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Here are today's headlines – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world: - Philippines: We’ve never agreed to China’s Ayungin proposals - Here are the highest paid Marcos Cabinet officials in 2023 - Inflation hits poor households, areas outside Metro Manila harder in April 2024 - Israeli military seizes Rafah border crossing, steps up attacks in southern Gaza - Stunning red carpet looks at Met Gala 2024  https://www.rappler.com/video/daily-wrap/may-7-2024/

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00:00 Today on Rappler

00:12 The Philippines clarifies, "No cabinet-level official agreed to any Chinese proposal on

00:18 the Ayungin Shoal."

00:20 Justice Secretary Boeing Remulia is the highest-earning cabinet official of the Marcos administration

00:25 in 2023.

00:26 Poor households in areas outside Metro Manila are hit harder by inflation in April.

00:32 The Israeli military seizes control of the Rafah border crossing between the Gaza Strip

00:37 and Egypt.

00:38 And the "Garden of Time" is this year's theme for the Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum

00:43 of Art in New York City.

00:47 The Philippine Foreign Affairs Department clarifies Tuesday, May 7, "No cabinet-level

00:52 official in the Marcos administration has agreed to any Chinese proposal on the Ayungin

00:57 Shoal."

00:58 The statement comes a day after China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs repeated Philippine defense

01:02 and security officials supposedly approved a new model for rotation and resupply missions

01:07 to the BRP Sierra Madre.

01:09 The agency says only the president can approve or authorize agreements on the contested territory.

01:14 Ayungin Shoal is where the BRP Sierra Madre serves as a military outpost in the area.

01:20 The shoal is well within the Philippines' 200-nautical-mile exclusive economic zone,

01:25 which China claims.

01:26 The China Coast Guard and Chinese maritime militia routinely harass and block Philippine

01:31 missions to Ayungin, even using water cannons in a bid to stop these missions.

01:38 Justice Secretary Boeing Remulia is the highest-earning cabinet official of the Marcos administration

01:43 in 2023.

01:44 The 2023 report on salaries and allowances released by the Commission on Audit says Remulia

01:49 received Php 7.08 million in 2023.

01:54 Special assistant to the President Antonio Lagdameo Jr. comes next with total earnings

01:58 of Php 6.98 million.

02:01 The businessman was among the top campaign donors of the Marcos campaign in 2022.

02:06 Completing the top five in the list are Science and Technology Secretary Renato Solidum Jr.,

02:11 Labor Secretary Bienvenido La Guesma, and Public Works Secretary Manuel Bonoan.

02:16 Vice President Sara Duterte, as Education Secretary, received only Php 558,000 in allowances

02:23 in discretionary, extraordinary, and miscellaneous expenses.

02:26 COA's report only covers secretaries, undersecretaries, and assistant secretaries, and does not include

02:32 the president and vice president.

02:36 Poor households in areas outside Metro Manila are hit harder by inflation in April, driven

02:41 mainly by soaring rice prices, El Nino damaging crops, and the pesos depreciation against

02:46 the dollar.

02:47 The Philippine Statistics Authority reports Tuesday, May 7, the national-level inflation

02:51 rate in April inched up to 3.8 percent.

02:55 This is slightly higher than the 3.7 percent recorded last March.

02:59 It remains within the government's target band of 2 percent to 4 percent, but marks

03:03 the third straight month of increasing inflation.

03:06 Inflation rate for the bottom 30 percent income households rise to 5.2 percent in April, higher

03:11 than the 4.6 percent in March.

03:14 The PSA tweaks how inflation is computed for poor households to better reflect consumption

03:19 patterns and how price changes affect the most financially vulnerable segments of the

03:23 population.

03:24 Inflation of food and non-alcoholic beverages for this income segment reached 8.1 percent.

03:31 The Israeli military seizes control of the Rafah border crossing between the Gaza Strip

03:36 and Egypt on Tuesday.

03:38 Its tanks push into the southern Gazan town of Rafah after a night of airstrikes on the

03:43 Palestinian enclave.

03:45 Palestinian militant group Hamas said on Monday, May 6, it agreed to a ceasefire proposal,

03:50 but Israel said the terms did not meet its demands.

03:53 After Israel's attacks, the Gaza Health Ministry said 54 Palestinians are killed and

03:58 96 are wounded in the past 24 hours.

04:01 The Israeli military said the limited operation in Rafah was meant to kill fighters and dismantle

04:06 infrastructure used by Hamas.

04:08 Mediators still struggle to secure a ceasefire agreement between Israel and its Hamas foes

04:13 as the conflict enters its eighth month.

04:16 More than one million people sought refuge in Rafah, living in makeshift shelters.

04:23 A-list international stars and established personalities in the fashion industry gather

04:27 for the annual Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City on Monday,

04:32 May 6 or Tuesday, May 7 in the Philippines.

04:36 This year's gala is awash with florals, shears and vintage couture, in line with the theme

04:41 "The Garden of Time."

04:43 The annual extravaganza is put up to raise money for the museum's Costume Institute.

04:48 Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour chairs the annual event, while actress-singer Jennifer

04:52 Lopez, Doonstar's Zendaya, rapper and Grammy winner Bad Bunny and Thor actor Chris Hemsworth

04:58 are the co-hosts.

04:59 And that's today's Wrap, I'm Michelle Abad, thank you for watching.

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