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Here are today’s headlines – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:   - Alice Guo, Bamban bosses face new money laundering charges - DMW apologizes for sending wrong remains to family of deceased OFW - South Korean investigators arrest impeached President Yoon  - John Amores sells JRU brawl jersey, Sara Duterte letter to Boss Toyo for P67,500 - Vice Ganda’s ‘And The Breadwinner Is’ grosses over P400 million  https://www.rappler.com/video/daily-wrap/january-15-2025/

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00:00Today on Rappler

00:12The Department of Justice will file 62 counts of money laundering against Alice Goh and

00:17Bambang officials.

00:18The Department of Migrant Workers apologizes for repatriating the wrong remains to the

00:23family of OFW Jenny Alvarado.

00:26Goh's arrest impeached South Korean President Yun Suk-kyo at his residence in Seoul.

00:31Controversial PBA player John Amores sells his brawl jersey and Sara Duterte's letter

00:36for 67,500 pesos.

00:40And Vice Ganda's film, and the breadwinner is, grosses over 400 million pesos in cinemas.

00:47The Department of Justice will file 62 counts of money laundering against the dismissed

00:51mayor of Bambang, Tarlac, Alice Goh, accusing her of being the architect of a scam farm

00:56operation in the region.

00:58The indictment, dated December 20, a copy of which was obtained by Rappler on Wednesday,

01:02January 15, labels Goh as the architect of the alleged criminal scheme.

01:08This involves multiple money laundering activities, including transacting, transferring, and conspiring

01:13to move illicit funds to her family-owned companies.

01:1731 counts of money laundering conspiracy are also recommended against her parents, siblings,

01:22and officials from companies involved in the Bambang operation.

01:25This includes Goh's real estate company, Baofu, and two Philippine offshore gaming operators

01:30or POGOs that leased there.

01:32Meantime, Cassandra Ong, initially included in the complaint, was cleared by prosecutors

01:37who found no evidence linking her to the crimes.

01:40However, she faces separate human trafficking charges related to the Porak operation.

01:46The Department of Migrant Workers apologizes for repatriating the wrong remains to the

01:51family of overseas Filipino worker Jenny Alvarado.

01:55Alvarado died in Kuwait reportedly due to suffocation.

01:58DMW Secretary Hans Kakdak says he takes full responsibility for the mistake, saying he

02:03gave a directive to hasten Alvarado's repatriation, and the shipping service provider must've

02:08made a mistake because the body that was shipped was not Jenny's, but it was under her name.

02:13No information about the repatriated body was given, but media reports say the remains

02:18were that of a foreigner.

02:20Kakdak adds DMW's labor attache and lawyers on the ground are investigating how the mistake

02:25occurred and if anyone should be liable.

02:28Overseas Workers' Welfare Administration Chief Arnel Ignacio says Alvarado reportedly

02:32died of cold suffocation.

02:35The DMW says it is studying calls for a new deployment ban to Kuwait, despite just recently

02:40tightening its deployment restrictions there.

02:44Police arrest impeached South Korean President Yoon Seok-yol at his residence in Seoul on

02:48Wednesday, January 15.

02:51This weeks after investigators first attempted to arrest Yoon on January 3 after his short-lived

02:56martial law declaration last December.

02:58The warrant investigators secured for his arrest is the first ever issued against an

03:02incumbent South Korean president.

03:05His presidential motorcade left the residence and later arrived at the Corruption Investigation

03:09Office for high-ranking officials.

03:12Yoon's lawyers have argued attempts to detain Yoon are illegal and are designed to publicly

03:16humiliate him.

03:18In a pre-recorded message, Yoon says he submitted himself for questioning to avoid any violence,

03:23but says his actions are not an endorsement of what he calls an illegal investigation.

03:28Yoon has been suspended from his position since December 14, but still remains in office.

03:33South Korea's Constitutional Court is deliberating over whether to uphold his impeachment and

03:38permanently remove him from office.

03:42Controversial former PBA player John Amores sold one of his Jose Rizal University jerseys

03:47and a letter from Vice President Sara Duterte to Filipino content creator Boss Toyo for

03:52Php67,500.

03:55Amores initially asked for Php200,000 for the package deal but was shot down by the

04:00internet celebrity.

04:01The blue jersey is said to be the one Amores wore during his infamous November 2022 brawl

04:06against College of St. Benilde during the NCAA's Season 98 Men's Basketball Tournament.

04:12Amores was suspended indefinitely by the NCAA, and JRU expelled him from its athletics program.

04:18Duterte, also infamous for punching a Davao City sheriff over a decade ago, sent the letter

04:23to Amores a month after the incident.

04:26It reads,

04:27Remember the lesson, not the mistake.

04:29You have a friend from the office of the Vice President.

04:32Amores was drafted by the North Port Batangpierre in the PBA before crashing out with a serious

04:37gun-related incident last September.

04:40He is currently out on bail while awaiting trial for attempted homicide.

04:46Vice Gunda's star power continues to hold.

04:48ABS-CBN Star Cinema announces Wednesday, January 15 and the breadwinner is, grossed over Php400

04:54million in cinemas nationwide.

04:57The comeback film of the un-kabogable star in the Metro Manila Film Festival 2024 is

05:02the seventh film starring Vice Gunda to breach the Php400 million threshold.

05:07Showcasing his dramatic chops, Vice Gunda received the Special Jury Citation from the

05:11Metro Manila Film Festival for his performance in And The Breadwinner Is.

05:16The film is directed by the award-winning Jun Robles Lana and features veteran actors

05:20Eugene Domingo, John Hilario, Gladys Reyes, and Malu De Guzman.

05:27And that's today's wrap.

05:28I'm Cara Oliver.

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