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Here are today’s headlines – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:   - Rodrigo Duterte’s first appearance at the ICC  - Duterte's arrest was 'by the book,' within ICC's liberal rules — experts  - SAF Policewoman hospitalized after  a phone hit from Duterte’s partner  - Bong Go ties Tulfo for top spot in Senate survey held before Duterte's arrest  - US judges order Trump administration to reinstate thousands of fired workers  - Agency admits Kim Soo-hyun dated late actress Kim Sae-ron but not during her minor years   https://www.rappler.com/video/daily-wrap/march-14-2025/

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00:00Today on Rappler.

00:13Former President Rodrigo Duterte undergoes initial proceeding at the International Criminal

00:17Court.

00:18A former ICC judge says Duterte's arrest followed the International Criminal Court's

00:23rules and procedures.

00:25A policewoman was taken to the hospital after the partner of former President Rodrigo Duterte

00:29hit a lady cop with her cell phone.

00:32Re-electionist Senator Bongo ties with Erwin Tulfo for the top spot in a recent Senate

00:37survey.

00:38U.S. federal judges ordered Trump's administration to reinstate probationary federal workers.

00:44And Kim Soo-hyun's agency admits the actor dated late actress Kim Se-ron, but denies

00:49the relationship started when she was a minor.

00:54Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte goes through an initial proceeding at the

00:58International Criminal Court, where he appears for the first time Friday evening, March 14,

01:03Manila time.

01:04The court reads the charges against Duterte.

01:07On 7 March 2025, pre-trial Chamber One concluded that there were reasonable grounds to believe

01:16that Mr. Duterte is criminally responsible pursuant to Article 25-3A of the Rome Statute

01:26as an alleged indirect co-perpetrator for the crime against humanity.

01:32His former executive secretary, Salvador Medialdea, acted as his lawyer.

01:36Two days ago, the whole world has witnessed the degrading fashion in which a former president

01:44of a sovereign country was bundled into a private aircraft and summarily transported

01:51to The Hague.

01:52It was a pure and simple kidnapping.

01:56My client was denied all access to the legal recourse, and this all in the nature of political

02:04scores settling.

02:06Meantime, the ICC had to clarify on Thursday, March 13, Duterte is in fact in their detention

02:12center after his lawyer claimed he was not there.

02:15Salvador Medialdea said in an interview outside the detention center, quote,

02:19We are told that there is no President Duterte at this facility.

02:22We are at a loss at this time.

02:24ICC spokesperson Fadi El Abdala says Duterte is under ICC custody at the ICC detention

02:31center in Scheveningen.

02:32He was admitted today following all medical checks.

02:35The Philippine Embassy in the Netherlands says Duterte informed Philippine officials

02:39in a call that he has received medical care and is generally fine.

02:45The swift arrest of former President Rodrigo Duterte followed normal local procedures and

02:50even complied with the liberal rules of a special tribunal like the International Criminal

02:54Court.

02:55Retired ICC Judge Raul Pangalangan, the first and only Filipino to serve on the ICC bench,

03:01says the ICC is practical and liberal with procedures to ensure the arrest moves forward.

03:06Meantime, the Philippine National Police disputes the Duterte family's claims.

03:10Authorities were hostile and unruly during former President Rodrigo Duterte's arrest.

03:16During a Malacanang briefing, Police Major General Nicolás Torre III says it was actually

03:20Duterte and his family he resorted to physical attacks during the arrest on Tuesday, March

03:2511.

03:26PNP spokesperson, Police Brigadier General John Fajardo says the arresting officers were

03:54also verbally attacked, but they observe maximum tolerance.

03:58At one point, Avancena also hit a female officer with her phone.

04:02In a separate interview, Interior Secretary John Vikramulla told Rappler they understood

04:07where the family was coming from.

04:09She was screaming at General Torre and General Torre was a gentleman about it.

04:14She was not threatened in any way.

04:18She was not bodily pushed or bodily touched in any way to make her stop.

04:26We let her express herself.

04:28We let her message come out on the media.

04:30We did not censor anything.

04:33We totally understood where she was coming from.

04:38A Special Action Force policewoman was taken to the hospital after Hanilet Avancena, the

04:43partner of former President Rodrigo Duterte, hit a lady cop with her cell phone Tuesday,

04:48March 11 at the Villamor Air Base.

04:51The Philippine National Police, on Thursday, March 13, released a video of the incident

04:55which happened when Duterte was being made to board a plane to The Hague.

