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Here are today’s headlines – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:  - ICC prosecutor requests to talk with Philippine officials 'under suspicion'  - Fishing banned in Limay, Bataan due to oil spill  - Ad agency Gigil apologizes for controversial ‘Gil Tulog’ street signs  - Venezuelan protests against Maduro spread, opposition says it has proof it won the election - What are the most powerful passports in 2024?  Paris Olympics 2024: Games, results, latest updates   https://www.rappler.com/video/daily-wrap/july-30-2024/

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00:00Today on Rappler

00:12An ICC prosecutor requests to speak with Philippine officials deemed under suspicion in a probe

00:18of Duterte's war on drugs

00:20A phishing ban is imposed in Limay, Bataan in the aftermath of the empty Terra Nova oil

00:24spill

00:25PAD agency Gigil apologizes for the controversial Hiltulog street signs

00:30Anti-government protests erupt in Venezuela following disputed election results

00:35Singapore is the world's most powerful passport in 2024

00:40And Filipina boxer Neste Pateso advances in the women's 57kg division in the Paris Olympics

00:48The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court requests an interview with Philippine

00:52officials it considers as under suspicion in its ongoing investigation of Rodrigo Duterte's

00:57war on drugs

00:59Solicitor General Menardo Guevara says the individuals are under suspicion, not suspects,

01:04and they may agree or refuse to be interviewed

01:06Guevara refuses to name the officials

01:09But former Senator Antonio Trellanes earlier published a document from the ICC's Office

01:14of the Prosecutor, or OTP, naming five police officials

01:18They are Senator Ronald Bató de la Rosa, former Police Chief Oscar Albayalde, North

01:24Luzon Police Commander Major General Romeo Karamat, former NAPOCOM Commissioner Edilberto

01:29Leonardo, and former Police Chief Intelligence Officer Eliezer Mata

01:34Guevara says he cannot confirm nor deny the document

01:37The ICC says it also cannot verify documents shared by outside sources

01:42Duterte has so far not been named in any known requests

01:48Fishing is now banned in Limay, Bataan, days after tanker MT Terra Nova capsized and submerged

01:53off Lamao in Limay, Bataan, last July 25, spilling oil in its nearby waters

01:59Water samples taken from four barangays in Limay are also found to have levels of oil

02:03in Greece exceeding standard limits, not suitable for fishing and swimming

02:07Meanwhile, water samples taken from three barangays in Mariveles did not exceed standard

02:12limits

02:13The Philippine Coast Guard meantime deploys oil spill booms and is currently sealing the

02:17valves before siphoning operations can start

02:20Experts earlier forecast the oil spill could reach Metro Manila by Tuesday, July 30

02:25But in a press conference Tuesday afternoon, PCG Commandant Admiral Ronnie Gavan says based

02:31on their aerial inspection earlier in the day, no oil sheen was seen going towards Manila

02:38Ad agency Gigil, the firm behind the controversial Hil Tulog street signs, makes a public apology

02:43to the family of former Senator Hil Puyat

02:46In a statement, Gigil says it has personally reached out to the Puyat family to convey

02:51its regrets and express its respect for the legacy of the former senator

02:55It adds it will, quote, be putting in place more stringent measures to ensure this does

03:00not happen again

03:02The Puyat family filed a complaint with the Ad Standards Council of the Philippines against

03:06Gigil on Friday, July 26, saying the street signs were a total disrespect to the legacy

03:11of former Senate President Hil Puyat

03:14Puyat's son Victor said the marketing campaign done to promote the Melatonin brand Wellspring

03:19goes against the ASC's code of ethics

03:21He says he wants Gigil to be suspended or banned from the ASC

03:27Venezuela's opposition says it had voting tally proof it won the election claimed by

03:32President Nicolás Maduro as anti-government protests erupt across the country, with police

03:37firing tear gas to disperse protesters in the capital, Caracas

03:41Maduro and his opposition rival, Edmundo González, were each claiming victory in the presidential

03:46election on Monday morning, July 29, after an election marked by accusations of underhanded

03:52tactics and isolated incidents of violence

03:55Many staged cacerolazo demonstrations across the country, a traditional Latin American

04:00protest in which people banged pots and pans

04:03Venezuela's electoral authorities said Maduro had won a third term with 51% of the vote,

04:09despite multiple exit polls which pointed to an opposition win

04:15Singapore is the world's most powerful passport in 2024, providing its holder access to an

04:20unprecedented 195 of 227 travel destinations visa-free

04:26In the 2024 Global Passport Ranking by Henley and Partners, travel around the world is getting

04:31less restrictive on average

04:34Before Singapore takes the top spot, Japan held the title of most powerful passport from

04:392018 to 2023

04:42As frequent flyers know, the Philippine passport is not all that powerful

04:46The Philippine passport ranks 73rd among the 199 passports evaluated

04:51Philippine passport holders have access to 67 travel destinations, which include Saudi's

04:56Asian tourist hotspots like Taiwan, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, Malaysia, and Singapore

05:03It improves its passport ranking by five places from last year's 78th

05:09Filipino boxer Nesty Patesio advances in the women's 57kg division by beating India's

05:15Jasmine Lomboria in the round of 32

05:18Patesio, who won silver in the Tokyo Olympics, faces France's Amina Zidani in the round of 16

05:24Swimmer Kaila Sanchez opens her Olympic campaign for the Philippines in record-breaking fashion

05:29as she advances to the women's 100m freestyle semifinals

05:34Sanchez finishes at joint 10th in the heats with a new Philippine record of 53.67 seconds

05:40Rower Joani Delgaco, meantime, is out of the medal picture as she hopes to win her last

05:45two races to get the highest possible ranking of 13th place in the women's single skulls

05:51In judo, Kiyomi Watanabe suffers an early exit after falling prey to China's Tang Jing

05:56in the round of 32 of the women's 63kg class

06:02And that's today's wrap. I'm Cara Oliver. Thank you for watching

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