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Here are today’s headlines – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:

- Alice Guo guilty of human trafficking
- Who bought Discayas’ 3 luxury cars sold for P38.2M at auction?
- Marcos emphasizes importance of sports as renovated PhilSports Complex reopens
- Woo Bin, Shin Min A to wed

https://www.rappler.com/video/daily-wrap/november-20-2025/

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00:00Today on Rappler
00:06Former Bamban Mayor Alice Guo is found guilty of human trafficking.
00:17Three luxury cars from contractors Sara and Curly Diskaya fetch more than 38 million pesos in a public auction.
00:24The fieldsports complex in Pasig City reopens with upgraded facilities.
00:28And long-time celebrity couple Shin Min-Na and Kim Woo-Bin are tying the knot.
00:36Dismissed Bamban Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo is found guilty of human trafficking over her role in a scam hub in her town.
00:42Guo is sentenced to reclusion perpetua or 40 years in prison.
00:46She is also ordered to pay a fine of 2 million pesos and 600,000 pesos each to four human trafficking victims for moral and exemplary damages.
00:54Other individuals found guilty alongside Guo are
00:57Jamie Lynn Santos Cruz, Inc. of ZunYuan,
01:01Rachel Malonzo Carion, Guo's co-incorporator in Baofu,
01:05and Walter Wong Long, Property Manager at ZunYuan.
01:08Those convicted can still appeal their cases to the higher courts.
01:12Filipino incorporators of the Philippine offshore gaming operator Hong Sheng, who claim their identities were stolen, are acquitted.
01:19Guo was stripped of her mayorship after a court in Tarlac ruled that she is a Chinese citizen, not Filipino.
01:25She has been accused of being a Chinese spy, which she vehemently denied.
01:31The Bureau of Customs raises 38.2 million pesos from the public auction of three luxury cars seized from contractors Sara and Curly Diskaya.
01:40The vehicles were sold in a public bidding held at the South Harbor of Manila's port area.
01:44A Mercedes-Benz G63 AMG was sold for 15.6 million pesos from its floor price of 14.1 million pesos,
01:53while the G500 went for 15.5 million pesos, almost double its starting bid.
01:59Both vehicles were purchased by a Caloocan-based company called Simplex Industrial Corporation.
02:04Meanwhile, a Lincoln Navigator was sold to Les Centrel Jewelries for over 7 million pesos.
02:10The company has a track record of participating in public auctions.
02:15Four other vehicles failed to attract any buyers.
02:18Proceeds from the auction will be remitted to the National Treasury.
02:20These seven luxury vehicles were purchased with flood control money.
02:28By bringing them to auction, the BOC is recovering the duties and taxes
02:34that should have gone to public offers and to the Filipino people.
02:41This is justice in practice.
02:44The renovated Phil Sports Complex in Pasig City reopens on Wednesday, November 19.
02:52President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., together with First Lady Lisa Marcos,
02:55led the ribbon-cutting of the newly refurbished National Athletic Center.
02:59Also present were Philippine Sports Commission Chairman Patrick Gregorio
03:02and Philippine Olympic Committee President Abraham Tolentino.
03:05One of the highlights of the event was the opening of the newly relocated National Sports Museum.
03:10Other upgraded facilities include the Athletes' Dorm and Dining Hall.
03:13To see these new facilities, these new arrangements that you have done for our athletes
03:20is something that brings a great deal of joy to my heart
03:24because our athletes really should be supported.
03:27The reopening of the Phil Sports Complex comes less than a month
03:30before the Philippines' participation in the Southeast Asian Games in Thailand.
03:36Long-time South Korean celebrity couple Shin Min-Na and Kim Woo-bin are tying the knot.
03:41Woo-bin posts a handwritten note on his official fan cafe, saying,
03:46The two actors first started dating in 2015 after meeting on the set of a fashion brand campaign
03:59for which they were ambassadors.
04:01They confirmed their relationship in the same year but mostly kept their romance under wraps.
04:05Woo-bin was diagnosed with nasopharyngeal cancer in May 2017
04:09and Min-Na had been with him for his treatments until he recovered.
04:12Min-Na is best known for starring in the dramas
04:14My Girlfriend is a Gumiho, Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha, and Oh My Venus.
04:19Meanwhile, Woo-bin starred in Uncontrollably Fond and The Heirs.
04:23The couple's agency AM Entertainment announces Thursday, November 20,
04:27they will wed in a private ceremony in Seoul on December 20 with their families and close friends.
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