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Here are today’s headlines – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:   - Pope Francis, battling pneumonia, shows ‘slight improvement’ - Quiboloy’s video message was aired from jail without permission - Another Marcos comms team change: Chavez resigns, Ruiz to take over - Trump tells ‘dictator’ Zelenskyy to move fast or lose Ukraine  - BINI tops local artists in The Official Philippines Chart  https://www.rappler.com/video/daily-wrap/february-20-2025/

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00:00Today on Rappler

00:13Pope Francis, who's battling double pneumonia, shows slight improvement.

00:18Jailed preacher Apollo Kibuloy's video message was shown to his supporters without court

00:22approval.

00:23Former reporter Jay Ruiz replaces Cesar Chavez as acting secretary of the Presidential Communications

00:28Office.

00:29U.S. President Donald Trump calls Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky a dictator.

00:36And P-Pop girl group Beanie bags the Top Local Artist of the Year award.

00:43The Vatican says on Wednesday, February 19, Pope Francis, who's battling double pneumonia

00:47in the hospital, is in stable condition and showed slight improvement based on blood test

00:52results.

00:53The Pope is receiving treatment at Rome's Gemelli Hospital, where he was admitted on

00:57February 14, after experiencing breathing difficulties for several days.

01:02Meantime, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni visited the Pope in the hospital and said

01:07he is alert and cheerful.

01:09Meloni says, quote, I am very happy to have found him alert and responsive.

01:14We joke, as always.

01:15He hasn't lost his proverbial sense of humor.

01:18Meloni is the first known hospital visitor of the Pope.

01:22A Vatican official speaking anonymously says the Pope was not on a ventilator and was breathing

01:26on his own.

01:28The official also says the Pope had been able to get out of bed, sit in an armchair, and

01:32continue with some work.

01:37A video message from alleged human trafficker and senatorial candidate Apollo Kibuloy is

01:41played during a gathering of his Kingdom of Jesus Christ supporters without court approval.

01:46Pasig City Court Presiding Judge Reynelda Estacio Montesa issues a show-cause order

01:51against Kibuloy and his lawyer, Israelito Torreon.

01:55Montesa says the court learned that Kibuloy's video was aired during a February 9 KOJC gathering

02:00and posted on SMNI's Facebook page the next day.

02:04Human rights groups samahan ng mga ex-detainees laban sa detensyon at Arresto had questioned

02:08the airing of Kibuloy's recorded video during his campaign launch at the Inares Sports Arena

02:12in Pasig City on February 11.

02:15Zelda says the incident smacks of VIP treatment and double standard.

02:20During a press conference on February 18, Torreon responded to Zelda's comment, claiming

02:24his camp had secured a court order.

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02:52Cesar Chavez announces early Thursday, February 20, his resignation as acting secretary of

02:57the Presidential Communications Office.

03:00Chavez also says that former ABS-CBN news reporter Jay Ruiz will replace him.

03:06He says, quote, I spoke to Jay Ruiz already.

03:08I informed him that I will introduce him to the PCO Mancom on Monday, February 24 so he

03:13can begin a week-long transition so that by March 1, it's already a plug-and-play for

03:17him as the new PCO secretary.

03:20Chavez expresses his gratitude towards the president for the opportunity to serve and

03:24also reflected on his one regret, saying that he had fallen short of what was expected of

03:28him.

03:29Chavez is the third communications chief under President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. since he assumed

03:34the presidency in June 2022.

03:37The PCO is responsible for crafting the communications and messaging of the office of the president.

03:44U.S. President Donald Trump criticizes Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, calling him

03:49a dictator on Wednesday, February 19.

03:52Trump warned Zelensky he must act quickly to secure peace or risk losing his country.

03:57Trump's attack following his claim that Ukraine was to blame for Russia's 2022 invasion raises

04:02concerns among U.S. allies in Europe that Trump's stance could benefit Moscow.

04:08Trump's outburst came after Zelensky said the U.S. president lives in a disinformation

04:12bubble when he said that Ukraine should never have started the war.

04:16The Ukraine war started with Russia's full-scale invasion three years ago.

04:20U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance warns Zelensky against badmouthing Trump.

04:25Meantime, in Ukraine, dismay and defiance meet the comments from Washington, which until

04:29now was Kiev's most important ally.

04:34P-pop girl group BINI bags the top local artist of the year honor at the launch of the official

04:38Philippines chart on Wednesday, February 19 at the clubhouse BGC at The Palace.

04:45The event, supported by the Philippine Recorded Music Rights Incorporated and the International

04:49Federation of the Phonographic Industry, recognizes BINI's impact in 2024, which established

04:55the girl group as a formidable force in pop culture.

04:58BINI's leader, Joanna, shares the group's pride in the expanding OPM scene as they stood

05:03alongside other prominent figures in the music industry at the glamorous event.

05:07Meantime, Taylor Swift has been named the Global Recording Artist of the Year for 2024

05:12by the International Federation of Phonographic Industry, marking her fifth win of the honor.

05:17Her album, The Tortured Poets Department, also tops four IFPI categories—Global Album,

05:23Global Vinyl Album, Global Streaming Album, and Global Album Sales.

05:30And that's today's wrap.

05:31I'm JC Gotinga.

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