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00:00Today on Rappler

00:13The August 21 movement questions the release of new Peso bills that no longer feature the

00:17country's heroes.

00:20Government contractual and job order workers are set to receive up to P7,000 in gratuity

00:24pay this month.

00:26The United Nations General Assembly asks the World Court to intervene on Israel's aid obligations

00:30for Palestinians.

00:32And Luigi Mangione faces federal charges for his alleged killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO

00:37Brian Thompson

00:38The August 21 movement, or ATOM, questions the release of new Peso bills that no longer

01:03feature the country's heroes.

01:04ATOM, the movement formed following the assassination of Senator Ninoy Aquino, argues the changes

01:09erase the memory of Philippine heroes.

01:12This after the Banco Central ng Pilipinas revealed the new Philippine banknote designs

01:16for the P500, P100, and P50 Peso bills.

01:20This completes the BSP's first Philippine polymer banknote series, which launched the

01:24new P1,000 bill in 2021.

01:27The new series now replaces the faces of Ninoy Aquino and the late President Cory Aquino

01:32with the Visayan spotted deer.

01:34Former Presidents Manuel Rojas and Sergio Osmeña's faces are replaced with the Palawan

01:39peacock pheasant and the Visayan leopard cat, respectively.

01:43In 2021, the government's removal of World War II heroes Jose Abad Santos, Jose Faelianes

01:48Escoda, and Vicente Lim's portraits from the P1,000 bill angered their families.

01:54The descendants said having banknotes commemorate heroes promotes heroism and honors those who

01:59fought for the country's rights and independence.

02:04The Department of Budget and Management increases contractual and job order workers' gratuity

02:09pay from P5,000 to P7,000.

02:12The DBM says the gratuity pay will be given on a prorated basis for those who have rendered

02:17less than four months of satisfactory service as of December 15.

02:21Of these, workers who served at least three months will receive up to P6,000, while those

02:26who served at least two months will receive up to P5,000.

02:30Workers who served for less than two months will receive up to P4,000.

02:35President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. earlier said the government raised the service recognition

02:39incentive from P18,000 to P20,000 this year.

02:43The SRI is an annual financial incentive for well-performing government workers.

02:51The United Nations General Assembly adopts a resolution asking the International Court

02:55of Justice to intervene on Israel's obligations to facilitate aid to Palestinians.

03:00This, after Israel banned the UN Palestinian Refugee Agency's operations in the country,

03:06adding to obstacles UN agencies face in delivering aid to Gaza.

03:10A hundred and thirty-seven of the UNGA's 193 members voted to urge the ICJ to release an

03:16opinion on the issue.

03:18The U.S. and Israel are among the 12 members who voted against it.

03:22Twenty-two members abstained.

03:24The ICJ, or the World Court, is the United Nations' highest court.

03:28Its advisory opinions carry legal and political weight, although they are not binding.

03:33The court has no enforcement powers if its opinions are ignored.

03:37The UNGA resolution expressed, quote, "'grave concern' about the dire humanitarian situation

03:42in the Occupied Palestinian Territory."

03:45It calls upon Israel not to impede Palestinians from exercising their right to self-determination.

03:53UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson's alleged killer, Luigi Mangione, is charged with federal

03:58murder and stalking crimes in Manhattan on Thursday, December 19.

04:02The complaint accuses Mangione of spending months planning an attack driven by his contempt

04:07for the health insurance industry and wealthy corporate executives.

04:11Handcuffed and in a bright orange jumpsuit, Mangione is escorted off a helicopter in Lower

04:16Manhattan by a large group of police officers.

04:19A grand jury in New York earlier indicted Mangione on 11 counts of breaking state law,

04:25including first-degree murder and murder as an act of terrorism.

04:29The offenses are punishable by a maximum sentence of life in prison.

04:33Police say Mangione had multiple fake identification documents.

04:37These included a fake New Jersey ID that was used to check into a Manhattan hostel days

04:42before Thompson's shooting.

04:45And that's today's Wrap, I'm Cara Oliver, thank you for watching.

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