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00:00Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia, in those three countries that we are going to visit,
00:19Dismissed Bamban Mayor Alice Guo, who is now being investigated by the authorities on how
00:23she got out of the Philippines.
00:25Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin cancelled Guo's passport and his two siblings' passports.
00:31The passport was also the one that was seized by Pogo in Porac, Pampanga.
00:35Sandra Aguinaldo witnessed this.
00:40After the Senate was assured that there was information that the country's leader has left,
00:45Dismissed Bamban Mayor Alice Guo,
00:48Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin asked the DFA to cancel Guo's passport,
00:54his siblings, Wesley and Sheila,
00:57and the body of the lucky South 99 Pogo in Porac, Cassandra Ong.
01:03The court cancelled the passport of a fugitive under the New Philippine Passport Act.
01:09Guo is under arrest in the Senate and is facing a criminal complaint due to qualified human trafficking.
01:16But the question now is, where is Guo?
01:20His lawyer is holding his client's testimony that he is still in the Philippines.
01:26The same is the case of Attorney Elmer Galicia in the Notary Public for his counter affidavit.
01:33Did you personally witness the counter affidavit of your client on August 18?
01:40No, I didn't see it.
01:42But as a brother lawyer of Attorney Galicia,
01:46I have full confidence that he will not do something illegal or that he will put him in danger.
01:54Attorney Galicia explained earlier to the Department of Justice but refused to give his consent to the media.
02:01Prosecutors said that Galicia personally defended Guo when he notarized his counter affidavit.
02:10An anonymous person arranged for him to be notarized.
02:14On August 14, 2024 at around 7 o'clock p.m.,
02:20when he arrived at the office, there was a land cruiser on board of Ms. Alice Guo.
02:28Alice Guo talked to her downstairs of her office.
02:32She saw it and presented a driver's license to Alice Guo.
02:40But according to the information obtained by the Bureau of Immigration,
02:44on that day, Guo was not in the Philippines.
02:48Guo has no record of leaving the country,
02:50but the Malaysian Immigration has a record of Guo's arrival in Kuala Lumpur on July 18.
02:57He also has a record of his arrival in Singapore on July 21.
03:01And on August 18, he also has a record of his arrival in Batam, Indonesia.
03:06The most recent is August 18, which is the other day.
03:10He moved, including her group, with Sheila Leal-Guo,
03:15Wesley Leal-Guo, and Cassandra Lee Ong to Indonesia.
03:21I also have pictures of the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission of Alice Guo,
03:27the siblings Sheila and Wesley,
03:30and Cassandra Ong when they passed through the immigration area in Singapore
03:34Before arriving in Singapore,
03:36they passed through Indonesia and Malaysia based on the information they obtained.
03:42From the reports we received from our counterparts abroad,
03:47it is clear that Alice Guo has already left the country.
03:50Definitely, they will not get an airplane from the Philippines because they will be stranded.
03:56What can happen is that they can hire a chartered plane from outside our country,
04:00and if there is an accident here, they will be the ones who will be the ones to be backloaded.
04:04So there is no record.
04:06Based on the intel of the immigration,
04:08Guo has a flight to return to the Philippines.
04:10Upon verification, no one boarded that aircraft to return to the Philippines.
04:16And it got us asking the question,
04:19why does she have a ticket from outside to enter the country
04:23when our record states that she is still in the country?
04:27Even though Guo used a possible backdoor or illegal route to leave the country,
04:32the immigration is still investigating if it was their own doing.
04:37The DOJ also investigated Guo's departure from the NBI and immigration.
04:42According to Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Rimulya of the NBI,
04:46if there is a person involved in Guo's escape,
04:50they will come forward and tell the truth.
04:52If it is not personal, he will claim that there is an answer.
04:56They will also find out if Guo has a field paper and his lawyers
04:59regarding his departure from the country.
05:01I relayed to them that he is here in the Philippines.
05:08Well, personally, I did not see him here.
05:11The PNP has already informed their foreign counterparts so that Guo will be informed.
05:16As for the NBI,
05:17they will be careful in confirming if the dismissal of the mayor was monitored when he left the country.
05:23They are also verifying the documents that came out from Malaysia,
05:28especially the close-up image of the entrance to their country.
05:32Malaysia is a very high-tech country.
05:36There cannot be no image.
05:38If you just look at the counter,
05:40you can already see your face, your two fingerprints,
05:44two index fingers.
