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00:00Live from the GMA Network Center,
00:0420 years have passed, 24 hours.
00:09Good evening, Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao.
00:16A Chinese national was found dead in a West House in Tagaytay.
00:21He was helped and tortured by his fellow Chinese.
00:26In an investigation, it was done to the victim to calm him down
00:30because he trusted the group's illegal activities.
00:3417 Chinese were arrested in the facility
00:36where the alleged scam was being carried out.
00:40Here's what I learned.
00:46An alleged computer, cell phone, and SIM card
00:49were found in the NBI
00:51when this West House in Tagaytay was robbed last night.
00:55Every corner of the room was full of computers
00:58that were being used to carry out scams like crypto-scam.
01:02In one corner,
01:03it was found that the people in charge of this cell phone were actual.
01:06All of this, money transfer, and crypto.
01:12Did you see the Chinese character?
01:1617 Chinese nationals were arrested
01:19who were staying there.
01:20The first scam hub was opened
01:23in the presence of a Chinese
01:24who was being tortured and watched.
01:26The Chinese were in the middle.
01:28This is the victim we saved.
01:32Actually, he wanted to leave the group.
01:38But he didn't want to be caught.
01:41So he was beaten.
01:43Who was beaten by you?
01:45This one.
01:46Who else?
01:47That one.
01:48This one.
01:49The white one.
01:50And this one.
01:52The Chinese were supposed to leave the group.
01:54But in order not to be caught,
01:56he was helped and tortured.
02:00That's you.
02:02You're being tortured.
02:05The Chinese were brought to the NBI VTEC
02:07and will be under investigation tomorrow
02:09in the case of violation of the Cyber Crime Prevention Act.
02:12We tried to arrest them, but they refused.
02:15Computers and cell phones were also confiscated
02:17and will be under investigation.
02:20For GMA Integrated News,
02:22I'm Emil Sumangil.
02:23Tune in for 24 Hours.
02:26Aside from the camera,
02:27the War on Drugs Committee will also conduct
02:30its own investigation
02:31in the Senate led by Senator Bato De La Rosa
02:36and invited by former President Rodrigo Duterte.
02:41The field of the victims of extrajudicial killings
02:45has spread
02:46because of how the DAWITs
02:49have targeted themselves.
02:51Ma'am Gonzales has the story.
02:56Senator Bato De La Rosa
02:57was the head of the Philippine National Police
03:00when the Duterte administration first implemented the War on Drugs.
03:04And now, he's one of the members of the Senate Committee
03:07on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs.
03:09He will conduct his own investigation
03:11on the War on Drugs
03:12after the revelations in the camera
03:15that there was a reward system
03:16for each victim of the war on drugs.
03:19De La Rosa will also invite
03:21his former boss,
03:22former President Rodrigo Duterte.
03:25There's a high possibility that he will attend
03:27if we invite him
03:30because he looks more comfortable
03:33in the Senate than in the lower house.
03:36Have you talked to him yet?
03:37Not yet, but I don't think he will attend
03:41if I invite him.
03:43If there are any issues raised against Senator Bumgo,
03:47against me,
03:48or anyone else who is accused
03:52that he doesn't want to attend,
03:55he can attend here in the Senate hearing.
03:58But Manila Rep. Benny Abante,
04:01the co-chair of the Quad Committee,
04:03who is investigating the extrajudicial killings
04:06during the time of President Duterte, is also suspicious.
04:08You know, the thing is,
04:10he became the Director General
04:13of the Philippine National Police
04:14during the time of the former president.
04:18Just imagine, he was only a Brigadier General,
04:21all of a sudden,
04:22he became a star, right?
04:25He became a Major General
04:28and a Director General.
04:30So I would think that he would be more biased
04:35than actually balanced in that hearing.
04:39If I really want to use my committee,
04:41I've been hearing for a long time.
04:43But I'm also ashamed
04:46because I've been doing self-serving for 10 years.
04:50We're also being delegated.
04:52We're also ashamed.
04:53But I really need to
04:58maintain the checks and balances.
05:03Then, we have to do it.
05:05Dela Rosa is part of the diagram
05:07released by retired police colonel Ruyina Garma
05:10about the so-called reward system.
