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Here are today’s headlines – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:  - Leila de Lima cleared of all drug charges - New opposition? Romualdez wants to hear Sara declare it herself - NPC removes Mayor Alice Guo from party - ‘Not a misunderstanding’: PH changes tune on China’s Ayungin harassment - Taiwan president says autocracy is 'evil' after China threatens death for separatism - Prosecutors indict tanod who ‘killed’ golden retriever Killua   https://www.rappler.com/video/daily-wrap/june-24-2024/

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00:00Today on Rappler

00:13Former Senator Laila de Lima is cleared of her third and final drug case.

00:17House Speaker Romualdez says he'll believe it when Vice President Sara Duterte declares

00:21herself as the leader of the new opposition.

00:24The Nationalist People's Coalition political party removes Bamban Mayor Alice Guwo as

00:29a member.

00:30The Philippines backtracks, says China's Ayungin harassment is not a misunderstanding

00:35but an aggressive use of force.

00:37Taiwanese President Lai says democracy is not a crime and autocracy is the real evil.

00:43And prosecutors file a criminal case against the Barangay Tanod who allegedly killed Golden

00:48Retriever Kilua.

00:51Former Senator Laila de Lima is cleared of the third and final drug charge filed by the

00:55Duterte administration on Monday, June 24.

00:58I am now completely free and vindicated.

01:10It's very liberating.

01:12A Muntinlupa court clears de Lima after granting her demur to evidence, which is in effect

01:17a motion for an outright dismissal.

01:20She is also cleared in her two disobedience cases by a Quezon City court.

01:24De Lima was granted bail in November 2023 after almost seven years in detention.

01:29Aside from legal charges, de Lima went through a nasty public trial, with Duterte's allies

01:34in the House making misogynistic remarks as they delved into her private life.

01:41House Speaker Martin Romualdez says he respects Vice President Sara Duterte's decision to

01:45step down from her cabinet post, but he has yet to recognize assertions that she is the

01:49new face of the opposition.

01:52This after Duterte ally Harry Roca said the vice president could be the new opposition

01:56leader after her resignation on Wednesday, June 19.

01:59Romualdez says he just has to, quote, hear it from the VP.

02:03The two hit a rough patch in the lead-up to the vice president's resignation.

02:07Duterte and Romualdez last saw each other during the 2023 budget hearings, when Duterte

02:12requested for P650 million in confidential funds.

02:16In 2023, Duterte's political allies were also demoted from their senior roles at the House.

02:22In January, Duterte claimed she was on the receiving end of, quote,

02:25"...despicable treatment from within the president's circle."

02:31Nationalist People's Coalition chairman and former senator Tito Soto orders the expulsion

02:36of suspended Bamban Tarlac mayor Alice Guo.

02:39This after Tarlac Governor Susan Yap petitioned Guo's expulsion before the NPC, saying the

02:44recent Senate investigation has, quote, "...placed in great question Mayor Guo's honesty and

02:49integrity."

02:50In a letter to Yap, Soto says the political party, quote, "...does not tolerate any unlawful

02:56acts or any appearance of impropriety by its members."

02:59The ombudsman placed Guo under preventive suspension after the Department of the Interior

03:04and local government filed a graft case against her due to her links to illegal offshore gaming

03:09operations or pogos in her town.

03:13The Philippines changes its stance on China's recent harassment of Filipino troops in Ayungin

03:18Shoal and now describes it as a, quote, "...aggressive and illegal use of force."

03:23This just days after Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin, chairperson of the newly-minted

03:28National Maritime Council, called the harassment a, quote, "...misunderstanding."

03:33After our visit to our troops in Palawan yesterday, we have now come to the conclusion that it

03:40was not a misunderstanding.

03:43It was an aggressive and illegal use of force.

03:46On June 17, the China Coast Guard harassed Philippine soldiers on a rotation and resupply

03:51mission to Ayungin Shoal.

03:53It towed a Philippine ship, destroyed equipment, and seized disassembled arms.

03:58A Filipino soldier lost his thumb in the attack.

04:01What the Philippines maintains the harassment is not an armed attack and not a reason to

04:05invoke the Mutual Defense Treaty with the United States.

04:11Taiwan President Lai Ching-teh says democracy is not a crime and autocracy is the real evil

04:16after China threatens to impose the death penalty in extreme cases for diehard Taiwan

04:21independence separatists.

04:23China views Taiwan as its own territory and has made no secret of its dislike of Lai,

04:28who took office in May this year, saying he is a separatist.

04:32On Friday, China ramped up its pressure on Taiwan by issuing new legal guidelines to

04:36punish those who support the island's formal independence.

04:40Chinese courts have no jurisdiction on the island.

04:43Lai rejects Beijing's sovereignty claims and says only Taiwan's people can decide their

04:48future.

04:49China says any move by Taiwan to declare formal independence would be grounds to attack the

04:53island.

04:55The government in Taipei says Taiwan is already an independent country.

05:04Camarines Sur prosecutors approved the filing of a criminal case against the Barangay Tanod

05:09who allegedly killed Golden Retriever Kilua in March.

05:12Kilua's killing went viral in March and gained widespread condemnation.

05:17The prosecutors said there's probable cause in the manner of which Kilua was allegedly

05:21killed by the Tanod.

05:23In March, CCTV footage captured the moment when Tanod Anthony Solaris chased and hit

05:28Kilua with a piece of wood.

05:30Later, Kilua's owner, Vina Rachel Mary Arrazas, found her dog's lifeless body in a sack.

05:36Solaris says Kilua bit him and attacked several others, but the prosecutor says that does

05:41not justify the dog's killing.

05:43Prosecutors say the respondent should've looked for the dog's owner and reported the incident

05:47to the Barangay.

05:49A person found guilty of animal abuse faces maximum jail time of up to two years.

05:56And that's today's wrap.

05:57I'm Cara Oliver.

05:58Thank you for watching.

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