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Today on Rappler – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:     ⁃    House denies 2024 confidential fund requests of OVP, DepEd, DA, DICT, DFA     ⁃    Marcos suspends LTFRB chief Teofilo Guadiz, cites alleged corruption     ⁃    What Navy boat? AFP chief says China's Scarborough claims 'propaganda'     ⁃    DFA wants Gaza under Alert Level 3; 9 Filipino families ask for exit plan     ⁃    GCash says ‘funds are safe’ after users report issues in app     ⁃    Asian Games champs Gilas Pilipinas members did not ask for money to play for country     ⁃    PH’s Sophia Laforteza ranks 1st in Mission 2 of HYBE’s ‘The Debut: Dream Academy’  https://www.rappler.com/video/daily-wrap/october-10-2023/

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00:00 Today on Rappler

00:12 The House of Representatives strips five agencies, including the office of the vice president,

00:17 of confidential funds.

00:19 President Marcos suspends LTFRB chief Teofilo Guadis over allegations of corruption.

00:24 The Philippines says China's claims it shooed away a Philippine Navy vessel as propaganda.

00:29 The DFA wants Gaza put under alert level 3, where repatriation is still optional.

00:35 GCash says its users' funds are safe despite reported issues with its app.

00:39 GILAS Pilipinas members did not ask for added compensation to play for the Philippines in

00:44 the Asian Games.

00:45 And Filipina candidate Sofia Laforteza ranks first in Mission 2 of the debut Dream Academy.

00:53 The House of Representatives strips five government agencies of their proposed confidential funds

00:57 in the 2024 budget bill.

00:59 The office of the vice president, Department of Information and Communications Technology,

01:04 Department of Education, Department of Agriculture, and Department of Foreign Affairs lose their

01:08 confidential fund requests, which in total amount to 1.05 billion pesos.

01:15 One agency is under President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and two under Vice President Sara Duterte.

01:21 House Appropriations Committee Chairperson Zaldi Co. says a total of 1.23 billion pesos

01:26 in confidential funds were realigned for agencies asserting the Philippines' territorial rights

01:30 in the West Philippine Sea.

01:32 The following are the benefiting agencies.

01:37 Co. adds the agencies listed here will still receive the funds, although they will not

01:42 be confidential in nature.

01:47 President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. relieves Land Transportation, Franchising, and Regulatory

01:52 Board Chairman Teofilo Guadiz III from his post due to "alleged corruption under his

01:57 leadership."

01:58 In a statement, the Presidential Communications Office says Marcos "does not tolerate any

02:03 misconduct in his administration."

02:05 It was a quick turn of events for Guadiz, who was recently accused of misconduct over

02:09 the Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program.

02:13 Former LTFRB Information Team Head Jeff Gallos-Tombado claims the agency asked 5 million pesos to

02:18 process certain requests, such as franchise, special permit, or modification of route.

02:24 Department of Transportation Secretary Jaime Bautista also launches his own investigation.

02:29 LTFRB Board Member Mercy Paras-Lenas has now been designated Officer-in-Charge Chairperson

02:35 of the agency.

02:38 The Philippines dismisses China's claims it had driven away a Philippine ship by the

02:42 Scarborough Shoal in the West Philippine Sea.

02:45 China says its Coast Guard took measures to drive away a Philippine Navy gunboat after

02:49 it supposedly intruded into waters around the shoal.

02:53 Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief General Romeo Bronner says there was a Navy ship in

02:57 the area, but it continued on its patrol mission despite being challenged by the China Coast

03:01 Guard.

03:02 Bronner says, "The Navy ship did not change course, it did not stop, nor did it change

03:07 direction."

03:08 Bronner adds the Philippine and Chinese vessels were far away from each other, saying Beijing's

03:13 claim is just propaganda.

03:15 A 2016 arbitral tribunal determined the shoal to be the traditional fishing ground of fisherfolk

03:20 from various nationalities, which means no fisherfolk should be barred from fishing there.

03:25 China claims it has "indisputable sovereignty" over the shoal and adjacent waters.

03:31 The Department of Foreign Affairs says it is working on the repatriation requests of

03:35 nine families, including 39 Filipino nationals and 11 Palestinians married to Filipinos.

03:41 The Philippine embassy in Amman recommends placing Gaza under Alert Level 3, meaning

03:45 repatriation is still optional.

03:48 Placing Gaza under Alert Level 3 will require approval from President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.

03:53 Meantime, Israel says it has re-established control over the Gaza border and is planting

03:58 mines where Hamas militants had toppled the barrier during their bloody weekend assault.

04:03 Israel's latest round of airstrikes comes after Hamas threatened to execute an Israeli

04:07 captive for every bombing of a Palestinian home.

04:10 The violence claimed more than 1,500 lives, prompting international calls for an end to

04:15 the fighting.

04:18 Gcash acknowledges the intermittent access to some of its services after many users reported

04:23 issues when accessing or using the app.

04:26 In its advisory on Monday, October 9, Gcash says it's working on restoring the services

04:31 as quickly as possible and assures users the funds on their accounts are safe.

04:35 On social media, users complain about not being able to log in, while others share errors

04:40 in using the Express Send and Bank Transfer features.

04:44 Reports from DownDetector show outages in Gcash began at around 6 a.m. on Monday and

04:48 peaked at 1.12 p.m., with 901 reported outages.

04:54 Gilas Pilipinas team manager Alfrancis Chua praises the 12 players who steered the Philippines

04:59 to its first Asian Games men's basketball crown since 1962.

05:03 He says the players did not ask for extra compensation.

05:07 "Not a single player asked me how much they should pay me.

05:12 I was so proud of these players, even Brawley, even Juan Pipe.

05:17 They didn't ask for anything.

05:19 They just want to win."

05:20 Assembled just two weeks before the Games, Gilas defied great odds by overcoming undefeated

05:25 teams in their last three Games.

05:27 PBA chairman Ricky Vargas reveals they wanted to bring in two unnamed players who could

05:32 have been pivotal, except they asked for a steep price.

05:35 Teams with five or more participants will receive 25 percent of the P2M incentive given

05:40 for an Asian Games gold medal.

05:42 Chua adds San Miguel Corporation's Ramon Ang and MVP Group's Manny Pangilinan will also

05:47 hand out bonuses.

05:51 Filipina candidate Sofia Laforteza will advance to Mission 3 of the debut Dream Academy after

05:56 garnering the highest number of votes in the second mission.

06:00 Mission 2 saw the remaining 18 contestants divided into four teams, with each team tasked

06:05 to perform a song by K-pop girl group, Lcerofim.

06:08 On Sunday, October 8, the Talent Reality Show unveiled the ranking of the 18 participants

06:13 as well as the team that received the most fan votes.

06:16 With a total of 49,690 votes, Sofia's Team A wins over Team B by over 12,600 votes.

06:24 For the individual rankings, Sofia leads the candidates with a total of 69,098 fan votes,

06:30 followed by Brazil's Samara and South Korea's Yoon Jae.

06:33 The remaining 14 contestants will compete in Mission 3, the last mission before the

06:37 show's live finale, where the final members and group name will be announced.

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

06:44 I'm Nina Liu.

06:45 Thank you for watching.

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