05:12Senator Bong Go also served as a close aide
05:15to the former President Duterte.
05:17Go said that he will submit a resolution tomorrow
05:19to investigate the war on drugs by the Senate.
05:22There will also be an investigation by the Senate.
05:25If you want to investigate the war on drugs,
05:27we can listen to it.
05:29Especially since our chairperson,
05:32Senator Batoy,
05:33is the chairperson of the Committee on Peace and Order.
05:37He is the chief PNP.
05:38So we can find out what is really true
05:41and what is the reason behind it.
05:44The lawyer of the victims of extrajudicial killings
05:46also served as a close aide.
05:49Perpetrators cannot investigate themselves.
05:55Go and Dela Rosa also denied
05:57that there was a reward system back then.
05:59Dela Rosa also said that if there is one,
06:01it is not included here and it could be hidden.
06:04I am not connected in any way.
06:06Maybe there is an official capacity
06:09as the chief PNP.
06:11I don't know if all my colleagues can monitor 24x7
06:16what they are doing.
06:18But maybe that's it.
06:19If there is a responsibility as the chief PNP.
06:21But if you say that I have a direct hand
06:25on what is being planned,
06:27what is being done,
06:28or what happened,
06:29I don't think so.
06:33They have a small role.
06:35Dela Rosa knows Garma,
06:37but he did not work under him.
06:40Abante, on the other hand,
06:41helped Garma and his lawyers,
06:44but he said that it was still his own doing.
06:46That's why he became emotional while reading it.
06:49For GMA Integrated News,
06:51Mav Gonzalez, Nakatutok, 24 Hours.
06:55The Quad Committee in the Chamber
06:58hopes that there will be enough witnesses
07:01in the ongoing investigation
07:03of the reward system in the campaign against drugs
07:07of the Duterte administration.
07:09The Committee of Evidence will also not give
07:12any request to the International Criminal Court or ICC.
07:17Nakatutok, Maki Pulido.
07:22At the Quad Committee hearing on August 29,
07:25Lt. Col. Jovi Espinido,
07:27former chief of police of Albuera, Leyte,
07:30confirmed the reward system
07:31in Operation Tokhang of the Duterte administration.
07:34The police know that there is a reward system
07:41if the person on the watch list dies.
07:47Your Honor, it doesn't matter if it's a crime or not.
07:50It doesn't matter if it's true or not.
07:54At the last hearing of the Quad Committee,
07:56Lt. Col. and former PCSO General Manager Roina Garma
08:01said that the reward reached P1 million per person who died.
08:04The DAVO model referred to the system
08:09involving payment and reward.
08:11From what I understand, starting P20,000 to P1 million.
08:16The Committee wants to know where the funds came from.
08:19According to Surigao Del Norte,
08:22Rep. Ace Barbers,
08:23the overall chairman of the Quad Comm.,
08:25it was funded by the government.
08:27There are many angles.
08:29First, it is said that it came from the confidential
08:32or intelligence fund of our Office of the President.
08:35Many are saying that it came from PCSO,
08:40SPL or LOTO.
08:44The Committee is now consulting
08:46with the Commission on Audit and Anti-Money Laundering Council
08:49to determine the money trail.
08:51It will appear in the COA.
08:55It will appear in the investigation
08:59of the intelligence funds and confidential funds
09:03that are included in the operational expenses.
09:05When he served as secretary of the Department of Justice
09:08of the Duterte administration,
09:10Solicitor General Menardo Guevara said
09:12that they heard about the reward system
09:15but there were no witnesses.
09:17Even in the investigation of the Commission on Human Rights,
09:20the reward system is just a guess.
09:22In the next hearings of the Quad Comm.,
09:24did any witnesses come forward
09:26to detail where the funds came from?
09:29To be honest, not yet.
09:32But we believe that there will be a result.
09:39In Garma's story,
09:41he was asked by former President Duterte
09:43for a recommendation on who can implement
09:45the reward system in the war on drugs
09:47in the whole country.
09:48But Barbers said that they cannot say
09:50that there is a direct connection
09:52with the former President of the Philippines.
09:54We are not saying that now
09:56because we don't have evidence.
09:58We still don't have a corroborative statement.