05:46So we are still checking the veracity of the report.
05:49If they have a fingerprint that they entered Malaysia,
05:53if they entered Indonesia,
05:55give us the fingerprint and we will check if it is him.
05:59The Komelek is still investigating the possible case of misrepresentation against Guo.
06:04He is still waiting for the answer to the accusation that was filed against him last week.
06:10The Senate hearings on Fogo are also ongoing.
06:13One of the things to investigate is how Guo left the country.
06:18For GMA Integrated News,
06:20Sandra Aguinaldo is your witness.
06:25The Senate has passed a proposed budget of more than Php 2 billion
06:30by the Office of the Vice President for 2025.
06:32But before that,
06:34Vice President Sara Duterte and Senator Risa Ontiveros
06:37were in the middle of a heated discussion
06:39after being asked about the children's book
06:42that was written by the Vice President and will cost the government Php 10 million.
06:46Witness, Marisol Abdurrahman.
06:51Madam Chair, I don't understand the position of our resource person.
06:57I also don't understand the position of Senator Risa Ontiveros.
07:01In the middle of the Senate hearings on the 2025 proposed budget of the Office of the Vice President,
07:07Vice President Sara Duterte and Senator Risa Ontiveros were in the middle of a heated discussion.
07:11It was raised in Ontiveros' question
07:13about the children's book that was written by the Vice President
07:17and will cost the government Php 10 million to distribute to the students.
07:21Madam Chair,
07:24this is an example of politicizing the budget hearing through the questions of a senator.
07:31The problem is that my name is on the book
07:35and we will give that book to the children.
07:39And those children have parents who will vote.
07:43And my name is spread wherever the book will be given.
07:50Madam Chair, I don't understand the position of our resource person.
07:55It is a simple question.
07:58Again and again, this is politicizing.
08:02The VP mentioned the word vote. I did not say vote.
08:06Usually, our resource persons
08:09give the same institutional courtesy to the legislature that we give to the executive.
08:16I don't appreciate this kind of attitude.
08:19I also don't understand Senator Risa Ontiveros' attitude.
08:22And I do not appreciate... What did she say?
08:25I do not appreciate this kind of behavior and attitude.
08:30It was also raised in Ontiveros' request for help to VP Sara when she was the mayor of Davao in 2016.
08:37Madam Chair, in 2016, Senator Risa Ontiveros ran...
08:42Senator, how many times has she lost?
08:45So...
08:46Two, Madam Chair.
08:47Okay, two.
08:48She was afraid of her third loss,
08:51so she went to Davao and asked for help.
08:55She was the first one to attack President Rodrigo Duterte.
09:00What do you call this kind of behavior?
09:03Finance Committee Chairperson Senator Grace Poe is here.
09:06I understand there's history among all of us here,
09:10but I think that we should really stick to the budget.
09:13The Office of the Vice President's request for a budget of Php 2.037 billion
09:18came from Ontiveros' request.
09:20Most of this was allocated to socioeconomic programs
09:23such as medical, financial, and education assistance.
09:26That's why the Vice President was asked if the OVP would consider
09:30allocating funds to line agencies for OVP projects that also have other agencies.
09:36So that it would be in sync with the priorities of the Executive Department
09:40instead of having a separate but similar program.
09:45The Vice President said that she experienced that when she was under the influence of other agencies,
09:50they would politicize their budget.
09:52If we are being referred or endorsed by AICS or DSWD,
10:01most of the time the answer we get is no,
10:04because it came from the Office of the Vice President and that's their enemy.
10:09Sometimes it's true that the assistance for our countrymen is politicized.
10:17The OVP's request for a budget was passed to the committee.
10:20But before the hearing was over, the Vice President repeated her request.
10:24We would like to thank all the honorable members of the Senate
10:28for doing your work here in the Senate of the Philippines.
10:33Except...
10:35Just kidding, ma'am.
10:36Have a good afternoon.
10:38She's really a VP.
10:39Consistent, Madam Chair.
10:41After the hearing, the media caught the Vice President,
10:44particularly about the impishment complaint against her.
10:48They're talking about it, even if they deny it,
10:51the members of the House of Representatives are talking about it.
10:55It's openly discussed, the impeachment.
11:00What do they want to do?
11:02They want the Duterte family to be affected by politics.
11:07And not just politics, but also personal.
11:10Because they included my husband, right?
11:12He's a private individual, but they included him in the harassment.
