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Here are today’s headlines – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:   - Marcos’ 2025 Senate bets kick off polls with show of force in bailiwick - Kiko, Bam return to Cavite with Robredo: What has changed? - Comelec starts crackdown on illegal campaign materials - Trump signs executive order on plastic drinking straws - Nic Chien joins mom Lea Salonga in ‘Into the Woods’ cast  https://www.rappler.com/video/daily-wrap/february-11-2025/

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00:00Today on Rappler

00:12The President's Senate bets kick off their campaign in Marcos' bailiwick.

00:16Pink candidates lean on Lenny Robredo's appeal to regain Senate seats.

00:21The Commission on Elections kicks off Oplan Baklas as the campaign period starts.

00:25U.S. President Donald Trump signs an executive order urging consumers to buy plastic straws.

00:31And Lea Salonga's son, Nick Chen, joins the Into the Woods cast.

00:37President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s new role as chief campaigner of his anointed candidates

00:41kicks off in his political bailiwick.

00:43The start of the 90-day campaign period for national candidates in the 2025 elections

00:47begins Tuesday, February 11.

00:50The Alianza para sa Bagong Pilipinas holds its opening salvo at the Centennial Arena

00:54in Lawag, Ilocos Norte.

00:56Ilocos Norte is neither strategic nor vote-rich, but it is the base of the powerful Marcos

01:01clan's political power.

01:02Marcos' traditional bailiwick extends beyond Ilocos Norte and into nearby provinces, often

01:07collectively called as the Solid North.

01:10The coalition says Marcos will be making the case for continuity and stability under his

01:14leadership.

01:16Of the 12 Senate bets, 10 were among the winnable 14 in the last PulseAsia's Senatorial Preference

01:21Survey.

01:22Erwin Tulfo, a brother of Senator Rafi Tulfo, has consistently topped pre-election polling.

01:29Pink candidates Kiko Pangilinan and Bam Aquino return to Cavite Tuesday, February 11 to officially

01:34set in motion their campaign to regain Senate seats.

01:38The two held their kickoff rally in Dasmariñas, the city with the most number of voters in

01:42the province.

01:43Cavite has a voting population of almost 2.5 million.

01:47In 2022, they helped draw one of the biggest rallies for then-presidential candidate Leni

01:51Robredo in General Trias and Dasmariñas.

01:54Pangilinan and Aquino are banking on the Leni magic, the, quote, pink wave that delivered

01:5815 million votes for former Vice President Leni Robredo in 2022.

02:02Aquino presents the Kiko-Bam tandem as an alternative to the two dominant camps, the

02:07Marcos and Duterte factions.

02:14Pangilinan, meantime, urges his supporters to focus on gating votes over engaging in

02:21world wars with rival camps.

02:34Pangilinan and Aquino are outside the winning circle in the latest Pulse Asia survey.

02:39The 2025 midterm elections will be crucial for the opposition, with Senator Risa Ontiveros

02:43currently the only dissenting voice in the Senate.

02:48The Commission on Elections, or COMELEC, starts the crackdown on illegal campaign materials

02:52as the campaign period for Senate candidates and party-list groups begin on Tuesday, February 11.

02:57The COMELEC kicks off its Oplan Baklas at 4 a.m., directing the police and military

03:02personnel to remove campaign materials, but also instructed them not to touch materials

03:06on private property.

03:10Oplan Baklas became controversial in previous elections for removing campaign materials

03:22from private structures.

03:24Under COMELEC Resolution 11086, printed election materials are subject to size restrictions,

03:29must be displayed in designated poster areas, and should be made from biodegradable materials.

03:34Violating candidates are given three days to remove their materials or face penalties,

03:39including possible disqualification or imprisonment for up to six years.

03:45President Donald Trump signs an executive order encouraging the U.S. government and

03:48consumers to buy plastic drinking straws.

03:51The move pushes back efforts by former President Joe Biden to phase out single-use plastics.

03:57The executive order is part of Trump's wider campaign to undermine environmental commitments,

04:02including one of his first actions, which was to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris Climate Agreement.

04:06Meantime, Trump says Hamas should release all hostages by midday Saturday, February 15,

04:11or he will propose the cancellation of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire and, quote,

04:15let hell break out.

04:17He expresses frustration with the condition of the recently freed hostages and the group's

04:21decision to halt further releases.

04:23Trump also says he could reach an agreement with Jordan and Egypt to host the displaced

04:27Palestinians, noting that the U.S. provides both countries with, quote,

04:31billions and billions of dollars a year.

04:33He says he might withhold aid to Jordan and Egypt if they don't accept Palestinian refugees

04:37displaced from Gaza.

04:41Theater group Asia, or TGA, announces on Monday, February 10, Lea Salonga's child Nick Chen

04:46is the latest actor to join the cast of the musical Into the Woods.

04:50He will be playing Jack in the musical, alongside comedian Eugene Domingo, who will be playing

04:54Jack's mother.

04:55Chen had played Alice in the 2017 run of Matilda by the Atlantis Theatrical Entertainment Group.

05:00Meantime, real-life couple Noe Volante and Mickey Bradshaw Volante will portray the baker

05:05and the baker's wife, respectively.

05:07Ariel Jacobs will play Cinderella, while Joaquin Pedro Valdez has been cast as both Prince

05:11Charming and The Wolf.

05:13Into the Woods will be performed at the Samsung Performing Arts Theater in Makati City this

05:17August.

05:18And that's today's wrap.

05:21I'm Kara Oliver, thank you for watching.

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