04:59In a video, Avancena and her daughter Veronica Duterte, also known as Kitty, can be seen

05:04surrounded by SAF.

05:06The PNP spokesperson, John Fajardo, says the police were asking Avancena and Kitty to move

05:11to the side to facilitate Duterte's ascent to the plane.

05:14In the process, Kitty was separated from her mother and Avancena shouted,

05:19Ibalik nyo ang anak ko.

05:20Return my daughter.

05:22At this point, she slammed her cell phone at one of the SAF.

05:25The officer, who was hurt, suffered a bump and swelling on the head.

05:29Fajardo said the SAF was looking into filing a case of direct assault versus Avancena.

05:34But the Inquirer reports, the policewoman has decided not to pursue the case.

05:41Longtime Duterte aide and re-electionist Senator Bongo gained nearly eight percentage

05:45points, tying for the top spot in the latest senatorial preference survey by Pulse Asia

05:50Research Incorporated.

05:52The February 2025 survey, released on Tuesday, March 13, shows Goh tying with ACT-CIS representative

05:59Erwin Tulfo for the top position in the 2025 Senate race if elections were held during

06:04the survey period.

06:05In the January 2025 Pulse Asia survey, Goh ranked second, over 12 percentage points behind

06:11Tulfo.

06:12Meantime, Tulfo saw a six-point decrease in his rating.

06:21The survey was conducted weeks before the arrest of former President Rodrigo Duterte

06:25and the Marcos administration's decision to hand him over to the International Criminal

06:29Court.

06:32Federal judges in California and Maryland order the Trump administration to reinstate

06:36thousands of probationary federal workers who were fired during mass layoffs at 19 agencies.

06:43U.S. District Judge James Brodar in Baltimore agrees with 20 Democratic-led states, ruling

06:48that 18 agencies violated regulations by firing probationary employees.

06:53The restraining order applies to agencies like the Environmental Protection Agency,

06:58the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and the U.S. Agency for International Development,

07:03which have been targeted for deregulation and cost-cutting by the Trump administration.

07:08Other agencies include the U.S. Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Education, Energy,

07:13Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, Housing and Urban Development, Interior, Labor,

07:19Transportation, Treasury, and Veterans Affairs.

07:22Government agencies now face a Thursday deadline to submit plans for a second round of layoffs

07:26and budget cuts.

07:28These rulings are a major setback for Trump and top advisor billionaire Elon Musk's plan

07:33to reduce the federal bureaucracy.

07:35Trump and Musk, the architect of the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, are pushing

07:40to reduce the federal workforce, which had about 2.3 million workers when Trump took

07:45office in January.

07:48The agency of Korean star Kim Soo-hyun admits the actor dated late actress Kim Sae-ron,

07:54but refutes claims the relationship started when she was a minor.

07:57Entertainment company Gold Medalist confirms the relationship Friday, March 14.

08:02This contradicts its earlier statement that the two were never together.

08:05The agency releases the statement after Soo-hyun reportedly showed signs of severe psychological

08:10instability.

08:11Soo-hyun lost over 500,000 followers on Instagram and reportedly faces brand endorsement penalties

08:17of up to 20 billion won, or nearly $14 million.

08:22This since YouTube channel HoverLab released a video on March 10 claiming that the now

08:2637-year-old began dating Sae-ron when she was just 15.

08:30The video included a photo allegedly taken in 2016 showing Soo-hyun kissing Sae-ron,

08:35who was born in 2000.

08:37Gold Medalist clarifies the outfit worn by Sae-ron in one of the photos posted by HoverLab

08:42was only made available in the market in 2019, while another photo was taken on Christmas

08:47Eve 2019 based on the metadata.

08:50Gold Medalist also denies allegations that Soo-hyun ignored Sae-ron when she reached

08:54out to him in March 2024 for help to settle her debt following her drunk driving incident

08:59in 2022.

09:01The agency says Soo-hyun brought the matter to Gold Medalist, which shouldered the remaining

09:05700 million won of the debt.

09:07The agency also blasts HoverLab for implying Soo-hyun was the reason Sae-ron took her own

09:12life.

09:13Sae-ron was found dead after an apparent suicide on February 16, which fans noticed coincided

09:19with Soo-hyun's birthday.

09:20And that's today's Wrap.

09:23I'm Giselle Barrientos, thank you for watching.

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