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00:00A gunshot was heard and the barangay chairman asked a resident in Batangas City to leave.
00:08If you don't want to leave, leave!
00:14Leave!
00:16Leave!
00:18I will kill all of you!
00:20In the recorded video, the following gunshot was heard from the barangay captain, Joven Camacho, while walking on the street.
00:30He tried to stop several residents and according to the police, a resident went to Camacho.
00:35That's where he fired the gun.
00:38The victim was aiming the gun at his face and fired the gun next to his foot.
00:45Camacho was confronted by the police.
00:47The victim and the captain's family did not give their consent.
00:53The Development Budget Coordination Committee in the Senate issued a briefing that if you are food poor,
00:58your daily budget for food is P64.00 less.
01:02That's P20.00 per meal.
01:05But some senators asked, shouldn't this budget be changed?
01:09Especially since the price of food is getting more and more expensive.
01:12Here's Ma'am Gonzales.
01:17Senators are reviewing the basis of the National Economic and Development Authority, or NEDA, on poverty.
01:24In the beginning of the briefing of the Development Budget Coordination Committee in the Senate,
01:29it was issued that if you are food poor, your daily budget for food is P64.00 less.
01:35But that's three meals a day, right?
01:38So it's like P20.00 per meal.
01:45Do you think that number is sufficient, P20.00?
01:51The basket has not been changed for some time, Your Honor.
01:58Although the value of that basket has been adjusted for inflation.
02:04Maybe we should revisit that because preferences could have changed already.
02:08The relative prices have changed.
02:11Because we saw that the price of rice has been...
02:14Inflation there has been over 20% for the last couple of months.
02:18So obviously, that's where the P20.00 has been spent.
02:23In the poverty threshold, the basket is P91.00 per person per day to say that you are poor,
02:29or less than P3,000.00 per month.
02:32When you compute poverty thresholds using an old number,
02:37which is obviously not workable anymore, P20.00 per meal,
02:43your poverty forecast is not true.
02:49Secretary Arsenio Balisacan explained that they are not changing the threshold
02:54to properly track if the government's programs are effective for the poor.
02:59I think it's due for a revisit of this poverty threshold
03:03because it's been a while, more than a decade since it was set.
03:08The Central Bank of the Philippines is hoping that the country's inflation rate will drop by 2% to 4%.
03:15They say that lowering the price of rice is a big help.
03:18Price prices affect inflationary expectations
03:22and these expectations lead to second round effects.
03:26EO62 to reduce the tariff on rice will be so helpful in our efforts to tame inflation.
03:35Finance Secretary Ralph Recto said that the unemployment rate is the lowest
03:40and more Filipinos are facing poverty in 2024.
03:45Our unemployment rate is at a historic low.
03:50We have 50.3 million Filipinos employed today
03:55and 63.8% of them are engaged in formal and stable jobs.
04:01With favorable conditions, we are on course to becoming an upper-middle-income country by 2025.
04:11For GMA Integrated News, I'm Mav Gonzales, your witness.
04:17Department of Education Secretary Sunny Angara did not know that the government had a mishandling.
04:24Vice President Sara Duterte mentioned this issue last week
04:29as one of the reasons for her dismissal from the Cabinet of President Marcos.
04:33She tried to correct Vice President Duterte's mistake
04:37but he did not receive any support and did not see any changes.
04:41According to Angara, Commission on Audit or CUA,
04:44it is believed that there was a mishandling because it was seen in their reports.
04:49But in the eyes of the government, there is no lack of administration, especially in education.
04:56We will see in the CUA reports. It's the CUA who really knows if there was mishandling.
05:03Personally accompanied by Vice President Marcos,
05:07are the Filipino athletes on their way to the palace.
05:10The Filipino Olympians each received an award and cash gift.
05:14Witness, Van Myrina.
05:19The Team Philippines Jacket was personally worn by Vice President Marcos,
05:24the Filipino Olympian in Malacanang.
05:26He was accompanied by First Lady Liz Araneta Marcos,
05:29who was also wearing the Team Philippines Jacket,
05:31and the children, Simon and Vinny.
05:33A band of fans joined them while they were waiting for the stars tonight.
05:37A red carpet welcome was held in this hall,
05:40where the palace welcomes its distinguished guests.
05:43And before they take off their socks,
05:45the athletes arrived at the palace.
05:46Last, of course, were the Olympic medalists,
05:49Nesty Petencia and Ira Villegas, who won a bronze medal.
05:52And last, the double gold medalist, Carlos Yuno.
05:58Next, they entered the ceremonial hall.
06:01For dinner, they had salmon belly, grilled in a pan.
06:05Grilled US Angus beef with mechado sauce and chocolate cake.
06:09But they did not have dinner first,
06:11but the awarding ceremony was held first.
06:12Each athlete was given a presidential citation,
06:15and each of them, with or without a medal,
06:18received the same prize.
06:20All of our athletes, let's give them,
06:22as long as they won the Olympics,
06:24let's give them a million.
06:26The bronze medalists,
06:28Villegas and Petencia,
06:30received four million pesos.
06:32Yuno, on the other hand, received 22 million pesos.
