40 Pilipino, matagumpay na nakatawid sa Rafah Border Crossing | BK
Update na po tayo sa biyahe ng mga kababayan nating nakalabas sa Gaza. #BalitaKo
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Balita Ko is a noontime GMA Network newscast, anchored by Raffy Tima and Connie Sison. It airs on GTV Mondays to Fridays at 10:30 AM (PHL Time).
#GMAIntegratedNews #KapusoStream
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Transcript
00:00 We will update you on the trip of our countrymen who were out in Gaza.
00:11 From Egypt, we will get details on the live news of Rafi Tima. Rafi.
00:17 (Inaudible)
00:41 We have been in contact with the Palestinian side and they have been in contact with the Egyptian side for 12 hours. They have been processing their papers. Four Filipinos were released from Gaza.
00:56 From the original 46, four were transferred. We are asking for information on why the two did not arrive. We have information from a source that one Palestinian is with the four Filipinos released from the Gaza border.
01:17 They are now being sent to Cairo with the Egyptian ambassador. They are expected to stay in a hotel here and then they will be scheduled to fly back to the Philippines.
01:34 Many of the Filipinos released are minority ages, from two to 17 years old. The two countries we have already mentioned are included.
01:47 One is already a month old. We are asking for information on how they are doing. So far, they seem okay. They left the border earlier and they ate in a town 30 kilometers from the border of Gaza.
02:01 I would assume this is their first proper meal because there are no bombs or bombs. They were able to escape from the border.
02:14 Yes Rafi, can you confirm the first news that they are allowed to enter the country, even if they have a Palestinian husband?
02:25 That's the information we received. The DSA also announced it. We are confirming it because we have information that a Filipino husband, a Palestinian, is with one of the released.
02:46 We have information that there is an effort to include the Filipino husbands. The effort is from a third country, Qatar.
02:56 The information is being allowed. But according to our official, they don't have a formal document that says the spouses of the Filipino husbands are allowed.
03:11 We are confirming that. But it's expected that the spouses of the Filipino husbands are in Gaza.
03:19 It's also said that when there's a ceasefire, they are allowed to leave Gaza.
03:25 Rafi, can you tell us who are your travel companions and how dangerous it is if you will go to the border area?
03:36 I'm alone with my driver, Amy. She's my travel companion for the past few weeks.
03:45 We cannot go to the border area because there's no permit issued. It's dangerous, the Northern Sinai area.
03:54 That's why it took a long time for our embassy to issue a border check. Because there are many checkpoints. That's the information we received.
04:04 There are many checkpoints that they need to pass before they can reach the border.
04:09 Now, when we go to the Isla Iguia, this is the border of the Sia Canal. This area is safe.
04:16 We have checkpoints here in Cairo. We expect that they have checkpoints before we can reach the Isla Iguia.
04:25 They are very strict especially when they go to the border.
04:28 They are more controlled. We are taking care of the Egyptian authorities in entering the areas of the Sinai Canal.
04:36 But generally, in what you're going through now, Rafi, there's no danger that...
04:44 No, there's nothing, Connie. We're going through this safely. There are many checkpoints.
04:51 That reassures us that we're going through this safely in the Isla Iguia.
04:59 The place is in El Nidid, the Egyptian-based territory.
05:03 We have nothing. We were told that there are security concerns, Connie.
05:09 Okay. But for now, you will meet... Can you tell us where you will meet them during your trip?
05:16 In the town of Isla Iguia that we are expecting to meet our countrymen.
05:23 Okay.
05:24 They will be going to Cairo. We will talk to them, especially the minister, Connie.
05:31 I will talk to the Embassy of the Jordan, which is the head of the government. We heard that the challenge of border peace is on the rise. It's been a month.
05:45 I'm sure our official is also asking the government to allow the border peace. That's what we're asking the government to do.
05:56 They brought us pictures and they arrived in our city. These are pictures of the process of our countrymen, the Embassy of the Philippines in Cairo,
06:09 to our countrymen in the Egyptian side of the border. You can see that our countrymen are happy and smiling.
06:18 I'm sure that they have seen a better place.
06:25 Raffy, thank you very much for your sacrifice to bring the information that we will learn from you to our countrymen who are crossing the border of Rafa Crossing.
06:41 Thank you so much, Raffy. Take care.
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