Here are today's headlines – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:
- House majority issues graft warning in most scathing attack yet on Sara Duterte
- Marcoleta, Ungab fight Sara Duterte's House critics at budget briefing for OVP
- Pope Francis arrives in Singapore, last stop on 12-day tour
- Harris puts Trump on defensive in fiery debate as Taylor Swift backs Harris
- Taylor Swift says she will vote for Kamala Harris
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- House majority issues graft warning in most scathing attack yet on Sara Duterte
- Marcoleta, Ungab fight Sara Duterte's House critics at budget briefing for OVP
- Pope Francis arrives in Singapore, last stop on 12-day tour
- Harris puts Trump on defensive in fiery debate as Taylor Swift backs Harris
- Taylor Swift says she will vote for Kamala Harris
https://www.rappler.com/video/daily-wrap/september-11-2024/
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00:00Today on Rappler
00:13Leaders of the House of Representatives warn Vice President Sara Duterte she may be violating
00:17the constitution and may be criminally liable for graft.
00:20A world war breaks out between Sara Duterte's defenders in the House and her critics.
00:24Pope Francis arrives in Singapore from East Timor, the final leg of an ambitious tour
00:28across Southeast Asia and Oceania.
00:30Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris puts Republican Donald Trump on the defensive on
00:35their first debate.
00:36And Taylor Swift says she will be casting her vote for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz in
00:40the November 5 election.
00:44Leaders of the House of Representatives warn Vice President Sara Duterte Tuesday, September
00:4810, she may be violating the constitution and possibly be criminally liable for graft.
00:53House Majority Leader Manix Dalipe flags Duterte's repeated refusal to explain how
00:57Php 125 million in confidential funds in 2022 were spent.
01:02Php 73 million of the fund was disallowed by the Commission on Audit for alleged irregularities.
01:07Manila Representative Bienvenido Abante also suggests Duterte may have committed an unconstitutional
01:12act for letting her entire agency snub the hearing.
01:15The Vice President says she is aware of talks to defund her office.
01:29The House again defers the budget deliberations for the OVP after Duterte accused Speaker
01:33Martin Romualdez and Appropriations Committee Chairperson Zaldico of controlling the national
01:38budget.
01:41With Sara Duterte absent from the House deliberations for her office's 2025 budget, SAGIP Representative
01:46Rodante Marcoleta takes the lead in defending the Vice President.
01:49He immediately moves to terminate the budget briefing Tuesday, but House Appropriations
01:53Senior Vice Chairperson Stella Quimbo calls for a suspension.
02:04Kabataan Representative Raul Manuel objects to Marcoleta's motion, prompting a vote among
02:09lawmakers.
02:1045 go against terminating the budget briefing, with three others in favor, Marcoleta, Davao
02:15City Representative Isidro Ungab, and Davao Occidental Representative Claude Bautista.
02:41Pope Francis arrives in Singapore on Wednesday, September 11, from East Timor, on the final
02:46leg of an ambitious 12-day journey across Southeast Asia and Oceania.
02:50The highlight of the two-night visit will be the Mass at the National Stadium, where
02:53the Vatican expects to draw some 55,000 people.
02:56Francis is only the second pope to visit Singapore after Pope John Paul II in 1986.
03:02The country counts about 210,000 Catholics among its 5.92 million people.
03:07The pope arrives from Dili, East Timor's capital.
03:10The former Portuguese colony is one of only two predominantly Catholic countries in Asia.
03:15The other one is the Philippines.
03:16The Vatican estimates 600,000 had gathered for the Mass held on Tuesday, with almost
03:21half of the country's 1.3 million population attending.
03:24Francis is the first pope to visit East Timor in 35 years.
03:30Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris puts Republican Donald Trump on the defensive during
03:34their combative first debate.
03:36A former prosecutor, Harris, 59, appears to rile up Trump, 78, who came visibly angry,
03:42prompting him to deliver falsehoods.
03:44Trump claims Haitian immigrants are eating pets, that millions of migrants were taking
03:49over towns, that Democrats favor ninth-month abortions and executing newborn babies, and
03:54that Israel will cease to exist under a Harris presidency.
03:57Trump also says crime rates went through the roof.
03:59FBI data show homicides dropped 13 percent in 2023.
04:03A Reuters fact check does not flag major falsehoods from Harris.
04:07The candidates clashed on immigration, foreign policy, and health care, but the debate was
04:11light on policy details.
04:13Harris attacks Trump's plan to impose high tariffs while promising tax cuts.
04:17Trump hits Harris for the inflation during President Joe Biden's term.
04:21The two candidates are tied in seven battleground states.
04:26Pop superstar Taylor Swift tells her 283 million followers on Instagram she will be casting
04:31her vote for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz in the November 5 election.
04:35The post is liked nearly two million times within 25 minutes.
04:39Swift says Harris,
04:40"...fights for the rights and causes I believe need a warrior to champion them."
04:44She also addresses an incident where an AI of her falsely endorsed Trump.
04:48She says,
04:49"...it really conjured up my fears around AI and the dangers of spreading misinformation.
04:54That made her realize she needed to be transparent about her plans as a voter."
04:58Swift notes,
04:59"...the simplest way to combat misinformation is with the truth."
05:02Her statement was signed off as Childless Cat Lady.
05:05A dig at remarks made by Trump's running mate, J.D. Vance.
05:11And that's today's wrap.
05:12I'm JC Gotinga.
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