Here are today’s headlines – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:
- Sara Duterte faces new set of plunder, graft complaints over confidential funds - Court set to rule on Frenchie Mae Cumpio’s cases after nearly 6 years - Brice Hernandez, Jaypee Mendoza detained at Quezon City Jail with Bong Revilla - Thousands protest against Trump immigration policies - Israel orders Gaza families to move in first forced evacuation since ceasefire
00:01Vice President Sara Duterte faces another set of plunder and graft complaints over her alleged misuse of confidential funds.
00:09A Tacloban court is set to rule on detained journalist French May Cumpio's case after nearly six years.
00:15Former DPWH engineers Bryce Hernandez and JP Mendoza are detained at the Quezon City jail.
00:21US workers and students protest across cities and campuses against Donald Trump's immigration policies.
00:27And Israel orders Palestinian families to leave southern Gaza, the first forced evacuation since October's ceasefire.
00:42Former Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV, together with the civil society organization, filed a new set of plunder and graft complaints against Vice President Sara Duterte.
00:51This over her alleged misuse of confidential funds during her time as Secretary of the Department of Education and as Mayor of Davao City.
00:58Trillanes and the silent majority filed a complaint with the Office of the Ombudsman on Wednesday, January 21.
01:04Aside from plunder and graft, bribery and corruption charges were also filed against Duterte for allegedly receiving funds from personalities linked to the illegal drug trade.
01:13The complaint also mentions the Vice President's threats in 2024 to have President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. assassinated.
01:20This is the second set of complaints against the Vice President.
01:23In December 2025, Father Flavie Villanueva led the filing of another confidential funds-related complaint against Duterte.
01:30After nearly six years, a Tacloban court is set to rule on the cases against detained journalist Frenchy May Cumpio and activist Marielle Domequil.
01:40Cumpio and Domequil, along with three other individuals, were arrested on February 7, 2020, at the office of alternative news outlet Eastern Vista in Tacloban City.
01:49They are facing charges of terror financing and illegal possession of firearms.
01:54Representatives of international media groups call out the government for the delays in the judicial process.
02:00They add, a conviction would have dangerous repercussions for press freedom in the country.
02:05It took more than four years after her arrest for Cumpio to take the witness stand and tell her side of the story.
02:10Cumpio and Domequil are expected to arrive at the Tacloban City Regional Trial Court on January 22 for the promulgation of their cases.
02:18Former Public Works and Highways engineers Bryce Hernandez and JP Mendoza were ordered detained at the Quezon City Jail.
02:26The two are among the controversial figures in the flood control scandal.
02:30The Sandigan Bayan 3rd Division ordered this on Tuesday, January 20, a day after their arrest at the Senate due to their non-bailable malversation case.
02:38Aside from the two, other accused including former Senator Bong Revilla are detained at the facility under the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology.
02:45Revilla, Hernandez, Mendoza, and other DPWH Bulacan officials face graft and malversation cases over a P92.8 million ghost flood control project.
02:55The ombudsman said the accused allegedly conspired to release P76 million for a project that was never built.
03:04United States workers and students marched through cities and university campuses to oppose the immigration policies of President Donald Trump.
03:11The demonstrations were intensified by outrage over the recent killing of 37-year-old Minneapolis resident Renee Goode,
03:17who was fatally shot by an ICE agent during a federal immigration enforcement operation in the city.
03:22The demonstrations were set to roll west to cities such as San Francisco and Seattle, where afternoon and evening protests were planned.
03:28The Trump administration says it has a mandate from voters to deport millions of immigrants in the country illegally.
03:34Recent polls show most Americans disapprove of the use of force by officers with Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other federal agencies.
03:45Israeli forces ordered dozens of Palestinian families in the southern Gaza Strip to leave their homes in the first forced evacuation since October's ceasefire.
03:53Residents and Hamas said the military was expanding the area under its control.
03:58On Monday, January 19, Israeli forces dropped leaflets in the southern town of Bani Suhaila, urging residents to immediately evacuate their homes.
04:06In the two-year war before the U.S. brokered ceasefire in October, Israel dropped leaflets over areas that were subsequently raided or bombarded.
04:14According to one resident, at least 70 families living in tents and partially damaged homes are affected by the evacuation order.
04:21Israel and Hamas accuse each other of major breaches of the ceasefire and remain far apart on the more difficult steps planned for its next phase.
04:28And that's today's wrap. I'm JC Gutinga. Thank you for watching. Click the link below for the full story. For more updates, download the Rappler app.
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