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00:00Let's be together in Taksi!
00:15Vice President Sara Duterte will be appointed by the National Bureau of Investigation.
00:19This is for your vigilance this weekend against the President, First Lady, and House Speaker.
00:25President Marcos has been called a criminal for defrauding Vice President Duterte,
00:30despite the fact that he will not let this go unpunished.
00:33Vice President Duterte, on the other hand, will not let what he is doing go unpunished.
00:38Watch this! This is Yvonne Marina.
00:43I was talking to someone.
00:45I told him, if I get killed, kill BBM, Lisa Araneta, and Martin Romales.
00:53No joke!
00:56No joke!
00:57I was in the dark, ma'am.
01:00If I die, I told him, don't stop until you kill them all.
01:07And then he said, yes.
01:09Two days after the appointment of Vice President Sara Duterte, Vice President Marcos said,
01:15If the plan to kill a president is that simple,
01:20how about the usual things that will happen later?
01:23A criminal like that should not be allowed to go unpunished.
01:29That is what I will do.
01:32According to the President,
01:33he will end the conversation if he still fulfills his promise as a countryman to tell the truth.
01:40I hope this drama will not end
01:43if the legitimate questions to the Senate and the House of Representatives will be answered.
01:50The truth should not be hidden.
01:53Instead of giving a straightforward answer,
01:55they are hiding it in a fake story.
01:58VP Sara is back.
01:59I will not overlook what they are doing to me.
02:02She was also saddened by the President's apology to her statements.
02:06The entire country was saddened when their family killed Binigno Aquino Jr.
02:12In the first statement,
02:13VP Sara said that her statements were maliciously taken out of context
02:18which is considered a round of national security concern of the National Security Council or NSC.
02:23She also challenged the NSC to give her a copy of the notice,
02:27a list of attendees,
02:28pictures,
02:29and notarized minutes of interrogation
02:31where the NSC agreed that her statements are considered a national security concern.
02:37It should also be included in the agenda of the next interrogation of the NSC
02:40her desire to present evidence to the Vice President,
02:44to the Office of the Vice President,
02:45and to its people.
02:47The NSC said that the threat to the President is a national security concern.
02:58But apparently, they really do not consider the threat to the Vice President as anything of a concern.
03:06What kind of country is this?
03:08Isn't the Vice President part of the government?
03:11Didn't the people vote for me?
03:14Am I not the Vice President of the entire Philippines, of all Filipinos?
03:19The Vice President said that she does not expect the government to be fair to them.
03:24This is clear political harassment.
03:27This is clear political persecution.
03:30The threat to you is nothing.
03:32The threat to them is national security.
03:34Where are you?
03:36As a response to the so-called serious threat to the life of the President,
03:39the Presidential Security Command abolished their security.
03:43They are on a red alert.
03:45It will start this Saturday,
03:47and will be restricted from monitoring the President for the next few days.
03:50The official of the Department of Justice called the Vice President a self-confessed mastermind,
03:55and said that the government will use all of its forces to talk about the assassin he is talking about.
04:01The premeditated plot to assassinate the President
04:06as declared by the self-confessed mastermind
04:12will now face legal consequences.
04:16We will use all the resources of government,
04:19all law enforcement agents,
04:22to find out the identity of this assassin,
04:27and the legal consequences arising out of this criminal plot
04:32will be dealt with the full force of the law.
04:36The National Bureau of Investigation will have VP Sara subpoenaed
04:40and will be given five days to face the authorities.
04:43We did not arrest the Vice President right away
04:48because she is the Vice President.
04:50She is a very high-ranking official.
04:52So we are giving her a chance,
04:55due process, to answer.
04:58She is ready to face the Vice President.
05:00I would gladly answer
05:04the questions they want to be answered.
05:08But they should also answer my questions to them.
05:13We will talk about it once the subpoena is there.
05:16The NBI is also preserving the video as evidence.
05:20The PNP-CIDG investigation has started
05:23according to the statements of the Vice President.
05:25That is the aim of the PNP.
05:29That is the specifics.
05:32We are at that level.
05:34That is what we will reach.
05:36If there is a hitman,
05:38if there is no hitman,
05:40or if it is a figure of speech.
05:43That is what we will look at.
05:46According to the DOJ,
05:48many criminal cases can be filed against the Vice President.
05:51She can also be disciplined by the Ombudsman
05:53and can be disbarred as a lawyer.
05:58Very bad precedent for our country
06:02if we will not take legal action on these kinds of threats
06:06coming from a very high-ranking official.
06:09We have to maintain order in a civilized society
06:13by adherence to the rule of law.
06:16And we will apply the full strength and force of the law.
