00:00Today on Rappler
00:13Mary Jane Veloso reunites with her family and asks President Marcos for clemency
00:18Malacanang postpones the scheduled signing of the 2025 budget
00:22and Ukraine kills a Russian general in Moscow accused of chemical weapons crimes
00:46Mary Jane Veloso finally reunites with her family at the Correctional Institution for
00:50Women or CIW in Mandaluyong City on Wednesday, December 18
00:56Veloso's family was unable to meet her at the airport following her arrival from Jakarta,
01:00Indonesia
01:01On Tuesday, December 17, the Bureau of Corrections says that Veloso will be first quarantined
01:06for five days
01:08This is part of the BUCOR's Protocol for Newly Committed Persons Deprived of Liberty
01:13During the quarantine, she will undergo medical observation and physical examination
01:17Afterwards, Veloso will undergo a 55-day orientation, diagnostic evaluation, and initial
01:23security classification
01:25The BUCOR says Veloso's family can also visit her at the CIW on Christmas Eve, December
01:3024, as her quarantine period would be over by then
01:34In her first statement to the media upon arriving at the detention facility, Veloso appeals
01:38to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. for her clemency
01:49Malacanang postpones the scheduled signing of the General Appropriations Act, or GAA,
01:54on Friday, December 20
01:56Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin says that this is to give more time to President Ferdinand
02:01Marcos Jr. to review the national budget amid concerns on some items
02:05Bersamin also confirms that Marcos will veto certain provisions of the GAA after several
02:10groups raised concerns about the DepEd budget cut and other issues
02:15Meanwhile, Senate Finance Committee Chair Grace Poe says that the decision of the palace
02:19is a sign of a healthy democracy
02:22President Marcos previously said he would work on restoring the 12-billion-peso cut
02:26from the DepEd's budget
02:28However, he did not respond to the criticisms regarding PhilHealth's zero subsidy
02:32The budget will still be signed before Christmas
02:36Russia's Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Protection Troops Chief Lieutenant General
02:41Igor Kirillov was killed in Moscow on Tuesday, December 17
02:45Russia's investigative committee says Kirillov was assassinated outside his apartment with
02:50his aide through a bomb hidden in an electric scooter
02:53An SBU source confirms to Reuters that the Ukrainian intelligence agency was behind the
02:58assassination
02:59Ukraine accuses the top Russian general of responsibility for the use of chemical weapons
03:04against Ukrainian troops
03:06Kirillov is the most senior Russian military officer assassinated within Russia by Ukraine
03:11His death is expected to lead Russian authorities to reassess security protocols for top military
03:17officials
03:18Russia says Ukraine has carried out a string of targeted assassinations
03:22And that's today's Wrap, I'm Cara Oliver, thank you for watching
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