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Here are today’s headlines – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:   - SolGen opts out of defending Marcos in Duterte petition vs ICC arrest - Senator Imee wants probe into Marcos admin’s arrest, ICC turnover of Duterte   - If ICC arrest warrant comes for Bato, Malacañang will serve it - Rights group files lawsuit to block Trump deportations of pro-Palestinian protesters - ‘He did not love me’: Kris Aquino says doctor she was dating broke up with her  https://www.rappler.com/video/daily-wrap/march-17-2025/

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00:00Today on Rappler

00:15Solicitor General Menardo Guevara opts out of defending the Marcos administration in

00:19the Supreme Court petition filed by former President Rodrigo Duterte.

00:23Presidential sister and Senator Aimee Marcos calls for a probe into the arrest and turnover

00:27of Duterte to the ICC.

00:29Malacanang says it will serve the warrant if the ICC issues one for Bato Dela Rosa.

00:34A rights group files a lawsuit blocking President Donald Trump's deportation of pro-Palestinian

00:39protesters.

00:40And, Chris Aquino says she and the doctor she was dating have broken up.

00:45Solicitor General Menardo Guevara opts out of defending the Marcos administration in

00:50the petition filed by former President Rodrigo Duterte with the Supreme Court, questioning

00:54the legality of his arrest and transfer to the International Criminal Court.

00:58Guevara's position as the Solicitor General makes him the de facto lawyer for cases filed

01:03against the government.

01:04In a message, Guevara confirms to Rappler that he filed a manifestation to recuse.

01:09The manifestation says the office of the Solicitor General cannot defend the administration because

01:14it has always taken the position that the ICC had lost jurisdiction.

01:18This concerns the first petition filed by Duterte, a last-minute relief that sought

01:22to stop the government from sending him to the Hague.

01:25The Supreme Court has already denied any immediate relief, but the case continues in its entirety

01:30and merits.

01:31It is not clear whether the Justice Department will step in in place of Guevara.

01:37Presidential sister and senator Aimee Marcos calls for a probe into the arrest of former

01:41President Rodrigo Duterte.

01:43This, after Marcos skipped out on the administration coalition's campaign sortie in Leyte in protest

01:49over Duterte's arrest.

01:51Marcos says it is, quote,

01:52"...imperative to establish whether due process was followed and to ensure that his legal

01:56rights were protected amid international scrutiny."

01:59The International Criminal Police Organization, or INTERPOL, arrested Duterte on March 11

02:04with the cooperation of the Philippine government.

02:07His arrest was a result of years of hard work by the families of Duterte's drug war victims

02:11who painstakingly documented and retold their stories.

02:15On Monday, March 17, Malacanang said it would cooperate with the Senate probe.

02:21When asked if the Philippines would follow the same process if another warrant was issued

02:25for Bato Dela Rosa, Palace Communication Undersecretary Claire Castro says in a press briefing that

02:31warrants can't be selective.

02:33Dela Rosa is the next likely subject of an arrest warrant from the ICC.

02:52Dela Rosa calls the palace's reasoning bullshit and pointed out that INTERPOL cooperation

02:57is ultimately up to the current government.

03:00Senator Bato Dela Rosa has recently shifted from confidently saying he was ready to join

03:04Rodrigo Duterte at the International Criminal Court to hoping Senate President Chiz Escudero

03:09would protect him if an arrest warrant is issued.

03:13Dela Rosa was the former police chief and the architect of the war on drugs campaign

03:17during the presidency of Duterte.

03:19Meantime, Duterte's former spokesperson, Harry Roche, says he will apply for asylum

03:24in the Netherlands where the former president is detained.

03:27He also claims that while his asylum application is still pending, he cannot be deported nor

03:31prosecuted for illegal entry.

03:36An American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee files a lawsuit claiming the Trump administration's

03:41deportation of international students and scholars who support Palestinian rights are

03:45unconstitutional.

03:47The lawsuit, filed on March 15 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of

03:51New York, seeks a temporary restraining order to block two executive orders signed by President

03:56Donald Trump early in his term.

03:58This after the arrest of a Columbia University student, Mahmoud Khalil, a 30-year-old permanent

04:03U.S. resident of Palestinian descent, whose arrest sparked protests this month.

04:08Justice Department lawyers say the U.S. government wants Khalil removed because Secretary of

04:12State Marco Rubio believes his activities or presence could harm U.S. foreign policy.

04:17On Friday, Rubio adds that the U.S. may revoke visas for more students soon.

04:22Trump vows to deport activists who participated in protests at U.S. college campuses against

04:26Israel's war in Gaza.

04:30Chris Aquino, on Sunday, March 16, shares on Instagram the painful truth that the doctor

04:35she was dating ended their relationship.

04:37Aquino says the doctor could no longer handle taking care of her and wanted the freedom

04:41to travel.

04:42The queen of all media also says she realized he did not love her.

04:46The doctor allegedly told Aquino that he left her because she was hard to love and that

04:50everything around him felt tight.

04:53The actress also reveals he would speak ill of her best friends and the doctors who have

04:57been helping her with her condition.

04:59In June 2024, Aquino introduced her new partner in an interview with OG Diaz.

05:04She did not reveal his identity but mentioned that being a doctor, he understood what she

05:08was going through medically.

05:10In the same post, she gives an update on her health with photos of her younger son Bimby

05:14carrying her, saying her weight had dropped to 36 kilograms and she could no longer walk.

05:21And that's today's wrap.

05:22I'm Cara Oliver.

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