Here are today's headlines – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world: - Remulla to reverse Duterte-time SALN access restriction - Magnitude 7.4 earthquake strikes off Davao Oriental - DPWH indefinitely suspends road reblocking nationwide - No going home yet: ICC denies Duterte's interim release request - Ateneo Blue Babble Battalion protests flood control issue at UAAP halftime
00:06Ombudsman Boeing Remuli announces he will reverse the access restriction on silence of public officials.
00:18A strong magnitude 7.4 earthquake strikes off the coast of Davao Oriental Friday, October 10,
00:24leaving at least two people dead.
00:25The Department of Public Works and Highways indefinitely suspends road reblocking nationwide.
00:31The International Criminal Court denies former President Rodrigo Duterte's request for interim release.
00:36And the Ateneo Blue Babel Battalion stages a protest calling out corruption in government flood control projects.
00:44Ombudsman Boeing Remuli announces he will reverse the access restriction on statements of assets, liabilities, and net worth, or silence,
00:51imposed during former President Rodrigo Duterte's administration.
00:54On his first day in office, he says a process for the requests will be laid out in a memorandum,
01:00including the information that will be redacted from Salens.
01:03I want to open this to the public. I want to open this office to the public.
01:07Kasi dapat ito sumbongan ng bayan eh.
01:09Before his appointment, Remuli said he was open to reviewing the policy set by former Ombudsman Samuel Martires.
01:16Salens contain the summary of government officials and employees' assets and properties
01:20and are vital documents used to monitor public servants' wealth.
01:23Former Ombudsman like Conchita Carpio Morales granted access to official Salens,
01:28but the policy stopped when Martires came into power.
01:31A strong magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck off the coast of Davao Oriental at 9.43 a.m. on Friday, October 10.
01:40Immediately after the tremor, FIVOX issued a tsunami warning for the following provinces.
01:45Davao Oriental, Dinagat Islands, Surigao del Norte, Surigao del Sur, Eastern Samar, Southern Leyte, and Leyte.
01:52FIVOX also announces the Philippine Trench caused the earthquake.
01:55It advises residents living in coastal areas of the affected provinces to immediately evacuate to higher grounds or move farther inland.
02:03Davao Oriental Governor Nelson Dayanghirang meantime confirms two people died as of 1 p.m. Friday.
02:09The provincial government continues to assess the extent of the damage and deployed rescue teams.
02:14A widespread power outage hit the province following the quake.
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02:20The Department of Public Works and Highways suspends all road re-blocking projects across the country.
02:27According to Secretary Vince Dizon, there's a high likelihood that there are anomalies in those kinds of projects.
02:32At sinasabi ng mga kababayan natin, bakit ba mayroong mga kalye na maayos naman na tinitibad, sinisira, tapos gagawin ulit?
02:44Hindi ba?
02:45Di ba uso-uso yan?
02:47Well, siguro, sa maraming pagkakataon, ayun na natin kung bakit.
02:51Di ba?
02:52Okay.
02:53Kasi pinagkakakitaan nga yun.
02:56Pinagkakakitaan yung pagsisira, pinagkakakitaan din yung paggagawa.
03:00Okay.
03:01Dizon cites a road in Bukawe, Bulacan as an example of unnecessary re-blocking.
03:05Ito, sa Bukawe, Bulacan to.
03:07Ayan.
03:08O, pinagkakitaan yung pagkakitaan.
03:10Siyar, may problema ba yan sa pilih niya?
03:12Bukawe is also under the 1st District Engineering Office of Bulacan, which has been under scrutiny for anomalous flood control projects.
03:19A show-cause order will be issued against the district engineer responsible for the project.
03:23The DPWH is also set to release a department order to clarify policies on road re-blocking.
03:31The International Criminal Court denies former President Rodrigo Duterte's request for interim release or temporary freedom.
03:38It also rejects Duterte's plea for humanitarian considerations, saying,
03:41The court has put in place measures to ensure that Mr. Duterte's right to family life is guaranteed.
03:47The ICC pre-trial chamber 1, which is handling the Crimes Against Humanity case against Duterte, believes all three risk factors were present.
03:55In the ICC, a suspect cannot be temporarily freed if he is found to have the following risks.
04:00On the first risk factor, the pre-trial chamber considered Duterte's position of power and influence, as well as his and his camp's continued insistence that he was, quote-unquote, kidnapped by the ICC.
04:11The fact that he won as mayor of Davao City in the last midterm elections, and that Vice President Sara Duterte is in office, led the pre-trial chamber to say that Duterte, quote,
04:19appears to have the necessary political contacts, as well as to benefit from a network of support within that country.
04:26The pre-trial chamber also says Duterte presented the second risk factor, which is that he may intimidate witnesses and jeopardize the investigation.
04:34It cites an instance where Duterte allegedly once briefed a Davao death squad witness before he appeared at the Senate in 2016.
04:40The ICC also cites the position of Davao City Acting Mayor Sebastian Duterte as one of the reasons why they believe Duterte presented the third risk factor,
04:48or the risk to kill or order to kill more.
04:51Duterte is facing three counts of widespread murder before the ICC.
04:57The Ateneo Blue Babble Battalion stages a protest calling out corruption in government flood control projects.
05:03During halftime of the UAAP men's basketball game between Ateneo and UP, the cheer squad removed their jackets, revealing the message,
05:09Curacot y Culong.
05:11Despite being on opposite sides, both Ateneo and UP fans chanted in unison as the battalion squad left the arena floor.
05:17The team's captain says in an interview that the protest was an act to revive talks and conversations about the issue.
05:24She also adds that the call for accountability was supported by the Ateneo school administration.
05:28Politically charged messages are nothing new to Ateneo's cheer squad.
05:32In 2016, the group made a similar performance protesting former President Ferdinand Marcos Sr.'s controversial burial at the Libingan ng Mga Bayani.
05:39And that's today's wrap.
05:42I'm JC Gutinga.
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