#ThewRap: Videos you need to watch this week, February 19-25, 2018

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Must-watch videos this week

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The week started with the Senate probe into the Philippine Navy frigates deal. News reports by Rappler and Inquirer document the role Special Assistant to the President Bong Go played in it. Despite his confirmation that his office endorsed the complaint, Go calls reports by the news groups ‘fake news.’  


The day after the Senate hearing, the Presidential Security Group (PSG) barred Malacañang reporter Pia Ranada from entering Malacañang Palace. Ranada tries to shed light on the matter by asking Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque during his regular presscon. Roque later says “bwisit ang Presidente sa kanya.” (the President is annoyed with her.) But Executive Secretary Medialdea says President Rodrigo Duterte’s order to bar Rappler CEO Maria Ressa and Ranada from entering Malacañang was only his way of implementing the Securities and Exchange Commission decision, which, by the SEC’s own admission, is not final and executory. 

 
PSG Commander Lope Dagoy also says Ranada should be grateful that the PSG personnel who stopped her at the Malacañang gate did not hurt her. Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana says the PSG head did not behave like “and officer and gentleman.” 


A word war brews between presidential daughter and Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte and House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez. The Duterte daughter has formed her own regional party in Davao called Hugpong Ng Pagbabago. She lashes out at Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez for supposedly tagging her as a member of the opposition and says “somebody should tell the President what the Speaker is doing.” Alvarez denies the allegations, saying Sara Duterte may have been mistaken. 


Some good news: The Senate approves the ‘Lifetime Cellphone Number Act,‘ which seeks to let consumers keep their cellphone numbers for life even if they switch to another service provider. 

Young tennis player Alex Eala takes a big step towards achieving her dream of playing in the Grand Slams. Lav Diaz’s  ‘Ang Panahon ng Halimaw’ makes its world premiere at the Berlinale. 

Here are the stories we think you should not miss. 

Bong Go rails against Rappler, Inquirer in Senate hearing

(UPDATED) ‘Para na rin kayong nakapatay ng tao. Makonsensya naman kayo,’ President Rodrigo Duterte’s aide tells the media

Rappler’s Pia Ranada barred from entering Malacañang Palace

(4th UPDATE) The incident happens a day after the Senate hearing on the Navy frigates deal where Special Assistant to the President Bong Go accused Rappler of churning out ‘fake news’

Sara Duterte: President Duterte better off without Alvarez

‘Kapal ng mukha mo. You messed with the wrong girl,’ Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio tells Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez, one of her father’s staunchest allies

Alex Eala on the rise in PH tennis

With a strong support system behind Eala, there is more in store for her and her tennis career

WATCH: ‘Ang Panahon ng Halimaw’ makes world premiere at the Berlinale

Will Lav Diaz bring home the Golden Bear award this time at the Berlin International Film Festival?

[Right Of Way] The fault in our signs, part 3

How can pavement markings make or break traffic flow along our roads?

Basagan ng Trip with Leloy Claudio: Debunking myths on the origins of the Filipino

Were there really 3 distinct waves of migration? Who were the Filipinos’ forefathers?

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