Here are today’s headlines – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:
- Impeachment complaint filed against VP Sara Duterte
- Marcos says presence of Russian submarine ‘very worrisome’
- Sara Duterte’s aide Zuleika Lopez released from House detention
- Biden says he has pardoned his son, Hunter
- Alex Eala, PH women’s tennis team earn Billie Jean King Cup promotion
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- Impeachment complaint filed against VP Sara Duterte
- Marcos says presence of Russian submarine ‘very worrisome’
- Sara Duterte’s aide Zuleika Lopez released from House detention
- Biden says he has pardoned his son, Hunter
- Alex Eala, PH women’s tennis team earn Billie Jean King Cup promotion
https://www.rappler.com/video/daily-wrap/december-2-2024/
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00:00Today on Rappler
00:12An impeachment complaint is filed against Vice President Sara Duterte
00:17President Ferdinand Marquez, Jr. says the presence of a Russian attack submarine in
00:20the Philippines' Exclusive Economic Zone is very worrisome
00:24Sara Duterte's Chief of Staff, Zulaica Lopez, is released from detention
00:28United States President Joe Biden pardons his son, Hunter
00:32And Alex Ayala and the Philippine women's tennis team move up in the Billie Jean King
00:36Cup
00:55An impeachment complaint is filed against Vice President Sara Duterte in the House of
00:59Representatives on Monday, December 2
01:02The House has been investigating Duterte over her alleged misuse of public funds as head
01:06of the Office of the Vice President and as former education chief
01:10She resigned from the DepEd June this year
01:12The following are the signatories to the complaint
01:18Lakbayan Rep. Percy Sandana endorsed the impeachment complaint to the House
01:35One of the contentious issues is her handling of confidential funds
01:38In August, the Commission on Audit asked the Office of the Vice President to return over
01:4273 million pesos out of the 125 million peso confidential funds
01:47But President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. urged House lawmakers not to entertain impeachment efforts
01:52against Duterte
01:54Some lawmakers downplayed the president's appeal, saying it was just a suggestion
02:00President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. says the presence of a Russian attack submarine in the Philippines'
02:05Exclusive Economic Zone in the West Philippine Sea is very worrisome
02:09A Russian Kilo-class submarine was sighted 80 nautical miles off the western province
02:13of Occidental Mindoro on November 28
02:16Navy Spokesperson Roy Vincent Trinidad says they deployed the BRP Jose Rizal, which established
02:21radio communications with the Russian vessel
02:24The Russian crew did not say why it was in the area, but said it was waiting for improved
02:28weather conditions before heading to Vladivostok, Russia
02:32Trinidad adds, Philippine naval forces escorted the submarine to ensure compliance with maritime
02:37regulations
02:38Tensions between Manila, a U.S. treaty ally, and Beijing have escalated over the past year
02:43due to overlapping claims in the South China Sea
02:46China and Russia declared a no-limits partnership in 2022
02:50Russia's embassy in Manila could not immediately be reached for comment
02:56Vice President Sara Duterte's Chief of Staff Zulaika Lopez is released from detention
03:01This, 10 days after she was cited in contempt by the House Committee investigating Duterte's
03:05alleged misuse of public funds
03:08The House says Lopez received her release order at 5.34 p.m. on Saturday
03:12She was discharged from the hospital an hour after releasing the order
03:16Lopez was cited in contempt and ordered detained after the House Committee discovered she sent
03:20a letter to the Commission on Audit, blocking the release of the confidential funds report
03:24to lawmakers
03:26Her detention was initially set for five days, but was extended by five more days on November
03:3125, with Deputy Minority Leader Franz Castro citing Lopez's absence in the probe
03:38United States President Joe Biden says he pardoned his son, Hunter
03:42This comes just weeks before Biden is set to turn over the presidency to President-elect
03:46Donald Trump
03:47Biden explains the move, saying,
03:49"...no reasonable person who looks at the facts of Hunter's cases can reach any other
03:53conclusion than Hunter was singled out only because he is my son."
03:57Hunter was found guilty on three counts in his federal gun case for making false statements
04:02on a background check and illegally possessing a firearm while addicted to drugs
04:07He also pled guilty to nine federal tax charges in September
04:11The White House had repeatedly said Biden would not pardon or commute the sentences
04:14of his son, who became the target of Republicans, including Trump
04:18In a post on Truth Social, Trump says Biden's move is such an abuse and miscarriage of justice
04:24Trump also brings up the January 6, 2021 Capitol rioters, some of which he suggested could
04:30be pardoned once he is president
04:34The Philippine women's tennis team, led by teen standout Alex Ayala, earned a promotion
04:38to the international team play after winning all of their matches in the Asia-Oceania
04:42Group 3 of the Billie Jean King Cup
04:45The world's largest women's international team sports competition concluded on November
04:4930 in Manama, Bahrain
04:52The Filipinas secure promotion to Group 2 in next year's competition by not dropping
04:56a set against four different countries
04:59Marianne Cappadocia scores a double bagel while Ayala scores a 6-1, 6-1 in the final
05:04promotional playoff against Laos
05:06The team defeated Guam 3-0, with Ayala and Cappadocia scoring double bagels in both singles
05:11matches
05:12Kimiglupas and Shaira Hope Rivera won in doubles against Fremont Gibson and Charlene Espinosa
05:18The Philippines also defeated Qatar in singles and doubles, with Rivera and Ayala winning
05:23in singles, Cappadocia and Iglupas in doubles
05:26And that's today's wrap, I'm Cara Oliver, thank you for watching
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