Here are today’s headlines – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:
- Muntinlupa court orders takedown of Pepsi Paloma film teaser
- Marcos grants clemency to ex-Iloilo mayor Mabilog over Duterte-era cases
- Trump makes 2,000-pound bombs available to Israel, undoing Biden pause
- Duck DNA in both engines of Jeju Air plane that crashed, report says
- ‘A shining star’: Celebrities pay tribute to Gloria Romero, Queen of Philippine Cinema
https://www.rappler.com/video/daily-wrap/january-27-2025/
- Muntinlupa court orders takedown of Pepsi Paloma film teaser
- Marcos grants clemency to ex-Iloilo mayor Mabilog over Duterte-era cases
- Trump makes 2,000-pound bombs available to Israel, undoing Biden pause
- Duck DNA in both engines of Jeju Air plane that crashed, report says
- ‘A shining star’: Celebrities pay tribute to Gloria Romero, Queen of Philippine Cinema
https://www.rappler.com/video/daily-wrap/january-27-2025/
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00:00A Muntinlupa court orders the removal of the teaser of the controversial film, The Rapist
00:17of Pepsi Paloma.
00:20President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. lifts the administrative sanctions imposed on former Iloilo Mayor Jed
00:24Babilog, including his disqualification from public office.
00:28Donald Trump releases Joe Biden's hold order on supply of 2,000-pound bombs to Israel.
00:34Authorities investigating the Jeju Air crash in South Korea find duck DNA in the plane's
00:39engines.
00:40And celebrities honor veteran actress Gloria Romero, who passed away on January 25.
00:48The Muntinlupa court orders the teaser of the controversial film, The Rapist of Pepsi
00:52Paloma, deleted.
00:54The decision, dated January 24 but made public on January 27, partially grants the petition
00:59filed earlier by actor Vic Soto.
01:02Daryl Yap and his team are ordered to remove the 26-second teaser from all platforms.
01:07The court cites the misuse of data by presenting an unverifiable conversation between two dead
01:12individuals, which mentions a grave accusation against Soto.
01:16The court, however, allows the continued production and eventual release of the film.
01:20Soto earlier filed a cyber-libel complaint against Daryl Yap, citing 19 counts and seeking
01:26P35 million in damages.
01:28The case is still pending and Yap's camp has yet to officially respond.
01:32Meanwhile, Vic Soto's wife, Pauline Luna Soto, shares her relief over the court's decision
01:37through an Instagram post.
01:42President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has removed the administrative sanctions imposed on former
01:46Iloilo Mayor Jed Mabilog, a political target of former President Rodrigo Duterte.
01:51This allows him to run for public office again, while his twin criminal cases continue to
01:55be heard in courts.
01:57Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin says on Monday, January 27, the president's clemency
02:02for the administrative case removes the penalties or disabilities resulting from such case.
02:08Mabilog was ordered dismissed and perpetually disqualified from office by the ombudsman
02:12in October 2017 for having financial interests in a towing company that had a contract with
02:17the local government.
02:19The High Court upheld the dismissal in July 2019 and it became final.
02:24The Office of the Ombudsman filed the accompanying criminal graft charges before the Sandigan
02:28Bayan and the Lapu-Lapu Regional Trial Court in 2023, which are being tried to this day.
02:34According to Bersamin, Marcos granted Mabilog's petition due to the circumstances that forced
02:38the mayor to leave the country.
02:40The Duterte administration had labeled Mabilog a drug lord.
02:46U.S. President Donald Trump releases his predecessor Joe Biden's hold order on the supply of 2,000-pound
02:52bombs to Israel.
02:53Biden held the delivery due to concerns over the bomb's impact on Gaza during Israel's
02:58war with Hamas.
02:59Trump and Biden have been supporters of Israel, even as human rights advocates criticized
03:03the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
03:06A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas started last Sunday, January 19.
03:10Meantime, Trump says he has been in talks with several potential buyers of social media
03:14platform TikTok and would likely have a decision in the next 30 days.
03:19Under the deal being negotiated by the White House, TikTok's China-based owner ByteDance
03:23would retain a stake in the company.
03:25But data collection would be overseen by the U.S. company Oracle, which already provides
03:30the foundation of TikTok's web infrastructure.
03:33Trump earlier said he wants the U.S. to have a significant ownership position in TikTok,
03:37amid ongoing debates about the app's ties to China and its implications on user data
03:41security.
03:45A preliminary report reveals there were duck remains in both the engines of the Jeju plane
03:49that crashed in December.
03:51The pilots had declared a mayday due to a bird strike before the fatal crash.
03:55This, as authorities still try to determine what caused the deadliest air disaster in
04:00South Korea.
04:02Authorities say the report provided no initial conclusions about what caused the plane to
04:05land without its landing gear deployed, and why flight data recorders stopped recording
04:10in the final four minutes of the flight.
04:12The Jeju Air flight from Bangkok on December 29 overshot Myeon Airport's runway as it made
04:18an emergency belly landing and crashed into an embankment, killing all but two of the
04:23181 people on board.
04:27Veteran actress Gloria Romero, known as the Queen of Philippine Cinema, passed away on
04:32Saturday, January 25 at the age of 91.
04:35She was a luminary in the local film industry, with a career spanning over seven decades
04:40and more than 250 films and TV shows.
04:43Many stars who worked with her pay tribute to her legacy.
04:47Actress-host Amy Perez shares a heartfelt video and message on Instagram.
04:51Perez starred alongside Romero in Palibhasa Lalaque from 1987 to 1998.
04:57Charo Santos Concio also posts a tribute with photos of Romero on Instagram, along with
05:01a heartfelt caption.
05:03She praises the late actress for her ability to bring joy and warmth both on-screen and
05:08off-screen.
05:09Other tributes come from Cherry Pie Picache, Eugene Domingo, Shaina Magdayaw, and Barbie
05:14Forteza.
05:15Romero's iconic roles include Lola Magda in Magnifico, Lola Loleng in Tanging Yaman,
05:21and Lola Amor in Dahil May Isang Ikaw.
05:26That's today's wrap.
05:27I'm Cara Oliver.
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