11:17She's not afraid to be impeached.
11:19She doesn't have a plan to run for Vice President
11:22if Senator Aimee and President Bongbong Marcos don't help her.
11:28They said, we won't win if you don't help us in Mindanao and Visayas.
11:36If they ask me to leave or impeach me,
11:41it's not up to me.
11:44And when asked if she blames President Marcos for helping her,
11:48Do I regret helping?
11:52Do you want to answer the question?
11:54Or do you know the answer?
11:57For GMA Integrated News, I am Marisol Abdurrahman,
12:02your witness.
12:05Effective is the second round of additional tolls
12:08in the South Luzon Expressway or SLEX.
12:10Those traveling from Alabang to Calamba, Laguna,
12:13will receive an additional 10 to 30 pesos
12:16depending on the type of vehicle.
12:18And for those traveling from Calamba to Santo Tomas, Batangas,
12:232 to 8 pesos will be added.
12:26Starting from August 31,
12:28motorists passing through the tollgate
12:31who don't have a valid or lack of load on their RFID device will also pay.
12:37The possibility of a diplomatic protest or complaint
12:40in the United Nations is being studied.
12:42Following the flood in Escoda Shoal,
12:44where the ships of the PCG collided with each other,
12:47some Chinese sea vehicles
12:49circling the BRP Teresa Magbanwa
12:52docked in Escoda Shoal were seen.
12:55Witness, Chino Gaston.
13:00From Papawid,
13:01From Papawid,
13:02the Chinese sea vehicles
13:04circling the Philippine ship
13:06BRP Teresa Magbanwa docked in Escoda Shoal were seen.
13:09As part of the Philippine Coast Guard,
13:115 rubber boats and 3 speed boats
13:13circled around it.
13:15In the distance,
13:16CGV 5202 and 4303 of the China Coast Guard
13:20were anchored,
13:21as well as Chinese militia vessels.
13:23They are so afraid with their own narrative
13:26that we are going to reinforce
13:29our presence in Escoda Shoal
13:32and deploy additional vessels here
13:34to accompany Teresa Magbanwa.
13:36The ship's supply is limited,
13:38so it needs to be supplied with water and food.
13:41But if the ships of China are blocked
13:44resupplying will be difficult.
13:47Since May,
13:48China has repeatedly complained
13:50and asked BRP Teresa Magbanwa
13:52to leave Escoda Shoal.
13:54As far as our enforcement is concerned,
13:57this is in accordance with UNCLOS
13:59and of course the 2016 Arbitral Award.
14:05Well, that may be a challenge,
14:07but that is something that we are
14:09strategically considering.
14:11The group of ships of China in Escoda Shoal
14:14died just a few hours after
14:16the Chinese Coast Guard
14:18bombed BRP Bagacay and Cape Engaño.
14:20It left a deep scar on our ships.
14:23Despite these incidents,
14:25Escoda Shoal is not a new flashpoint
14:28according to the Philippine Navy.
14:30The National Maritime Council
14:32has already ordered the PCG
14:34to look for evidence
14:35for the possible escalation
14:37of another diplomatic protest.
14:39Several groups are also being investigated,
14:41such as the escalation of complaints
14:43to the United Nations.
14:44In this group,
14:46the Solicitor General
14:48was also appointed as a member
14:50of the National Maritime Council.
14:52The Council also wants to complain
14:54to the China Coast Guard, UNCLOS,
14:56and the 1972 Convention
14:58on the International Regulations
15:00for Preventing Collisions at Sea.
15:02It is actually a code of conduct
15:04among seafarers.
15:06The principle behind it is to ensure safety
15:09among vessels at the high seas,
15:13especially,
15:14so that they won't get into trouble.
15:17But what happened is
15:19they went through the extreme
15:24of putting a vessel at risk.
15:29So, it's ridiculous on their part.
15:32But the Philippines has no plan
15:34to face China's aggressive action.
15:36If you're referring to more kinetic actions,
15:39that would not be to the best interest
15:41of our country and of China,
15:43and even in the region.
15:45So, we're looking at this approach.
15:48We can never go wrong
15:50by using this diplomatic and peaceful approach.
15:53The Chinese Coast Guard's attack
15:55on Philippine vessels
15:56happened just a month after
15:58the provisional arrangement
16:00for the reduction of raw emissions
16:02in the island.
16:03That's why it's being studied
16:05to expand it to other parts
16:07of the country's maritime domain.