06:20A threat to the President is a threat to every Filipino
06:24because he is the one expected to deliver the service.
06:27And if he is impeded because of that threat,
06:30then it is a disservice to our people.
06:32For GMA Integrated News,
06:34we have a witness.
06:37The contempt order against the Chief of Staff
06:40of Vice President Sara Duterte,
06:42Atty. Zulaika Lopez,
06:44did not attend the hearing today.
06:46The Vice President violated the contempt order
06:50in the manner of questioning some of her staff.
06:54The witness is Jonathan Andar.
07:00Did you certify to the correctness of the liquidation reports
07:04on the use of the debt and confidential funds?
07:07Mr. Chair, we have no allies here.
07:10There is no point of order for us.
07:12How can you ask a resource person
07:14without giving him copies?
07:17Mr. Chair, point of order.
07:19Madam Vice President, please wait to be recognized.
07:22Give him copies.
07:24Vice President Sara Duterte violated the contempt order
07:27while Congressmen were questioning
07:29her former Special Disbursing Officer in DepEd,
07:32Edward Fajarda.
07:34The gate of the Vice President,
07:36why did the staff of the Office of the Vice President
07:38not immediately give a copy of the document?
07:40At this point, Vice President Duterte and Congresswoman
07:42Franz Castro were questioned.
07:44Representative Ahok is asking our resource person,
07:48why is it that the Vice President is batting?
07:52Yes, ma'am.
07:54We have no allies here, ma'am.
07:56One minute, she has declared her position.
07:58Well, point of order.
08:00When the hearing was suspended,
08:02the visit was suspended by Congressmen.
08:07Four OVP staff were present at the hearing earlier
08:09who were first contempted and arrested by the committee
08:12because they did not attend the hearing several times.
08:15But the Chief of Staff of the Office of the Vice President,
08:17Atty. Zulaika Lopez,
08:19who is still at the Veterans Memorial Medical Center,
08:21was not able to go to Lopez's excuse letter
08:23due to acute stress disorder.
08:25What his doctors are not saying here
08:28is that he is not physically incapable
08:32of attending today's hearing.
08:35I just find it a little bit
08:37odd, Mr. Chair,
08:39that it was not mentioned here
08:42that because of his condition,
08:45he will not be able to attend.
08:47Because Lopez did not attend today's hearing
08:49and because of what happened this weekend,
08:51the committee decided to add five more days
08:54for the contempt order to Lopez
08:56that should be completed today.
08:59I move, Mr. Chair,
09:01that the period of detention
09:03of Atty. Lopez
09:05be 10 days instead of 5 days
09:08because he will not be able to attend today's hearing.
09:11So, we have seen in the history
09:14of his evasive attitude,
09:18behavior,
09:20and his creation
09:22that he is lying
09:25that he was not harassed
09:27or barged in.
09:30The room is full.
09:32So, everything that happened,
09:34Mr. Chair.
09:36The repeal of the contempt order
09:38was questioned by the congressmen
09:40who are allies of the Duterte
09:42as well as the Vice.
09:44The point of the Vice,
09:46why is it that Lopez will be punished
09:48for making fun of the four DepEd officials
09:50while the President is receiving resignations
09:52from the Assistant Secretary
09:54and Undersecretary
09:56as well as the Appointing Authority?
09:58Madam Vice President,
10:00I'm sorry, sir.
10:02Who is the Appointing Authority?
10:04Yusef of ASEC.
10:06What is your answer?
10:08Secretary.
10:10You don't know.
10:12I can see you.
10:14Answer.
10:16Camera.
10:18I can see you.
10:20Answer.
10:22You said Secretary.
10:24You don't know everything.
10:26The one who is appointing
10:28is the President.
10:29The contempt order was questioned by Lopez.
10:31You need to reconsider
10:33that extension of your detention.
10:35It was illegal in the first place.
10:37You asked the President
10:39why he accepted the resignation.
10:41Do not ask due process.
10:44If you have any question
10:46insofar as the actions of this committee
10:48are concerned,
10:50I think the proper remedy
10:52is for you to go to the court.
10:54Sir,
10:56I will go to court.
10:57But every day,
10:59you are depriving a person
11:01of her liberty
11:03while I await.
11:05That is precisely the point, ma'am.
11:07If our action of detaining
11:09your Chief of Staff
11:11is against the law,
11:13I think the proper remedy
11:15and I think you're a lawyer,
11:17the proper remedy
11:18is to go to the court.
11:20Sir, do you really want to show
11:22the Filipino people
11:24what you know about the law?
11:25That is the decision of the committee
11:27as a whole.
11:29I'm just helping you, sir,
11:31because the Filipinos are ashamed.
11:33Is this how the House of Representatives works?
