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Here are today's headlines – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:  - 5 DepEd execs quit as Angara prepares to take over agency - Marcos gov't urged to nullify license of POGOs for Chinese market - A Catholic archbishop sails West Philippine Sea to pray for China - Trump appears with bandaged ear at Republican convention, names Vance as running mate - NCR wins 17th straight Palaro overall crown, Calabarzon regains 2nd  https://www.rappler.com/video/daily-wrap/july-16-2024/

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00:00Today on Rappler

00:12High-ranking officials of the Education Department resign as Sonny Angara takes over the agency.

00:18Legal luminaries urge President Marcos to cancel the license granted to Pogos.

00:24Archbishop Sok Villegas leads a fluvial procession in the West Philippine Sea to pray for peace

00:29and for China.

00:31Donald Trump names US Senator J.D. Vance as his running mate.

00:35And the National Capital Region clinches its 17th straight overall championship at the

00:40conclusion of the Palarompambansa 2024 in Cebu City.

00:46Five high-ranking officials of the Education Department resign from their posts.

00:51This as incoming Education Secretary Sonny Angara takes over the agency on Friday, July

00:5619.

00:57DepEd Undersecretary and Chief of Staff Michael Poa tells Rappler on July 15 he thinks it

01:02is only appropriate to give Angara a free hand to choose people in his team.

01:07Apart from Poa, the following officials also relinquish their positions.

01:15All five of them were appointed by Vice President Sara Duterte when she assumed the leadership

01:19at DepEd.

01:20Angara inherits a colossal problem in the education sector, including the poor performance

01:26of Filipino students in global education assessments.

01:29He says under his watch he will focus on making teachers and students, quote, happy, inspired

01:35and excited.

01:36He also says he will study the proposal to increase the salary of entry-level teachers

01:41to Php50,000.

01:45Former Senator Laila de Lima and former Supreme Court Justices Antonio Carpio and Conchita

01:49Carpio Morales lead a group urging the Marcos administration to cancel the licenses granted

01:55to Philippine offshore gaming operators, or POGOs.

01:58In an open letter to the president dated Tuesday, July 16, the group argues the approval of

02:03licenses filed by such POGOs violates the rules of the Philippine Amusement and Gaming

02:08Corporation, or PAGCOR.

02:10The group insists PAGCOR has the power to immediately cancel a license of a POGO that

02:15is later discovered to have made misrepresentations or provided false information.

02:20This sprouted across the Philippines in 2016 as operators took advantage of liberal gaming

02:25laws under the administration of Rodrigo Duterte.

02:28Many POGO operators are run by Chinese nationals as gambling is banned in China.

02:34Scrutiny of POGOs intensified in recent months as the Senate investigates illegal activities

02:39linked with offshore gaming operators.

02:43Lingayen Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas leads a fluvial procession Tuesday morning,

02:48July 16, to pray for peace in the face of China's aggressive behavior in the West Philippine Sea.

03:00The Marian Prayer Voyage is held off the coast of Barangay Cato in Infanta, Pangasinan after

03:05a 6 a.m. mass led by Villegas and Alaminos Bishop Napoleon Cipalay, Jr.

03:10Villegas tells Rappler they conducted the procession in parts of the West Philippine

03:14Sea, which China claims despite a 2016 arbitral tribunal ruling upholding the sovereign rights

03:20of the Philippines.

03:22He leads the recitation of the rosary and later stood beside an image of the Blessed

03:25Virgin Mary, which was carried on the boat.

03:29The procession is part of a prayer campaign recently launched by Villegas to pray for

03:33peace in the West Philippine Sea and the conversion of China.

03:38Donald Trump makes a triumphant entrance during the first night of the Republican National

03:42Convention Monday, July 15.

03:45A bandage covers his ear as the crowd chants, fight, fight, fight, and pump their fists.

03:51He announces U.S. Senator J.D. Vance as his choice for running mate for the November elections.

03:56The four-day convention begins less than 48 hours after a gunman opened fire at the Trump

04:01rally in Pennsylvania, killing one supporter.

04:04The gunman was shot dead by snipers, and his motive remains unclear.

04:09After the shooting, Trump says he is revising his acceptance speech to emphasize national

04:14unity rather than highlight his differences with U.S. President Joe Biden.

04:19The Wall Street Journal Meantime reports, billionaire Elon Musk is planning to donate

04:23around $45 million a month to a new pro-Trump support committee.

04:28Musk endorsed Trump after the assassination attempt on Saturday.

04:34National Capital Region once again clinches the Palarong Pambansa 2024 overall championship

04:38with 98 gold medals, 66 silvers, and 74 bronzes on Tuesday, July 16.

04:45The country's capital got its best haul from gymnasts Eliza Yulo and Maxine Amira

04:49Bondoc, swimmers Sofia Gara and Alessandra Therese Martin, who all bagged five golds.

04:55The NCR boys' secondary basketball team also reclaimed the crown in a heated finale

04:59against Central Luzon.

05:01Calabarzon, after a stunning defeat to resurgent powerhouse Western Visayas last year in Marikina

05:06City, rose back to its usual second place with a 57-51-53 gold-silver-bronze split with

05:12a combined 12 golds from two phenomenal secondary-level swimmers, TJ Amaro and Jasmine Mojde.

05:18Western Visayas, meanwhile, slipped back to third with 56 golds, including a title redemption

05:24in girls' secondary volleyball by Bacolod Taitung High School.

05:28The region also amassed 41 silvers and 41 bronzes.

05:34And that's today's WRAP.

05:35I'm JC Gotinga, thank you for watching.

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