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Here are today’s headlines – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:  - House budget hearing: Sara Duterte’s DepEd accused of ‘rigged bidding’ for laptops - Emotions flare at KOJC as cops force open another gate in hunt for Quiboloy - China ‘deliberately rammed, collided’ with PH Coast Guard ship in Escoda Shoal - Lapu-Lapu City mayor shuts down 6 businesses operating in Cebu POGO hub - Ernie Gawilan dominates heat, reaches swimming final for shot at Paralympic medal - Sandro Muhlach files cyber libel complaint vs. netizens  https://www.rappler.com/video/daily-wrap/september-2-2024/

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00:00Today on Rappler

00:14Legislators look into the possibility of a rigged bidding process for laptops when Sara

00:18Duterte was Education Secretary.

00:20The hunt for fugitive Apolo Kibuloy continues as police force open another KOJC gate.

00:25China rams a Philippine Coast Guard ship in Escoda Shoal.

00:28The mayor of Lapulapu City shuts down six businesses in a pogo hub where 162 foreigners

00:34were rescued.

00:35A medal may be within reach of Filipino para-swimmer Ernie Gawilan.

00:38And actor Sandro Mudoc files a cyber-libel complaint against social media users.

00:45A member of the House of Representatives raised concerns about the possibility of a rigged

00:49bidding process for laptops when Vice President Sara Duterte was still head of the agency.

00:54House lawmakers moved to compel the Education Department to release all bidding documents

00:59in relation to the DepEd computerization program in 2022 and 2023.

01:04Batangas Rep. Jervin Loistro introduced a motion to issue a subpoena for production

01:09of evidence to DepEd, which the Appropriations Committee approved without objections.

01:14This after Acobico Rep. Jill Bongalon raised concerns about the possibility of irregularities

01:19in the procurement process.

01:21Based on information he obtained, there were 16 lots for the contract but only two lots

01:26passed and only one bidder won.

01:28Another round of bidding was supposedly conducted for the other 14 lots because the bidders

01:33were initially disqualified.

01:34Vice President Sara Duterte has yet to respond to the accusations.

01:40The hunt for fugitive doomsday preacher Apolo Quiboloy continues as police open a gate near

01:45the Kingdom of Jesus Christ's Jose Maria College on Monday, September 2.

01:49Quiboloy's followers plead with the police not to enter the gate, arguing authorities

01:53already had access through another entrance on the 30-hectare property.

01:57The campus is part of the sprawling KOJC property where police operations are ongoing to catch

02:02Quiboloy and his associates who are wanted on child abuse and trafficking charges.

02:06KOJC lawyer Israelito Torreon describes the police action as a harassment tactic.

02:11Meantime, Vice President Sara Duterte joins KOJC followers in prayer on the group's founding

02:17anniversary.

02:18Duterte condemns the police operation and blames President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. claiming

02:23Quiboloy was caught in the political crossfire.

02:25Former KOJC members turned whistleblowers spoke to Rappler in 2021 about Quiboloy's

02:30sexual abuse of his so-called spiritual wives on night duty.

02:36The Philippine Coast Guard says a Chinese Coast Guard vessel deliberately rammed and

02:40collided with BRP Teresa Magbanwa three times in Escaudashol in the West Philippine Sea

02:45on Saturday, August 31.

02:47The PCG says the Teresa Magbanwa was damaged and the ramming also left it with holes.

02:52It adds when the Teresa Magbanwa dropped anchor in Escaudashol at around 8.30am, more Chinese

02:57maritime forces surrounded the PCG vessel.

03:00National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea spokesperson Commodore Jay Tariella says

03:05one of China's vessels blew its horn upon learning that the BRP Teresa Magbanwa was

03:09dropping its anchor.

03:11This is the seventh incident of harassment caused by China in Philippine waters in August

03:16and the third near or within the waters of Escaudashol.

03:19CCG vessels also caused structural damage to BRP Bagakay and BRP Cape Inganyo last August

03:2419.

03:25Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Junard Chan ordered the immediate closure of six business establishments

03:32rated for allegedly being part of an illegal Philippine offshore gaming operator hub.

03:37This days after authorities rescued 162 foreign nationals from the Tourist Garden Hotel on

03:43Saturday, August 31.

03:45Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission spokesperson Winston Casio says initial reports

03:49of the Pogo Hub stemmed from a request from the Indonesian Embassy.

03:53Officials from the National Bureau of Investigation, Interagency Council Against Trafficking, and

03:58the Department of Justice worked on the Indonesians' rescue.

04:01We were just here to rescue the Indonesian nationals.

04:04When we arrived here, in flagrant delicto, quoting the act, we saw that there were scum

04:11farms here.

04:12Paok says there were 162 foreign nationals and five Filipinos found working in three

04:17different scam work areas.

04:19Based on initial interviews, the Pogo Hub has five administrators that came all the

04:23way from Pampanga after escaping raids conducted there.

04:28A Paris Paralympics medal may be within reach of Filipino para-swimmer Ernie Gawilan as

04:33he gets to the final of the men's 400-meter freestyle S7 with the third fastest time on

04:39Monday, September 2.

04:40Gawilan clocks 5 minutes and 13 milliseconds to top his heat, two days after he failed

04:45to qualify for the men's 200-meter individual medley SM7 finals.

04:50Only the United States' Evan Austin and neutral Paralympics athlete Alexei Gainiok recorded

04:55faster times than Gawilan.

04:57Gawilan has a chance to become the third Filipino to win a Paralympic medal after powerlifter

05:02Adeline Dumapong in 2000 and table tennis player Josephine Medina in 2016.

05:08Meantime, Filipino para-taekwondo gin Alain Ganapin ends his Paris Paralympic campaign

05:13after bowing to Azerbaijan's Albufaz Aburzali.

05:18Actor Sandro Mulak files a cyber-libel complaint against several social media users at the

05:23National Bureau of Investigation's Cybercrime Division on Friday, August 30.

05:27A GMA News report says Mulak filed a complaint against three anonymous accounts on X and

05:32compiled over a hundred defamatory posts tackling his alleged sexual abuse by GMA independent

05:37contractors Jojo Nones and Richard Cruz.

05:40Sandro's grandfather, Alexander Mulak, appeals for compassion from the public, saying, quote,

05:45"...the online harassment and bullying are only worsening his condition."

05:49Sandro needs her compassion and support as he works towards recovery.

05:53On August 19, Mulak filed a complaint of rape through sexual assault against Nones and Cruz.

05:58During the August 27 hearing, Mulak revealed he was allegedly forced to use illegal drugs

06:02by Nones and Cruz before being sexually assaulted.

06:06Nones denies the allegations.

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