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Here are today’s headlines – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:   - It’s a tight race to the ‘Magic 12’ in January 2025 Senate race survey - Bato dela Rosa under fire for insulting Akbayan’s Cendaña - Philippines’ Dia Maté wins Reina Hispanoamericana 2025 - At the top again: EJ Obiena claims 1st gold of 2025 in France - Kendrick Lamar delivers ‘Not Like Us’ on the Super Bowl stage  https://www.rappler.com/video/daily-wrap/february-10-2025/

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00:00Pulse Asia sees a tight race for the Senate Magic 12.

00:17Re-electionist Senator Bato De La Rosa is under fire for insulting Acabayan Representative

00:22Percy Sandanas' appearance.

00:24Philippines' Beth Dia Mate is crowned Reina Hispanoamericana 2025.

00:29And the Poll Vault star EJ Obiena wins his first gold medal for 2025.

00:33And rapper Kendrick Lamar performs Grammy-winning song Not Like Us on the Super Bowl stage.

00:41At least 14 out of 66 Senate candidates have a statistical chance of winning a seat in

00:45the 2025 polls.

00:47The latest preference survey by pollster Pulse Asia shows Axis Representative Erwin Tulfo

00:52is the top Senate bet of Filipinos as of January 2025 at 62.8% voter preference.

01:00Senator Bong Go is at second while former Senator Tito Soto follows at third place.

01:05Erwin's brother Ben places fourth, followed closely by Pia Cayetano and Bong Revillia

01:09at fifth and sixth.

01:11But it's the bottom eight where things get even tighter, with only a percentage point

01:15or less difference.

01:17The President's sister, Senator Aimee Marcos, was the biggest gainer in the January 2025

01:22poll, going up 5.8 percentage points from November 2024.

01:26Top-ranked Go, Soto, and Ben Tulfo saw their numbers drop from November 2024 to January

01:322025, even as they retained their ranks.

01:35Manny Pacquiao saw both of his percentage points and ranks slip from 5 to 9 in November

01:392024 to 7 to 14 in January 2025.

01:43Former Senators Kiko Pangilinan, Bam Aquino, and Gringo Honasan, as well as former Interior

01:48Chief Benjur Abalos, ranked just outside the list of probable winners.

01:55Re-electionist Senator Bato De La Rosa is under fire for insulting Akbayan Rep. Percy

01:59Zendaya.

02:00This after Zendaya criticized Vice President Sara Duterte's statement that getting dumped

02:05by a significant other is worse than getting impeached.

02:08In the comments section of an Enquirer.net Facebook post on Friday, February 7, De La

02:13Rosa ridiculed Zendaya's appearance, saying he will slap the other side of his crooked

02:17face to balance it out.

02:19In a separate post, Zendaya explained his face is that way because he is a stroke survivor.

02:24Health and medical advocates demand an immediate and unequivocal public apology to Zendaya

02:28and the disability community.

02:30They also demand that De La Rosa be reprimanded by the Senate.

02:33On Sunday, February 9, De La Rosa apologized to Zendaya, saying he was carried away by

02:38his emotion and failed to, quote, see the big picture.

02:44The Philippines' Dia Maté is crowned Reina Hispanoamericana 2025 during the Coronation

02:49Night in Bolivia on Monday, February 10.

02:52She was crowned by the reigning 2024 titleholder Marcielo Gamara of Peru.

02:56Maté made a strong start in her reign, previously winning the Best National Costume Award.

03:01The Filipina beauty triumphed over more than 20 contestants.

03:05Maté's win comes eight years after Winwin Marquez claimed the title in 2017.

03:10In 2023, Michelle Arceo placed second runner-up.

03:13Maté was named the Philippines' representative for the Reina Hispanoamericana 2025 pageant

03:18during the Miss World Philippines 2024 Coronation Night in July 2024.

03:23Reina Hispanoamericana is an annual pageant established in 1991 showcasing beauty queens

03:29from countries with Hispanic influence.

03:33Filipino pole vault star EJ Obiena captures his first gold for 2025 at a meeting met Smozelle

03:38Athluller in France on Saturday, February 8.

03:41He bested eight competitors after clearing 5.70 meters in a single try.

03:46He also cleared 5.50 meters in a single attempt but committed three fouls at 5.85 meters with

03:52the gold already in the bag.

03:54It is the first golden finish for Obiena since he reigned supreme in the Memorial Czesława

03:58Cybilskiego in Poland in June.

04:00Obiena earlier bagged silver in January in the International Springer Meeting Cotobus

04:04in Germany.

04:05It was also his first event in five months after a spine injury cut his 2024 season short.

04:11The Netherlands men-of-flown also cleared 5.70 meters in a single attempt but bagged

04:16silver instead after needing three tries to get past 5.60 meters.

04:21Tokyo Olympic silver medalist Chris Nielsen of the USA clinched bronze with 5.60 meters.

04:27From France, Obiena flies to Germany to compete in the ISTAF Indoor on Sunday, February 9

04:32to defend his crown.

04:36Rapper Kendrick Lamar entertains a packed stadium crowd and Super Bowl audiences on

04:40Sunday, teasing, then performing his Grammy-winning diss track, Not Like Us.

04:45The song released last year references Canadian rap star Drake as an alleged sex offender,

04:50with lyrics like,

04:51Drake, I heard you like him young, along with lyrics about a pedophile and a predator.

04:56Lamar performs Quabble Up, DNA, and other hits before telling a group of dancers,

05:00quote,

05:01I want to perform their favorite song.

05:03But you know, they want to sue.

05:05At one point, he replaced the word pedophiles with a scream, but kept the line about seeking,

05:10a minor, which the crowd sang along to.

05:13After playing a few beats of Not Like Us, Lamar shifts to a duet of Luther with R&B

05:17singer SZA.

05:19The rap song is the latest in an ongoing feud between Lamar and Drake.

05:23Drake filed a defamation lawsuit against Universal Music Group, saying the song's false accusation

05:28has put him and his family in danger.

05:32And that's today's rap.

05:33I'm Kara Oliver.

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