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Today on Rappler – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:      ⁃    Divorce bill hurdles Senate committee level      ⁃    AFP wants perjury charges against environmental activists      ⁃    Inquirer.net defends takedown of Romualdez Harvard donation story    ⁃    What is the Nipah virus that killed 2 in India and how is it treated?      ⁃    Katy Perry sells rights to five albums including ‘Teenage Dream’ to Litmus Music      ⁃    YouTube cuts off Russell Brand's ad revenues after sexual assault allegations      ⁃    All 7 BTS members renew with BIGHIT Music   https://www.rappler.com/video/daily-wrap/september-20-2023/

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00:00 A Senate committee approves the passage of the divorce bill.

00:15 The Armed Forces of the Philippines wants to file perjury charges against environmental

00:20 activists who say they were abducted by the military.

00:23 Inquirer.net defends the takedown of its story of House Speaker Martha Numbaldas' alleged

00:28 donation to Harvard University.

00:30 Some schools and offices in India close to halt the spread of the deadly Nipah virus.

00:35 Pop star Katy Perry sells the rights to five of her hit albums for $225 million.

00:41 YouTube cuts off Russell Brand's ad revenues after sexual assault allegations against him

00:46 surface.

00:47 And all seven members of K-pop group BTS renew their contracts with Big Hit Music.

00:54 The Senate Committee on Women, Children, Family Relation, and Gender Equality approves a consolidated

00:59 measure on absolute divorce in the country.

01:02 Senate Bill No. 2443 is the consolidated measure filed by Senators Rizon Tiveros, Rafi Tulfo,

01:08 Robin Padilla, Pia Cayetano, and Aimee Marcos.

01:11 If passed, it will provide protections to their parties to the marriage and its common

01:15 children, amending the Family Code of the Philippines.

01:18 Under the bill, absolute divorce is defined as the legal termination of a marriage by

01:22 a court in a legal proceeding, which will return both parties to the status of single,

01:26 including the right to contract a subsequent marriage.

01:29 Opposition of the Catholic Church has been one of the biggest hindrances to the passage

01:33 of the divorce bill, leaving the Philippines the only country in the world without a divorce

01:37 law apart from Vatican City.

01:41 The Armed Forces of the Philippines says it will sue the two environmental advocates who

01:44 disappeared then resurfaced under their custody.

01:47 The AFP says this during plenary deliberations in the House of Representatives for its proposed

01:52 budget for 2024.

01:53 Would the AFP admit to abducting the two young women, Mr. Speaker?

02:01 No Mr. Speaker, and the AFP plans to file perjury cases or charges against the two.

02:08 During plenary deliberations, it is not the heads of agencies who answer questions from

02:12 the floor but the department budget sponsor.

02:15 Kabataan Rep. Raul Manuel asked about the case of environmental activists Jed Damano

02:20 and Jonila Castro, who went missing on September 2.

02:23 The two later declared they were abducted by the military, despite authorities saying

02:27 they were safely under government custody.

02:29 The three-member Makabayan bloc, which Manuel is part of, filed a proposed House resolution

02:34 urging the chamber's Human Rights Committee to investigate the supposed abduction.

02:40 News outlet Inquirer.net stands by its decision to delete the story detailing how Speaker

02:45 Martin Lombardez's supposed hefty donation to Harvard University, saying it violated

02:50 the website's standards.

02:52 In a statement on Tuesday night, September 19, Inquirer.net says the article did not

02:57 meet its rules on accuracy, transparency, and accountability.

03:01 It adds the report was, quote, "based mainly on unnamed sources, therefore raised questions

03:06 about their true identity and credibility," saying it is only exercising, quote, "extra

03:11 caution."

03:12 This comes a day after the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines flagged

03:16 the article's takedown.

03:17 On August 29, U.S.-based magazine The Philam published an exclusive story on Lombardez's

03:22 $1 million donation to fund Harvard's first-ever Filipino language course, which Inquirer.net

03:27 carried and subsequently took down.

03:32 India's southern state of Kerala shut some schools and offices as officials raced to

03:36 halt the spread of the deadly Nipah virus.

03:39 This after it killed two people in the fourth outbreak since 2018.

03:43 The Nipah virus was first identified in 1998 during an outbreak of illness among pig farmers

03:48 in Malaysia and Singapore.

03:50 It infects humans directly through contact with the bodily fluids of infected bats and

03:54 pigs with some documented cases of transmission among humans.

03:58 There are no vaccines to prevent or cure the infection, which has a mortality rate of between

04:02 about 70 percent.

04:04 The usual treatment is to provide supportive care.

04:07 The World Health Organization says infected individuals may initially develop symptoms

04:11 including fever, respiratory distress, headaches, and vomiting.

04:17 Singer Katy Perry signs a deal to sell rights to five of her studio albums released between

04:22 2008 and 2020, including "Teenage Dream" to Carlisle-backed Litmus Music.

04:27 One of the boys, Prism, Witness, and Smile are the four other studio albums that are

04:31 part of the deal.

04:32 U.S. magazine Billboard reports the deal is valued at $225 million, citing sources, but

04:39 private equity firm Carlisle declined to comment on the value.

04:42 The five studio albums were released under Katy's contract with Capitol Records, whose

04:47 former president Dan McCarroll is the co-founder of Litmus Music.

04:51 In recent years, Blackstone-backed Hypnosis Songs and other investment firms scooped up

04:55 music catalogs of artists including Justin Bieber and Bob Dylan as the rise of streaming

04:59 turns their songs into a reliable source of revenue.

05:07 YouTube says it blocked British comedian Russell Brand from making money from his online channel

05:12 after being accused of a string of sexual assaults.

05:15 YouTube says it suspended monetization on Brand's channel after he violated its creator

05:20 responsibility policy.

05:22 Brand, the former husband of U.S. singer Katy Perry, has over 6 million YouTube subscribers.

05:27 This comes after UK media reported four women accused Brand of sexual assaults, including

05:32 a rape, between 2006 and 2013.

05:35 London police also said it received an allegation of sexual assault dating back to 2003.

05:41 Brand denied the allegations, saying he never had non-consexual sex.

05:45 The BBC also says it removed some shows featuring Brand from its platforms.

05:52 All seven members of K-pop boy group BTS renewed their contracts with Big Hit Music for the

05:56 second time.

05:57 BTS, who made its debut in June 2013, first renewed its contracts with Big Hit Music in

06:03 October 2018 for another seven years, meaning the contract would have kept the group together

06:07 until 2026.

06:09 Following the news, RM, the group's leader, goes on Instagram to share a snippet of their

06:13 new contract, writing "BTS ARMY 2025."

06:17 Ostensibly the biggest K-pop group in the world, the seven-piece act smashed several

06:21 records since their debut, including being welcomed into the Guinness World Records'

06:25 2022 Hall of Fame.

06:27 In June 2022, the group announced it will be taking a break from group activities to

06:32 focus on solo endeavors and fulfill the members' respective military services.

06:36 BTS is expected to reconvene as a full group in 2025.

06:43 And that's today's wrap.

06:44 I'm Neenah Liu.

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