16:09For GMA Integrated News,
16:11I'm Chino Gaston, your witness.
16:14In the statement of the spokesperson
16:16of the Philippines Embassy,
16:18they said that the two Philippine Coast Guard
16:20ships were the ones who entered
16:22the China-China Coast Guard vessel
16:24called the Shen Bin Jiao
16:26without permission from the Escudo Shoal.
16:28On the other hand,
16:30the Chinese Coast Guard vessels
16:32were attacked by the PCG vessels.
16:35The netizens are asking
16:37their animal rights groups
16:39to add a new lion cub to the Manila Zoo.
16:41But another group has a different opinion.
16:44Here's Nikawahe's witness.
16:49The Manila Zoo and Manila Mayor,
16:51Hani Lacuna, introduced to social media
16:53their new pet,
16:55Ayla,
16:57a lion cub or baby lion.
16:59Baby Ayla was added
17:01to the collection of animals in the zoo.
17:03But the public hasn't seen Ayla yet
17:05because it was raised
17:07and strengthened.
17:09But in the comments of their social media posts,
17:11there are those who are not happy.
17:13There are those who are worried
17:15that Ayla might not be taken care of properly.
17:17There are also those who are asking
17:19to keep it in the wild.
17:21It might be just like Mali
17:23who died in 2023 at the age of 49.
17:25Usually, Asian elephants
17:27reach 80 years old
17:29like Mali
17:31when they are under captivity
17:33and 60 years old when they are in the wild.
17:35According to the Philippine Animal Welfare Society,
17:37in our opinion,
17:39the arguments for the promotion of zoos
17:41in that it's educational
17:43or that it supports conservation efforts
17:45because in truth,
17:47they don't exhibit the behaviors
17:49that they should normally exhibit
17:51in the correct environment
17:53where they should live.
17:55People are also dismayed
17:57for the ethical treatment
17:59of animals or pets.
18:01It's not good for them.
18:03It's only good for the zoo.
18:05Let's give this baby lion
18:07to an expert
18:09who can rehabilitate
18:11and assess
18:13if he can still return
18:15to his natural habitat.
18:17If not,
18:19he should be placed
18:21in a sanctuary, not a zoo.
18:23But according to the group
18:25Wildlife Matters,
18:27it's still dependent on the zoo
18:29to place an animal.
18:31A good zoo would play an important role
18:33in conservation, especially for endangered species
18:35because they can create breeding programs
18:37or conduct research
18:39and educate the public.
18:41They would have to prioritize animal welfare
18:43by making sure that they have
18:45the proper environment that mimics
18:47their natural habitat.
18:49It's also different if the animal placed in the zoo
18:51is from the wild or domesticated.
18:53If it was already domesticated
18:55and generations and generations
18:57of domesticated
18:59lions
19:01came from breeders
19:03who were in captivity for a long time,
19:05then technically
19:07it's not a wild animal anymore.
19:09Bringing it back to the wild
19:11could possibly do it more harm
19:13than good.
19:15We tried to get permission from the local government
19:17of Manila, but they said
19:19they can't issue a permit for now.
19:21We asked for permission from the Manila Zoo,
19:23but no one came to us.
19:25They said they need a go-signal from the city hall.
19:27Whether the animals are domesticated
19:29or in the wild,
19:31they all want the same thing,
19:33which is to live properly.
19:35For GMA Integrated News,
19:37I'm Nico Juage, your witness.
19:41It was a great meeting
19:43with two-time Olympic gold medalist
19:45Carlos Yulo on GMA Network earlier.
19:47And in my opinion,
19:49in the category of Golden Hero of Gymnastics,
19:51Yulo thanks
19:53his friends
19:55who helped him,
19:57the Filipino-British gymnast
19:59Jake Jarman.
20:01Our witness.
20:31Kenneth Gozon Valdez,
20:33Senior Vice President and Head of GMA Integrated News,
20:35Regional TV and Synergy,
20:37Oliver Victor B. Amoroso.
20:39Outstanding.
20:41Very proud and
20:43very grateful for the opportunity
20:45to personally meet him
20:47and congratulate him and thank him.
20:49To thank him for the inspiration
20:51and the strength
20:53he brings us all.
20:55The hope he brings to everybody.
20:57The whole company is so proud
20:59of what Yulo has achieved.
21:03For GMA,
21:05one of our core values is
21:07excellence.
21:09And he excelled that.
