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Here are today's headlines – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world: - Michael Yang's brother arrested, as House links him to POGO and drugs - Court orders arrest of Alice Guo for non-bailable trafficking charges - House decides to send Cassandra Ong to Correctional, fights for Alice Guo's custody  - Leila de Lima guns for House seat as Mamamayang Liberal nominee  - DENR warns citizens organizing to capture saltwater crocodile in Sarangani Bay  https://www.rappler.com/video/daily-wrap/september-20-2024/

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00:00Today on Rappler

00:13Immigration authorities arrest Tony Yang, the brother of Rodrigo Duterte's economic

00:17advisor, Michael Yang.

00:19A Pasig court issues an arrest warrant for Alice Guo for the non-bailable charge of

00:23qualified trafficking.

00:25The House Quad Committee orders Cassandra Ong to be sent to the Correctional Institute

00:29for Women in Mandaluyong for 30 days.

00:32Laila de Lima is the lead nominee of the Liberal Party's party list, Mamamayang Liberal.

00:38And the Environment Department warns people in Sarangani Bay against capturing a saltwater

00:42crocodile sighted in the area.

00:46Philippine immigration authorities arrest businessman Tony Yang, the elder brother of

00:49former President Rodrigo Duterte's economic advisor, Michael Yang.

00:54He was arrested carrying wads of cash worth 1.4 million pesos as he landed in Manila from

00:58Cagayan de Oro late Thursday night, September 19.

01:02The Philippine Anti-Organized Crime Commission had been investigating Tony Yang for possible

01:06ties with illegal Pogos in the country.

01:09Laguna representative Dan Fernandez claims Yang owns a building where a Pogo used to

01:13operate.

01:14He supposedly also owns a port in Cagayan de Oro, which might be involved in the drug

01:18trade.

01:19The middle sibling of the Yang brothers is Hong Zhang Yang, who has a joint bank account

01:24with one of the incorporators of Hongsheng Gaming Corporation.

01:27The Bamban Tarlac Pogo located in the compound owned by Baofu, which Alice Guo incorporated.

01:33Guo denies knowing any of the Yang brothers.

01:38A Pasig court has issued warrants of arrest against dismissed Bamban mayor Alice Guo for

01:42the non-bailable offense of qualified trafficking.

01:45Aside from Guo, arrest warrants were also issued for 15 others, including Wang Zhiyang,

01:50the alleged big boss of Pogos.

01:52Pasig City Judge Anilin Medes-Cabellis also ordered that Guo be transferred to the Pasig

01:57City Jail Female Dormitory.

01:59Guo is currently detained at the Police Custodial Center in Camp Krame.

02:03Guo is the incorporator of Baofu, which leased land to the Hongsheng Pogo, later named Zun

02:08Yuan.

02:09Guo allegedly played a material role in making sure that Hongsheng or Zun Yuan got to operate

02:14in her compound.

02:15Although she claims she had divested from Baofu, investigators say the divestment documents

02:20are fake.

02:21Guo's lawyer Stephen David says he will file a petition for bail, a recourse for defendants

02:26in non-bailable cases.

02:29A House Quad Committee orders Cassandra Ong to be sent to the Correctional Institute for

02:33Women in Mandaluyong for 30 days.

02:36Ong was detained at the House for contempt, but on Thursday, September 19, agitated lawmakers

02:40decided to commit her to the CIW starting September 26.

02:45The trigger, lawyer Ferdinand Topacio, said his client would rather be incorrectional

02:48than be humiliated by the committee.

02:50But Ong explains it was a statement she made to Topacio under stress.

02:54While there is no arrest warrant issued by a court for Ong, she faces criminal investigations

02:58for human trafficking and money laundering.

03:01Ong is an officer of the Whirlwind Real Estate firm that leased its compound to Lucky South

03:0599, a pogo rated over allegations of human trafficking and torture.

03:10Ong appears in many documents as the Lucky South representative, but the 24-year-old

03:14maintains she was merely a lesser.

03:18Former Senator Laila de Lima announces her return to politics as lead nominee of Mamamayang

03:22Liberal, a party list under the Liberal Party.

03:25Mamamayang Liberal will have two other LP stalwarts as nominees, former district representatives

03:30Teddy Bagilat and Erin Tanyada.

03:33A former Justice Secretary and human rights lawyer, de Lima is a fierce critic of the

03:36war on drugs of former President Rodrigo Duterte.

03:40She was detained for seven years and was released from detention in November 2023 and cleared

03:45of all charges in June 2024.

03:48Our fight is not in the past.

03:51Our fight is here in the now.

03:54The past is where we draw lessons and strengths, but today is where the battle is fought and

04:00where the future is determined.

04:05The Department of Environment and Natural Resources mourns people in Sarangani Bay planning

04:09to capture a saltwater crocodile, leave the task to professionals.

04:13There were three sightings of a crocodile since late August.

04:16DENR SOC Surgeon Executive Director Felix Alicer says they are referred to as ambush

04:21predators, they wait for their prey.

04:24Alicer says they were able to get drone footage of the crocodile, which looked to be three

04:27to four meters in length.

04:29The plan to capture the crocodile started with Rogelio Solis, the chairman of Barangay

04:33Buayan.

04:34He says he grew frustrated that their calls for help were ignored, adding it has already

04:38affected their livelihood.

04:40Alicer cautions the group, you're putting your lives in great danger.

04:43He also advises residents to stay cautious when near the water.

04:47Alicer says experts from Crocodilos Porosos Philippines, a reptile conservation group,

04:51will help determine the next course of action.

04:56And that's today's wrap, I'm JC Gotinga, thank you for watching.

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