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00:00Today on Rappler

00:12Mary Jane Veloz's family may not be able to greet her at the airport due to quarantined

00:16protocols for transferred prisoners.

00:19President Marcos is working to reinstate the 12-billion-peso cut from the 2025 DepEd budget.

00:24The Philippine Senate approves a reciprocal access agreement with Japan.

00:28UP Fighting Maroon J.D. Cagulangan signs with Korean Basketball League Suwon.

00:33And El Druyulo bags eight golds at the Chuwai Cheong Cup in Hong Kong.

00:37Due to standard quarantined protocols for transferred prisoners, Mary Jane Veloz's

01:00family may not be able to immediately greet her at the airport when she arrives after

01:0414 years on Indonesian death row.

01:06Indonesia allowed Veloz's transfer back to the Philippines in time for Christmas.

01:10Lawyers and advocacy groups are appealing to the Philippine government to allow Veloz's

01:14family to have a reunion once she arrives on Philippine soil.

01:18Velozo is set to be transferred to the Correctional Institution for Women in Mandaluyong City.

01:23Justice Assistant Secretary Mico Clavano says Velozo will have the chance to see her family,

01:27but it's unclear whether it would be at the airport or the CIW.

01:31Veloz's family earlier raised concerns about how the CIW is also where her recruiter, Christine

01:36Acerio, is detained.

01:38Velozo has an ongoing case against Acerio in a Nueva Ecija court.

01:44President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. says on Monday, December 16, that the administration is working

01:48to reinstate the Php12 billion cut from the 2025 budget of the Department of Education.

01:54He says, quote, Php12 billion is only sufficient to maintain what we're already doing, when

01:59in fact we have to do more.

02:01On Thursday, December 12, Education Secretary Sonny Angara expresses his disappointment

02:05over the Php10 billion budget cut for the DepEd Computerization Program, or DCP.

02:10He says the cut could have funded thousands of gadgets for public school children.

02:14DepEd's budget was cut by Php12 billion after last week's bicameral conference.

02:19The cut lowers the 2025 budget allocation to Php737 billion from the president's proposed

02:25Php748.65 billion.

02:30The Philippine Senate ratifies a Reciprocal Access Agreement, or RRA, with Japan on Monday,

02:35December 16.

02:37This will allow militaries to deploy to each other's territories amid concerns about China's

02:41aggressiveness in the region.

02:43The agreement, a first of its kind that Japan signed in Asia, will facilitate the entry

02:47of equipment and troops for combat training and disaster relief.

02:51It will improve the military cooperation between Manila and Tokyo.

02:55All 19 senators present voted to approve the deal, with Japanese Ambassador Kazuya Endo

02:59in attendance.

03:01The agreement was signed in July by the defense and foreign ministers of both countries, but

03:05requires parliamentary approval to take effect.

03:08The Philippines and Japan, two of the United States' closest allies in Asia, opposed China's

03:12growing assertiveness and expressed concerns over Taiwan's trade tensions.

03:17Japan has its own maritime dispute with China in the East China Sea, where the two countries

03:21have frequently clashed.

03:25UP Fighting Maroon and Season 87 Finals MVP J.D. Kagulangan signs with the Korean Basketball

03:30League's Suwon KT Sonic Boom on Monday, December 16.

03:34This shortly after finishing his UAAP career with two championships.

03:38Sources say, despite initially considering local leagues like the MPBL and PBA, Kagulangan

03:44prioritized overseas offers.

03:46The 24-year-old player is eager to prove himself in Korea with a team that Ateneo star David

03:51Alfonso previously played with.

03:53Kagulangan leaves UP with a stellar final series, averaging 13.7 points, 4.7 assists,

04:004.3 rebounds, 1.3 steals, and just 1.7 turnovers.

04:05He is set to cross paths again with former collegiate rival Kevin Kyembao, who recently

04:09joined the Goyang Sono Sky Gunners.

04:13Eldrew Yulo wins eight gold medals at the Chiwai Chung Cup Junior Division in Hong Kong,

04:18contributing to the Philippines' 25-gold sweep.

04:21Yulo takes home medals for Team All-Around, Individual All-Around, Floor Exercise, Vault,

04:26Parallel Bars, Horizontal Bar, Pommel Horse, and Steel Rings.

04:30Only 16-years-old, Yulo is seen as the next great Filipino gymnastics prospect after his

04:34older brother Carlos won two gold medals in the Paris Olympics in August.

04:39In May, the younger Yulo clinched the Junior Vault Gold in the Men's Artistic Gymnastics

04:43Asian Championships in Uzbekistan.

04:46He also took home four golds and two silvers from the JRC Artistic Gymnastics Stars Championships

04:51in Thailand in November.

04:52Meantime, the Philippines also topped the Team All-Around at the senior level.

04:57The Philippines won 14 golds in total, to go with six silvers and five bronzes.

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