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Here are today’s headlines – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world: - Congressman revives bid to grant ABS-CBN new franchise - Chinese hackers target president’s office in yearslong campaign, steal military data – report - Inflation hits gov’t target in 2024 despite jumping to 2.9% in December - Trudeau to resign as prime minister after 9 years, blames party infighting - Zendaya and Tom Holland are engaged — reports  https://www.rappler.com/video/daily-wrap/january-7-2025/

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00:001. Today on Rappler A congressman files a bill at the House granting

00:14ABS-CBN a new franchise. Chinese state-sponsored hackers are reportedly behind the breach of

00:20the Philippine government's computer system. The Philippines' inflation rate rises to 2.9%

00:26in December 2024 but stays within the government target range. Canada Prime Minister Justin

00:32Trudeau steps down from office after nine years. And actors Zendaya and Tom Holland

00:38are reportedly engaged. 2. House Ways and Means Chairperson Joey Salcedo

00:43on Tuesday, January 7, files a bill seeking to grant ABS-CBN a fresh franchise. This nearly

00:49five years after its bid was denied under the Duterte administration. The move comes

00:54after a two-year pause with lawmakers under President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. now pushing

00:58for the network's revival on free television. Salcedo cites in the explanatory note of House

01:04Bill 11252 clarifications from the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Bureau of

01:09Internal Revenue. This confirmed that ABS-CBN complied with ownership rules and had no pending

01:14tax liabilities. It is widely believed that Duterte's grudge against ABS-CBN following

01:19an anti-Duterte campaign ad in 2016 was the main reason the franchise was not renewed

01:24in 2020. In May 2020, the National Telecommunications Commission shut down ABS-CBN after its 25-year

01:31franchise expired. In July 2020, the House voted against renewing the network's franchise.

01:38Various groups view the ABS-CBN shutdown as a critical attack on press freedom in the

01:42country. It also led to the retrenchment of thousands of employees.

01:48Chinese state-sponsored hackers are reportedly behind a years-long infiltration of the Philippine

01:53government's computer system, stealing sensitive data. The stolen data include military documents

01:58with some related to the South China Sea territorial dispute. A Bloomberg News report citing three

02:04sources says cybersecurity experts detected the breach in 2023 and again in August 2024,

02:10with the president's office seeking details from the experts in May 2024. Two of the sources

02:15say the attackers used tactics linked to a group named APT41. Advanced Persistent Threat

02:20Groups, or APTs, is a term used to describe state-sponsored hacking groups. Undersecretary

02:26for Cybersecurity Jeffrey Ian Dea of the Department of Information and Communications Technology,

02:31or DICT, says there is no current information that has been compromised. Dea says, quote,

02:37"...we are able to detect them early on, and when we do so, we are able to secure the database."

02:42Meantime, China denies any involvement, saying it is opposed to hacking.

02:48The Philippine Statistic Authority reports on Tuesday, January 7, the country's inflation rate

02:53increased to 2.9 percent in December 2024. This puts the full-year inflation rate at 3.2 percent

03:00within the government's 2 to 4 percent target range. This is a notable decrease from the 6

03:05percent average in 2023. The PSA notes a slowdown for food and non-alcoholic beverages, which

03:11decreased by around 44 percent year-on-year to 4.4 percent. Rice inflation also drops to

03:18its lowest level since January 2022 at 0.8 percent. National statistician Dennis Mapa

03:24links the rapid increase to housing, utilities, and fuel prices. Key factors include liquefied

03:30petroleum gas with 7.8 percent, a 2.4 percent rise in rentals, and 1.6 percent in electricity prices.

03:38Transport fares also contribute with sea travel inflation soaring to 71.9 percent in December,

03:43up from 17.1 percent in November, largely due to the holiday season.

03:48National Economic and Development Authority or NEDA's Secretary Arsenio Balisacan attributes

03:53the 2024 inflation rate to government efforts to manage prices. Marie cautions about risks

03:58from La Nina, affecting the food and water supply. The Banco Central ng Pilipinas or BSP also warns

04:04inflation might rise in 2025 due to potential increases in transport and power rates.

04:12Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces on January 6, 2025, he would step down in the

04:17coming months after nine years in office. This after pressure from lawmakers concerned

04:22about his Liberal Party's poor pre-election poll results. He says in a press conference,

04:27he would remain as Prime Minister and party leader until a new leader is chosen.

04:31Trudeau says, quote, this country deserves a real choice in the next election. And it has

04:36become clear to me that if I'm having to fight internal battles, I cannot be the best option

04:40in that election. Trudeau previously managed to dismiss concerns from liberal lawmakers about poor

04:45poll performance and the loss of safe seats. However, calls for his resignation grew after

04:50he attempted to demote Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, one of his key allies,

04:55after she opposed his spending plans. Freeland resigned instead, accusing Trudeau of focusing

05:00on political gimmicks instead of prioritizing the country's needs.

05:05U.S. media reports Zendaya and Tom Holland are now engaged after she appeared at the

05:09Golden Globes Awards wearing a flashy ring. The actress sparked speculation when she was seen

05:15wearing a 5.02-carat diamond ring on her finger. The ring, an east-west cushion-cut diamond-set

05:21and Georgian-style band, was designed by jeweler Jessica McCormick and is listed as an engagement

05:26ring. When a Los Angeles Times reporter asked if she was engaged, Zendaya just smiled coyly

05:32without confirming. In April 2024, American News Outlet People reports the two actors had already

05:38been discussing marriage. A source confirmed the marriage discussion while noting the two preferred

05:43to keep their relationship private. The two actors started dating in 2017 while filming

05:49Spider-Man Homecoming. In September 2021, Holland confirmed the speculations after he posted a

05:54birthday greeting for Zendaya on Instagram, calling her MyMJ.

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