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Here are today's headlines – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:  - Atong Ang files complaints vs accused who tagged him in sabungeros case   - Over 250 students down after chemical exposure in Antique - Group blames cheap imported rice for drop in palay prices - Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs cleared of most serious charges, to remain jailed for now - Lea Salonga is first Filipina to receive Hollywood Walk of Fame Star  https://www.rappler.com/video/daily-wrap/july-3-2025/

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00:00Today on Rappler

00:08Atong Ang files criminal complaints against two men who linked him to the case of six missing

00:18sabongeros. More than 250 students in Antique are hospitalized due to foul-smelling chemicals.

00:25An agricultural group blames the cheap imported rice for the drop in palay prices.

00:29Sean Diddy Combs is cleared of trafficking but will remain in jail for now.

00:33And Lea Salonga will receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

00:39Businessman Atong Ang files multiple criminal complaints against a former employee who tagged

00:43him in the case of six missing sabongeros or cockfight enthusiasts. Ang files the complaints

00:48against Julie alias Totoy or Dondon Patidongan and Alan Bantiles. In a GMA News interview,

00:54alias Dondon claimed that Ang was the alleged mastermind behind the abductions of the sabongeros.

00:59The accused is one of the suspects facing kidnapping and serious illegal detention cases over the

01:04disappearance of six sabongeros in Manila in 2022. In his complaint affidavit, Ang said that Patidongan

01:10used to work for him as a farm manager. Ang claimed Patidongan while hiding met secretly with others

01:15where he, quote, openly discussed carrying out a grave and calculated criminal scheme that included

01:21the kidnapping and eventual murder of Ang. In the affidavit, Bantiles was named as the main supporter

01:26and facilitator of the plan against the businessman. Ang learned about the plan from a security guard,

01:31who refused to join, and later warned him about Patidongan's plans. The businessman adds that when

01:36the media was made aware of his plan to file complaints, Patidongan went on television and

01:41accused him of being the mastermind behind the abductions. Schools closed in Antique after over 250 students were

01:49hospitalized due to inhaling foul-smelling chemicals on Wednesday, July 2. The Provincial Disaster Risk

01:54Reduction and Management Office said elementary and high school students in Barangay Pisanan began

01:59falling ill. Symptoms reported included headaches, dizziness, chest pain, shortness of breath, abdominal

02:05pain, nausea, vomiting, and in some cases, loss of consciousness. The PDRRMO pointed to a strong chemical

02:13odor believed to have originated from insecticides sprayed near the school. An interagency investigation

02:18led by toxicologists and Department of Health officials are ongoing, with laboratory tests expected

02:24in over a week. Classes in the area were suspended following the incident. Barangay Pisanan residents

02:29are advised to wear face masks indoors and outdoors. Agricultural Group Sinag says the drop in Palay

02:37prices now at 8 to 12 pesos per kilo is due to flooding of cheap imported rice in the market. The

02:42group says the reports came from farmers based in Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, and Pangasinan. Millers were

02:47only buying Palay at a maximum of 15 to 16 pesos per kilo, which had a landed cost of just 26 to 28

02:54pesos per kilo. Sinag also wants a floor price put in place, 17 pesos per kilo for fresh Palay and 23

03:01pesos for dry Palay, a higher Palay procurement budget at 40 billion pesos, and distribution of cash

03:07incentives from excess rice tariff collections. Federation of Free Farmers Cooperative head Raul

03:12Montemayor said in a DZBB interview on Wednesday that most farmers still sell to private traders who

03:18pay low prices because the National Food Authority can only buy a small amount of Palay. Montemayor adds

03:24that some farmers, in the meantime, stored their Palay in hopes of better prices but to no avail.

03:32Sean Diddy Combs is cleared of sex trafficking and racketeering charges, but a U.S. court still

03:36finds him guilty of prostitution-related offenses and will remain behind bars. This after the court

03:42denied his bail request citing evidence of violent behavior and the danger he poses. He will remain

03:47in jail until his sentencing on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution.

03:52The seven-week trial focused on allegations that Combs forced two of his former girlfriends,

03:56singer Cassandra Ventura and a woman named Jane, to partake in drug-fueled, days-long sexual

04:01performances, sometimes known as freak-offs, with male sex workers in hotel rooms while Combs watched,

04:07masturbated, and occasionally filmed. The two women testified that he beat them and threatened to

04:12withhold financial support or leak sexually explicit images. The verdict was overall a win for Combs,

04:19a former billionaire known for elevating hip-hop in American culture. Combs faces up to 10 years in

04:24prison on each of the two prostitution counts.

04:29Filipino singer and actress Lea Salonga will receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

04:34as part of the Class 2025-2026. The 35 new awardees were announced at a live press conference

04:40at Evasion Hollywood on Wednesday, July 2. Salonga says on her Instagram story, quote,

04:45just woke up to this amazing news. To the Manila International Film Fest, many thanks for

04:50nominating me to be part of the Class 2025-2026. Salonga is the first Filipina to be honored with a

04:57star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in California since 1960. She joins other celebrities with Filipino

05:03roots like musician Apple the App, comedian Rob Schneider, and singer Bruno Mars.

05:08Salonga and comedian Gabriel Fluffy Iglesias are the only ones honored in the live theater,

05:13live performance category. Lea Salonga is an award-winning Broadway and theater icon,

05:18having won a Tony Award at age 20 for playing Kim in Miss Saigon at London's West End in 1989.

05:26And that's today's wrap. I'm Cara Oliver. Thank you for watching.

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