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ABS-CBN's 'Sa Likod ng Balita 2024' documentary to recap this year's biggest stories

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Ched Rick Gatchalian

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<p>MANILA — ABS-CBN is wrapping up the year with its documentary &quot;Sa Likod ng Balita 2024&quot; which covers the major events and personalities that shaped 2024, through firsthand accounts of journalists who broke and covered the news.</p><p>The year-end documentary airing on Sunday, December 29, at 8:30 p.m., will feature the following significant stories:</p><div><br/></div><p> • <strong>Alice Guo or Guo Hua Pin</strong><strong>g</strong>, the dismissed mayor of Bamban, Tarlac, made headlines this year after congressional hearings looked into her connection to <strong>Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGO)</strong>. </p><p>Accused of being a Chinese national who flouted civil registry, immigration, and election laws, Guo fled the country and was later caught in Indonesia and sent back to the Philippines.</p><div><br/></div><p>• <strong>F</strong><strong>ormer President Rodrigo Duterte&#x27;s</strong><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/10/28/duterte-says-he-takes-full-responsibility-for-bloody-drug-war-1237"> war on drugs</a> sparked various discussions after hearings at the House of Representatives and Senate following testimonies on an alleged reward scheme for suspect&#x27;s killings. </p><div><br/></div><p>• Duterte&#x27;s ally,<strong></strong><strong> televangelist Apollo Quiboloy</strong>, took the spotlight after he became a subject of extensive police manhunt after being charged with qualified human trafficking.</p><div><br/></div><p>• Filipinos are still witnessing the widening <strong>rift between President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Vice President Sara Duterte</strong>. </p><p>Duterte, after being questioned on her confidential funds use, left her position as Education secretary. Their feud escalated after Duterte said she had arranged for Marcos to be killed should a supposed plot against her succeed. </p><p><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2024/12/19/3rd-impeachment-complaint-sara-duterte-1245">Multiple impeachment complaints</a> were later filed against her. </p><div><br/></div><p>• Aside from political conflicts, natural calamities also shook the lives of Filipinos, including a<strong><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/11/14/nasa-philippines-overlapping-storms-unusual-653"> string of storms</a> </strong>that devastated<strong></strong> some parts of the country and the unrest of <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/regions/2024/10/5/phivolcs-logs-2nd-phreatomagmatic-eruption-this-week-in-taal-1452"><strong>Taal </strong></a><strong>and </strong><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/regions/2024/12/9/kanlaon-volcano-erupts-alert-level-raised-to-3-1541"><strong>Kanlaon</strong></a><strong> volcanoes. </strong></p><div><br/></div><p>• However, 2024 was not all about political conflicts and natural hazards, as Filipino talent  also made headlines.<strong> The nation&#x27;s girl group BINI</strong>  gathered support and recognition not only in the Philippines <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/2024/7/28/bini-makes-herstoric-milestone-with-cherry-on-top-performance-in-kcon-la-2024-1352">but also around the world</a>, while <strong>Carlos Yulo</strong> bagged <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/2024/8/4/family-neighbors-rejoice-as-carlos-yulo-wins-2nd-olympic-gold-117">two Olympic gold medals.</a></p><div><br/></div><div><em>Catch the year-end documentary &quot;Sa Likod ng Balita 2024&quot; on December 29 at 8:30 p.m., via Kapamilya Channel, Kapamilya Online Live, or A2Z. </em></div>

<p>ABS-CBN is wrapping up the year with its documentary "Sa Likod ng Balita 2024" that will air on Sunday, December 29 at 8:30 p.m. It will cover the major events and personalities that shaped 2024, through firsthand accounts of journalists who broke and covered the news.</p>

ABS-CBN is wrapping up the year with its documentary "Sa Likod ng Balita 2024" that will air on Sunday, December 29 at 8:30 p.m. It will cover the major events and personalities that shaped 2024, through firsthand accounts of journalists who broke and covered the news.