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Here are today’s headlines – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:  - Marcos accuses Zaldy Co lawyer of ‘blackmail’ - Comelec unit clears Escudero, campaign donor: 'Lubiano is not Centerways' - ICI, DPWH recommend filing of charges vs 8 ‘congtractors’ - Gardiola brother’s infra projects in Davao City overpriced, substandard — COA - Extended 'Beatles Anthology' takes fans beyond the mythology of the band  https://www.rappler.com/video/daily-wrap/november-26-2025/

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00:00Today on Rappler

00:06President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. says Zaldico's lawyer tried to blackmail him into stopping the

00:18cancellation of COS Passport. The Commission on Elections clears Senator Cheese Escudero

00:23and his top campaign donor, Lorenz Lubiano, of an alleged election offense.

00:28The ICI and DPWH recommend a new set of criminal and administrative complaints against several

00:34members of Congress. State auditors find two infrastructure projects by a company owned

00:40by Congressman Edwin Guardiola's brother to be overpriced and substandard. And a remastered

00:46Beatles anthology is coming with an all-new ninth episode featuring footage of the band members

00:51from the 1990s. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. claims a lawyer of Zaldico tried to blackmail

00:59him to prevent the cancellation of COS Passport.

01:01Inapitan po kami ng abogado ni Zaldico at nagtatangkang mag-blackmail na kung hindi po namin

01:10kakanselihin daw ang passport niya, hindi na raw siya maglalabas ng video. I do not

01:17negotiate with criminals. Kahit maglabas ka na ng video ng lahat ng kasinungalingan mo na

01:24pag-destabilize sa gobyerno, gusto kong malaman mo, Zaldi, makakansela pa rin ang passport mo.

01:29Hindi ka na makakatakas sa hustisya. In a statement to the media, COS lawyer,

01:34Ruy Rondain, says Marcos' claims were completely untrue. On Tuesday, November 25, Marcos dared

01:41COS to come home after he released another video accusing the President and his cousin,

01:46former House Speaker Martin Romualdez, of taking kickbacks from government projects.

01:51COS also claimed in his new video that the President's son, House Majority Leader

01:55Sandro Marcos, also inserted projects to the national budget. The Marcos family,

02:00Malacanang Endromualdez, denied these claims.

02:05The Commission on Elections clears Senator Cheese Escudero and his top campaign donor,

02:09Lorenz Lubiano, of an alleged election offense. Lubiano is the president of top government

02:15contractor, Center Waste Construction and Development Incorporated. He contributed 30 million

02:21pesos to Escudero's senatorial campaign in 2022. The decision by the Comelec's Political Finance

02:27and Affairs Department reads,

02:29This office concurs that Mr. Lubiano is not Center Waste and Center Waste is not Mr. Lubiano.

02:35The decision adds, Lubiano, in his personal capacity, didn't have any contract or subcontract

02:40with the Philippine government. For the Comelec, this means he did not violate the election law

02:45that prohibits government contractors from contributing to election campaigns.

02:49The motu proprio probe followed Rappler's report last August that Lubiano was Escudero's top

02:55campaign donor in the 2022 election cycle. Center Waste is based in Escudero's home province,

03:01Sorsogon. From 2021 to 2024, the company secured 5.16 billion pesos in flood control projects.

03:10The Independent Commission for Infrastructure and the Department of Public Works and Highways

03:15recommend the filing of a new set of criminal and administrative complaints against several

03:20so-called contractors. These are members of Congress or their relatives who own construction

03:25firms that obtain contracts from the DPWH. ICI Chairman Andres Reyes Jr. says,

03:31Members of Congress are barred from having a financial interest, directly or indirectly,

03:36in any government contract. Those named in the recommendations sent to the Office of the

03:41Ombudsman include the following individuals and the companies linked to them.

03:45Former ACO Bicol Rep. Zaldi Co, Construction Worker Solidarity Rep. Edwin Guardiola,

03:52Usuag Ilongo Rep. James Jojo Ang Jr., Pusong Pinoy Rep. Journey Nisay,

03:58Bulacan 2nd District Rep. Agustina Tina Pancho, Cagayan 3rd District Rep. Joseph Lara,

04:05Surigao del Norte 1st District Rep. Francisco Matugas, and Tarlac 3rd District Rep. Noel Rivera.

04:12The referral involves 1,300 infrastructure projects awarded from 2016 to 2024. Reyes adds,

04:20the officials listed appear to have violated the Code of Conduct for Government Officials

04:25and the Anti-Graft and Corruption Act. State auditors find two infrastructure projects by

04:32eGuardiola Construction to be overpriced and substandard. eGuardiola is a firm registered under

04:38the name of the brother of construction worker Solidarity Partilist Rep. Edwin Guardiola.

04:44The Commission on Audit affirms its two earlier decisions to disallow payments to the company

04:48and that the DPWH Davao City officials who authorized those payments should be held liable.

04:54This involves the company's work in two overpriced road rehabilitation projects in the city which were

05:00awarded in 2009. COA Region 11 Special Audit Team notes, the contractor violated the DPWH's planning

05:08standards when it failed to indicate measurements and landmarks in the plans. The COA on Bank orders

05:14the audit reports to be submitted to the Ombudsman to determine possible criminal charges against those

05:19involved. Congressman Edwin Guardiola himself is being investigated by the Ombudsman for anomalous DPWH contracts.

05:26A new episode of the Beatles Anthology documentary series shows superstardom's impact on band members

05:35Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr. The original eight-part documentary was broadcast in

05:411995. It spanned the Beatles' gritty early days in Liverpool and Hamburg to the phenomenon of Beatlemania

05:48and global superstardom, even to the band's breakup in 1970. The remastered series, released 30 years later,

05:55comes with a ninth episode, including unseen 1990s footage of the band. Writer and director Oliver

06:01Murray says the new episode gives fans an opportunity to learn about the band from scratch with an

06:07understanding of who they were as people. He adds, quote, the reason that the Beatles' story still

06:13resonates is because it's 20th century folklore. Widely regarded as the biggest rock band in history,

06:19the Beatles included a fourth member, John Lennon, who was murdered in 1980.

06:26And that's today's wrap. I'm JC Gottinga. Thank you for watching. Click the link below for the full story.

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