Here are today’s headlines – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:
- Hontiveros files substitute anti-teen pregnancy bill to amend criticized version
- Trump’s inaugural brings the world’s billionaire elites en masse to DC
- Episcopal bishop makes case for immigrants, LGBTQ+ youth during prayer service with Trump
- Trump says to unleash American fossil fuels, halt climate cooperation
- TBA Studios set to begin production for historical film ‘Quezon’
https://www.rappler.com/video/daily-wrap/january-22-2025/
- Hontiveros files substitute anti-teen pregnancy bill to amend criticized version
- Trump’s inaugural brings the world’s billionaire elites en masse to DC
- Episcopal bishop makes case for immigrants, LGBTQ+ youth during prayer service with Trump
- Trump says to unleash American fossil fuels, halt climate cooperation
- TBA Studios set to begin production for historical film ‘Quezon’
https://www.rappler.com/video/daily-wrap/january-22-2025/
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00:13Senator Issa Ontiveros files a substitute bill for the proposed legislation on anti-teen
00:17pregnancy after seven senators withdraw support.
00:20Heads of tech giants and billionaires flock to Trump's inaugural.
00:24An Episcopal bishop makes a plea for immigrants and LGBTQ plus youth during a prayer service
00:29with U.S. President Donald Trump.
00:31Trump ramps up oil and gas production, rolls back environmental protections, and pulls
00:35out the United States from the Paris Climate Agreement.
00:38And the filming of the Manuel L. Quezon biopic starts in March.
00:44Senate Deputy Minority Leader Issa Ontiveros files a substitute bill amending the contentious
00:49provisions of Senate Bill 1979 or the Prevention of Adolescent Pregnancy Act on Wednesday,
00:54January 22.
00:55This after at least seven senators withdrew their support for the bill, which includes
00:59a provision for mandatory Comprehensive Sexuality Education, or CSE, in schools.
01:04The substitute bill revamps a section on age and development appropriate CSE, notably removing
01:09that CSE will be guided by international standards.
01:13This amid backlash from religious groups.
01:16Senators Nancy Binay, JV Ejercito, Cynthia Villar, Bong Go, Senate President Pro Tempore
01:21Estrada, and Loren Legarda request to have their signatures removed from the bill, which
01:25had been previously signed by 19 senators.
01:28The bill sparked controversy nearly two years after it was filed, following a video released
01:33by the National Coalition for the Family and the Constitution.
01:37The coalition claims the bill's provision for Comprehensive Sexuality Education will
01:41align with European standards.
01:44President Ferdinand Marx Jr. voiced concerns, saying he would veto the bill if passed.
01:48But Teresa Ontiveros, the bill's principal author, rejects the misinformation, emphasizing
01:53the word masturbation does not appear in the bill.
01:56CSE contains the very same things you support, teaching kids anatomy, the consequences of
02:03early pregnancy.
02:04Yan po ang ating ding isinusulong.
02:07I am willing to accept amendments to refine the bill so we can steer it to passage.
02:15The world's wealthiest individuals attend U.S. President Donald Trump's inauguration
02:19on Monday, January 20 in Washington.
02:21Among those were the world's three wealthiest individuals, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Mark
02:26Zuckerberg, whose combined net worth is nearly $900 billion.
02:30Other Forbes-listed billionaires also attended, including LVMH CEO Bernard Arnault, Alphabet
02:36CEO Sundar Pichai, and India's richest man, Mukesh Ambani, all participating in the inauguration.
02:42Meantime, on Tuesday, January 21, Trump pardoned Silk Road founder Ross Albright.
02:47Albright was sentenced to life in prison for operating an underground online marketplace
02:51where drug dealers and others facilitated over $200 million in illegal transactions
02:56using Bitcoin.
02:58Trump fulfilling a campaign promise calls the pardon, quote,
03:01"...full and unconditional," and criticizes those involved in Albright's conviction.
03:05In February 2015, a federal jury in Manhattan convicted Albright on charges that included
03:10online drug distribution, conspiracy to commit computer hacking, and money laundering.
03:15Albright's arrest marked the end of what prosecutors called a global black market platform used
03:20by over 100,000 people in two years from 2011 to conduct $214 million in illicit trade,
03:26including illegal drugs and services.
03:29Prosecutors say some people died because of drugs bought on Silk Road.
03:33The website allowed users to communicate anonymously and accepted Bitcoin payments, which prosecutors
03:38argued helped conceal users' identities and locations.
03:43On his first full day in office, President Donald Trump attends a prayer service at the
03:47Washington National Cathedral, where Episcopal Bishop Marianne Edgar Budde delivered a sermon
03:52urging him to protect immigrants and respect gay rights.
03:56This a day after Trump says in his inauguration speech that there were only two genders in
04:00America and signed executive orders to tighten immigration.
04:04Budde appeals to Trump's mercy for those who were scared of what is to come.
04:07I ask you to have mercy, Mr. President, on those in our communities whose children fear
04:12that their parents will be taken away, and that you help those who are fleeing war zones
04:17and persecution in their own lands to find compassion and welcome here.
04:23Our God teaches us that we are to be merciful to the stranger.
04:29Trump appeared displeased during the sermon and later dismissed it as, quote, not too exciting.
04:35U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday, January 20, unveils a plan to increase oil and gas
04:41production.
04:42This includes declaring a national energy emergency to expedite permitting and rolling
04:47back environmental protections.
04:49The move represents a significant shift in energy policy, reversing former President
04:53Joe Biden's efforts to transition away from fossil fuels.
04:57Trump then signs an executive order pulling the United States out of the 2015 Paris Climate
05:02Accord.
05:03This excludes the world's largest emitter from global climate change efforts for the
05:07second time in a decade.
05:08He also signs an order to encourage oil and gas development in Alaska, overturning Biden's
05:13efforts to protect Arctic lands and U.S. coastal waters from drilling.
05:17Meantime, environmental groups say they will challenge the executive orders in court.
05:24TBA Studios announces the biopic about former President Manuel El Quezon, titled Quezon,
05:29will begin filming in March.
05:31TBA Studios President Daphne Chu says although it is a standalone film, it maintains a cinematic
05:36continuity in the previous Bayani-verse films Heneral Luna in 2015 and Goyo, Ang Batang
05:41Heneral in 2018.
05:43Like the previous films, Gerald Tarog will direct.
05:46The film is expected to focus on Quezon's presidential campaign against Emilio Aguinaldo.
05:50TJ Trinidad played the adult Quezon in Goyo, Ang Batang Heneral, but it is unclear if he
05:55will reprise the role.
05:57TBA Studios says the casting for both lead and supporting roles is currently underway.
06:02The National Commission for Culture and the Arts and the Film Development Council of the
06:05Philippines support the film, which will also be released internationally.
06:09And that's today's Wrap, I'm Cara Oliver, thank you for watching.
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