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Here are today’s headlines – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:   - 2025 candidates air P4-B worth of TV, radio ads before October 2024 candidacy filing  - Israel set to approve Gaza ceasefire, hostage deal, Netanyahu’s office says  - Pope Francis using sling after injuring forearm in fall  - Hidilyn Diaz to join Philippine sports icons in PSA Hall of Fame - Lea Salonga to join 'Into The Woods' Philippine cast   https://www.rappler.com/video/daily-wrap/january-17-2025/

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00:00Today on Rappler

00:13Candidates spend more than P4 billion on TV and radio ads even before filing their COCs,

00:18with Camille Villar and Aimee Marcos spending P1 billion each.

00:23Israel is set to approve the ceasefire agreement with Hamas after a delay.

00:27Pope Francis injures his right forearm after a fall.

00:30Olympic gold medalist Heidelin Diaz will join the PSA Hall of Fame.

00:35And Tony Award-winning actress Lea Salonga joins the Philippine cast of the musical Into

00:40the Woods.

00:43Ads worth more than P4 billion already aired on TV and radio across the Philippines even

00:47before candidates filed their certificates of candidacy in October 2024.

00:52The Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism obtained data from Nielsen Adintel, which

00:57monitors candidates' spending.

00:59It says 100 candidates aired TV spots worth P3.7 billion and radio spots worth P342 million

01:07from January to September in 2024.

01:09PCIJ says TV remains an important medium to reach voters while digital platforms widen

01:15the reach.

01:16The candidates also had billboards all over the country worth P70 million and ads on print

01:21media worth P18 million.

01:24Las Pinas' Rep. Kamil Villar and Sen. Aimee Marcos each had ads worth P1 billion before

01:30the COC filing based on published rate cards.

01:34The amounts do not include the two candidates' spending on social media nor the cost of producing

01:38the advertisements, the maintenance of their campaign offices, and salaries of campaign

01:42staff.

01:43In the party list race, Vendor's Party List Group is the top ad spender at P12.25 million.

01:50The group's fourth nominee is Deo Balbuena, popular online as Diwata.

01:56Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office says on Friday, January 17, the cabinet

02:01will meet to approve a deal with Hamas for a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of hostages

02:06set on Sunday, January 19.

02:09This amid the concerns that the agreement may face delays.

02:12Israel had postponed the meetings originally scheduled for Thursday when the cabinet was

02:16expected to vote on the deal, blaming Hamas for the delay.

02:20The delay was due to disagreements over the identities of prisoners Hamas wanted released.

02:24However, early on Friday, Netanyahu's office says approval was imminent, with the security

02:29cabinet set to meet before the full cabinet ratifies the deal.

02:33The agreement includes a six-week ceasefire, a gradual withdrawal of Israeli forces, and

02:37the release of hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners.

02:41Meantime, Israeli airstrikes continue despite the truce announcement, with at least 86 people

02:46reportedly killed.

02:50Pope Francis injures his right forearm after a fall in his residence on Thursday, January

02:5416, but did not suffer any broken bones.

02:57Images from the Pope's meetings on Thursday morning show Francis using a simple cloth

03:01sling wrapped around his neck to hold up his right arm.

03:05The Vatican says the sling was a precautionary measure.

03:08The injury is the second in about six weeks for the Pope, who bruised his face in an earlier

03:12fall in December.

03:14The Vatican says he slipped while getting out of bed and hit his chin on his bedside

03:17table at the time.

03:19The pontiff, who has led the 1.4-billion-member Catholic Church since 2013, turned 88 in

03:24December.

03:25He often uses a cane or a wheelchair to move due to knee and back pain.

03:32Filipino weightlifting icon Heidelin Diaz achieves another milestone.

03:36The Philippine Sports Writers Association, or PSA, will honor Diaz in its Hall of Fame

03:40at the awards night in Manila Hotel on January 27.

03:44This comes nearly four years after she won the country's first-ever Olympic gold medal

03:48in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

03:51Diaz also won a silver medal in the 2016 Rio Olympics.

03:55She represented the Philippines in four consecutive Olympic Games, including the 2008 Beijing

04:00and 2012 London Olympiads.

04:03Diaz will become the youngest member of the PSA Hall of Fame at 33.

04:07She will join sports icons Manny Pacquiao, Paeng Nepomuceno, Efren Bata-Reyes, Lydia

04:12de Vega, Eugene Torre, and Bong Ku.

04:15Diaz was recognized as the country's top weightlifter with four Athlete of the Year

04:19awards.

04:22Tony award-winning actress Lea Salonga is taking on the iconic role of The Witch in

04:26theater group Asia's production of Stephen Sondheim's Into the Woods.

04:30This will be her first musical in the Philippines in six years.

04:34Award-winning TGA founding collaborator Clint Ramos shares he is thrilled and honored to

04:38have Lea lead the stellar ensemble.

04:40Salonga played The Witch before when she was 23, calling this second opportunity an

04:45incredible one.

04:46Salonga's last Philippine musical was Sweeney Todd in 2019, directed by the late theater

04:51legend Bobby Garcia.

04:53Into the Woods will run at the Samsung Performing Arts Theater in Makati City in August.

04:59And that's today's wrap.

05:00I'm JC Gotinga.

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