Looking back at 2024
As we prepare to ring out 2024 and ring in the new year, The Manila Times looks back on the stories that helped shaped the year that was.
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As we prepare to ring out 2024 and ring in the new year, The Manila Times looks back on the stories that helped shaped the year that was.
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00:00As we prepare to ring out 2024 and ring in the new year, the Manila Times looks back
00:21on the stories that helped shape the year that was.
00:34Stormy 2024 Six storms from September to November of 2024
00:48devastated the Philippines, killing over a hundred people, displacing thousands and
00:55destroying crops and infrastructure.
00:58It was considered across the globe as an unusual phenomenon.
01:04Because Tropical Storm Enteng, Super Typhoon Julian, Severe Tropical Storm Christine, Typhoons
01:11Marse and Nika, and Super Typhoon Pepito happened only weeks apart, with the last two
01:24occurring almost on the same week.
01:28Before these were Typhoons Agon and Karina, starting the weather rampage in the middle
01:36of the year.
01:41All from grace, from son of God, to fugitive, to prisoner.
01:56This was the story of Pastor Apollo Kibaloy, founder of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ or
02:04KOJC in 2024.
02:10Revered by members of his church, Kibaloy fell from grace, after he was accused here
02:17and in the United States of money laundering and human trafficking, which he has denied
02:26following his arrest and detention in September after playing hide and seek with authorities
02:31for months.
02:34Unfazed, Kibaloy intends to fight this one out, not in court, but in the upcoming 2025
02:41elections, where he filed his Certificate of Candidacy for Senator through his lawyer
02:46in October.
02:50RUN UP TO 2025 ELECTIONS
02:54The Commission on Elections or COMELEC is perhaps the busiest government agency in 2024
03:02and will be busier in 2025 as it prepares for the national and local midterm polls.
03:10Among its notable achievements were the early delivery of the automated counting machines
03:17by South Korean-based service provider Miru Systems, the first ever issuance of guidelines
03:24on campaigning through social media, which includes compelling candidates to disclose
03:30the use of Artificial Intelligence or AI in their campaign materials, and prohibiting
03:37the use of the technology to spread misinformation against their rivals and the filing of Certificates
03:43of Candidacy by interested individuals.
03:50TROUBLED WATERS
03:51China's continued and increasing aggression in the South China Sea remains one of the
04:04year's top stories.
04:06The dangerous maneuvers employed by Chinese ships against Philippine vessels in territories
04:12within the country's Exclusive Economic Zone has been a cause of concern not only in the
04:19Philippines but among like-minded allies led by the U.S. who adhere to the United
04:26Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea or UNPLOS and Freedom of Navigation.
04:33Buoyed by the support of the international community, the Philippines conducted joint
04:38drills with the U.S. and its Asian and European counterparts in the disputed waters, angering
04:44China.
04:46The Philippines also filed several diplomatic protests before the UN.
04:54GOLD
04:552024 was a banner year for sports as the country's athletes shone in various international competitions,
05:07including August's Paris Olympics where gymnast Carlos Yulo gave the Philippines not just one
05:14but two golds for the first time.
05:20BANNED
05:26In his State of the Nation Address in July, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. declared that
05:32all Philippine offshore gaming operators or POGOs must go by the end of the year and issued
05:40Executive Order 74 to back up the announcement.
05:44The ban stemmed from allegations that the ongoing POGO activities became a source of
05:49human and drug trafficking and money laundering.
06:04ALICE GUO
06:10Aside from Pastor Quiboloy, no other personality has captured the imagination of the Filipinos
06:16in 2024 than then-Bamban Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo.
06:24A Senate inquiry into POGOs exposed Mayor Guo's alleged links to the illegal activity
06:30following a raid on one of the hubs in her home province.
06:35Guo, like Quiboloy, eluded authorities for months until her arrest and detention in May.
06:45And Guo, like Quiboloy, has denied the accusations against her.
07:00BREAKUP
07:01Although President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Vice President Sara Duterte ran and won under
07:14the UNITEAM in the 2022 National Elections, some cracks have started to show, starting
07:22with the resignation of Duterte as Education Secretary and Vice Chairman of the National
07:27Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict.
07:33Then in November, Duterte publicly threatened Marcos, his wife Liza and Speaker Martin Romualdez
07:41if anything happened to her.
07:47Her father, President Rodrigo Duterte, who was Marcos' predecessor, added fuel to the
07:54fire when he called on the military to intervene.
08:20BIGGEST ENTERTAINMENT STORIES
08:27Scandals and box office history were among the biggest local stories in entertainment
08:34in 2024.
08:39Young actor Sandra Mulac, son of former child superstar Nina Mulac, accused two network
08:45executives of rape.
08:48Hello, Love Again, starring Kathleen Bernardo and Alden Richards, became the highest-grossing
08:59Filipino film.
09:06And actor Anthony Jennings was accused by his then-girlfriend Jamela Villanueva of
09:16cheating with co-star Maris Racal.
09:21And here were the Manila Times' top stories of 2024.
09:25Read us on print or click on to www.manilatimes.net and our social media platforms and watch us
09:32on our new streaming channel.
09:35Make the Manila Times your new source of choice.
09:37Wishing everyone the best in 2025.