Here are today’s headlines – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:
- 2025 candidates air P4-B worth of TV, radio ads before October 2024 candidacy filing
- Israel set to approve Gaza ceasefire, hostage deal, Netanyahu’s office says
- Pope Francis using sling after injuring forearm in fall
- Hidilyn Diaz to join Philippine sports icons in PSA Hall of Fame
- Lea Salonga to join 'Into The Woods' Philippine cast
https://www.rappler.com/video/daily-wrap/january-17-2025/
- 2025 candidates air P4-B worth of TV, radio ads before October 2024 candidacy filing
- Israel set to approve Gaza ceasefire, hostage deal, Netanyahu’s office says
- Pope Francis using sling after injuring forearm in fall
- Hidilyn Diaz to join Philippine sports icons in PSA Hall of Fame
- Lea Salonga to join 'Into The Woods' Philippine cast
https://www.rappler.com/video/daily-wrap/january-17-2025/
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00:00Today on Rappler
00:13Candidates spend more than P4 billion on TV and radio ads even before filing their COCs,
00:18with Camille Villar and Aimee Marcos spending P1 billion each.
00:23Israel is set to approve the ceasefire agreement with Hamas after a delay.
00:27Pope Francis injures his right forearm after a fall.
00:30Olympic gold medalist Heidelin Diaz will join the PSA Hall of Fame.
00:35And Tony Award-winning actress Lea Salonga joins the Philippine cast of the musical Into
00:40the Woods.
00:43Ads worth more than P4 billion already aired on TV and radio across the Philippines even
00:47before candidates filed their certificates of candidacy in October 2024.
00:52The Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism obtained data from Nielsen Adintel, which
00:57monitors candidates' spending.
00:59It says 100 candidates aired TV spots worth P3.7 billion and radio spots worth P342 million
01:07from January to September in 2024.
01:09PCIJ says TV remains an important medium to reach voters while digital platforms widen
01:15the reach.
01:16The candidates also had billboards all over the country worth P70 million and ads on print
01:21media worth P18 million.
01:24Las Pinas' Rep. Kamil Villar and Sen. Aimee Marcos each had ads worth P1 billion before
01:30the COC filing based on published rate cards.
01:34The amounts do not include the two candidates' spending on social media nor the cost of producing
01:38the advertisements, the maintenance of their campaign offices, and salaries of campaign
01:42staff.
01:43In the party list race, Vendor's Party List Group is the top ad spender at P12.25 million.
01:50The group's fourth nominee is Deo Balbuena, popular online as Diwata.
01:56Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office says on Friday, January 17, the cabinet
02:01will meet to approve a deal with Hamas for a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of hostages
02:06set on Sunday, January 19.
02:09This amid the concerns that the agreement may face delays.
02:12Israel had postponed the meetings originally scheduled for Thursday when the cabinet was
02:16expected to vote on the deal, blaming Hamas for the delay.
02:20The delay was due to disagreements over the identities of prisoners Hamas wanted released.
02:24However, early on Friday, Netanyahu's office says approval was imminent, with the security
02:29cabinet set to meet before the full cabinet ratifies the deal.
02:33The agreement includes a six-week ceasefire, a gradual withdrawal of Israeli forces, and
02:37the release of hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners.
02:41Meantime, Israeli airstrikes continue despite the truce announcement, with at least 86 people
02:46reportedly killed.
02:50Pope Francis injures his right forearm after a fall in his residence on Thursday, January
02:5416, but did not suffer any broken bones.
02:57Images from the Pope's meetings on Thursday morning show Francis using a simple cloth
03:01sling wrapped around his neck to hold up his right arm.
03:05The Vatican says the sling was a precautionary measure.
03:08The injury is the second in about six weeks for the Pope, who bruised his face in an earlier
03:12fall in December.
03:14The Vatican says he slipped while getting out of bed and hit his chin on his bedside
03:17table at the time.
03:19The pontiff, who has led the 1.4-billion-member Catholic Church since 2013, turned 88 in
03:24December.
03:25He often uses a cane or a wheelchair to move due to knee and back pain.
03:32Filipino weightlifting icon Heidelin Diaz achieves another milestone.
03:36The Philippine Sports Writers Association, or PSA, will honor Diaz in its Hall of Fame
03:40at the awards night in Manila Hotel on January 27.
03:44This comes nearly four years after she won the country's first-ever Olympic gold medal
03:48in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
03:51Diaz also won a silver medal in the 2016 Rio Olympics.
03:55She represented the Philippines in four consecutive Olympic Games, including the 2008 Beijing
04:00and 2012 London Olympiads.
04:03Diaz will become the youngest member of the PSA Hall of Fame at 33.
04:07She will join sports icons Manny Pacquiao, Paeng Nepomuceno, Efren Bata-Reyes, Lydia
04:12de Vega, Eugene Torre, and Bong Ku.
04:15Diaz was recognized as the country's top weightlifter with four Athlete of the Year
04:19awards.
04:22Tony award-winning actress Lea Salonga is taking on the iconic role of The Witch in
04:26theater group Asia's production of Stephen Sondheim's Into the Woods.
04:30This will be her first musical in the Philippines in six years.
04:34Award-winning TGA founding collaborator Clint Ramos shares he is thrilled and honored to
04:38have Lea lead the stellar ensemble.
04:40Salonga played The Witch before when she was 23, calling this second opportunity an
04:45incredible one.
04:46Salonga's last Philippine musical was Sweeney Todd in 2019, directed by the late theater
04:51legend Bobby Garcia.
04:53Into the Woods will run at the Samsung Performing Arts Theater in Makati City in August.
04:59And that's today's wrap.
05:00I'm JC Gotinga.
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