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Here are today’s headlines – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:   - Indonesia to repatriate Mary Jane Veloso on December 18  - Lahar threat: Urgent evacuation ordered amid rising Kanlaon hazards - South Korea’s Yoon defiant after impeachment over martial law bid - Syrian authorities reopen schools, a week after upheaval that overthrew Assad - Hero one last time: UP star JD Cagulangan bids farewell on a high as UAAP Finals MVP   https://www.rappler.com/video/daily-wrap/december-16-2024/  Today's daily wRap has been brought to you by @LazadaPhilippines. For SuliTipid online shopping deals, visit www.lazada.com.ph

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00:00Today on Rappler

00:13Mary Jane Veloso will be repatriated to the Philippines on December 18.

00:18Evacuations are now mandatory in Mount Kanaon's 6-kilometer radius.

00:22President Yun Suk-yol is impeached by the South Korean parliament.

00:26Students in Syria return to school.

00:28And UP Fighting Maroons win the UAAP's Season 87 Men's Basketball Championship.

00:53Overseas Filipino worker Mary Jane Veloso will be transferred from Jakarta to the Philippines

00:57early Wednesday morning, December 18.

01:00On Monday, December 16, Veloso was transferred from a prison in Yogyakarta City to a women's

01:05jail in Jakarta.

01:07Veloso's parents and sons cancel a trip to Yogyakarta after learning of the planned transfer

01:12to Indonesia's capital.

01:14Veloso's family says they are very happy because Mary Jane will be coming home.

01:19On November 20, the Philippines announced Indonesia decided to allow Veloso's transfer.

01:24Veloso has been on Indonesia's death row for over a decade after a drug-smuggling arrest

01:28in 2010.

01:30She has always maintained that she was duped into becoming a drug mule.

01:33Veloso also has an ongoing case against her traffickers in Nueva Ecija, where she has

01:37yet to testify.

01:40Indonesia has given President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. discretion to pardon Veloso once she is

01:44in a Philippine jail.

01:48The Office of Civil Defense orders the mandatory evacuation of all residents within Mount Kanaon's

01:53six-kilometer radius expanded danger zone.

01:56It warns lahar hazards could impact 13 cities and municipalities across Negros Occidental,

02:01endangering over 640,000 people.

02:05Lahar flowed around midnight on Saturday, December 14, almost a week after Kanaon's

02:09December 9 eruption signaled unrest again.

02:12The order affects residents in the following cities, all identified as high-risk areas.

02:19The OCD says an anticipated low-pressure area still outside the Philippine area could

02:24make the situation worse with heavy rain, increasing the risk of volcanic debris flows.

02:29Moises Padilla and La Castellana mayors say they've already activated local disaster response

02:34teams.

02:36Police and rescuers are now keeping an eye on rivers and streams to monitor mudflow.

02:41So far, authorities are relieved the mudflows had not reached the roads, unlike the June

02:453 Kanaon eruption.

02:49South Korea's opposition-led parliament impeaches President Yoon Seok-yol after a short-lived

02:54attempt to impose martial law last Tuesday, December 3.

02:57The decision still has to be ratified by the Constitutional Court.

03:01If he is removed from office, a snap election will be called.

03:05Yoon's appointed Prime Minister, Han Duk-soo, is now the acting president.

03:09For now, Yoon will remain in office but with presidential power suspended.

03:14Yoon is the second conservative president to be impeached in South Korea after Park

03:18Geun-hye in 2017.

03:21Yoon vows to fight on and says he will never give up, describing the impeachment as a temporary

03:25pause to his presidency.

03:28South Korean political analysts say Yoon was likely listening to the wrong people, such

03:32as right-wing extremists, YouTube personalities, and probably still thinks he did the right

03:37thing.

03:41Students returned to classrooms in Syria on Sunday, December 15, after the country's

03:45new rulers ordered schools to reopen.

03:49This marks a return to normalcy after the overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad.

03:53Syria's new de facto leader, Ahmad al-Sharaf, faces the Herculean task of rebuilding the

03:57country following 13 years of civil war.

04:01Officials say most schools opened on Sunday, the first day of the working week in most

04:05Arab countries.

04:07But some parents did not send their children to school due to uncertainty.

04:11As Syria tries to rebuild, neighbors and foreign powers are still figuring out how to regard

04:15its rebel leadership that has ties to terrorists.

04:22The UP Fighting Maroons secured their fourth overall UAAP Men's Basketball title after

04:26a 66-62 Finals Game 3 win over the De La Salle Green Archers on Sunday, December 15.

04:33Season 87 Finals MVP and UP's JD Kagulangan plays a crucial role in the series.

04:40He led the Maroons against the Green Archers in a three-game series ending with a perfect

04:44and emotional finish.

04:46Despite not shooting higher than 32% in the finals, Kagulangan delivered key plays from

04:51scoring to passing and more.

04:54Kagulangan expresses his gratitude to everyone who supported him in his collegiate journey,

04:58from both the Maroon and Green sides.

05:01Meanwhile, two-time UAAP MVP and La Salle's Kevin Quimbao bids his farewell to the UAAP

05:07after three seasons.

05:09On Monday, December 16, Quimbao announces on social media that he is set to play professionally

05:14in the Korean Basketball League.

05:16Quimbao says,

05:17"...my college career comes to an end.

05:20I will pursue my NBA dream and start my journey by playing professional ball in Goyang Sona

05:25Sky Gunners."

05:26And that's today's wrap.

05:30I'm Kara Oliver.

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