Here are today's headlines – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:
- Duque cleared in admin case on P41-B DOH fund transfer
- Harris blasts Trump's 'enemy from within' comments at Pennsylvania rally
- Giant rooster structure in Negros Occidental city sets Guinness record
https://www.rappler.com/video/daily-wrap/october-15-2024/
- Duque cleared in admin case on P41-B DOH fund transfer
- Harris blasts Trump's 'enemy from within' comments at Pennsylvania rally
- Giant rooster structure in Negros Occidental city sets Guinness record
https://www.rappler.com/video/daily-wrap/october-15-2024/
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00:00Today on Rappler.
00:13Former Health Secretary Francisco Duque III wins an administrative case involving a 41
00:18billion peso fund transfer during the pandemic on a technicality.
00:22Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris slams Donald Trump for saying the enemy within
00:27is more dangerous than Russia.
00:29A new landmark in Negros Occidental sets a new Guinness World Record for being the largest
00:34chicken-themed structure on Earth.
00:38The ombudsman clears former Health Secretary Francisco Duque III of an administrative case
00:43involving a 41 billion peso fund transfer during the pandemic.
00:47The ombudsman granted Duque's appeal and overturned its earlier verdict that he was guilty of
00:52grave misconduct and conduct prejudicial to the best interest of the service.
00:56The case involves the alleged illegal transfer of 41 billion pesos from the health department
01:01to the budget department's procurement agency.
01:04Duque won on a technicality.
01:06He argued that the ombudsman no longer had jurisdiction over this administrative case
01:10because it was filed after his term as health secretary ended in June 2022.
01:15This restores Duque's retirement benefits and makes him eligible to return to government
01:20work, at least for now.
01:22Ombudsman Samuel Martire says the outcome of the administrative case has no bearing
01:26on the graft case his office filed against Duque involving the same transaction.
01:33Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris slams Donald Trump for his comments about
01:37quote-unquote, the enemy within the United States.
01:40Harris shows a clip of Trump telling his supporters those people are more dangerous, the enemy
01:45from within, than Russia.
01:48In the video, he also threatens to deploy the military domestically as he paints Harris
01:52as a threat to democracy.
01:54Harris claps back, saying a second Trump term would be a huge risk for America.
01:59Donald Trump is increasingly unstable and unhinged.
02:02The Harris campaign and Democrats express deep concern about whether Black men will
02:06turn out in numbers seen in past elections and whether they will support Harris or Trump.
02:11A September poll by the NAACP, United States' largest civil rights organization, reports
02:16over a quarter of young Black men say they would support Trump in the election race.
02:23There's a new landmark in Talisay City, Negros Occidental, and it sets a new world record
02:27for being the largest chicken-themed structure on Earth.
02:31Campo Estohan Highland Resort owner Ricardo Tan says Monday, October 14, his newly finished
02:36Rooster Hotel has been certified by Guinness as the largest of its kind in the world.
02:41The structure stands 115 feet tall and houses 15 rooms.
02:45The hotel will open on Saturday, October 19.
02:49Tan says his entry beat some 24,000 other applicants for the distinction.
02:54He says the monumental rooster is meant to honor Negros Occidental's fowl breeders,
02:58who provided jobs to many locals when the sugar industry declined in the 1980s.
03:03Talisay Mayor Neil Lizares III says the new landmark will serve as a symbol of the city's
03:08growth and potential.
03:10Other local officials say they look forward to the tourism boost the gigantic rooster will bring.
03:16And that's today's Wrap.
03:18I'm Michelle Abad, thank you for watching.
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