10:03He also added that they will not provide
10:05documents to the International Criminal Court or ICC,
10:08where Duterte is being investigated
10:10and some of his former officials
10:12are under the jurisdiction of the EJK.
10:14My personal stand on the issue
10:16is that since we are not members
10:18of the ICC,
10:20and the President has made
10:22a clear statement as to his position
10:24in the ICC,
10:26I will support that position.
10:28If they want to have access on records
10:30or access to information
10:32about the investigation,
10:34the ICC can go to
10:36all social media platforms.
10:38It's all recorded. It's a public record.
10:40So they can access that anytime.
10:42And we will not stop them from doing that.
10:44For GMA Integrated News,
10:46Mackie Pulido reporting for 24 Hours.
10:50The wound of a woman
10:51in a wheelchair and her child
10:53pushing her
10:55after a motorcycle collided
10:57while crossing Nagcarlan Laguna.
10:59Reporting by Dano Tincunco.
11:05A woman and her mother
11:07were crossing the road
11:09while holding a CCTV in Nagcarlan Laguna.
11:11They were close to the other side
11:13of the road when suddenly
11:20a motorcycle arrived.
11:22The mother collided
11:24and with the impact,
11:26they partially collided with the rider.
11:28The victims were rushed to the hospital
11:30where they were injured.
11:32The rider explained
11:34that he did not immediately notice
11:36that the mother was crossing.
11:38He promised to pay all the expenses
11:40for the treatment.
11:42He said that he will pay
11:44all the hospital expenses.
11:46How about the wheelchair?
11:48For now,
11:50if there is a repair,
11:52I will ask for a repair.
11:54If not, I will take care of the child.
11:56Please excuse me.
11:58For those who are in need,
12:00please excuse me.
12:04According to GMA Integrated News Research,
12:06in the more than 20,000 incidents
12:08of road crashes outside Metro Manila
12:10last year,
12:1212,000 motorcycles
12:14were involved.
12:16In Metro Manila,
12:18almost 7,000 motorcycle-related
12:20road crashes were recorded
12:22from January to April this year.
12:24The average number of motorcycles
12:26involved in road crashes
12:28during this time is 57.
12:30For GMA Integrated News,
12:32I'm Dan, and I'll see you in 24 Hours.
12:36Not only did the number of
12:38motorcycle-related road crashes
12:40in Pogo
12:42voluntarily downgrade
12:44their working visas
12:46according to the Bureau of Immigration,
12:48those who did not reach
12:50the deadline yesterday
12:52were sent abroad
12:54at an earlier date.
12:58The deadline of the Bureau of Immigration
13:00was set yesterday, October 15,
13:02to voluntarily downgrade
13:04the working visas
13:06of Pogo workers.
13:08But according to the BI,
13:10of the more than 30,000 Pogo workers,
13:12less than half,
13:14or only 12,000,
13:16volunteered to exchange
13:18temporary visitor visas.
13:20Of those who downgraded,
13:2217 were arrested
13:24at the Bistong Scam Hub in Makati.
13:26According to the Bureau of Immigration,
13:28Pogo foreign workers
13:30who voluntarily downgraded
13:32their work visas
13:34can resume any pending business
13:36in the Philippines.
13:38They automatically get 59 days
13:40to wind down their affairs.
13:42Those who voluntarily left the country
13:44and downgraded their visas
13:46may return to the Philippines
13:48if they have legitimate reasons
13:50to go back to the country.
13:52For example, those with families here already,
13:54those who want to apply
13:56on other sectors
13:58legitimately.
14:00Those who did not voluntarily
14:02downgrade their visas
14:04were automatically asked
14:06to leave a record
14:08of their passport.
14:10This means that
14:12they need to leave the country
14:14as soon as possible.
14:16The BI clarified that
14:18even if this is not a derogatory record,
14:20it is permanent in the passport
14:22and can be a barrier
14:24to return to the country.
14:26If the immigration officers see this,
14:28there will be more scrutiny
14:30because they stayed here
14:32without legally downgrading
14:34their visas.
14:36Once January comes,
14:38those who stayed in the country
14:40will be arrested for deportation
14:42and blacklisting.
14:44We are monitoring their departure
14:46up until the end of the year.
