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Here are today’s headlines – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:  - Gilas Pilipinas drops close loss to Georgia but still marches on to FIBA OQT semis  - Binay mulls ethics complaint after Cayetano calls her crazy, ‘Marites’  - DBM to release P27-B overdue health allowance for pandemic workers on July 5  - Taiwan says China seizure of trawler may be act of psychological warfare  - Biden rejects growing pressure to abandon his campaign, vows to stay ‘to the end’   https://www.rappler.com/video/daily-wrap/july-4-2024/

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00:00GILAS PILIPINA STILL ADVANCES TO THE FINAL FOUR OF THE FIBA OLYMPIC QUALIFYING TOURNAMENT

00:17DESPITE LOSING TO GEORGIA

00:19Senator Nancy Binay is considering filing an ethics complaint against Senator Alan

00:24Peter Cayetano after he called her crazy.

00:27Their workers will receive a total of 27 billion pesos from the government in long-overdue

00:32health emergency allowance claims from the pandemic.

00:35China seizes a Taiwanese trawler, saying it violated a fishing ban.

00:39And U.S. President Joe Biden says he will not quit the 2024 presidential race despite

00:44growing pressure to do so.

00:48GILAS PILIPINA STILL ADVANCES TO THE FINAL FOUR OF THE FIBA OLYMPIC QUALIFYING TOURNAMENT

00:53IN RIGA, LATVIA DESPITE LOSING TO GEORGIA THURSDAY, JULY 4

00:57Coming off a giant upset of Latvia, the Philippines finishes second in Group A of the tournament.

01:03The team remains on track to cinch the coveted spot in the Paris Games.

01:07The three teams in Group A figured in a tie with identical 1-1 records, but only Latvia

01:12and the Philippines advanced due to a superior point differential.

01:16Awaiting GILAS PILIPINAS in the knockout semifinals is the top seed from Group B, which is composed

01:22of Brazil, Montenegro, and Cameroon.

01:25Only the winner of the Olympic qualifying tournament will book a ticket to the Paris

01:28Games.

01:31Senator Nancy Binay says she's considering an ethics complaint against her political

01:35rival, Senator and incumbent Committee on Accounts chief Alan Peter Cayetano.

01:40This after he called her crazy and marites or a gossip monger during a Senate hearing.

01:45Binay, the former Accounts Committee chief, says she is consulting her staff.

02:04The hearing on the new Senate building on Wednesday, July 3, got too personal between

02:08the two senators.

02:10Cayetano accuses Binay of influencing media interviews to favor her narrative.

02:15At the hearing, Binay refuted Cayetano's claim, saying the construction only costs

02:19P21.7 billion and not P23 billion.

02:22Cayetano insists the cost is at P23 billion due to land acquisition.

02:29Healthcare workers will finally receive their remaining Health Emergency Allowance, or HEA,

02:34claims.

02:35The Department of Budget and Management says it will release P27 billion by Friday, July

02:395.

02:40This means some 5 million HEA claims and over 4,000 COVID-19 sickness and death compensation

02:46claims will finally be paid to workers who've been waiting since the pandemic.

02:50In April 2022, former President Rodrigo Duterte signed a law granting benefits and allowances

02:56to health workers during public health emergencies.

02:59The allowance ranges from P3,000 to P9,000 every month, depending on the risk classification

03:04of where health workers are deployed.

03:07They're entitled to a separate compensation package if they got COVID-19.

03:11Health spokesperson Albert Domingo reminds hospital managers to sort out requirements

03:16to avoid further delays in payouts.

03:18Iloilo 1st District Rep. Janet Garin says the release of the allowances was, quote,

03:23"...long overdue."

03:24Taiwan says China's seizure of a Taiwanese trawler that was operating close to the Chinese

03:30coast might be an act of psychological warfare by Beijing.

03:35Chinese officials boarded and took the boat back to a port in China on Tuesday, July 2.

03:40They say it violated a summer ban on fishing and carried out illegal trawling.

03:44Critics, however, say the move is meant to further pressure Taipei.

03:48The boat was fishing in Chinese waters but near Taiwan-controlled islands.

03:52The Taiwanese Coast Guard says three of the five fishermen on board were Indonesians.

03:58Taiwan National Security Bureau Director-General Tai Ming-yen says it was unusual for Chinese

04:02officials to board and take control of a Taiwanese trawler.

04:06China views democratically governed Taiwan as its territory.

04:10It has ramped up pressure on Taipei since May, when President Lai Ching-teh took office.

04:15Beijing accuses him of being a, quote, "...separatist."

04:20U.S. President Joe Biden vows to stay in the 2024 presidential race as he seeks to shake

04:24off calls for him to drop out after his debate performance.

04:28Sources say Biden was on a call with worried campaign members, telling them he wasn't going

04:33anywhere.

04:34Biden met with 24 Democratic governors and the mayor of Washington, D.C. to reassure

04:39them he is still capable of leading the party.

04:42Concerns about Biden's age and mental acuity rose after the debate where Biden mumbled

04:46and at times lost his train of thought.

04:49Biden says he was tired after consecutive foreign trips.

04:52The White House says he had a cold.

04:55Following the debate, a Wall Street Journal survey found Trump beating Biden by a margin

04:59of 48 to 42 percent.

05:01A New York Times poll finds Trump's lead over Biden has widened by three points, from 49

05:06to 43 percent.

05:10And that's today's wrap.

05:11I'm Cara Oliver.

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