Here are today’s headlines – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:
- House prosecutors ask Senate to issue writ of summons to Sara Duterte
- Ex-DOF official Cielo Magno files cyber libel complaint vs Sass Sasot
- Human rights defenders rally in Berlin, demand justice for Duterte’s drug war victims
- White House mistakenly shares Yemen war plans with a journalist at The Atlantic
- Tiger Woods makes it official, announces relationship with Vanessa Trump
- Dream run continues: Alex Eala barges into Miami Open quarterfinals
https://www.rappler.com/video/daily-wrap/march-25-2025/
- House prosecutors ask Senate to issue writ of summons to Sara Duterte
- Ex-DOF official Cielo Magno files cyber libel complaint vs Sass Sasot
- Human rights defenders rally in Berlin, demand justice for Duterte’s drug war victims
- White House mistakenly shares Yemen war plans with a journalist at The Atlantic
- Tiger Woods makes it official, announces relationship with Vanessa Trump
- Dream run continues: Alex Eala barges into Miami Open quarterfinals
https://www.rappler.com/video/daily-wrap/march-25-2025/
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00:00Today on Rappler
00:13House prosecutors ask the Senate to compel Vice President Sara Duterte to respond to
00:17the accusations that led to her impeachment.
00:20Former Finance Undersecretary Shelo Magno files a cyber-libel complaint against blogger
00:24Sassasot.
00:26Human rights defenders rally in Berlin calling for justice for drug war victims.
00:31White House officials mistakenly share Yemen war plans with a journalist.
00:35Golf legend Tiger Woods confirms his relationship with Vanessa Trump.
00:39And Filipina tennis player Alex Ayala advances to the Miami Open quarterfinals.
00:46The House of Representatives impeachment prosecutors ask the Senate to issue a writ of summons
00:50to Vice President Sara Duterte and direct her to respond to the impeachment complaint
00:55against her.
00:56The prosecutors address the entry with a motion to issue summons to Senate President
01:00Francis Escudero.
01:01They ask that the Vice President be given 10 days to file her answer to the Articles
01:05of Impeachment after receiving the summons.
01:08The prosecution based its request on the verified impeachment complaint sent to the Senate on
01:12February 5 and the constitutional provision that upon impeachment by at least one-third
01:17of the House, quote, the same shall constitute the Articles of Impeachment, and trial by
01:21the Senate shall forthwith proceed.
01:23The motion is signed by Four-Peace Representative Marcelino Libanan on behalf of the House
01:27prosecutors.
01:28Meantime, Escudero says he will refer the matter to the Senate legal team and will discuss
01:32it with them on Wednesday, March 26.
01:37Economic professor and former finance undersecretary Shelo Magno files a cyber-libel complaint
01:42against blogger Sas Sasot for, quote-unquote, malicious, demeaning, and defamatory imputations.
01:48Magno says in a Facebook post, quote, it's time to push back and to use all the legal
01:51remedies that are available to us to put an end to this display of impunity.
01:55This is Sasot's post that led to the complaint.
01:58Shelo Magno is so angry with Mary Grace Piatos that she gave a few billion pesos to congressmen
02:03to find this person.
02:04She is indeed an economics professor.
02:06There is demand.
02:07There is supply.
02:08The last part refers to Magno's Facebook post from 2023 where she seemed to question
02:13President Marcos' rise price cap using a basic supply and demand chart.
02:17She was later asked to resign from her position as finance undersecretary.
02:21Sasot is a well-known pro-Duterte blogger who has frequently spread disinformation,
02:25pro-China propaganda, and attacks against critics of the Duterte family.
02:31Demonstrators gathered at Berlin's Brandenburg Gate on Sunday, March 23, some holding banners
02:36with photos of extrajudicial killing victims of Rodrigo Duterte's brutal drug war.
02:40The demonstrators represented activist groups Alpas Filipinas, Gabriela Germany, and International
02:45Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines, Germany, and other international groups.
02:49They celebrated Duterte's March 11 arrest and detention by the International Criminal
02:53Court in The Hague.
02:55They also called for the arrest and prosecution of his allies who played a role in the violent
02:59anti-drug campaign, including former Philippine National Police Chief Bato de la Rosa.
03:04Protesters read the names of those killed in the drug war, including Kian de los Santos.
03:08The demonstrators also warned against becoming complacent, urging human rights groups and
03:12international watchdogs to stay vigilant in ensuring Duterte is held fully accountable.
03:18Top White House officials mistakenly disclosed war plans in a group chat which included a
03:23journalist just before the United States attacked Houthi rebels in Yemen.
03:27The White House confirms this following a firsthand account by The Atlantic Editor-in-Chief
03:31Jeffrey Goldberg.
03:32Goldberg says he was unexpectedly invited on March 13 to an encrypted chat group called
03:36the Houthi PC Small Group.
03:38Hours before the Yemen attacks, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth posted operational details about
03:43the plan in the messaging group, which Goldberg says included information about targets, weapons
03:48the U.S. would be deploying, and attack sequencing.
03:51Goldberg says members of the group chat appeared to be the following officials, which include
03:55Vice President J.D. Vance and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
03:59U.S. National Security Council Spokesperson Brian Hughes says the chat group appeared to
04:03be authentic and they are reviewing how an inadvertent number was added to the chain.
04:08Democratic lawmakers swiftly blasted the misstep, saying it was a breach of national security
04:12and a violation of law that must be investigated by Congress.
04:18Golf legend Tiger Woods confirms his relationship with Vanessa Trump, the ex-wife of Donald
04:22Trump Jr.
04:23Woods announces their relationship in a post on X, along with photos.
04:27He wrote, quote, Love is in the air and life is better with you by my side.
04:31We look forward to our journey through life together.
04:34Vanessa Trump was married to U.S. President Donald Trump's oldest son from 2005 to 2018,
04:39and they have five children together.
04:41Woods was married to Swedish model Ellen Nordegren, but they divorced in 2010, less than a year
04:46after Woods' infidelity scandal shocked the sports world.
04:50The 15-time major champion has had other high-profile relationships, notably those with American
04:54skier Lindsey Vonn and Erika Herrmann.
04:59Alex Ayala enters the Miami Open quarterfinals after her opponent, World No. 11 Paola Badosa
05:04of Spain, pulled out due to a lower back injury Monday, March 24.
05:08This makes Ayala the first Filipino to reach the quarterfinals of a WTA 1000, accomplishing
05:13significant upsets in previous rounds.
05:16Ayala beat World No. 5 and reigning Australian Open champion Madison Keyes, and World No.
05:2125 in 2017 French Open titleholder Yelena Ostapenko.
05:25In the final eight, Ayala will face the winner of the match between World No. 2 and five-time
05:29Grand Slam champion Poland's Iga Swiatek and No. 22 Ukraine's Elina Svitolina.
05:34Ayala makes a new career high after her ranking jumped to 102 from 140 in the world rankings.
05:40The big leap also put her on the cusp of finally cracking the top 100 in the world.
05:47And that's today's wrap.
05:48I'm JC Gotinga.
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