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Here are today’s headlines – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:  - Female from Metro Manila, 12-year-old boy from Calabarzon positive for mpox  - DOJ to charge Shiela Guo, Cassandra Ong for disobedience to summons - #ZeroBudgetForOVP trends as Sara Duterte dodges questions in House hearing  - EJ Obiena calls off rest of 2024 season due to spine injury - Taeil removed from NCT due to sexual crime allegations   https://www.rappler.com/video/daily-wrap/august-28-2024/

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00:00Today on Rappler

00:12The DOH announces two new MPOCS cases in the Philippines

00:16DOJ prosecutors move to charge Sheila Guo and Cassandra Ong for disobeying summons

00:21Hashtag zero budget for OVP trends following Vice President Sara Duterte's performance

00:26at the House budget hearings

00:29Poll Votes star EJ Obiena bows out of the 2024 season due to a spinal injury

00:34And NCT's tail is dropped from NCT due to alleged involvement in sex crimes

00:41There are now five active MPOCS cases in the Philippines after the Health Department announces

00:46two more cases Wednesday, August 28

00:49MPOCS Case 13 is a 26-year-old female from Metro Manila, while MPOCS Case 14 is a 12-year-old

00:55male from Calabarzon

00:57The two new patients did not travel three weeks before symptoms started

01:01Both patients developed rashes, swollen lymph nodes, and got a fever, which are among the

01:05common symptoms of the virus

01:07For now, both patients are recovering at home

01:10All five new cases logged in August had been local transmissions

01:13Health Secretary Teodoro Herbosa says all cases are the milder strain of MPOCS

01:20Justice Department prosecutors move to sue Sheila Guo or Zhang Mier and Catherine Cassandra

01:25Ong for, quote, "'disobedience to summons'

01:28Prosecutors also ordered the filing of a criminal charge against Guo for using a false Filipino

01:33passport

01:34Meantime, Ong is also indicted for obstruction of justice

01:38Guo, along with her relatives, were ordered arrested and detained by the Senate for snubbing

01:42the inquiry probing Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators, or POGOs

01:46Ong also snubbed the House hearing on POGOs so she was cited in contempt and was also

01:51ordered arrested and detained

01:52All charges are bailable

01:54In a Senate hearing Tuesday, Sheila Guo or Zhang Mier admitted she is not the biological

01:59sister of Alice Guo

02:01How close are you to Alice Guo?

02:03My father said, my brother, the father you know is not your real father

02:09Yes

02:11Hashtag ZeroBudgetForOVP and Vice President Sara Duterte trended on X Tuesday night

02:17Filipinos online expressed their anger and frustration at the vice president as she dodged

02:22questions about the funds of the Office of the Vice President during a House briefing

02:26Social media users call on lawmakers to give a zero budget to the OVP due to the vice president's

02:31rude, arrogant, and entitled attitude

02:35Madam Chair, I will forgo the opportunity to defend the Office of the Vice President

02:382025 budget proposal

02:41Some users say their calls to give the OVP a zero budget should serve as a quote,

02:45wake-up call for more transparent and ethical leadership

02:48One user calls on Duterte to resign as vice president

02:52Following five hours of questioning, the House of Representatives deferred the liberations

02:56on the OVP's proposed 2025 budget

02:59It's a rare move for a chamber that has often accorded parliamentary courtesy to the OVP

03:06Filipino poll vaulter E.J. Obiena ends his 2024 campaign to avoid aggravating a spinal

03:11injury that's been pestering him for months

03:14Obiena announces he will miss the ISTAF Berlin in Germany, world-class Zurich in Switzerland,

03:19and the Diamond League final in Belgium after being diagnosed with a fractured L5 vertebra

03:25Back issues have bothered Obiena in recent months as he struggled to gear up for the

03:28Paris Olympics where he fell short of a medal-placing fourth

03:32Obiena bounced back by landing joint third in the Lausanne Diamond League in Switzerland

03:36but said his back pain flared up during the competition in Poland, resulting in a fifth-place

03:41finish

03:42Obiena will also sit out the Philippine International Poll Vault Challenge, set to be staged at

03:47the Ayala Triangle Garden on September 20

03:50It is uncertain whether the meet will push through, but Obiena says he'll post more information

03:54soon

03:57Thale is dropped from K-pop boy group NCT after his alleged involvement in sex crimes

04:02SM Entertainment says Wednesday, August 28, it quote, recognized the severity of the situation

04:07and determined that Thale can no longer continue his activities with the team

04:12SM adds the decision was made after discussions with Thale, who is cooperating fully with

04:16the police

04:17Thale has been on hiatus since August 2023 due to an injury sustained in a motorcycle

04:22accident

04:23He was part of the NCT Korean sub-unit NCT127 and rotational group NCT U

04:30This is not the first time an NCT member has come under fire

04:33Lucas left the group in May 2023 after being embroiled in cheating and gaslighting controversies

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