Marcos one of TIME’s most influential | The wRap

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

• Marcos among TIME’s most influential people of 2024

TIME Magazine names Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. one of the 100 most influential people of 2024.

• Arnie Teves son ‘bribed’ Timor-Leste police for father’s special treatment – DOJ

The Justice department says one of Arnie Teves’ sons allegedly bribed a member of Timor Leste’s Criminal Investigation Police in exchange for special treatment while in detention.

• Philippines: China is ‘source of tension,’ not trilateral summit

The Philippines says China should ‘reflect upon its own actions in the South China Sea and the West Philippine Sea’, calling it ‘the source of tension’ in the region.

• Marcos says e-trike, e-bike ban stays, but no penalty on violators for now

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. instructs the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority and local governments not to penalize e-bicycles and e-tricycles plying national roads in Metro Manila.

• Prince William returns to public duties after wife Kate’s cancer revelation

Britain’s Prince William returns to public duties for the first time since his wife Kate revealed she was undergoing preventative chemotherapy for cancer. — Rappler.com