21:11We're so proud.
21:13For Carlos,
21:15it's like a dream
21:17to achieve all of his goals
21:19after the historic victory
21:21in the Paris Olympics.
21:23In the Olympics,
21:25I just want to win a medal.
21:27I've been dreaming of this
21:29since I was 12 years old.
21:31I'm so grateful for this journey.
21:33Carlos told us
21:35about his floor exercise routine.
21:37Before I started floor exercise,
21:39I saw that I scored 49
21:41plus the score of my competitor.
21:43I was like,
21:45I'll just focus on myself.
21:47And then,
21:49I showed what I practiced.
21:51What I did.
21:53I was so happy.
21:55I didn't know
21:57that I would score a gold medal.
21:59It's even harder for Carlos
22:01to get a gold medal.
22:03One of the people who helped him
22:05here is a fellow
22:07Filipino-British gymnast,
22:09Jake Jarman of Team Great Britain.
22:11He considers him a close friend.
22:13In my second gold medal,
22:15I had a hard time.
22:17I wasn't consistent.
22:19So I asked Jake
22:21to teach me
22:23at a training camp.
22:25And yeah,
22:27his technique really helped me.
22:29I told him to teach me more.
22:31Jake agreed.
22:35In his career,
22:37Carlos has been in many trainings.
22:39He also gave a message
22:41to his Japanese coach,
22:43Munehiro Kugimiya.
22:45He also helped him
22:47to get used to Japan.
22:49Owen, thank you so much.
22:51Thank you so much.
22:55What does that mean?
22:57Thank you so much for your support.
22:59And from the heart,
23:01I want to thank you.
23:03Carlos is very happy
23:05about his return.
23:07He bonded with other athletes
23:09of Team Philippines.
23:11I'm so excited to see Jake.
23:13I know he had a hard time
23:15joining this.
23:17I'm so proud of what he did.
23:19I really respect
23:21our athletes.
23:23And
23:25they inspire me.
23:27Carlos did not expect
23:29the grand homecoming parade.
23:31Just now,
23:33they are preparing for the
23:352028 Olympics.
23:37If we can, we can do it.
23:39I want him not to go alone,
23:41but to have a team of four other gymnasts.
23:43I'm trying to look
23:45for a foreign coach.
23:47With the return of the golden hero
23:49of gymnastics in the country,
23:51many are hoping that this will be
23:53the symbol of the golden era
23:55not only of Philippine Gymnastics,
23:57but also of Philippine Sports.
24:01The answer of the Gymnastics Association
24:03of the Philippines President, Cynthia Carreon,
24:05is the issue of not inviting
24:07other Filipino gymnasts
24:09to the Heroes Parade and the Malacanang program.
24:11As said by Alia Finnegan,
24:13Emma Malabuyo, and Levi-Louie Vivar,
24:15they were not told
24:17about the activities.
24:19But Carreon said,
24:21he did not know that
24:23the Heroes Parade was being prepared.
24:27I heard something that
24:29Carlos will have and the medalists.
24:31I thought it's only Carlos and the medalists.
24:33I didn't think
24:35all the Olympians would be invited.
24:37If I had known about it,
24:39do you think I would not invite them?
24:41Of course I will. I'm proud of them.
24:45But Carreon did not want
24:47to make the issue bigger.
24:49He said it's better to focus on
24:51the growing interest in Gymnastics.
24:57The Opa Doctor is in
24:59in Abot Kamay na Pangarap.
25:01Meet Dr. Kim Young
25:03who is accompanied by
25:05Kim Ji Soo.
25:07I just want to go home.
25:15Abot Kamay na K-League
25:17is the first show
25:19of Ji Soo's character
25:21and Dr. Annalyn Santos
25:23played by Jillian Ward.
25:25It was popularized by netizens
25:27and now,
25:29two more are being shipped.
25:31Ji Soo is very thankful
25:33to be part of the hit series.
25:35All praises to Jillian
25:37for her newest co-star
25:39because of her professionalism.
25:41If Jillian gets a chance,
25:43she would like to invite
25:45Ji Soo to her hometown
25:47in Pampanga
25:49and Puerto Galera.
25:51Thank you so much
25:53for watching.
25:55I'm Pia Arcangel.
25:57Under the name of Arnold Clavio,
25:59I'm Ato Maraulio.
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26:03and a wider service to the country.
26:05From GMA Integrated News,
26:07the news authority of the Philippines,
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