Here are today’s headlines – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:
- Will Sandro Marcos become the youngest House majority leader in modern Philippine history? - Police Chief Torre accepts Baste Duterte’s fist fight dare - In landmark opinion, the World Court says climate change is an ‘existential threat’ - Doctor pleads guilty to supplying ketamine to ‘Friends’ star Matthew Perry - South Korea police raid offices of HYBE over share probe
00:08Sandra Marcos may soon make history should he become the youngest House Majority Leader.
00:19PNP Chief Nicolas Torre III accepts Davo Acting Mayor Sebastian Duterte's fistfight challenge.
00:24The World Court delivers a historic advisory opinion on the climate crisis.
00:28A California doctor pleads guilty to supplying ketamine to Friends star Matthew Perry.
00:33And South Korean police raid K-pop agency HYBE offices over a probe on company shares.
00:40President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s son, Sandra Marcos, is on the verge of making history if he becomes the House of Representatives Majority Leader.
00:48The First District Representative of Ilocos Norte, at 31, may be the youngest to hold the post in modern Philippine Congress.
00:54Sources tell Rappler some lawmakers were convincing Marcos to vie for the post when the 20th Congress convenes.
01:01A House insider tells Rappler, quote,
01:03It's his if he takes it.
01:05Iloilo First District Representative Janet Garin also says in a press conference,
01:09Sa totoo lang, hindi si Kong Sandro ang nagbibigay ng interest, kundi meron ding ibang mga kasamahan na nagtutulak sa kanya.
01:16Not because he's the son of the president, but because naipakita niya yung kanyang diplomatic ways of shepherding our colleagues during the 19th Congress.
01:25Garin adds she would fully back Marcos and believes her political party, La Casa CMD, led by Speaker Martin Romualdez, would do the same.
01:33When asked if his age and limited experience as a lawmaker are not a hindrance, Garin says,
01:37At sa sabi niya, you know, we will all have cool heads if we sit down over a cup of coffee.
01:43Karong mas kabisado niya pa ang bawat sulok ng kongreso, ang bawat opisina ng kongreso.
01:49If elected, it would mark another speedy political rise for Marcos,
01:52who already served as Senior Deputy Majority Leader in the 19th Congress, despite being a neophyte lawmaker.
01:58Philippine National Police Chief Nicolás Torre III accepts acting Davao City Mayor Sebastian Duterte's challenge to a fistfight.
02:07Duterte made a challenge in the Basta Dabaweno podcast on Sunday.
02:10Think about it. Gusto mo karasin ako, karasin mo lang ako. Kasi matapang ka lang naman.
02:16We have the position eh, pero kung suntukan tayo, arat ko makaya bita. Ganun lang.
02:21It was Torre who led the team that arrested Duterte's father, former President Rodrigo Duterte, on March 11,
02:27over a warrant issued by the International Criminal Court.
02:30On Wednesday, July 23, Torre accepted Duterte's challenge, saying, quote,
02:35Since there are a lot of people affected by flooding, maybe we can use this opportunity to raise funds.
02:40He suggests having a charity boxing match, quote,
02:43this coming Sunday at the Areneta Coliseum in Quezon City.
02:46On Thursday, July 24, Torre began training for his proposed boxing match.
02:51Duterte has yet to comment on Torre's proposal.
02:53The International Court of Justice delivered a historic advisory opinion on the climate crisis on Wednesday,
03:01making way for countries to sue each other over what it called the urgent and existential threat posed by climate change.
03:07It is a win for climate-vulnerable states, which wanted a legal framework to hold big states accountable for climate change.
03:13The advisory opinion is non-binding, but it is likely to determine the course of future climate action across the world.
03:19Among other things, the World Court said the adverse effects of climate change impair many of our human rights.
03:25It adds,
03:26Other laws on human rights, laws of the sea, and other conventions are also applicable.
03:31In December 2024, wealthy countries in the global north argued that existing climate treaties,
03:36including the 2015 Paris Agreement, which are largely non-binding,
03:40should be the basis for deciding their responsibilities.
03:43A California doctor charged in the 2023 overdose death of Friends star Matthew Perry
03:50pleaded guilty to four counts of illegal distribution of the prescription anesthetic ketamine on Wednesday, July 23.
03:57Dr. Salvador Placentia, one of the five people charged in connection with Perry's death at age 54,
04:02pleaded guilty to four counts in a Los Angeles federal court.
04:05He faces up to 40 years in prison.
04:08Placentia will remain free on bond and will be sentenced on December 3.
04:11His lawyer says he plans to give up his medical license within 45 days.
04:16Placentia admitted that he gave ketamine to Perry, a fast-acting anesthetic that can cause hallucinations.
04:22Three other co-defendants already pleaded guilty.
04:25Perry had openly talked about struggling with substance abuse for many years,
04:28even while he was acting as Chandler Bing on the popular 90s TV show Friends.
04:32South Korean police raid offices at the headquarters of K-pop agency HYBE Thursday, July 24,
04:40over allegations of unfair share trading involving the company chairman.
04:44Media reports say the country's financial regulator referred HYBE chairman Bang Si-hyuk to prosecutors
04:49to investigate his activities during the company's stock market listing.
04:53He is HYBE's founder and largest shareholder.
04:56HYBE earlier said it was fully cooperating with authorities, including the police, for fact-finding efforts.
05:01Ahead of the 2020 IPO, Bang and three other executives were accused of having deceived investors
05:07into selling their shares to an investment company they controlled
05:10and eventually profited from share sales after the listing.
05:14HYBE manages K-pop groups, among them BTS, Seventeen, Enhypen, Tomorrow X Together, Lissetafim, and Cat's Eye.
05:21And that's today's wrap. I'm Cara Oliver. Thank you for watching.
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