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Here are today’s headlines – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:

- Marcos vows ‘heads will roll’ after Alice Guo’s PH exit
- New mpox patient visited Quezon City spa, derma; 41 contacts identified
- ‘Iyaking Kaibigan’? Filipinos online poke fun at Sara Duterte’s book
- Jennifer Lopez files for divorce from Ben Affleck, media reports say 
- 'Mabuhay ang Noypi!': Eraserheads honored to receive UP Gawad Oblation Medal 


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00:00Today on Rappler
00:13President Marcos promises to expose those who helped Alice Guo escape
00:17Quezon City activates its health response protocol after an mpox patient was found to
00:21have visited a spa and a dermatology clinic in the city
00:24Vice President Sara Duterte's children's book becomes the subject of memes
00:29Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck have reportedly filed for divorce
00:33And OPM Legends' The Eraserheads receives the UP Gawa Doblation Medal
00:39President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. promises to expose the culprits who helped the Smithsbomb
00:43Banterlac mayor, Alice Guo, exit the Philippines
00:47In a statement on Wednesday, August 21, Marcos says, quote,
00:50"...the departure of Alice Guo has laid bare the corruption that undermines her justice
00:54system and erodes public trust.
00:56Let me be clear, heads will roll."
00:58Justice Secretary Boyang Remulia also announced a thorough investigation into Guo's escape
01:04Remulia earlier ordered the Bureau of Immigration to immediately submit a report on how Guo was
01:09able to exit the Philippines
01:11Guo is accused of faking her Filipino citizenship and having links to illegal Philippine offshore
01:15gaming operators
01:17Some speculate that she's part of a criminal scheme involving the trafficking and torture
01:21of workers and of being a spy for China
01:24Authorities say she left the Philippines in mid-July and traveled to Malaysia, Singapore,
01:28and Indonesia
01:31The Quezon City government activates its health response protocol after discovering an mpox
01:36patient had visited a spa and a dermatologist clinic in the city
01:40It was the visit that led to the dermatologist diagnosing the patient with mpox since he
01:44noticed skin lesions on the patient's face, back, and other body parts
01:48The Quezon City Epidemiology and Surveillance Division says it identified 41 individuals
01:53who came in contact with the patient, including the establishment's employees and clients
01:58The patient also had a sexual encounter with another client at the spa
02:02The spa has been temporarily shut down
02:04Quezon City Mayor Joyable Monte clarifies the 33-year-old male who tested positive for
02:09mpox is not a Quezon City resident
02:12Mpox is transmitted through close, intimate contact
02:15Meantime, a World Health Organization official reiterates mpox is not the new COVID as authorities
02:21know how to control its spread
02:25Vice President Sara Duterte's children's book, Isang Kaibigan, becomes the subject of memes
02:29after her heated exchange with Senator Issa Ontiveros at a budget hearing at the Senate
02:34Some social media users edited the book's cover into a comic of the controversial exchange
02:39Others recall the 2011 incident when Duterte punched a court sheriff during a demolition
02:44project when she was Davao City Mayor
02:46Still, others used the book to criticize Duterte leaving on a personal trip during the onslaught
02:51of Typhoon Karina and the Southwest Monsoon
02:54This one parodied her, quote, friendship with China and Fugitive Doomsday Preacher Apolo
02:58Kibuloy
02:59One user quotes lines from the hit Filipino movie, Dabs Kita, Okay Ka Lang?
03:04The book is part of the Office of the Vice President's flagship program, Pagbabago Campaign,
03:09which includes distributing a million school bags containing Duterte's book
03:14Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck are getting a divorce
03:17TMZ and other media outlets report Lopez submitted divorce papers at the Los Angeles
03:22County Superior Court on Tuesday
03:24Spokespersons for Lopez and Affleck did not immediately respond for requests for comment
03:29The filing comes two years after the pair held a lavish wedding celebration in Georgia
03:33They initially exchanged vows in July 2022 at a Las Vegas wedding chapel
03:38In the early 2000s, the pair, dubbed Benifer, were the most talked-about couple in the celebrity
03:42world
03:43The couple promptly called off their wedding in 2003 and split up a few months later
03:47Lopez and Affleck started dating again in 2021
03:51OPM legends The Eraserheads received the University of the Philippines' Gawad Ablation 2024 Tuesday,
03:58August 20
03:59It's the highest honor the university bestows and considered a symbol of deep gratitude
04:04for the extraordinary service rendered with or in UP's name
04:08Members Marcos Adoro, Eli Buendia, Raymond Mericiga, and Buddy Zabala each receive a
04:13medal and are met with loud cheers from the audience
04:16The Gawad Ablation medal takes inspiration from the early Philippine flags, UP's signature
04:20colors, and the iconic Ablation statue
04:23It represents history and the importance of humanity in the university's achievements
04:27It was designed by the late artist and professor, Leo Abaya
04:31The band's frontman, Buendia, says The Eraserheads would not exist without UP
04:36The band is about to embark on their Huling El Bimbo world tour, which stops in Singapore
04:40and Dubai
04:42And that's today's wrap, I'm Cara Oliver, thank you for watching
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