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00:00A fire broke out on a residential street in Amelia Street in Sampaloc, Manila.
00:23The fire was huge when several residents tried to get out of the compound.
00:27The fire started in a room of a house.
00:31Ten houses were damaged due to the rapid spread of the fire.
00:35Firefighters had a hard time extinguishing the fire due to the narrow road.
00:39The fire was extinguished after more than three hours.
00:42It was also known the importance of the people who were burned.
00:46The seven incorporated companies that were assigned to Alice Guo,
00:52were known as the bogus of the NBI.
00:55In their defense, they were just selling things in the market
00:58and had nothing to do with human trafficking.
01:00Let's witness Jun Veneracion.
01:06From the PNP Custodial Center in Camp Krami,
01:08where she was alone in a cell, bed, electric fan, and bathroom,
01:1243 people were with Ms. Bamban Mayor Alice Guo
01:16in a 45-square-meter cell in the female dormitory of Pasig City Jail.
01:21Before she was transferred,
01:22the PNP doctors noticed that Guo's left lung was having an infection.
01:27She had slight colds and coughs.
01:30When she arrived at Pasig City Jail,
01:32she was placed in an isolation cell
01:34with three other inmates who were being treated for tuberculosis.
01:38She was being treated for almost one month
01:41and our doctor assured that she was no longer infected.
01:46The three inmates were isolated.
01:48But in the lab test, Guo was negative for TB.
01:50That's why she was transferred to a regular cell
01:52where only a few inmates were allowed.
01:55Guo's camp has a motion to stay in the PNP Custodial Center
01:58because of human trafficking in her life.
02:00But under the order of Pasig City RTC Branch 167 Presiding Judge Anilin Medis Cabelis,
02:06the motion was mute or invalid
02:09because Guo was transferred to Pasig City Jail.
02:12Tomorrow, Guo is expected to be released from prison
02:14to attend the Senate hearing.
02:17Just like Guo,
02:18she is also facing a case of Qualified Human Trafficking.
02:21The seven incorporated by Guo's two Bogusumanalo companies
02:25are connected to BOGO.
02:27Five of them were the first to surrender to the NBI Central Zone Regional Office last week.
02:32Yesterday, two more surrendered to the NBI.
02:34Thursday, even before the warrants were actually received by the NBI,
02:39there were already surrender fillers sent to us.
02:42Through arrangements made with POSO 1,
02:45our divisions in Manila,
02:47the two arrived yesterday.
02:50They are the ones who are responsible to the Hongsheng Incorporators
02:56and to the Sun Yuan Incorporators.
02:59All of these are, we can say,
03:03the Bogus Corporation of Alice Guo.
03:06They were transferred to the NBI Detention Facility
03:09at the NBP Compound in Muntinlupa.
03:11Four of them introduced themselves as vendors in a market in Concepcion.
03:15We don't know.
03:17We don't know.
03:18Concepcion is just next to Banban.
03:21Okay.
03:22In 2019, they applied for a lending.
03:26They probably got their names from there.
03:28But they were not recognized by Mayor Guo.
03:35Through two more surrenders,
03:37they were used and those who signed them,
03:41the NBI President instructed one of the companies.
03:45We are very afraid of our security.
03:48The people behind this are not joking.
03:51The NBI President explained that
03:54he knew Guo because he was part of a project in the province.
03:59But he was not involved in trafficking.
04:01He just invested in a company.
04:03This investment was for online gaming.
04:09This is Mayor Alice Guo.
04:11This is Mr. Banban Mayor Alice Guo who talked to me.
04:15He is a different person.
04:17These are the details.
04:19I will just mention them in my court.
04:21This is what he said.
04:23He used his name.
04:25He signed it.
04:27They were also brought here to invest.
04:29They are able to read and write.
04:33The surrenders volunteered to be witnesses.
04:36To be discharged as a state witness,
04:38you must appear at the least guilty.
04:40They are saying that they were just used.
04:44There may be grounds for that.
04:46Of the 14 accused,
04:48Guo was acquitted of non-bailable cases
04:50of qualified human trafficking.
04:52Seven are still at large.
04:54Most of them are Chinese.
04:57They are still at large.
04:59But we do not stop looking for them.
05:02For GMA Integrated News,
05:04Jun Van Rasson is your witness.
05:08The DOTR decided that it is enough
05:10for commuters to be consolidated
05:12as public vehicles.
05:14But on the first day of the transport strike
05:16of Pistón and Manibela,
05:18some commuters had a hard time riding.
05:20Witness, Joseph Moro.
05:26It is only 10 o'clock in the afternoon.
05:28Many are already waiting to ride
05:30in Manila City Hall.
05:32The government officials have already returned
05:34to the memorandum of Malacanang
05:37Family Week.
05:39At the same time, some students
05:41also went out.
05:43The jeeps arrived empty-handed.
05:45It is very hard to ride
05:47because the jeeps are full.
05:49Usually, it is not like this.
05:51The rush hour is around 5 to 6.
05:53We do not have much time
05:55because the jeeps are full.
05:57That is also the experience
05:59of some commuters this morning
06:01in Rodriguez Avenue in Quezon City.
