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00:00 In the afternoon of February 20, 2024, students were raided outside a nearby school in Manila.
00:10 "About 200 meters from where I stand, that's where the students were raided."
00:17 The students who were raided and captured on video, we will hide under the name "Gessa", 13 years old.
00:26 Based on the investigation of the Barangay Council for Protection of Children or BCPC of their area.
00:34 "They are also being raped."
00:36 The beating and the avoidance of Gessa from the group became the reason for their fight.
00:42 "Her story is that she did not join her friends who are violent."
00:51 The parents of the victims of the fight immediately called the police.
00:56 "The mother said, 'Since they are both minors, just return my medical expenses to my child.'"
01:08 After a meeting in the barangay, the parents of the victim Gessa paid the damages for her treatment.
01:16 "They agreed to pay a fine of P1,000. That's why they signed here that they are okay."
01:23 A few days after the attack, Gessa was still able to enter the school.
01:28 But she was suddenly killed inside the bathroom.
01:31 "She entered and when she came out, she just sat on one side."
01:37 She was immediately taken to the hospital but after five days, Gessa was brought back to life.
01:46 The victim's body was found in the reporter's notebook.
01:50 We talked to her mother, Robeline.
01:53 She told us that her child is not sick and that it could be the reason for her death.
01:59 She said that she did not see any other reason but the painful incident of the students of Gessa.
02:06 "You can see in the video, not only one person was raped.
02:11 They were also attacked and stabbed."
02:15 When the death certificate of Gessa was released,
02:18 this is when Robeline's suspicion of the cause of her child's death became stronger.
02:23 Hemorrhage or blood clotting in the brain was the cause of her death.
02:27 "The problem is that if she bled during the time of accident,
02:32 those four days were really long.
02:36 If you have an injury in the brain, every minute counts."
02:41 "It's hard, ma'am. But I'm trying my best because I have two more children."
02:48 Gessa is the second of three siblings.
02:51 The child dreams of becoming a teacher one day.
02:55 "She said she can help us because we are just doing what is hard.
02:59 But she just took it from us.
03:03 That's why it hurts."
03:06 Two days after Gessa's life was saved,
03:10 under the guidance of the Municipal Social Welfare and Development Office,
03:14 or MSWDO in their area,
03:17 we interviewed Almira.
03:19 Her name is not her real name.
03:21 She is the woman in blue clothes who was raped in the video while Gessa was injured.
03:28 "We were just worried.
03:30 When we went there, someone came out and chased us.
03:35 Then the police said, 'Go after her.'
03:39 She shouted, 'Wait for me.'
03:41 We just talked to her.
03:44 Then she started shouting at us."
03:48 Almira feels a deep regret because of Gessa's disappearance.
03:54 "We are so sorry for what we did."
03:58 We interviewed the principal of the school where the children who were injured by Gessa are studying.
04:04 They explained that because the chaos inside the school did not happen,
04:08 they cannot give punishment to the students.
04:12 "It happened outside the school campus.
04:15 Yes."
04:16 "But they were wearing uniforms."
04:18 "Yes."
04:19 "What will they do outside?
04:21 It will be a reflection of the school."
04:23 "It can be like that.
04:27 But for us, it is education.
04:29 We can say that the children are fighting."
04:31 "But some died."
04:32 "Yes, because we don't know if they really died."
04:37 The principal added that one of their problems is the lack of a guidance counselor
04:43 who can guide and give advice to the students who are having problems.
04:49 "We don't have a guidance counselor.
04:51 We have a guidance teacher.
04:53 She cannot give counseling because she is not a counselor.
04:58 But she can give advice.
05:01 She will monitor the students daily."
05:07 For now, the students who were involved in the chaos are not allowed to enter the school
05:17 while being monitored by the MSWDO because the minors cannot blame the victims of the chaos
05:26 according to the law.
05:28 But they need to join the community service and counseling within 6 months.
05:34 "This is part of what we are doing to find out what happened.
05:39 If they have anger management, we can talk about it."
05:44 But for the minors, who can be the one to answer?
05:49 "For the parents, if it is proven that they are negligent, they may be charged with civil liability.
05:59 Because it is in our family code.
06:01 Parents and other persons exercising parental authority shall be civilly liable for injuries and damages
06:08 caused by the acts of the minors."
06:11 For Jessa's family, their son's arrest is unforgivable.
06:15 "It hurts me to lose my son, especially that he is a girl.
06:20 Because when your son studies, they will have a lot of dreams in that way."