06:35It's no longer a joke to qualify for the Olympics,
06:38and to just enter, is already a success.
06:39And of course, there is also for the coaching staff.
06:42The coaching staff,
06:44we will also give half a million.
06:46But more than the prizes,
06:48which a president gave more support to the athletes
06:51for the upcoming competitions,
06:53Yuno, Villegas and Petencia,
06:55who are receiving medals,
06:57will receive more.
06:59What I want to ask them is,
07:01what else can we do
07:03to increase your medals?
07:05That's what I want to talk to you.
07:06Not only the athletes,
07:08but also the coaches,
07:10the trainers,
07:12what else do you lack?
07:14Where did you have a hard time
07:16when you were training?
07:18That was the hardest part before we can help.
07:21For GMA Integrated News,
07:23Ivan Mejrina is your reporter.
07:26A victory party is being prepared
07:28for the Philippine Olympics
07:30in Pasay City.
07:32And the reporter live,
07:34is EJ Gomez.
07:36EJ?
07:39Tia, here at the photo op
07:41and victory party
07:43at Newport World Resorts,
07:45some supporters and guests
07:47are waiting for the arrival
07:49of the Philippine athletes
07:51who made it to the Paralympics.
07:53Among them, the double gold medalist,
07:55Carlos Yulo,
07:57and the bronze medalists,
07:59Nesty Petacio and Ira Villegas.
08:03For those who want to win
08:04the Olympics tomorrow,
08:06they will ride the float
08:08for the motorcade
08:10that will start at 3 PM
08:12at Alive Theatre.
08:14They will pass by Rojas Boulevard
08:16and stop for a moment
08:18in front of Jose Rizal's statue.
08:20This is a symbolic display
08:22that they are the new heroes
08:24because of the great performance
08:26at the Paris Olympics.
08:28From Rojas Boulevard,
08:30they will pass by Padre Borgo Street
08:32to Finance Road,
08:34where the convoy will take a left
08:36to Adriatico where Yulo grew up,
08:38then straight to Rizal Sports Complex
08:40where there is an open and free program
08:42for the public.
08:44According to the MMDA,
08:46the street will not be closed
08:48and the number coding will not be suspended.
08:50We will just have a stop and go.
08:52It's just open,
08:54but if it rains,
08:56there is a provision
08:58that will stop the rain.
09:00The parade will last until 5 PM.
09:05At this time,
09:07preparations are still underway
09:09at Newport World Resorts
09:11for the photo op and victory party
09:13for the Filipino athletes
09:15who returned to the Philippines
09:17tonight.
09:19From Pasay City,
09:21EJ Gomez is your reporter.
09:23Even the 10-year-old grandson
09:25of Carlos Yulo
09:27is eager to follow
09:29in the footsteps
09:31of the two-time Olympic gold medalist
09:32and he also sent his thanks
09:34and support online
09:36to the Filipino athletes
09:38for their return home.
09:40Watch Bam Alegre.
09:43The streets of Liveriza, Manila
09:45are filled with different images
09:47of the two-time gold medalist
09:49Carlos Yulo.
09:51It is a great recognition
09:53that the Filipino Olympians
09:55grew up in this place.
09:57For the return home of the Filipino athletes,
09:59the children and players
10:00are the pride of the barangay.
10:07I have nothing to say,
10:09he got it.
10:11Felix Escobar remembers
10:13how the gymnast's award started.
10:15When I left,
10:17he studied in Aurora.
10:19Then,
10:21his grandfather,
10:23his grandfather,
10:25Boyo,
10:27he studied here.
10:28Then,
10:30he studied in the playground.
10:32In the playground,
10:34he stumbled there.
10:36He fell.
10:38He fell.
10:40Then,
10:42he brought him to the memorial.
10:44His ten-year-old cousin,
10:46Francis,
10:48is eager to follow.
10:50I am proud of him.
10:52I also want to be like him.
10:54When Carlos arrived in Manila,
10:55his neighbor, Leng,
10:57was very happy.
10:59Of course, it is exciting to see him.
11:01Caloy is very patient.
11:03But the most exciting thing to see is Carlos,
11:05his grandfather,
11:07who is wearing the same clothes
11:09that his grandson is wearing.
11:11Very, very, very excited.
11:13Do you want to see Caloy?
11:15Yes, yes, yes.
11:17He hasn't been here for a long time,
11:19maybe two years.
11:21I am happy that he will come here
11:23to have a victory party.
11:25It's fun, right?
11:27Everybody is happy.
11:29Their greetings also reached
11:31the Filipino Olympians
11:33who are online fans.
11:35These are the messages of thanks
11:37for their wholeheartedly fighting
11:39for the Olympics
11:41as the laughing Philippines.
11:43One netizen said,
11:45you are all champions.
11:47He expressed his gratitude
11:49for the hard work and dedication
11:51of the athletes.
11:53Another one thanked
11:55the athletes
11:57and hoped that the number
11:59of athletes will increase
12:01in the Los Angeles Olympics.
12:03He also hoped that the athletes
12:05in the country will be given
12:07a sufficient budget.
12:09For GMA Integrated News,
12:11your Sak-C will be happy.
12:13My fellow Filipinos,
12:15let's be Sak-C together.
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