Here are today’s headlines – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:
- Marcos’ Alyansa bets dominate Pulse Asia April 2025 survey, but Bong Go widens solo lead
- Flub or foreshadowing? Marcos skips mention of Camille Villar in Batangas sortie
- DOTr to require regular drug tests for PUV drivers
- Cardinal David on Trump’s AI photo as pope: ‘Not funny, Sir’
https://www.rappler.com/video/daily-wrap/may-5-2025/
- Marcos’ Alyansa bets dominate Pulse Asia April 2025 survey, but Bong Go widens solo lead
- Flub or foreshadowing? Marcos skips mention of Camille Villar in Batangas sortie
- DOTr to require regular drug tests for PUV drivers
- Cardinal David on Trump’s AI photo as pope: ‘Not funny, Sir’
https://www.rappler.com/video/daily-wrap/may-5-2025/
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00:00Today on Rappler
00:08President Marcos' administration bets dominate the Pulse Asia's senatorial election survey as Bongo widens his lead
00:20President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. skips mentioning Camille Villar in his Batangas campaign speech
00:26The Transportation Department will soon require mandatory drug tests for public utility drivers following two fatal road accidents
00:34And Filipino Cardinal Pablo Virgilio David criticizes Donald Trump over an AI Pope image
00:41An April 2025 Pulse Asia survey reveals only 27% of Filipinos have a complete senatorial slate in mind
00:50Re-electionist Senator Bong Goh was a majority choice, with over 62.2% preference
00:56Goh now has a 20% point lead against No. 2
01:00Administration bet Axis Representative Irwin Tulfo, who had a rating of 42.4%
01:06This is a 10% point increase from the March 2025 survey
01:11The poll, taken three weeks before Election Day, indicates most voters support around eight Senate candidates
01:1714 senatorial candidates have a statistical chance of making it to the winner's circle
01:22After Goh and Tulfo, they are
01:24Former Senate President Tito Soto
01:26Re-electionist Senators Bato De La Rosa and Bong Revillia
01:30Former Senators Ping Lacson
01:32Ben Tulfo
01:33Re-electionist Lito Lapid and Pia Cayetano
01:36Makati Mayor Abby Binay
01:38Television host Willie Revillame
01:40Lespinas Representative Camille Villar
01:43And former Senators Manny Pacquiao and Bam Aquino
01:46Of the 14, nine are from the Administration's Allianza para sa Bagong Pilipinas
01:51Two are under former President Rodrigo Duterte, while three are independent bets
01:56The April 2025 survey will be the last publicly released poll from Pulse Asia before May 12
02:03President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. did not mention senatorial bet Camille Villar in his usual stump speech
02:10during the Allianza para sa Bagong Pilipinas sortie at the Batanga City Sports Coliseum
02:15Marcos usually introduces his bets by highlighting their experiences
02:19However, he did not mention Villar
02:21In Lucena City, Quezon, Marcos had mentioned and endorsed Camille Villar
02:25Even if she wasn't there
02:27The last time Marcos did not mention a candidate
02:30Allianza ended up losing one
02:32Villar has also missed three Allianza events since getting endorsed by Vice President Sara Duterte
02:37Rumors have been spreading that Camille Villar might also leave the administration slate
02:41But Allianza's campaign manager, Toby Kiyanko, denies it
02:45He says Villar is still part of the slate even after Sara Duterte endorsed her
02:49and Marcos ordered a probe into Villar-owned prime water
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03:16The Transportation Department says public utility vehicle drivers will soon be required to undergo mandatory drug testing every 90 days
03:24The cost of which will be shouldered by their operators
03:27This is part of new road safety measures the DOTR will be implementing after twin road tragedies
03:33The crash along the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway that killed 10 people
03:37And an SUV that crashed into a crowd at the Ninoyakino International Airport
03:41Killing two, including a five-year-old
03:44On Friday, May 2, a solid north bus driver caused a fatal crash after he reportedly fell asleep behind the wheel
03:51The bus was speeding when it rammed into other vehicles along a tall plaza
03:55The impact was so severe that authorities had trouble identifying passengers of the 15-foot Nissan Urvan that was compacted to just 3 feet
04:04On Monday, Land Transportation Chief Vigor Mendoza said the bus driver's license has already been suspended
04:10And the driver perpetually disqualified when he refused to take the drug test following the incident
04:15Solid North has also been suspended
04:18Meantime, NAIA operator Ramon Ang told the DOTR they will fix the issue with the bollards
04:23Which was supposed to block vehicles from getting near individuals
04:29Filipino Cardinal Pablo Virgilio David criticizes U.S. President Donald Trump
04:33After he posted an AI-generated photo of him dressed like a Catholic Pope
04:38Trump posted his controversial photo days after he joked he would like to be Pope
04:42David says, quote, not funny, sir
04:44Translating the same message into 10 different languages in a Facebook post on Saturday, May 3
04:49David adds, quote, the following AI-generated photo was posted by the U.S. President himself
04:55A few days after he attended the funeral of Pope Francis and while the Catholic world is still mourning
05:00With all due respect to his office and to the American people, we'd like him to know it's not funny
05:06The Catholic bishops of New York State also expressed their displeasure on X
05:10It says, quote, there is nothing clever or funny about this image, Mr. President
05:15We just buried our beloved Pope Francis
05:17And the Cardinals are about to enter a solemn conclave
05:20To elect a new successor of St. Peter
05:22Do not mock us
05:26And that's today's wrap
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