06:26 The 5-year-old student, Tintin, who has a bruise on her face and blood on her nose,
06:38 is not her real name.
06:41 She then went to her classmate in Pasig City.
06:45 "Here on her nose, on her nose, this is the biggest wound.
06:49 Here on her cheek, here, here, here, here on her eyes.
06:55 She has a bruise here, and here on her nose.
06:59 And here, there is a mark on her cheek."
07:03 Because of her mother's anger, she did not file a complaint to the school.
07:08 So she went straight to the barangay to complain to the parents of the child who was injured.
07:14 "I cannot blame the teacher for what happened.
07:17 Of course, it is not only my son who was there.
07:21 For a lot of children, no one can handle everything."
07:25 We went to the school where Tintin is studying and the classmate who was injured.
07:31 They admitted that they do not have enough capacity to focus every student in their studies.
07:38 "For a lot of children, the teacher is alone.
07:41 We are also not enough in the classroom.
07:43 That is one factor, the excess population in a classroom."
07:50 Because of the trauma that Tintin suffered, she did not go to school first and she was temporarily in a module.
07:57 They also assure that what happened to Tintin or any other student in their school will not happen again.
08:05 "The parent of the child who was injured told us that if possible,
08:11 the child who was bullied should be transferred to another section so that the child will not be seen.
08:16 So we gave that to them."
08:18 In the Program for International Student Assessment or PISA,
08:23 one in three students experience bullying every week in the Philippines.
08:29 The Department of Education of DepEd said that it would be a big help if the number of guidance counselors would increase
08:36 so that the students can be guided more.
08:38 But the problem is...
08:40 "We have over 46,000 schools and there is a limited number of guidance counselors available
08:47 primarily because the current salary of guidance counselors is insufficient to attract them.
08:55 That's why in terms of intervening, the Department of Education has begun exploring,
09:00 adding the base of those that can respond."
09:04 On March 10, Jessa was buried.
09:08 "I hope she will not worry. We will do our best to give her justice for what happened to her."
09:15 This is my second home, but in the cases where violence happens here or in its surroundings,
09:23 the government should take measures so that no student will be hurt
09:28 or the most dangerous, will lose their life.
09:32 I am June Veneration and this is Reporters Notebook.
09:37 [Music]
09:39 March 8, 2024, while we were hiding the fisherman Raul in Laot,
09:51 he saw a bag full of money in the sea.
09:54 "I was looking at the money. I thought it was money.
09:59 I was lucky because I was looking up and I asked for help."
10:06 When Raul opened the bag, some black blocks fell on him.
10:13 "There were writings that said 'Z' and 'Kako Pera'
10:18 When I opened it, I was afraid that it would be soft. I didn't know what it was.
10:22 I could smell the stench."
10:24 Raul immediately reported to the local government and police station of Arteche, Eastern Samar,
10:30 where the black blocks were found.
10:32 When the police investigated the contents of the blocks,
10:37 illegal cocaine was confirmed and Raul was found in the sea.
10:41 It is estimated that the 20 blocks of cocaine were worth Php111 million.
10:50 "We requested for destruction in the court to burn the cocaine."
10:58 According to the chief of Arteche Municipal Police,
11:02 this is the second time that cocaine blocks were found in the sea in their town.
11:07 "This March, 20 cocaine bricks were recovered in Arteche's town in Eastern Samar.
11:14 Since 2009, 250 cocaine bricks have been recovered from the said province."
11:20 In the Philippines, it is noteworthy that Eastern Samar is located in the far end of the country.
11:28 The question is, where do the cocaine blocks come from that are floating in the sea?
11:37 "It came from the open sea, which is the Pacific Ocean.
11:40 During that time, based on the report of the Philippine Coast Guard and Navy,
11:47 it really floated and hit our sea, which is the right place in the sea of Samar."
11:54 In the investigation of the Philippine National Police or PNP,
11:59 a well-known drug syndicate group is behind the illegal drugs that are being smuggled in the country.
12:04 This includes the Mexican Drug Cartel.
12:08 "Based on its packaging, which is the triple Z,
12:11 it is believed to be a link on the Mexican Drug Cartel.
12:15 The name is Los Zetas."
12:19 In Samar, cocaine was found floating in the sea.
12:24 A suspect who was arrested in Cavite,
12:31 cocaine was placed in cookies and chocolate.