11:35It was a Saturday,
11:37Lopez was emotional
11:39as she was shown
11:41how the camera men
11:43took her to her detention room
11:45on Friday night.
11:47This is not just harassment.
11:49This is a threat
11:51to my life.
11:56They gang up on you
11:58in the middle of the night?
12:00Lopez was to be transferred
12:02to the Women's Correctional Facility
12:04in Mandaluyong,
12:05next to the committee.
12:07They bring 10 people
12:09to serve you
12:11in the middle of the night
12:13and they just badger and go to your room
12:15and then demand you to go with them?
12:17And their light is already closed,
12:19like this, dark.
12:21And then they click that
12:23on your door,
12:25that's it.
12:27Lopez was rushed to the hospital
12:29after her condition worsened.
12:31She vomited, vomited, vomited,
12:33and then collapsed.
12:35Duterte also complained
12:37that the ambulance
12:39that would take Lopez to the hospital
12:41did not immediately let her in.
12:43And while Lopez was taking her out
12:45in a stretcher,
12:47the police shouted,
12:49Ma'am, someone stole your phone.
12:51Give it back.
12:53Lopez said
12:55that she attempted homicide
12:57because she feared for her life.
13:00Why do you have to antagonize
13:02a detainee
13:04who is fully cooperating
13:09in everything
13:11that needs to be done
13:13so that this f****** hearing ends?
13:16But the gate of House Sergeant at Arms
13:18retired Police Major General
13:20Napoleon Taas
13:22did not violate
13:23any of Lopez's rights.
13:25Only four people entered,
13:27three women,
13:29and behind them was a male lawyer.
13:31A video was shown during the hearing
13:33where a woman shot
13:35with a female security guard,
13:37a woman wearing a police uniform,
13:39and a man wearing a black jacket.
13:41Hi Ma'am.
13:43Can we open the door?
13:45Do you want to do
13:47a robe or what?
13:49In the video also shown during the hearing,
13:51the camera man
13:53was talking to Lopez
13:55and his accomplice in the room.
13:57Later, Lopez took something
13:59and his cell phone
14:01was returned to his accomplice.
14:03Here, we can see
14:05that there was no escalation,
14:07it was not stolen,
14:09it was not forcibly taken from them.
14:11They just removed it from their possession
14:13and put it on the table.
14:15The cell phone was left inside the cell.
14:17For GMA Integrated News,
14:19Jonathan Andal is your witness.
14:21Let's talk about
14:23the case of the victim of a murder
14:25that happened in the city.
14:27Aside from Attorney Zulayca Lopez,
14:29the Chief of Staff of Vice President Sara Duterte,
14:31there was also a Special Disbursing Officer of the OVP,
14:33Gina Acosta.
14:35Saksilay!
14:37It's Nico Wake.
14:39Nico?
14:41Pia,
14:43Vice President Sara Duterte
14:45returned to the Veterans Memorial Medical Center
14:47to accompany her Special Disbursing Officer,
14:49Gina Acosta,
14:51who was brought here from the House hearing
14:53to accompany her Special Disbursing Officer,
14:55Sara Duterte.
14:57From the day
14:59that Vice President Sara Duterte
15:01and her family brought Vice President Zulayca Lopez
15:03to the VMMC,
15:05supporters of Vice President Sara Duterte
15:07and her family came to support her.
15:09Duterte!
15:11Duterte!
15:13Duterte!
15:15They showed support for Vice President Sara Duterte
15:17and they think that she is the main opposition
15:19of the administration.
15:20As of now,
15:22VP Sara and Atty. Lopez will not leave the VMMC.
15:24Their members
15:26are from different parts of the country.
15:28As we can see,
15:30there is no opposition standing.
15:32We need to call
15:34our fellow Filipinos.
15:38After facing the camera,
15:40Vice President Sara Duterte
15:42returned to the Veterans Memorial Medical Center
15:44in Quezon City this evening.
15:46Last Saturday night,
15:48she brought here
15:50Vice President Gina Acosta.
15:52She was with the congressmen
15:54who questioned the confidential funds
15:56of OVP and DepEd.
15:58She was in a wheelchair
16:00and she was barely able to get out of the camera.
16:02According to VP Sara,
16:04the pressure of Acosta is 150 over 100.
16:06Atty. Zulayca Lopez,
16:08the chief of staff of VP Sara
16:10is also staying at the VMMC.
16:12When Atty. Lopez brought her
16:14to the committee that is scheduled for November 24,
16:16Lopez apologized
16:18for not being able to attend the hearing today.
16:20This is the certificate of confinement
16:22of the VMMC
16:24which states that Lopez has an acute stress disorder.