06:03JR waited more than two hours
06:05for the jeeps to arrive.
06:07Only a few took a tricycle.
06:09On the first day,
06:11Pistón and Manibela stopped
06:13for two days
06:15in the Public Transport Modernization Program
06:17or PTMP.
06:19But in the monitoring of the
06:21Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board
06:23or LTFRB,
06:25no one was stranded
06:27due to the transport strike.
06:29These are the regular traffic on a Monday.
06:31There are a lot of passengers
06:33who are stranded due to the traffic.
06:35Our transport strike was successful.
06:37If the government
06:39does not intervene,
06:41they will suspend
06:43some classes
06:45and some entrances to the government.
06:47Partida, there is a free ride.
06:49Pistón was stopped
06:51by the jeepney passengers earlier.
06:53The group continued to negate
06:55the return of the five-year
06:57franchise that only Congress
06:59can return.
07:01It is hard to register
07:03so that
07:05we can return
07:07the five-year franchise.
07:09But the program was suspended
07:11according to the Department of Transportation
07:13or DOTR.
07:15The call of Pistón and Manibela
07:17to scrap the program
07:19is non-negotiable.
07:21These two groups cannot be
07:23allowed to derail the program.
07:25In addition,
07:2783% of public vehicles
07:30have been consolidated.
07:32But the distribution of routes
07:34is still being fixed
07:36by the local government.
07:38For the next two years or so,
07:40we will fix the routes
07:42that were too many before.
07:44We will fix the routes
07:46that are too few
07:48and need more.
07:50The real number
07:52that does not consolidate
07:54and we're talking of the two groups,
07:56that's more or less 5%.
07:58According to the Department of Transportation,
08:00it will take two to three years
08:02for the agency to require
08:04the replacement of the traditional
08:06unit of the jeep to make it a modern unit.
08:08In addition, the LTO
08:10and those who will not join the program
08:12can register their
08:14traditional jeep as private vehicles.
08:16Earlier,
08:18Pistón filed a motion to resolve
08:20in the Supreme Court to take action
08:22on their request to issue a TRO
08:24against the modernization program.
08:26For GMA Integrated News,
08:28Joseph Morong is your witness.
08:30Vice President Sara Duterte
08:32did not participate
08:34in the discussion of the 2025 budget
08:36of the Office of the Vice President
08:38in the Plenary of the Camera.
08:40The budget of the Office of the President
08:42has already been passed
08:44to the Senate Finance Committee.
08:46Witness, Mav Gonzales.
08:48There are no questions
08:50and there are no ten minutes left.
08:52The Senate Finance Committee
08:55approved the budget of the Office of the President
08:57for 2025.
08:59It is lower than the budget
09:01of the Office of the President in 2024.
09:03Despite the reduction in the budget being proposed,
09:05rest assured, Your Honors,
09:07that the same will not affect
09:09the delivery of services
09:11of the President to our people.
09:13The President's trips to other countries
09:15will continue to receive
09:17invitations from foreign leaders
09:19and implement diplomatic initiatives.
09:21The Office of the Ombudsman
09:23has allocated
09:25Php 5.8 billion under the NEP
09:27and Php 51.468 million
09:29for confidential funds.
09:31Of course, Your Honor,
09:33we need the Php 51 million.
09:35But as I said,
09:37there are other
09:39investigating agencies
09:41who need
09:43this money
09:45more than us.
09:47If you can give us the same amount
09:49that you gave us last year
09:51for 2024, the Php 1 million,
09:53that would be very sufficient
09:55for us, Your Honor.
09:57So you were able to
09:59utilize the Php 1 million
10:01last year? Yes, Your Honor.
10:03But the Ombudsman asked for
10:05an additional Php 975 million
10:07for hiring more than 60
10:09lawyers to add
10:11to their manpower.
10:13The Office of the Ombudsman would like to address
10:15the issue of inordinate delay
10:17in the investigation of cases.
10:19The Office of the Ombudsman's budget
10:21is already included in the committee,
10:23but it will be discussed in the plenary
10:25if the additional Php 900 million
10:27can be given.
10:29In the plenary of the Camera,
10:31Makabayan Block announced
10:33the budget for the Intelligence Fund
10:35of the National Security Council or NSC
10:37and the National Intelligence Coordinating Agency
10:39or NICA.
10:41In the current budget,
10:43the NSC allocated Php 10 million more
10:45for the intel gathering of the NTF-ELCAC
10:47and the intel work for the West Philippine Sea.
10:49Php 60 million, right?
10:51And that's only Php 50 million for the WPS?
10:53Yes, Your Honor, because
10:55that is a
10:57recent
10:59development that arose
11:01only not
11:03unlike
11:05the other class expense
11:07that was a long time
11:09concern
11:11of the
11:13agency.
11:15Makabayan Block allocated
11:17Php 640 million for the NICA's intel fund.
11:19The Php 14.8 million
11:21was included in the budget
11:23for the NTF-ELCAC
11:25that uses UMANO for red-tagging.
