Here are today’s headlines – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:
- Chinese crime gangs penetrate PH through Alice Guo, POGOs
- Wilbert Lee faces ethics complaint over House mic grabbing incident
- Are you willing to pay P8,000 for VIP access in NAIA?
- Nobel Peace Prize winners warn of rising risk of nuclear war
- Discriminatory? Cebu basilica dress code draws mixed reactions
https://www.rappler.com/video/daily-wrap/october-14-2024/
- Chinese crime gangs penetrate PH through Alice Guo, POGOs
- Wilbert Lee faces ethics complaint over House mic grabbing incident
- Are you willing to pay P8,000 for VIP access in NAIA?
- Nobel Peace Prize winners warn of rising risk of nuclear war
- Discriminatory? Cebu basilica dress code draws mixed reactions
https://www.rappler.com/video/daily-wrap/october-14-2024/
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00:00Today on Rappler
00:12A Rappler investigation finds Alice Guo's Chinese business partners linked the Philippines
00:17to transnational crime.
00:20Congressman and Senate aspirant Wilbert Lee faces a House ethics complaint over a microphone
00:24grabbing incident.
00:25The new private operator of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport defends increasing the
00:30VIP fee from 800 to 8,000 pesos.
00:33A group awarded the Nobel Peace Prize warns the risk of nuclear war is rising.
00:39And the Santo Niño Basilica in Cebu implements a strict dress code and some people are saying
00:44it's discriminatory.
00:47A Rappler investigation finds Alice Guo's business partners are linked to an elaborate
00:52network of transnational scam and fraud operations.
00:55Chinese nationals Wang Zhiyang, Zhang Ruijin, and Lin Baoying are Guo's co-incorporators
01:01in Balfou Land, which housed two POGOs in Bambantarla when Guo was the mayor.
01:06Wang Zhiyang is wanted in the Philippines for human trafficking and in China for cross-border
01:11gambling.
01:12Linked to Guo through Wang Zhiyang is Ding Kaiwang, who's tied through a layer of companies
01:16to scam operations in Cambodia and cryptocurrency fraud in Hong Kong.
01:21Meanwhile, the couple Zhang Ruijin and Lin Baoying have been convicted of money laundering
01:25in Singapore and deported to Cambodia.
01:28These people's network has footprints as far as the Mediterranean, the UK, and the
01:32Caribbean and have altogether trafficked, scammed, and defrauded thousands of people.
01:37These crime suspects gained a foothold in the Philippines under Rodrigo Duterte's
01:41China-friendly administration.
01:44Agri-Congressman Wilbert Lee faces an ethics complaint at the House of Representatives
01:48over a microphone-grabbing incident in September.
01:51House Appropriations Senior Vice Chair Stella Kimbo and Vice Chair Angelica Natasha Koh
01:55filed the case Monday, October 14.
01:58During plenary debates for the 2025 national budget, Lee grabbed the mic from Senior Deputy
02:03Minority Leader Paul Daza to prevent him from ending the proceedings.
02:07Lee had sought to defer the approval of the proposed budget of the Health Department and
02:10PhilHealth, saying the agencies must address the high price of medical services.
02:15The incident earned Lee the ire of several other lawmakers, who accused him of grandstanding
02:19as he aspires for a Senate seat.
02:22Lee is running for Senator in 2025 under Aksyon Demokratiko.
02:25He says he's ready to explain his side once summoned by the Ethics Committee.
02:31The San Miguel-led new Naia Infrastructure Corporation defends the 900 percent increase
02:36in the price of VIP access at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport.
02:40The consortium says it raised the fee from P800 to P8,000 because the previous system
02:45had been abused.
02:46It says the original fee, quote, allowed virtually any passenger to avail of these privileges.
02:52Under the new VIP service protocol, the NNIC says VIP services will still be free for high-ranking
02:57government officials, foreign dignitaries, and officials with, quote, critical responsibilities
03:02to the nation.
03:04Services and assistance for persons with disability will also remain free.
03:07The new airport operator recently tripled overnight parking fees for cars from P300
03:12to P1,200.
03:15The private-led NNIC won a 15-year concession to manage Naia, tagged as one of the world's
03:20worst airports.
03:23Leaders of the group of atomic bomb survivors awarded the Nobel Peace Prize warns the risk
03:27of nuclear war is rising, renewing their call to abolish nuclear weapons.
03:32Shigemitsu Tanaka, a survivor of the 1945 U.S. bombing of Nagasaki and co-head of the
03:38Nihon Hidankyo group, says, the international situation is getting progressively worse and
03:42now wars are being waged as countries threaten the use of nuclear weapons.
03:47Tanaka says, I fear that we as humankind are on the path to self-destruction.
03:52In awarding the survivors, the Norwegian Nobel Committee highlights the devastation of the
03:56atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
03:59The committee says the group's endeavors have critical importance in the world today.
04:03Russian President Vladimir Putin signaled last month that Moscow would consider responding
04:07with nuclear weapons if the U.S. and its allies allow Ukraine to strike Russia with long-range
04:12Western missiles.
04:16Administrators of the Basilica Minore del Santonino de Cebu and its Augustinian friars
04:20implement a strict dress code barring entry to those in quote, inappropriate attire.
04:25The rules are printed on huge billboards and posted at the basilica's entrances.
04:30The following outfits are considered inappropriate.
04:36The basilica administrators also say they will no longer lend shawls to visitors whose
04:40attire may be considered inappropriate.
04:43The new dress code draws mixed reactions from locals and tourists.
04:46Some say violators deserve to be turned away, while others say the policy might be discriminatory
04:51to the poor.
04:52The Augustinian friars say the policy is designed to maintain the solemnity of the worship space
04:57and will align with practices observed at other churches and shrines both locally and
05:02internationally.
05:05And that's today's wrap.
05:06I'm JC Gotinga.
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