00:00 Today on Rappler
00:13 Employees of CNN Philippines await the outcome of a high-level meeting as rumors of a company
00:17 shutdown circulate.
00:19 Wanted pastor Apollo Queboloy calls the Senate inquiry into abuse allegations bogus.
00:24 Chris Aquino reveals her son Bimby might have to start working to help pay her medical bills.
00:30 The Philippine embassy in Japan will assist two Filipinos arrested for supposedly abandoning
00:34 the corpses of a missing couple.
00:36 Donald Trump and Joe Biden shift focus to a general election rematch as Trump leads
00:41 the Republican primaries.
00:43 And Oppenheimer will be released in Japan, months after the "Barbenheimer" meme outrage.
00:51 Employees of CNN Philippines anxiously await the outcome of a management-level meeting
00:55 held on Thursday, January 25 as rumors of a company shutdown circulate.
01:00 A general assembly is scheduled on Monday, January 29.
01:04 The financial statement of Nine Media Corporation, the company owning the rights of the CNN brand,
01:09 shows that cash flow was completely dependent on advances from its parent company, JRLT
01:14 JHI Corporation.
01:16 Nine Media attributes a drop in revenues to the pandemic.
01:19 After the 2022 elections, advertising revenue did not immediately pick up, a trend also
01:24 observed in bigger media companies GMA and ABS-CBN.
01:28 CNN Philippines is home to some of the country's veteran journalists like Peon Tiveros, Pinky
01:33 Webb, and Rico Izon.
01:35 Nine Media has around 300 employees.
01:38 The network is the only predominantly English-language channel on free TV in the Philippines.
01:45 Senator Apollo Quiboloy, leader of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ, or KOJC, accuses Senator
01:50 Risa Jhon Tiveros of violating his constitutional rights, even as he refuses to attend her committee's
01:55 hearing on the alleged abuses against his former followers.
01:59 In an audio recording posted on the Facebook page "Buhay Kingdom 2024," Quiboloy calls
02:04 the former workers who testified about the alleged abuses "bogus witnesses."
02:09 Quiboloy also calls Tuesday's public inquiry by the Senate "bogus" and that it "turned
02:14 him into a monster."
02:15 On Tiveros' issue, the subpoena took Quiboloy after he ignored the initial hearing.
02:20 Former KOJC members testify they were subjected to hazing-like punishments for breaking church
02:25 rules.
02:26 Jerome says his genitals felt like they were on fire for three weeks after being rubbed
02:30 with chili, allegedly on orders from Quiboloy, after he went on a date with his non-KOJC
02:36 girlfriend.
02:37 Kris Aquino reveals that her youngest son, Bimby, would need to start working to help
02:42 pay for her medical bills.
02:44 On January 21, Kris revealed her health condition has become more complex after an onset of
02:49 lupus.
02:50 In a reply to Cornerstone Entertainment handler Christine Calawod, Kris admitted there is
02:54 a possibility Bimby would have to go home after her birthday to start working, saying,
03:00 quote, "He needs to work because my medical bills are getting higher and higher."
03:04 In July, Kris' longtime co-host Boy Abunda accompanied Bimby to meet with Cornerstone
03:09 executives to see if he could possibly begin a career in show business.
03:13 In April 2023, Kris shared that Bimby is the reason why she has worked so hard to improve
03:18 her health, saying, quote, "You are the reason I can't give up, and I continue fighting at
03:23 what at times feels like a losing battle."
03:27 Two Filipinos accused of abandoning a corpse in Japan are being assisted by the Philippine
03:31 Embassy.
03:33 Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Eduardo de Vega says the embassy was able to visit the
03:37 Filipina and is set to visit the other Filipino arrested over the same case by Thursday, January
03:42 25.
03:43 The Japan Times identifies the Filipinos as 30-year-old Hazel Ann Baguiza Morales and
03:48 34-year-old Brian Jefferson Leasing de la Cruz.
03:52 De Vega says Morales is a resident of Japan while de la Cruz is an overseas Filipino worker.
03:57 The two were arrested for supposedly abandoning the corpses of a missing Japanese couple.
04:02 The bodies were found with apparent stab wounds inside their Tokyo home.
04:05 The Department of Migrant Workers says it would provide assistance to de la Cruz, including
04:10 legal aid.
04:11 De Vega had earlier clarified the two are only accused of abandonment but not of killing
04:15 the Japanese couple.
04:19 Former United States President Donald Trump and incumbent President Joe Biden attack each
04:23 other as the two prepare for a likely general election rematch in November.
04:27 This, after Trump won the New Hampshire Republican primary, making his nomination increasingly
04:32 likely.
04:33 Despite his remaining rival, former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, vowing to stay
04:37 in the race.
04:39 Biden's campaign issues a statement saying it is "now clear that Donald Trump will be
04:43 the Republican nominee" and reiterates that Trump is a threat to democracy.
04:48 Meantime, Trump on his social media platform Truth Social repeats unfounded allegations
04:53 that Biden and the Justice Department are engaged in political persecution, following
04:57 Trump's multiple criminal indictments last year.
05:00 Haley, who served as Trump's United Nations ambassador, vows to take the race to South
05:04 Carolina and beyond.
05:08 Distribution company Bitter's End says Japanese audiences can watch the Oscar-nominated film
05:13 Oppenheimer on March 29.
05:15 This, months after memes mixing visuals from the film Barbie with atomic blasts provoke
05:20 anger from people in Japan, the only country hit by a nuclear bomb during World War II.
05:26 The outrage over the Barbenheimer memes prompted an apology from Barbie distributor Warner
05:30 Brothers Japan, which at that time said they were "extremely deplorable."
05:35 Bitter's End declined to say why it took over half a year for Oppenheimer to be screened
05:39 in Japan.
05:40 The United States dropped a nuclear bomb on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, killing thousands
05:46 instantly and about 140,000 by the end of the year.
05:50 The US dropped another bomb on Nagasaki three days later, which killed more than 73,000
05:55 people.
05:56 Japan surrendered on August 15, 1945.
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