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00:00Today on Rappler

00:12The Philippine Health Department debunks claims of an alleged international health concern.

00:17President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. removes the Vice President and other former Philippine

00:21presidents from the National Security Council.

00:24South Korea's presidential guards and military troops prevent the arrest of impeached President

00:28Yun Suk-yol.

00:29The FBI says the man who drove a truck into a New Orleans crowd acted alone.

00:35Actress Barbie Forteza confirms breakup with longtime boyfriend actor Jack Roberto.

00:40And Carlos Yulo is the 2024 Athlete of the Year named by the Philippine Sportswriters

00:44Association.

00:47The Philippine Health Department says there is no truth to claims circulating on social

00:52media posts about an alleged international health concern.

00:55The department declines to tell the media the specific illness it was referring to.

01:00It just notes, neither the cited country nor the World Health Organization has confirmed

01:05what is allegedly spreading online.

01:07The DOH is actively verifying all information and will keep the Filipino public updated.

01:14The department said it is active in the network following the international health regulations

01:18of the WHO, which is a system that allows member states to update each other about ongoing

01:23international health concerns.

01:25The last public health emergency of international health concern the Philippines acted upon

01:29is the alert on MPOCs.

01:31In 2024, the Philippines detected a total of 52 new MPOCs cases.

01:36None of the reported cases were epidemiologically linked and majority recovered as of December.

01:44President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. removes the vice president and other former Philippine

01:48presidents from the National Security Council.

01:50An executive order was issued on December 30, made public only on Friday, reorganizing

01:55the primary body for national security plans and policies.

01:59The order emphasizes the need to adapt the NSC to evolving national and international

02:03security challenges.

02:05The EO also added the need for NSC members to uphold national security and sovereignty,

02:10promoting effective governance and stability.

02:13Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin explains that, at present, the vice president is not

02:18considered relevant to the NSC's responsibilities.

02:21Vice President Sara Duterte and former President Rodrigo Duterte are no longer part of the

02:26NSC under the Marcos administration.

02:28Two other former presidents who are still living, Joseph Erap Estrada and Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo,

02:33were also removed.

02:35The EO-81 also states that three deputy speakers designated by the speaker are now included,

02:41instead of regional deputy speakers.

02:43The vice president is also excluded from the NSC's executive committee.

02:47The executive committee is now composed of the following.

02:54South Korea's presidential guards and military troops prevent the arrest of impeached President

02:59Yoon Suk-yol on Friday, January 3, in a tense six-hour standoff at his compound in Seoul.

03:05The Corruption Investigation Office for High-Ranking Officials, or CIO, says that executing the

03:09arrest warrant was impossible due to the standoff.

03:12CIO officials attempt to execute the warrant, but were met with resistance from hundreds

03:17of Yoon supporters.

03:19Some of them chant, President Yoon Suk-yol will be protected by the people.

03:23The CIO and police were outnumbered by large groups of Presidential Security Service, or

03:27PSS, personnel and military troops assigned to presidential security.

03:31Due to safety concerns and obstruction, the CIO suspends the arrest attempt by 1.30pm

03:37and would consider the next steps.

03:39Yoon's legal team argues that the CIO lacked the authority to investigate insurrection

03:43and criticized the attempt to execute an arrest in a sensitive security area.

03:49The FBI confirms on Thursday, January 2, that the U.S. Army veteran Shamsuddin Jabbar, who

03:55drove a truck into New Orleans' crowd, declaring support for ISIS, only acted alone.

04:00The attack in the New Orleans crowd on New Year's Eve killed at least 14 people.

04:05The FBI says on the morning of the attack, between 1.29am and 3.02am, Jabbar posted five

04:11videos on Facebook expressing his support for ISIS.

04:14The FBI describes the act as terrorism, noting that Jabbar was premeditated in his actions

04:19and inspired by ISIS.

04:21FBI's Counterterrorism Division Assistant Director David Scott informs the U.S. lawmakers

04:27that Jabbar was not on the government watchlist.

04:30The bureau also found no evidence he was guided by any foreign individual or group.

04:35They also say there seemed to be no connection between the New Orleans attack and the explosion

04:39incident of a Tesla Cybertruck in Las Vegas on the same day.

04:45Actress Barbie Fortezza confirms her breakup with her longtime boyfriend, actor Jack Roberto,

04:50on Thursday night, January 2.

04:52In an Instagram post, Fortezza looks back on the seven years she and Roberto spent as

04:57a couple.

04:58She bids him a beautiful goodbye.

05:00She writes,

05:01Having you in my life was the happiest I had ever been.

05:04Seven wonderful years.

05:05A lot of laughs, a lot of ramen, and so much love.

05:09Her love was exceptional.

05:11Fortezza's last social media post with Roberto was in December 2024, when she wrote a birthday

05:15message for the actor, reflecting on his accomplishments.

05:19Fortezza and Roberto met on the set of Meant to Be in 2017.

05:23Rumors of their relationship first sparked in July 2017, when Fortezza posted a series

05:28of photos of her on a date with a mystery individual, who was later revealed to be Roberto.

05:33The ex-couple appeared in several other teleserias together, such as Caramea and The Half-Sisters.

05:40Gymnastics superstar Carlos Yulo is given the 2024 Athlete of the Year honor by the

05:45Philippine Sports Writers Association or PSA.

05:48PSA president Nelson Beltran, sports editor of the Philippine Star, says,

05:53From a great Olympic performance to an even greater Olympic show, and from one big breakthrough

05:58to an even bigger breakthrough, thanks to Carlos Yulo, whose giant feet we will celebrate

06:02in handing him our highest accolades.

06:05He is the first gymnast, since young Pia Adel-Reyes in 1997, to be recognized as Athlete

06:11of the Year by the country's oldest media organization.

06:14Yulo scored the rare double gold by topping the men's floor exercise and vault in the

06:18Paris Olympics.

06:20This is seen as a fitting exploit in celebrating the Philippines' 100 years of participation

06:25in the Summer Games.

06:27His win is a fitting follow-up to weightlifter Haidyln Diaz, who bagged the country's first

06:31Olympic gold during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

06:36And that's today's wrap.

06:37I'm Michelle Abad, thank you for watching.

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