Vice President Sara Duterte’s trust rating drops

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

- Trust in Sara Duterte declines by 10 points amid budget discussions
- COC filing day 1 highlights: Tolentino, Lee, Bayan Muna, vloggers
- UST fraternity members convicted in Atio Castillo hazing case
- Hezbollah says it is ready for any Israeli land invasion in Lebanon
- BTS member Suga fined for drunk driving on e-scooter

https://www.rappler.com/video/daily-wrap/october-1-2024/

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00:00Today on Rappler

00:12A survey shows trust in Vice President Sato Duterte dropped by 10 percentage points.

00:17The filing of candidacy for the 2025 midterm election starts.

00:22After seven years, 10 USD fratmen are convicted of hazing that led to the death of Astro Castillo.

00:27Hezbollah says it is ready to confront any Israeli ground invasion of Lebanon.

00:32And BTS' Suga is fined over $11,000 for drunk driving.

00:38A Pulse Asia survey finds Vice President Sato Duterte's trust rating dropped 10 percentage

00:43points from 71% in June to 61% in September.

00:47Conducted from September 6 to 13, the survey coincided with congressional hearings on the

00:52Office of the Vice President's proposed 2025 budget.

00:55Duterte was absent from a number of those hearings, and her snarky attitude in those

00:59she attended became controversial.

01:01The Commission on Audits' move to disallow part of her confidential funds were also in

01:05the headlines.

01:06Despite all this, Duterte remains the most trusted among the top four government officials.

01:11President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s trust rating dips two percentage points from 52% in June

01:16to 50% in September.

01:18Senate President Chiz Escudero suffers the largest drop of 13 percentage points from

01:2369% to 56%.

01:25House Speaker Martin Romualdez's rating falls four percentage points from 35% to 31%.

01:33The Philippines opens the week-long window for aspiring politicians to formalize their

01:37candidacies in the 2025 midterm elections on Tuesday, October 1.

01:42Seventeen aspirants filed their candidacies for senator while 15 party-list groups submitted

01:46their documents.

01:48Senate Majority Leader Francis Tolentino is the first politician from President Ferdinand

01:52Marcos Jr.'s senatorial slate to submit his Certificate of Candidacy to the Comelec.

01:56Agri Representative Wilbert Lee also filed his COC.

02:00Incumbent party-list groups file nomination certificates in acceptance of their nominees,

02:04including Axis, Koop Natko, Cabayan, Manila Teachers, and Agap.

02:09Party-list groups Buhay and Bayan Muna, which lost their seats in 2022, are vying for a

02:13return to Congress.

02:14If they still lose this time, they risk getting delisted and disqualified from elections in

02:192028.

02:20Local content creators with sizable followings are also hoping to become lawmakers next year.

02:30After seven years, a Manila court convicts 10 fratmen for the 2017 hazing death of USD

02:35Law student Horacio Asho Castillo III.

02:38Ten Aegis Juris Fraternity members are found guilty of violating the old anti-hazing law

02:43and are sentenced to reclusión perpetua.

02:47They are also ordered to jointly pay Castillo's family P625,000 in actual expenses and damages.

02:54Castillo's death from a fraternity initiation is among the biggest and most controversial

02:59hazing cases in recent history.

03:01Officials of the University of Santo Tomas were called to the Senate in 2017, including

03:05its law dean and Aegis Juris alumnus Nilo Divina.

03:09The investigation led to the enactment of a new anti-hazing law in 2018.

03:14Castillo was a 22-year-old freshman law student when he died after being punched and paddled

03:18for four hours.

03:22Hezbollah's deputy leader Naim Kassem says the movement is ready to confront any Israeli

03:26ground invasion of Lebanon.

03:28The statement comes after Israel assassinated the group's chief, Hassan Nasrallah, on September

03:3328.

03:34For two weeks, Israeli forces dealt multiple blows to Hezbollah, eliminating several of

03:38its commanders.

03:39Meanwhile, the Palestinian militant group Hamas says an Israeli airstrike killed its

03:44leader in Lebanon on Monday, September 30.

03:47Another Palestinian organization says three of its leaders died in a strike in central

03:51Beirut, the first such hit within the Lebanese capital.

03:54Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Nasser Khaani says Tehran won't let any of Israel's

03:59quote criminal acts go unanswered.

04:02Lebanon's health ministry says more than 1,000 Lebanese have been killed and 6,000 wounded

04:06in the past two weeks, while a million people have fled their homes.

04:11A court finds K-pop star and BTS member Suga $15.1 million or $11,500 for drunk driving

04:19while on an electric scooter.

04:20Police have also revoked his license.

04:23The rapper's songwriter apologized for the incident in August.

04:26He called it, quote, careless and wrong behavior.

04:29His label, Big Hit Music, said Suga had failed a breath test, which police use to measure

04:33blood alcohol level.

04:35Suga has been engaged in social service work in order to meet his military duty commitment.

04:40The case prompted some BTS fans to call for him to leave the band.

04:44Suga's label did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

04:49And that's today's wrap.

04:50I'm Cara Oliver.

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