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00:00Today on Rappler

00:13The senatorial slates, backed by Marcos and Duterte, heat up the campaign trail with simultaneous

00:18sorties.

00:19The House Quad Committee clears product-suspended officials of wrongdoing in connection with

00:23illegal POGO operations.

00:26Secretary Dr. Willie Ong withdraws his senatorial bid due to health concerns.

00:31President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. appoints Vince Dizon as the new Transportation Secretary.

00:37And a Pasay court dismisses Sandro Mulak's complaints of acts of lasciviousness against

00:42GMA contractors whom he has also accused of rape.

00:48Candidates heat up the Senate race with simultaneous sorties Thursday, February 13.

00:53Candidates of the Duterte-allied PDP-LABAN kick off their campaign at Club Filipino in

00:57San Juan City.

00:59Former President Rodrigo Duterte attends the event, solidifying his support for his

01:03chosen candidates.

01:07Meantime, the administration-backed senatorial slate holds its proclamation rally in Iloilo

01:15City with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. taking the role as chief campaigner.

01:20All 12 candidates are present in the event.

01:27Candidates running for national posts officially started campaigning last February 11 for 90

01:32days until Election Day on May 12.

01:37The House Quad Committee clears the suspended officials of Borak Pampanga of wrongdoing

01:41in connection with illegal offshore gaming operations or POGO.

01:45The following officials are cleared, including the mayor, vice mayor, and four councillors.

01:54Quad Committee Chair Ace Barbers said the committee finds no connection between the

01:58officials and POGOs, including the scam hub LuckySouth99.

02:03But Barbers tells Rappler this shouldn't prevent the police or the National Bureau of Investigation

02:07from conducting their own investigations.

02:10This comes as local politicians gear up for the start of their election campaign period

02:14in March.

02:15Borak Mayor Jaime Capil is seeking a third term while his daughter Tricia Angeli is running

02:20for vice mayor.

02:22Capil and the other politicians proved by the House remain suspended.

02:27He says he has yet to meet with his lawyers about getting his suspension lifted.

02:34Celebrity doctor Willie Ong withdraws from the 2025 senatorial race due to health concerns.

02:40In a social media post on Thursday, February 13, Ong says, quote, I'm officially withdrawing

02:45my candidacy for the 2025 elections so I can focus more on taking care of my health.

02:51He thanks his supporters and promises to continue his health advocacy in a private capacity.

02:56Ong disclosed in September 2024 that he was diagnosed with sarcoma, a rare cancer affecting

03:02the bones and soft tissues.

03:04He underwent treatment and in December, announced he was cancer-free.

03:08Ong's wife, Dr. Lisa Ong, filed his certificate of candidacy while he was undergoing treatment

03:13in Singapore.

03:14Ong ranked between 19th and 21st in the January 2025 Pulse Asia survey.

03:21Aside from Ong, Congressman Wilbert Lee and former Ilocos Sur Governor Chavit Singson

03:26also pulled out of the Senate race.

03:30President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Thursday, February 13, appoints Vivian Chauvin's Dizon

03:35as the new Transportation Secretary starting February 21.

03:40Dizon will replace Jaime Bautista, who was brought out of retirement in 2022, to lead

03:45the Department of Transportation.

03:47Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin says the office of the president has already authorized

03:51Dizon to begin the handover from Bautista's team.

03:55Dizon will oversee major infrastructure projects, including the Metro Manila subway project

04:00and the North-South Commuter Railway System.

04:03He served as the COVID-19 testing czar during the Duterte administration.

04:07Meantime, Bautista says he stepped down upon his family's request due to exhaustion and

04:13health concerns.

04:16A Pasay court dismisses actor Sandro Mulac's complaints of acts of lasciviousness against

04:21GMA-independent contractors he accused of rape.

04:25The court granted the petition from the accused, Jojo Nones and Richard Cruz, to quash the

04:30case saying it was, quote, overkill.

04:33That's because both suspects have already been charged with rape, stemming from the

04:36same incident.

04:38In a statement, Senator Jingo Estrada says the dismissal of the acts of lasciviousness

04:41case was due to a mere technicality and doesn't diminish the seriousness of the rape charge.

04:47The Justice Department filed both the rape and acts of lasciviousness charges against

04:51Nones and Cruz in October.

04:53The DOJ said there was enough evidence to pursue charges of rape through sexual assault,

04:58as actor Sandro Mulac provided a detailed account of Nones and Cruz's alleged actions.

05:03Mulac filed the complaints in August 2024 after going public with his allegations the

05:09previous month.

05:13And that's today's wrap.

05:14I'm Kara Oliver, thank you for watching.

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