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Here are today's headlines – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:  - Whistleblower files admin complaint vs police tagged in sabungeros case - Teodoro confirms once holding Malta passport; says renounced before 2022 Senate run  - Campus journalist’s murder in Tagum sparks outrage, scrutiny of youth justice law - Israel-based Filipina caregiver dies a month after Iran missile attack  - Rustan’s executive Paolo Tantoco died of cocaine use, says LA medical examiner  https://www.rappler.com/video/daily-wrap/july-14-2025/

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00:00Today on Rappler

00:08Julie Dondon Patidongan and the families of the missing Sabongeros file an administrative

00:18complaint against 10 policemen allegedly involved in the case.

00:22Defense Secretary Gibochidoro confirms he once held a Maltese passport.

00:26The murder of campus journalist Sofia Coquilla sparks public outrage.

00:30An Israel-based Filipina caregiver dies a month after sustaining injuries from an Iran missile attack.

00:35And a Los Angeles medical examiner confirms Ristan's executive Paulo Tantoco died from cocaine use.

00:44Julie alias Dondon Patidongan named over 10 police officials and personnel.

00:48He alleges to be involved in the abductions of the missing Sabongeros or cockfight enthusiasts.

00:52Patidongan and the families of the missing Sabongeros filed an administrative complaint

00:57with the National Police Commission on Monday, July 14, against the following policemen.

01:02Patidongan claims the police were paid to kill the Sabongeros and bring their remains to Taal Lake in Batangas.

01:07The complaint is administrative in nature, which means the penalty could either be suspension

01:11or removal from police service, depending on the NAPOCOM's ruling.

01:15Patidongan is accused of kidnapping and serious illegal detention of six Sabongeros from Rizal in 2022.

01:20He earlier tagged his former boss, Atong Ang, as the alleged mastermind in the case.

01:26In response, Ang filed multiple criminal complaints, including slander, against Patidongan.

01:32Defense Secretary Gibbo Chudoro confirms he once held Maltese citizenship and a Maltese passport,

01:38but says it was renounced before he filed for Senate candidacy in 2021.

01:42Defense Assistant Secretary Arsenio Andolong says on Monday, July 14,

01:46that Chudoro disclosed the information to the Bureau of Immigration and the Committee on Appointments

01:51prior to the 2022 elections and his appointment as Defense Chief.

01:55The Manila Times first reported that Chudoro had a valid Maltese passport from 2016 to 2026,

02:01but did not state whether his citizenship had already been renounced.

02:05Legal experts whom Rappler spoke with said if Chudoro had in fact renounced the Maltese citizenship,

02:10then the issue would be moot.

02:11Chudoro was appointed Defense Chief in July 2023, just as the appointment man for losing 2022 candidates lapsed.

02:18As Defense Chief, Chudoro has executive supervision over several agencies,

02:23including the Armed Forces of the Philippines.

02:27Campus journalist Sofia Marie Coquilla was found dead,

02:30brutally stabbed 38 times in her home in Tagum City, Davao del Norte.

02:34Police reports say the 19-year-old freshman at the University of the Philippines de Liman

02:38was found dead on the morning of July 9, lying in a pool of blood in her bedroom.

02:43Police are investigating robbery as a motive, but the brutal nature of the crime raises more questions.

02:48Since July 10, authorities have arrested four suspects, most of them minors.

02:52The latest was caught in Davao City with an unlicensed gun and some of the victim's belongings.

02:58Tagum Police say a 17-year-old suspect told investigators he and the group's leader

03:02took turns stabbing Coquilla after she woke up and saw them.

03:05Under the Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act, children aged 15 and below cannot be held criminally responsible

03:11and are placed in intervention programs.

03:14The law faced criticism over the decades, especially after high-profile crimes involving minors.

03:21An Israel-based Filipina caregiver, Lea Mosquera, died nearly a month after sustaining severe injuries

03:27when an Iranian missile hit her apartment in Rehovot.

03:30The Philippine embassy in Israel said the 49-year-old from Negros Occidental passed away on Sunday, July 13.

03:36Mosquera had several surgeries and spent weeks in the hospital's intensive care unit.

03:41The embassy says, quote,

03:42The Department of Foreign Affairs has raised the alert level to three in both Israel and Iran,

03:55allowing the voluntary repatriation of Filipinos based in the two warring countries.

03:59Meantime, at least eight Palestinians, mostly children, were killed,

04:03and over a dozen were hurt in central Gaza on Sunday, July 13 while trying to get water

04:08in an Israeli strike which the military said missed its target.

04:12The Israeli military said the missile was meant to hit an Islamic Jihad militant in the area,

04:17but a malfunction caused it to land dozens of meters from the target.

04:20The Los Angeles County medical examiner confirmed that Paulo Tantoco, a Ruston's executive, died from cocaine use.

04:29His death was ruled accidental, with cocaine effects listed as the main cause.

04:34The examiner also noted that before his death, Tantoco was suffering from probable atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease

04:40or plaque buildup in the arteries.

04:42Hollywood LA News says Tantoco was in the U.S. as part of First Lady Lisa Araneta-Marcos' group

04:47for the Manila International Film Festival, held from March 4 to 7.

04:52Tantoco is the husband of Deputy Social Secretary Dina Arroyo Tantoco.

04:56Tantoco's cause of death was confirmed four months after he died on March 9 at age 44.

05:02He was laid to rest in the Philippines.

05:06And that's today's wrap. I'm Cara Oliver. Thank you for watching.

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