00:00Today on Rappler
00:06Embattled contractor Sara Diskaya is arrested over a 96-million-peso ghost project in Davao Occidental.
00:19ABS-CBN's full lineup is returning to Mega Manila's airwaves.
00:23Alex Ayala claims her first-ever Southeast Asian Games gold medal.
00:27The Philippine women's national football team wins gold for the very first time at the Southeast Asian Games.
00:33And Islay Bumogao and LJ Rafael Yasay deliver the Philippines two gold medals in Moai.
00:41Embattled contractor Sara Diskaya is arrested Thursday night, December 18, over a 96-million-peso ghost project in Davao Occidental.
00:49President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. announces earlier in the day, an arrest warrant is issued against Diskaya and others.
00:57Warrant of arrest ang korte laban sa 10 pangunahing sangkot dito sa anomalyang ito.
01:03Kabilang na po rito si Sara Diskaya na sa kasalukuyan ay nasa kustudya ng NBI.
01:10Diskaya, Maria Roma Angeline Rimando of St. Timothy Construction Corporation,
01:14and some DPWH Davao Occidental District Engineering Office officials and personnel are facing graft and malversation charges.
01:22This over a project that never started in Barangay Culaman in Jose Abad Santos Town in Davao Occidental.
01:28Malversation is non-vailable so the accused will be arrested and detained.
01:32Diskaya already surrendered to the NBI earlier this month when the complaints were filed.
01:36ABS-CBN's full lineup returns to Mega Manila's airwaves as it signs a deal with the Villar-owned AMBS to air the Capamilia channel on All-TV.
01:47This will start on January 2.
01:49All-TV currently airs on the terrestrial broadcast frequency covered by the franchise the Duterte government pulled from ABS-CBN in 2020.
01:57This means ABS-CBN is returning to Channel 2 in Mega Manila, which it occupied for decades and became synonymous with.
02:04It will also be available nationwide on all platforms that carry all TV, primarily TV black boxes and cable TV.
02:11In a disclosure on Wednesday, December 17, ABS-CBN said its shows like FPJ's Batang Quiapo, its Showtime, ASAP, and TV Patrol will be available to all TV's audiences.
02:22This coincides with the termination of ABS-CBN's deal with Manipangilinan's TV5.
02:27ABS-CBN says it has settled its obligations with TV5, which reportedly reached more than 900 million pesos.
02:34TV5 earlier agreed to air ABS-CBN content for a share in the revenues.
02:39However, TV5 recently said ABS-CBN failed to pay up, forcing it to end the deal.
02:44Since losing its franchise, ABS-CBN has struck deals with former competitors to distribute its content.
02:50It says certain programs will continue to air on GMA and A2Z alongside the arrangement with All-TV.
02:56Alex Ayala claims another piece of history as she captures her first-ever Southeast Asian Games gold medal after reigning in the women's singles.
03:06She bags a 6-2, 6-1 win over Typho Mananchaya Sawangkar in the final in Bangkok, Thailand on Thursday, December 18.
03:14Living up to her billing as the highest-ranked WTA player in Southeast Asia,
03:19World No. 53 Ayala becomes the first Filipina to win the event since Marie-Cris Fernandez last achieved the feat in 1999.
03:27Indonesia and Thailand dominated the event in the following editions with 7 and 4 titles respectively.
03:33But Ayala put an end to that duopoly as she brushed aside an opponent ranked lower at World No. 240.
03:39The Philippine women's national football team captures a historic gold medal in the Southeast Asian Games as they deny Vietnam a fifth straight title.
03:49The Filipinas win on penalties 6-5 following a scoreless draw in a pulsating final at the Chonburi Daikian Stadium in Thailand.
03:57The Philippine team all convert on their penalties before goalkeeper Olivia McDaniel seals the victory by stopping the last Vietnamese attempt.
04:04The Philippines is now the third country to win the SEA Games title in women's football, an event that had been dominated by Vietnam and Thailand.
04:12The team rose to national consciousness following its historic qualification to the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup
04:18after beating Chinese Taipei on penalties in the quarterfinals of the 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup.
04:26Islay Bumogaw and LJ Rafael Yassay delivered the Philippines two gold medals in Muay in the 2025 Southeast Asian Games in Thailand.
04:33Pitted against home bet Arizara Nuniyat, Bumogaw establishes herself as a dominant force as she hacked out a 29-28 win in the women's minus 45 kg division.
04:44Sobrang saya ko po kasi I won versus the host country.
04:49Yung kalaban ko po kasi superstar po siya talaga dito so it feels so nice to finally beat someone at that level.
04:57Meanwhile, Yassay makes quick work of Malaysia's INSEAD Rumijam with a second-round knockout in their men's minus 51 kg title clash.
05:06The Muay team produced a total of 11 medals with Tyron Hamburillo missing out on a third gold medal for the squad
05:12as he settles for silver in the men's minus 45 kg division.
05:15And that's today's wrap. I'm JC Gutinga. Thank you for watching.
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