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Today's headlines: Shiela Guo & Cassandra Ong, Sara Duterte, EJ Obiena | The wRap | August 22, 2024  Here are today’s headlines – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:  - Alice Guo’s sister, Porac POGO worker Cassandra Ong now in PH custody  - House leaders deny efforts to impeach Vice President Sara Duterte  - ‘That’s my dad’: Walz’s tearful son stars in Democratic convention speech - Taylor Swift expresses fear and guilt when she canceled Vienna shows  - EJ Obiena rises to third in first post-Olympics meet as Duplantis cruises anew  https://www.rappler.com/video/daily-wrap/august-22-2024/

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00:00Today on Rappler

00:13Catherine Cassandra Ong and Alice Goua's sister are turned over to Philippine authorities

00:17after being held by Indonesian immigration.

00:20House of Representatives officials say talk of an impeachment move against Vice President

00:24Sara Duterte is rumor-mongering.

00:26The son of Vice Presidential candidate Tim Walz becomes an enduring image on day three

00:31of the Democratic National Convention.

00:33US pop megastar Taylor Swift talks about the plot to attack her Vienna concerts.

00:38And Filipino poll vaulter EJ Obiena snatches a joint third-place finish at the 2024 Lausanne

00:43Diamond League in Switzerland.

00:47Catherine Cassandra Ong and Sheila, the sister of Bambantarlak Mayor Alice Goua, are turned

00:52over to Philippine authorities after being held by Indonesian immigration.

00:57The two arrive in the country Thursday afternoon, August 22.

01:00Ong is tied to LuckySouth99, a Philippine offshore gaming operator in Porak, Pampanga.

01:05Justice Secretary Boeing Rimulya notes it proves the connection between Bamban and Porak

01:10operations.

01:11Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission spokesperson Winston Cascio says immigration

01:16agents went to Batam, Indonesia to bring back Ong and Sheila Goua.

01:20Sheila is covered by a Senate arrest order while Ong has an arrest order from the House.

01:24The two will be put under the custody of the National Bureau of Investigation.

01:28Alice Goua reportedly left the country in July and flew to Indonesia, Malaysia, and

01:32joined her family in Singapore.

01:36House of Representatives officials downplay speculations of an impeachment effort against

01:41Vice President Sara Duterte, calling it rumor-mongering.

01:45This after Duterte said on Tuesday, August 20, that her friends in Congress made her

01:49aware of an alleged plot to oust her from the Vice Presidency.

01:52Some congressional leaders who faced the media on Wednesday, August 21, say there are no

01:57impeachment talks in the lower chamber.

01:59I personally can categorically say that there is no such talk, counterproductive to the

02:07work that we are doing right now, and that this is not only create disunity, create chaos

02:13politically.

02:15In November 2023, House Deputy Minority Leader Franz Castro said there were informal discussions

02:20about Duterte's possible impeachment.

02:22House leaders dismissed the impeachment rumors, and President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. himself

02:27said he did not want Duterte impeached.

02:35The son of vice presidential candidate Tim Walz becomes an enduring image on day three

02:39of the Democratic National Convention.

02:42Gus, the son of Kamala Harris' 61-year-old running mate, jumped up, sobbing, pointing

02:47at the stage while yelling,

02:48"'That's my dad.'"

02:50Gus has a nonverbal learning disorder, ADHD, and an anxiety disorder.

02:55Democrats hope Walz's folksy charm will win over white men in rural areas who voted for

03:00Trump.

03:01Freedom to make your own health care decisions, your kids' freedom to go to school without

03:07worrying about being shot dead in the hall.

03:10The Democrats also put the spotlight on the siege of the U.S. Capitol, with a video showing

03:14Republican candidate Donald Trump encouraging supporters.

03:18I will be looking very, very strongly at that pardon.

03:21Let us not forget who assaulted democracy on January 6th.

03:27He did!

03:29U.S. pop megastar Taylor Swift reveals a new sense of fear came over her after authorities

03:35uncovered a plot to attack her Vienna concert.

03:38She also shares she felt guilty for letting down fans by cancelling her three shows in

03:42the city.

03:43The singer also applauds authorities for foiling the plan to cause mass harm at Ernst Happel

03:48Stadium.

03:49She writes on Instagram,

03:50Thanks to them, we were grieving concerts and not lives.

03:53My priority was finishing our European tour safely, and it is with great relief that I

03:58can say we did that.

03:59Austrian police arrested a 19-year-old man who had confessed to wanting to cause a bloodbath

04:04at Swift's shows.

04:05Vieira's tour is the highest-grossing concert tour in history.

04:09It will resume in October to December in the United States and Canada.

04:14Top Filipino pope Voltaire, Egeo Vienna, kickstarts his road to Olympic redemption after snatching

04:19a joint third-place finish at the 2024 Lausanne Diamond League in Switzerland on Wednesday,

04:24August 21, or Thursday, August 22, Manila time.

04:28He finishes with a 5.82-meter clearance, but fails all three attempts at 5.92.

04:34Olympic world record holder and two-time reigning Olympic champion Mondo Duplantis easily cops

04:39gold at the 6-meter mark.

04:41He also nets the meet record at 6.15 meters in three jumps.

04:45Reigning silver medalist Sam Kendricks nails another runner-up finish with a 5.92-meter

04:50mark.

04:51Greek Emmanuel Karelis, meantime, slides to sixth place.

04:54Obiena plans to mount a historic World Athletic Sanctioned Pole Vault event at Makati's Ayala

04:59Triangle Gardens in the Philippines on September 20.

05:03And that's today's wrap.

05:04I'm Cara Oliver.

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