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Here are today's headlines  – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world: - Amid China’s audio recording claim, DFA says: Diplomats must follow PH laws - Ombudsman suspends Cebu City Mayor Mike Rama, 7 officials for non-payment of salaries - Philippine economy grows by 5.7% in Q1 2024, below expectations - National Museum board approves return of pulpit panels to Boljoon church  - 3 Filipinas named finalists in 2024 Pulitzer Prizes  https://www.rappler.com/video/daily-wrap/may-9-2024/

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00:00 Today on Rappler

00:13 The Philippines reminds diplomats to respect local laws after China threatened to release

00:18 a purported phone call with a Filipino naval officer.

00:22 Cebu City Mayor Mike Rama and seven city officials are placed under preventive suspension for

00:27 six months.

00:28 The Philippine economy grew at a faster pace in the first quarter of 2024, but the rate

00:33 fell below expectations.

00:36 The National Museum will be returning pulpit panels taken from the heritage Church of Bolhoon

00:40 in southern Cebu.

00:42 Three Filipinas are named finalists in the 2024 Pulitzer Prizes, the most prestigious

00:47 honor for journalists in the United States.

00:52 The Department of Foreign Affairs reminds diplomats Thursday, May 9, they should "strictly

00:58 adhere to the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, particularly on respecting the

01:04 laws of their host governments."

01:06 The reminder comes days after China threatened to release a purported recording of a phone

01:11 call between a Chinese diplomat and Armed Forces Western Command Chief Vice Admiral

01:16 Alberto Carlos.

01:18 China claims it agreed with Carlos on a new model of handling tensions in the Union Shoal

01:22 in the West Philippine Sea, and that top Philippine officials, including Defense Secretary Gibo

01:27 Chodoro Jr. and National Security Advisor Eduardo Año, were aware and had approved

01:33 of it.

01:34 Chodoro and Año strongly denied these claims.

01:37 Under Philippine law, the recording of phone conversations without the consent of all parties

01:41 involved is illegal.

01:43 Amid China's claim, the DFA also advises the public against falling for false narratives.

01:50 The Ombudsman places Cebu City Mayor Mike Rama and seven city officials under preventive

01:56 suspension for six months over unpaid salaries and discrimination allegedly faced by four

02:01 city employees.

02:04 Ombudsman Samuel Martires issued the suspension on Wednesday, May 8.

02:08 Preventive suspensions are meant to prevent officials involved in investigations from

02:12 influencing the outcome.

02:14 The case stems from complaints filed before the Ombudsman's Visayas office in Cebu City

02:18 on February 23.

02:20 Accusations against Rama and the other officials include graft, corruption, and grave abuse

02:25 of authority.

02:27 In June 2023, Rama reappointed his accusers to new posts with menial tasks.

02:32 They say the mayor's move was illegal and invalid.

02:35 Rama told Rappler Wednesday evening he had yet to receive a copy of the complaints in

02:40 a the Ombudsman's resolution and declined to comment on the issue.

02:46 The Philippine economy grew at a faster pace in the first quarter of 2024 compared to the

02:50 previous quarter, but the rate fell below expectations.

02:55 The Philippine Statistics Authority on Thursday, May 9, reports the country's gross domestic

02:59 product grew by 5.7 percent from January to March this year.

03:04 This is higher than the revised 5.5 percent GDP growth reported for the fourth quarter

03:10 last year, but lower than the 6.4 percent growth in the first quarter of 2023.

03:16 It's also below the 5.9 percent growth projected by economists and analysts polled by Business

03:21 World.

03:22 Philippine Economic Secretary Arsenio Balisacan says, "Construction slowed down, no doubt

03:27 affected by prolonged periods of extreme heat.

03:30 Household spending also slowed due to elevated prices of major food items and the heat wave."

03:36 Government spending also slowed down, which Balisacan attributed to a large amount of

03:40 expenditure being moved to April.

03:45 The National Museum will be returning pulpit panels taken from the Heritage Church of Bolhoon

03:50 in southern Cebu in the late 1980s.

03:52 Members of the National Museum Board of Trustees on Wednesday, May 8, approved a proposal to

03:58 restore the artifacts to their original location and to immediately start discussing plans

04:02 with the Archdiocese of Cebu.

04:04 The four panels used to adorn the pulpit of the Archdiocesan Shrine of Patrocinio de Maria

04:09 Santissima.

04:11 Officials from Bolhoon and heritage agencies said there were a total of six panels.

04:16 Besides the four currently at the National Museum, one is on display in the Bolhoon Parish

04:21 Museum and one remains missing.

04:24 Five of the panels were long believed to have been lost until the four resurfaced as a donation

04:29 to the National Museum by collectors Edwin and Aileen Bautista and put on exhibit on

04:34 February 13, 2024.

04:38 Three Filipinas are named finalists in the 2024 Pulitzer Prizes, the most prestigious

04:43 honor for journalists in the United States.

04:47 Photographer Hannah Reyes Morales is a finalist under the Feature Photography category for

04:52 her work in a New York Times story that documents a so-called "youthquake" occurring in

04:57 Africa.

04:58 Filipino-American Nicole Dunca and Davao visual artist Ren Galeno are finalists under the

05:03 Illustrated Reporting and Commentary category for their work for The Washington Post.

05:09 Their piece, "Searching for Maura," reveals the story of Filipinos exhibited at the 1904

05:15 World's Fair in St. Louis, where some of them died.

05:19 So far, only two Filipinos have won a Pulitzer, Manny Mogato in 2018 and Carlos P. Romulo

05:25 in 1942.

05:27 Photographer Ezra Acayan was a Pulitzer finalist in 2021, while fellow photographer Romeo Gajad

05:33 was a two-time finalist and three-time nominee before he died in 2021.

05:40 And that's today's Wrap.

05:41 I'm Michelle Abad, thank you for watching.

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