14:48After the year ends,
14:50we consider all of them illegal
14:52whether they filed for downgrading
14:54whether they did not
14:56file for it as long as
14:58they remain inside the country.
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20:08This will go through the office of the Ombudsman to see if they will approve the recommendation or not.
20:15The GMA Integrated News continues to try to get the attention of the respondents.
20:20For GMA Integrated News, I'm Nima Refra, 24 Hours.
20:26Now, Christmas is just around the corner.
20:29The MMDA is preparing the heavy traffic, especially in Metro Manila.
20:34They are already helping the malls throughout EDSA to implement changes in their operating hours.
20:43And we are live with Joseph Moros.
20:46Joseph.
20:50Vicky, the Christmas rush is already starting, even though it's just October, according to the MMDA.
20:56That's why they are talking to the malls,
20:59to adjust their operating hours, even though the sales are being delayed.
21:12This is how slow the traffic in EDSA is during Christmas.
21:16Because there are a lot of people buying and traveling during the Christmas rush.
21:21The cars are also crowded, especially those near the malls.
21:25But according to the MMDA, the number of cars in EDSA is still high.
21:29A few months before Christmas, the volume of cars in EDSA is now 421,000.
21:35That's one month from the previous 400,000 in August.
21:39If you will travel here in EDSA, you will run slower by one kilometer per hour.
21:47According to the MMDA, that's the effect of the early Christmas rush.
21:50It's already felt and will be felt.
21:54What about Christmas shopping?
21:58That's why the MMDA is still talking to the malls to reduce that.
22:03To adjust the mall hours.
22:05Normally, we reach half a mil while the Christmas season is approaching.
22:11We expect that before Ondas, it will be heavy.
22:15Then after Ondas, it will be straight until Christmas time.
22:20There are 29 malls in the length of EDSA.
22:24That's why the average speed is 20 to 21 kilometers per hour.
22:28It's only 19 kilometers per hour in the northbound.
22:31It's slower by 18.13 kph in the southbound.
22:35The malls are open from November 18 to December 25.
22:40Instead of 10 in the morning, they will open at 11 in the morning.
22:45But the malls will decide what time they will close.
22:50They will just announce it.
22:52They will also postpone the Christmas mall wide sales that should be done before November 18.
22:59We are supporting whatever MMDA is requesting from us.
23:05Most likely, the bonuses are released before November 18.
23:12All of our sales are done prior to December.
23:17We are also recognizing the bonuses that are released prior to November 18.
23:23We are going to follow the request of our MMDA regarding this holiday season.
23:30To ease the congestion in EDSA during this holiday season.
23:35MMDA is hoping to reduce the volume of vehicles going to the malls.
23:42We are just scattering them.
23:44If you noticed, in the past few years,
23:49we haven't experienced the so-called carmageddon
23:53where our roads become a parking lot.
23:59It's slowing down, but it's moving.
24:06Vicky, the MMDA is also planning to discuss with the Department of Transportation
24:10if it's possible to extend for commuters the LRT, MRT, and EDSA bus carousel.
24:18Joseph, you mentioned earlier that since August, the volume of vehicles has increased.
24:23We are just in the middle of October.
24:26Can MMDA say how much or how many percent of the number of vehicles going to EDSA
24:33during this holiday season?
24:39It's good news.
24:40If we reach 421,000 in September,
24:44it's possible to increase it by 10 to 20 percent.
24:48According to MMDA Chairman Tony Romando Artes,
24:51we can reach 500,000 per day in EDSA.
24:54But their observation is that after 25,000, the figure will drop.
24:59Because you know, the people are in the hands of the provinces.
25:04Joseph, what's the reason why they decided to start adjusted mall hours on November 18?
25:09Is it because of the bonus?
25:15I hope the bonus will be released soon.
25:17But it's more operational, Vicky.
25:19To give the malls a chance to reconfigure their schedules.
25:26Normally, every year, MMDA announces the adjusted mall hours.
25:33So that the malls and people have time to plan when to shop for Christmas.
25:42Thank you very much, Joseph Morong.
25:56Thank you, Vicky.
26:26Thank you, Vicky.
26:56Thank you, Vicky.