Here are today’s headlines – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:
⁃ Sara Duterte, OVP security face criminal complaint over hospital transfer incident
⁃ Bong Go is 'close friend' of Pharmally boss Lin Weixiong – PDEA
⁃ Apollo Quiboloy to be transferred to Pasig City jail
⁃ Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire takes effect
⁃ Drake escalates dispute with Kendrick Lamar in court filings
⁃ Neri Miranda’s alleged arrest: What we know so far
https://www.rappler.com/video/daily-wrap/november-27-2024/
⁃ Sara Duterte, OVP security face criminal complaint over hospital transfer incident
⁃ Bong Go is 'close friend' of Pharmally boss Lin Weixiong – PDEA
⁃ Apollo Quiboloy to be transferred to Pasig City jail
⁃ Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire takes effect
⁃ Drake escalates dispute with Kendrick Lamar in court filings
⁃ Neri Miranda’s alleged arrest: What we know so far
https://www.rappler.com/video/daily-wrap/november-27-2024/
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00:00Today on Rappler
00:14Quezon City Police filed criminal complaints against Vice President Sara Duterte and her
00:18security personnel.
00:20A Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency official says Senator Bong Go is a close friend of
00:24formerly boss Allen Lin or Lin Weishong.
00:27Apolo Kibuloy is set to be transferred to the Pasig City Jail.
00:30A ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah takes effect Wednesday, November 27.
00:35Rapper Drake files notices warning legal action against music companies for the promotion
00:40of Kendrick Lamar's mega-hit, Not Like Us.
00:43And actress Neri Miranda has allegedly been arrested for restafa.
00:48Quezon City Police filed criminal complaints against Vice President Sara Duterte and her
00:53security personnel, stemming from the, quote, forced transfer of her chief of staff to a
00:57private hospital over the weekend.
00:59QCPD Chief Col. Melesio Buslig says they filed cases of direct assault, disobedience to authority
01:06and grave coercion.
01:07A video going around social media shows Duterte addressing a police officer beside an ambulance.
01:13Vice Presidential Security and Protection Group Chief Raymond LaChica was then seen
01:17shoving and pushing the police officer.
01:20Zulaika Lopez, Duterte's chief of staff, suffered an anxiety attack after learning
01:24of the House order to move her from Batasan to the women's prison in Mandaluyong City.
01:29The House panel requested police assistance for the transfer.
01:32But Duterte and her security personnel interfered and placed Lopez in a private ambulance.
01:37They brought her to St. Luke's Medical Center, a private hospital, in defiance of the House
01:41order.
01:44The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency linked Senator Bong Go to formerly boss an alleged
01:49drug personality, Lin Weishong, or Alan Lim or Alan Lin.
01:53PDEA Deputy Director General Renato Gumban says in the Quad Committee hearing,
01:57According to this informant, Alan Lin is a close friend of then Special Assistant to
02:04the President, Christopher Bong Go.
02:07Gumban later qualifies his statement, saying,
02:09According to our informant, they are just close friends.
02:12It is not specific that they are involved in drugs.
02:15Gumban says Alan Lin is a casino junket operator involved in the kidnapping of high-roller
02:20Chinese gamblers in Ocada, Manila.
02:22In early November, PDEA Chief Morovil Hidio Lazo confirmed that, based on their intelligence,
02:27Lin is allegedly also a drug personality.
02:30Lin was indicted for graft over irregular pandemic contracts given to Farmily Pharmaceutical.
02:35Michael Yang, the former economic advisor of President Rodrigo Duterte, is said to be
02:40the financier of Farmily.
02:42In an interview with reporters, Senator Guo says,
02:44Alan Lim and I are not close friends, and more importantly, I am not involved in illegal
02:49drugs.
02:52Alleged trafficker and doomsday preacher Apolo Quiboloy is set to be transferred to the Pasig
02:56City Jail Wednesday, November 27.
02:59PNP spokesperson Jean Fajardo says even though Quiboloy's motion for house or hospital arrest
03:04was denied, the court ordered that Quiboloy undergo a medical assessment.
03:08This was the reason why he was placed under temporary PNP custody.
03:12Quiboloy was in the hospital after he was granted a medical furlough.
03:16BJMP spokesperson Jadex Bustinera says the BJMP will ensure no VIP or special treatment
03:23will be made to the doomsday preacher.
03:25Quiboloy, who founded the Davao-based Kingdom of Jesus Christ, faces a trafficking case
03:30at the Pasig City Court.
03:32He also faces separate cases of sexual abuse in a Quezon City Court and is also wanted
03:36in the United States for sexual trafficking.
03:39After evading arrest for months, Quiboloy was finally arrested on September 8 and was
03:43placed under PNP custody.
03:47A ceasefire between Israel and Iran-backed group Hezbollah takes effect at 2 a.m. GMT
03:53or 10 a.m. Philippine time Wednesday, November 27.
03:57United States President Joe Biden says both sides accepted an agreement brokered by the
04:01U.S. and France.
04:03He adds civilians on both sides will soon be able to safely return to their communities.
04:08Israel will gradually withdraw its forces over 60 days as Lebanon's army takes control
04:13of territory near its border with Israel to ensure that Hezbollah does not rebuild its
04:17infrastructure there.
04:19Lebanon's foreign minister says the Lebanese army will have at least 5,000 troops deployed
04:24in southern Lebanon as Israeli troops withdraw.
04:27A senior U.S. official, meantime, says the U.S. and France will join a mechanism with
04:32the United Nations' Interim Force in Lebanon Peacekeeping Force that would work with Lebanon's
04:36army to deter potential violations of the ceasefire.
04:42Drake escalates his dispute with fellow rap superstar Kendrick Lamar.
04:46He files a pair of court notices warning of legal action against major music companies,
04:50iHeartMedia, and Universal Music Group for what Drake called manipulative promotion of
04:55Lamar's mega-hit, Not Like Us.
04:58The record-breaking diss track released this year suggests Drake is a sex offender and
05:02references a certified pedophile and a predator.
05:05Drake accuses UMG of scheming to turn Not Like Us into a viral hit at his expense.
05:10It accuses Universal of using payola and other manipulative practices to promote Not Like
05:15Us.
05:16UMG denies it undermined Drake or that it used unethical practices to market Lamar's
05:21song.
05:22It says Drake's accusations were, quote,
05:24"...contrived and absurd legal arguments."
05:27The two one-time collaborators began feuding after Lamar's 2013 track called out Drake
05:32and several other big names in the genre.
05:36Actress Neri Miranda has allegedly been arrested for estafa and 14 counts of violation of the
05:42Securities Regulation Code.
05:44She allegedly violated a section that states,
05:46"...an individual cannot buy, sell or make transactions as a salesman, dealer, broker
05:51or anyone associated with these positions unless they are registered with the Securities
05:55and Exchange Commission."
05:57The Southern Police District announced Tuesday, November 26, a 41-year-old actress and businesswoman
06:02who goes by the alias Erin was arrested on November 23 in Pasay City.
06:07Talk show host Oggi Diaz also talked about the arrest in a video published on his YouTube
06:11channel on November 25.
06:13A jail officer confirmed to ABS-CBN News, a woman named Neriza Miranda was transferred
06:19to the Pasay City Jail female dormitory on Wednesday, November 27.
06:23The actress' husband, Chito Miranda, of the band Paroke Ni Edgar, takes to social media
06:28to attest his wife's innocence, saying his wife's face was just used to get investors
06:32as product endorser.
06:34And that's today's PRAP.
06:37I'm Cara Oliver.
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