11:27UMANO has evidences,
11:29but NICA and NTF-ELCAC
11:31insisted that they are not
11:33red-tagging.
11:35It's very clear that they are lying
11:37to us, Mr. Speaker.
11:39Mr. Speaker, Distinguished Sponsor,
11:41we have said a while ago
11:43that we have not been
11:45practicing the
11:47unquote
11:49red-tagging, close quote.
11:51In the end, the NSC and NICA's budget
11:53for 2025 was included in the plenary.
11:57When the Php 895 million
11:59proposed budget of the Presidential
12:01Advisor on Peace, Reconciliation
12:03and Unity was submitted, Makabayan
12:05Block asked for the agency's commitment
12:07to continue the peace talks
12:09between the government and the CPP-NDF.
12:11So are you saying
12:13that before this administration
12:15is completed,
12:17there will be peace talks
12:19with the NDFP?
12:21That is the goal, Mr. Speaker.
12:23Now, the budget of the
12:25Office of the Vice President should also be included,
12:27but Vice President Sara Duterte
12:29is still a no-show.
12:31In a letter to Representative Zia Adiong
12:33on September 11,
12:35BISEN said that she will postpone
12:37the deliberation of the proposed 2025
12:39budget of her office
12:41in the plenary. According to
12:43House Minority Leader Marcelino Libanan,
12:45the staff of BISE sent a representative
12:47but she did not show
12:49written authorization and written explanation.
12:51If not amended,
12:53the recommendation of the
12:55Committee on Appropriations
12:57that more than half
12:59of the OVP's budget should be cut.
13:01For GMA Integrated News,
13:03I am Mav Gonzalez, your witness.
13:05OVP.
13:07The Office of the Vice President
13:09explained where Vice President
13:11Sara Duterte is now discussing
13:13in the plenary of the House their budget.
13:15In the OVP, the Vice President
13:17went to Vinson's and
13:19Daet in Camarines Norte and
13:21Legazpi City in Albay to talk
13:23to the people about the state of the country.
13:25The activity of the
13:27Vice President
13:29will be confirmed through
13:31the social media posts of those there.
13:35Stairway to Heaven feels
13:37is a part of Ipugao that is not only
13:39beautiful to look at,
13:41but also historical.
13:43It is a masterpiece of beauty
13:45is a slope in Ilocos Sur.
13:47Our witness.
13:51Straight out of a fairy tale
13:53is a part of Ilocos Sur.
13:55You will think you are inside
13:57a painting because
13:59of the beautiful paradise
14:01of Awasan Falls in the town of Sigay.
14:03It is 120 meters high
14:05so it is considered the highest
14:07slope in Region 1.
14:09Add to this beauty
14:11the rock formations
14:13at the top of the slope.
14:15Challenging,
14:17because of the steep path here,
14:19your fatigue is worth
14:21the beauty of the view.
14:23Let's go to
14:25Vintar Ilocos Norte.
14:27There is a passage here
14:29that you need to pass
14:31through before you enjoy.
14:33Your adventure will start
14:35in hiking in the mountains.
14:37It will follow the path
14:39on the side of the dam.
14:41But don't worry,
14:43because the cold and clean water
14:45of Peykan Falls is worth it.
14:47Get ready
14:49that I'm on top of the world.
14:51A hit to the tourists
14:53and residents of Ipugao
14:55is the Orolong Ridge in the town of Mayoyao.
14:57It's giving stairway
14:59to heaven feels.
15:01For those who love trekking and hiking,
15:03when it comes to Tuktok,
15:05sea of clouds
15:07and 360 panoramic view of the place
15:09will welcome you.
15:11The place is also historical
15:13because the last battle
15:15of World War II took place here.
15:17For GMA Integrated News,
15:19CJ Torrida
15:21of GMA Original TV,
15:23your witness.
15:25There are more than 60
15:27capsules of cocaine
15:29smuggled from a woman
15:31in South Africa.
15:33The drugs were hidden in a can.
15:35According to the authorities,
15:37they received information that
15:39a drug mule is coming from Sao Paulo, Brazil.
15:41After blocking the suspect,
15:43they brought the suspect to the hospital.
15:45In the X-ray of the suspect,
15:47they saw that there are capsules
15:49in the can.
15:51They gave him medicine
15:53and gave him food.
15:55It's Christmas already,
15:57Sam!
15:59But now,
16:01someone is giving a gift in Lukban, Quezon.
16:03The whole road will be lit
16:05when the house is lit
16:07with lights.
16:09There are a lot of stars
16:11and
16:13an Eiffel Tower
16:15above.
16:17It's a Christmas vibe
16:19because the family
16:21of the house owner
16:23gave gifts to their countrymen
16:25like toys
16:27and vegetables.
16:29They are thankful for the
16:31blessings they received in life.
16:35It's a good vibe.
16:37It's a Christmas vibe.
16:39I also like vegetables.
16:41It's like corn.
16:45I am Pia Arcangel.
16:47As Arnold Clavio said, I am Ato Maraulio.
16:49For a bigger mission
16:51and a wider service to the country,
16:53from GMA Integrated News,
16:55the news authority of the Philippines,
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