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  • 4/11/2024
Here are today’s headlines – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:

- Pasig City court issues arrest warrants vs Quiboloy 
- DOH reminds public to get kids vaccinated as pertussis cases climb 
- Biden and Japan's Kishida forge new partnership, eyeing China and Russia
- China’s Xi says nobody can stop ‘family reunion’ with Taiwan
- Pokwang's ex-partner Lee O'Brian deported – BI

https://www.rappler.com/video/daily-wrap/april-11-2024/

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00:00 Today on Rappler
00:12 A Pasig court issues arrest warrants for fugitive doomsday preacher Apollo Kibuloy for qualified
00:18 human trafficking.
00:19 The DOH reminds the public to vaccinate children against pertussis as cases continue to climb.
00:25 The U.S. and Japan upgrade their military partnership.
00:29 China's Xi Jinping says no one can stop China's family reunion with Taiwan.
00:34 And Pokwong's ex-partner Lee O'Brien is deported.
00:39 A Pasig city court issues warrants of arrest against doomsday preacher Apollo Kibuloy over
00:44 qualified human trafficking, a non-bailable offense.
00:47 On April 3, a Davao city court also ordered the preacher's arrest over child and sexual
00:52 abuse.
00:53 The Office of the Senate's Sergeant-at-Arms served a contempt warrant for Kibuloy through
00:57 one of his lawyers Wednesday, April 10.
01:00 Authorities searched some of the pastor's properties for the second time in Davao, including
01:04 his church's so-called "prayer mountain" in Tamayong.
01:08 Authorities say it is possible that Kibuloy was no longer in Davao or hiding in other
01:11 areas of the city.
01:13 Kibuloy earlier admitted he was avoiding law enforcers for fear of what the United States
01:17 might do to him.
01:19 He is wanted by the FBI for a string of criminal cases, including sexual abuse, human trafficking,
01:25 fraud and money laundering.
01:28 The Department of Health reminds the public to get their children vaccinated as pertussis
01:33 or whooping cough cases climbed in the first quarter of 2024.
01:37 Health Secretary Ted Herbosa reports 1,112 pertussis cases from January to March with
01:43 54 deaths.
01:45 Of these, some 70 percent were hospitalized.
01:47 Majority of the cases were younger than five years old.
01:50 Herbosa emphasizes that all 54 deaths were vaccine-preventable, saying many of the children
01:56 who were hospitalized had already been sick for days and should have been given antibiotics
02:00 by the time they had reached four to five days without getting better.
02:04 Quezon City is among the LGUs which declared a pertussis outbreak together with Iloilo
02:09 City and Cavite.
02:11 Children can be protected from pertussis by getting vaccinated with a 5-in-1 vaccine,
02:16 which protects against diphtheria, pertussis and tetanus, hepatitis B and hemophilius influenzae
02:21 type B.
02:22 U.S. President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida unveiled plans to upgrade
02:29 their military cooperation, ranging from missile to moon landings, with an eye on countering
02:34 China and Russia.
02:35 In a joint news conference at the White House, the two leaders weigh in on Gaza and Israel,
02:40 Ukraine and Russia, North Korea and other world flashpoints.
02:44 Kishida says the two leaders discussed tense relations between Taiwan and China and pledged
02:49 to uphold international order based on the rule of law.
02:53 Chinese leader Xi Jinping recently said outside interference could not stop Taiwan's family
02:58 reunion with mainland China.
03:00 Biden says their militaries will cooperate with a joint command structure and they will,
03:05 together with Australia, develop a new air missile defense network.
03:09 The two leaders also announced Japanese astronauts will participate in NASA moon missions.
03:16 China Xi Jinping tells former Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou outside interference could not
03:21 stop the "family reunion" between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait and there are no
03:27 issues that cannot be discussed.
03:29 Ma is the first former Taiwanese president to visit the mainland.
03:33 In their meeting, Xi says external interference cannot stop the historical trend of reunion
03:38 of the country and family.
03:40 External interference is a jab at the support Taipei gets from the West and the United States.
03:45 Ma tells Xi tensions with China have caused unease for many Taiwanese.
03:50 Ma's party, the Kuomintang or KMT, which advocates close ties with China, lost the
03:55 presidential election for the third time in a row.
03:58 The current Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen rejects China's territorial claims.
04:04 The Bureau of Immigration deports Pokwang's ex-partner Lee O'Brien after it was confirmed
04:09 he had no pending local case in the Philippines.
04:13 The actress-comedian filed a petition to have O'Brien deported last June 2023.
04:18 She claimed O'Brien had been actively working in the film, television and theatrical industry
04:23 but did not have a special working permit.
04:26 In December 2023, Pokwang won her deportation case against O'Brien.
04:31 His pre-arranged employment visa was cancelled and a warrant for deportation was issued.
04:35 He is also on the immigration's blacklist and is prevented from re-entering the country
04:40 again.
04:41 The two met in 2014 and have a daughter.
04:43 They announced their split in July 2022.
04:45 And that's today's wrap.
04:49 I'm Nina Liu.
04:50 Thank you for watching.
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