Here are today's headlines – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:
- Senators bare more irregularities in Alice Guo’s citizenship
- For the 2nd time, House OKs bill allowing absolute divorce
- Bong Go leads ad spending on Facebook a year before 2025 polls
- 5 Filipinos hurt in Singapore Airlines emergency landing
- Bulacan's Chelsea Manalo is Miss Universe Philippines 2024
https://www.rappler.com/video/daily-wrap/may-23-2024/
- Senators bare more irregularities in Alice Guo’s citizenship
- For the 2nd time, House OKs bill allowing absolute divorce
- Bong Go leads ad spending on Facebook a year before 2025 polls
- 5 Filipinos hurt in Singapore Airlines emergency landing
- Bulacan's Chelsea Manalo is Miss Universe Philippines 2024
https://www.rappler.com/video/daily-wrap/may-23-2024/
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00:00 Today on Rappler
00:13 Senators uncover more irregularities that cast doubt on the citizenship of Bamban Mayor
00:18 Alice Guo
00:19 The House of Representatives approves on third and final reading, a measure that allows absolute
00:24 divorce
00:25 Senator Bong Goh is the top spender in boosting Facebook posts, shelling out almost 1 million
00:31 pesos
00:32 Five Filipinos sustain injuries while on board a Singapore Airlines flight buffeted by severe
00:37 air turbulence
00:39 And Chelsea Manalo of Bulacan is Miss Universe Philippines 2024
00:46 Senators uncover more irregularities that cast doubt on the citizenship of Bambantar
00:50 Lak Mayor Alice Guo
00:52 Guo is under scrutiny for ties to Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators or POGOs
00:58 Records show the birth certificates of Guo and her three siblings were all registered
01:02 belatedly by their Chinese father, Angelito
01:04 "If your father is Chinese, based on your own self-declaration, your mother should be
01:11 Filipino so that you can be Filipino too.
01:15 But this Amelia Leal, your three mothers, is a person with no birth record.
01:22 So how can you derive citizenship from a woman whose very existence is questionable?"
01:30 The PSA says there are no records of the birth of her parents nor their marriage
01:34 In a tweet, Senator Sherwin Gatchalian notes the irregularities in Guo's birth certificate
01:40 cast doubts on her Filipino citizenship
01:44 The House of Representatives on Wednesday, May 22, once again approves on third and final
01:49 reading the measure that allows couples to terminate their marriage through absolute
01:53 divorce
01:54 Voting on House Bill 9349 is sharply divided with 131 affirmative votes, 109 against, and
02:01 20 abstain
02:03 The Philippines remains the only country, along with the Vatican, that has yet to legalize
02:07 divorce
02:08 Explaining his negative vote, later Rep. Richard Gomez says that laws must abide by the religious
02:14 customs of the majority
02:16 Albay Rep. Edsa Lagman says, "While a majority of Filipinos are Roman Catholics, there is
02:21 no official religion recognized in the country's constitution"
02:25 In 2018, the House also approved an absolute divorce bill, the bill's Senate counterpart
02:30 languished at the committee level
02:32 Lagman says he is optimistic their colleagues at the Senate will consider the divorce bill,
02:37 especially after the change in leadership
02:41 Senator Bong Go is the top spender in boosting Facebook posts, shelling out almost P1 million
02:47 to boost 266 posts
02:50 Facebook pages controlled by at least 14 potential senatorial candidates or their supporters
02:55 have spent a total of P3.54 million over the last three months to boost their posts
03:02 Research by the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism shows re-electionist Senator Christopher
03:07 Lawrence "Bong" Go spent almost P1 million to boost 266 posts
03:13 Former Senator Bam Aquino also spent more than P800,000 to boost 62 posts
03:19 Go ranked in the range 3rd to 4th in Pulse Asia's pre-election senatorial polls
03:24 Aquino ranks 18th to 28th
03:27 The top spenders also include Department of Interior and local government Secretary Benher
03:32 Abalos and Senator Bong Revilla, who each spent more than P400,000 to boost their posts
03:38 on Facebook
03:39 Five Filipinos sustained injuries while onboard a Singapore-bound flight from London buffeted
03:45 by severe air turbulence
03:47 The flight had made an emergency landing in Bangkok on Tuesday, May 21
03:52 The Department of Migrant Workers says a mother, father, and their baby are three of the five
03:56 injured Filipinos
03:58 The mother is a Filipino nurse based in the United Kingdom while the father had no record
04:02 of being an overseas Filipino worker
04:05 The fourth passenger is a female Singapore-based OFW while the fifth also had no record as
04:10 an OFW
04:11 All five are in stable condition as of Wednesday evening
04:14 Photos of the plane's interior show gashes in the overhead cabin panels, oxygen masks
04:19 and panels hanging from the ceiling, and luggage strewn around
04:25 Chelsea Manalo of Bulacan is Miss Universe Philippines 2024
04:29 She beats 52 other candidates from all over the country and abroad during coronation night
04:35 Baguio's Tara Valencia is Miss Supernational Philippines 2025 while Pampanga's Cyril Payumo
04:41 is Miss Charmed Philippines 2025
04:43 Iloilo's Alexi Mae Brooks is Miss Eco International Philippines 2024 and Quezon Province's Maria
04:50 Atisa Manalo is Miss Cosmo Philippines 2024
04:54 Some Filipinos online call it the most unexpected result in Philippine pageant history
05:00 They say Chelsea is a dark horse in the competition, beating other crowd favorites
05:05 The 24-year-old Filipino-American stunner from Bulacan will vie for the Philippines'
05:09 fifth Miss Universe crown
05:11 In the question and answer portion, Chelsea calls herself a woman of color who has always
05:16 believed in herself despite being told that beauty has different standards
05:22 And that's today's wrap
05:23 I'm Michelle Abad, thank you for watching
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