12:36 [Music]
12:42 August 2023,
12:43 a Ugandan national was arrested by the National Bureau of Investigation or NBI Task Force
12:54 against illegal drugs in Dasmariña City, Cavite.
12:57 When the NBI entered the house of Banyaga in the visa of Sir Chihuahuan,
13:02 various chemicals were found in the production of black cocaine.
13:06 Before the arrest of the Ugandan national,
13:09 two Filipinas were the first to be arrested by the NBI.
13:12 The suspects obtained 20 million pesos worth of black cocaine
13:17 mixed in cookies and chocolate.
13:19 They were the ones who taught the Ugandan national that he was making black cocaine.
13:24 "This is the first time that we discovered it in the Philippines.
13:29 We were able to discover a clandestine laboratory.
13:33 So this is where he manufactures it."
13:36 "This is the house that our suspect rented,
13:45 the implementation of Sir Chihuahuan.
13:47 So one Ugandan national said that the owner
13:50 was not going to stay for six months on his land."
13:53 According to one of the residents who became the suspect's neighbor,
13:58 he was first noticed in 2022 when the Banyaga's arrived and took over their land.
14:04 "When they arrived, they were in a group.
14:07 When they arrived, they were in prison.
14:09 I don't know what was happening inside.
14:12 Then, they were with the Filipinos."
14:15 The Ugandan national is currently in prison in the NBI detention facility.
14:19 The NBI said that the fugitive could not be deported
14:22 while the case is still being heard in court.
14:25 The two Filipinos were released and were first arrested
14:28 while the investigation is still ongoing.
14:31 The NBI believes that the member of the West African Drug Syndicate
14:37 is the one who was arrested by the Ugandan national.
14:39 The black cocaine that is made in the Philippines
14:41 is planned to be exported abroad.
14:44 In this case, Hong Kong is the target market of black cocaine.
14:48 What happens when they arrive in Hong Kong?
14:51 "There is still a processing to be done before they can consume it.
14:54 I get three kilos of black cocaine, a significant amount of drugs."
14:59 In Baguio City, the authorities started an action in a house of a Chinese national.
15:22 The people of the Police Regional Office Cordillera
15:25 and Baguio City Drug Enforcement Unit are armed.
15:27 The assault team carefully entered the target location
15:30 through the search warrant.
15:32 "Building cleared."
15:34 The police were able to find the 575 kilos of the suspected shabu
15:38 that was hidden in a tea bag.
15:40 The suspected shabu is estimated to be worth P4 billion.
15:45 We are trying to get the Baguio City Police Station's money
15:49 but they refused to give a statement
15:51 because the Chinese national is already hearing the case in court.
15:55 When the Baguio City PNP confirmed that the suspect who was arrested
16:01 in the BJMP Baguio City was the suspect of the case of violation of the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.
16:06 According to the NBI, three large drug syndicates are possible
16:12 that were stolen by illegal drug dealers in Samar, Baguio City, and Cavite.
16:19 This is the Mexican Drug Cartel, African Drug Syndicate, and Chinese Triad.
16:25 According to the data released by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency or PDEA,
16:29 the number of Filipinos who are couriers of syndicates involved in drug trafficking has increased.
16:35 From the two arrests in 1993, it has reached more than 700 in the present.
16:48 What are the challenges that you are facing?
16:51 Because of the law, it's very restrictive on the part of law enforcement.
16:56 The wiretap, the bank account, the secrecy of bank deposits, that's the fight.
17:04 We don't have new technology. We're really behind.
17:09 For the year 2023, the value of the illegal drug was reached to P10.41 billion.
17:16 The question is, why is this continuing?
17:19 And it seems that the drug trafficking is spreading in the country.
17:23 We need to accept the fact that it is a challenge.
17:28 The personnel, vessels, and equipment that can guard the bomb border of our country are not enough
17:36 since it is really open.
17:42 For the NBI, they admitted that corruption is one of the reasons why illegal drugs are easily spread in the country.
17:49 They all came from a foreign country.
17:53 In order to stop drug trafficking in the country, it must start there, at the border, the first line of defense.
18:01 Raul is happy that he was able to help in the transfer and surrender of a million-peso drug worth of drugs in the sea.
18:07 I feel very happy that I was able to do that.
18:09 The government is still in the hands of the government so that there will be no illegal drugs that can enter the country.
18:17 The authorities admitted that they don't have enough capacity to guard the border of the Philippines.
18:24 How can this problem be solved?
18:27 Until next Saturday, I am Macky Pulido and this is the Reporter's Notebook.