose people in his team.
01:07Apart from Poa, the following officials also relinquish their positions.
01:15All five of them were appointed by Vice President Sara Duterte when she assumed the leadership
01:19at DepEd.
01:20Angara inherits a colossal problem in the education sector, including the poor performance
01:26of Filipino students in global education assessments.
01:29He says under his watch he will focus on making teachers and students, quote, happy, inspired
01:35and excited.
01:36He also says he will study the proposal to increase the salary of entry-level teachers
01:41to Php50,000.
01:45Former Senator Laila de Lima and former Supreme Court Justices Antonio Carpio and Conchita
01:49Carpio Morales lead a group urging the Marcos administration to cancel the licenses granted
01:55to Philippine offshore gaming operators, or POGOs.
01:58In an open letter to the president dated Tuesday, July 16, the group argues the approval of
02:03licenses filed by such POGOs violates the rules of the Philippine Amusement and Gaming
02:08Corporation, or PAGCOR.
02:10The group insists PAGCOR has the power to immediately cancel a license of a POGO that
02:15is later discovered to have made misrepresentations or provided false information.
02:20This sprouted across the Philippines in 2016 as operators took advantage of liberal gaming
02:25laws under the administration of Rodrigo Duterte.
02:28Many POGO operators are run by Chinese nationals as gambling is banned in China.
02:34Scrutiny of POGOs intensified in recent months as the Senate investigates illegal activities
02:39linked with offshore gaming operators.
02:43Lingayen Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas leads a fluvial procession Tuesday morning,
02:48July 16, to pray for peace in the face of China's aggressive behavior in the West Philippine Sea.
03:00The Marian Prayer Voyage is held off the coast of Barangay Cato in Infanta, Pangasinan after
03:05a 6 a.m. mass led by Villegas and Alaminos Bishop Napoleon Cipalay, Jr.
03:10Villegas tells Rappler they conducted the procession in parts of the West Philippine
03:14Sea, which China claims despite a 2016 arbitral tribunal ruling upholding the sovereign rights
03:20of the Philippines.
03:22He leads the recitation of the rosary and later stood beside an image of the Blessed
03:25Virgin Mary, which was carried on the boat.
03:29The procession is part of a prayer campaign recently launched by Villegas to pray for
03:33peace in the West Philippine Sea and the conversion of China.
03:38Donald Trump makes a triumphant entrance during the first night of the Republican National
03:42Convention Monday, July 15.
03:45A bandage covers his ear as the crowd chants, fight, fight, fight, and pump their fists.
03:51He announces U.S. Senator J.D. Vance as his choice for running mate for the November elections.
03:56The four-day convention begins less than 48 hours after a gunman opened fire at the Trump
04:01rally in Pennsylvania, killing one supporter.
04:04The gunman was shot dead by snipers, and his motive remains unclear.
04:09After the shooting, Trump says he is revising his acceptance speech to emphasize national
04:14unity rather than highlight his differences with U.S. President Joe Biden.
04:19The Wall Street Journal Meantime reports, billionaire Elon Musk is planning to donate
04:23around $45 million a month to a new pro-Trump support committee.
04:28Musk endorsed Trump after the assassination attempt on Saturday.
04:34National Capital Region once again clinches the Palarong Pambansa 2024 overall championship
04:38with 98 gold medals, 66 silvers, and 74 bronzes on Tuesday, July 16.
04:45The country's capital got its best haul from gymnasts Eliza Yulo and Maxine Amira
04:49Bondoc, swimmers Sofia Gara and Alessandra Therese Martin, who all bagged five golds.
04:55The NCR boys' secondary basketball team also reclaimed the crown in a heated finale
04:59against Central Luzon.
05:01Calabarzon, after a stunning defeat to resurgent powerhouse Western Visayas last year in Marikina
05:06City, rose back to its usual second place with a 57-51-53 gold-silver-bronze split with
05:12a combined 12 golds from two phenomenal secondary-level swimmers, TJ Amaro and Jasmine Mojde.
05:18Western Visayas, meanwhile, slipped back to third with 56 golds, including a title redemption
05:24in girls' secondary volleyball by Bacolod Taitung High School.
05:28The region also amassed 41 silvers and 41 bronzes.
05:34And that's today's WRAP.
05:35I'm JC Gotinga, thank you for watching.
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