16:26She is having a hard time sleeping,
16:28is scared, has nightmares,
16:30and has severe shoulder and back pains.
16:32VP Sara is an expert in
16:34psychological and neuropsychiatric tests
16:36as well as drug tests.
16:38But she is also an expert in drug tests
16:40for government officials.
16:42All those who work
16:44in the office of the president
16:46should undergo
16:48drug tests
16:50in the office of the vice president,
16:52in all offices of the Senate,
16:54in all offices
16:56of the House of Representatives,
16:58in all departments
17:00of our country,
17:02of our government.
17:15Until now,
17:17VP Sara has not appeared
17:18at the VMMC.
17:20Earlier, around 10.22 p.m.,
17:22Senator Bato de la Rosa
17:24arrived here
17:26with food.
17:28And live from the Veterans Memorial Medical Center,
17:30for GMA Integrated News,
17:32I'm Nico Juage.
17:34Your witness.
17:36House Speaker Martin Romualdez
17:38urged Vice President Sara Duterte
17:40to respond to his request
17:42this weekend.
17:44Witness, Maki Pulido.
17:49In front of the camera,
17:51Speaker Martin Romualdez
17:53responded to the request of Vice President Sara Duterte.
17:55It is alarming,
17:57and it is not possible to ignore
17:59the confession of Vice President Sara Duterte
18:01that she has a contract to kill
18:03President Bongbong Marcos,
18:05First Lady Liza Araneta Marcos,
18:07and Speaker Romualdez.
18:09Because such words are dangerous,
18:11she needs to be answered.
18:13This is no longer a joke.
18:15This is no longer a normal word.
18:16This is a direct threat
18:18to our democracy,
18:20to our security,
18:22and to the security of our country.
18:29Such statement is not just reckless,
18:32it is dangerous.
18:34It sends a chilling message to our people.
18:37A message that violence
18:39can be contemplated
18:41by those in positions of power.
18:43Vice President Romualdez
18:44will address the real issue
18:46and the accusations of the Vice President.
19:15the questionable disbursements
19:17and the lack of transparency
19:19demand answers.
19:21We will not tolerate
19:23and accept vague explanations
19:25and evasive responses.
19:28If you have nothing to hide,
19:30why don't you answer the questions?
19:33It is the right of the people
19:35to know the truth.
19:37Senator Romualdez
19:39did not follow the protocol of the Camera.
19:41Disrespect
19:43for the protocols,
19:45security measures,
19:47and leadership of this institution
19:49is not just a breach of rules,
19:51it is a breach of trust.
19:54After Romualdez's speech,
19:56some congressmen also spoke
19:58to condemn the statements
20:00of the Vice President
20:02and called for an investigation
20:04to answer him.
20:06The House must take immediate action.
20:08We must call for a full investigation
20:10into the Vice President.
20:12Mr. Speaker,
20:14the behavior cannot just be tolerated.
20:16And we demand
20:18that the Vice President
20:20face the full force
20:22of the law for action.
20:24We cannot and will not
20:26allow anyone,
20:28even the Vice President,
20:30to threaten the very foundation
20:32of this Republic.
20:34Congressmen also approved
20:36the resolution asking for support
20:38from the President and Speaker.
20:40The lawmakers,
20:42along with Romualdez,
20:44as well as VP Sara's allies,
20:46the former President
20:48and former 2nd District Representative
20:50Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo,
20:52watched Romualdez's speech.
20:54She was inside the House
20:56at that time.
20:58We are trying to get her statement
21:00from Romualdez's statements.
21:02For GMA Integrated News,
21:04Mackie Pulido,
21:06your witness.
21:08One of the participants
21:10was the Special Disbursing Officer
21:12Gina Acosta.
21:14But she was just reaching
21:16the confidants
21:18in a Colonel La Chica
21:20that she was sharing funds with.
21:22Our witness, Joseph Moro.
21:26The Special Disbursing Officer
21:28of the Office of the Vice President
21:30Gina Acosta
21:32was walking slowly
21:34and in a wheelchair.
21:36His pressure reached
21:38150 over 100.
21:40He was taken to the Memorial Hospital
21:42where the vice president followed.
21:44Before that,
21:46he was answering questions
21:48from congressmen
21:50about the P125 million pesos
21:52he cashed in December 2022.
21:54He said he cashed the check
21:56in the land bank show
21:58and placed it in 4 traveling bags
22:00and brought it to the OVP.
22:02When the money was cashed,
22:04the check,
22:06my head of agency
22:08informed
22:10that
22:12I will be released
22:14to our security officer.
22:16While on the way
22:18to the office,
22:20I called up
22:22the security officer
22:24informing him
22:26that I cashed the check.
22:28Can you please
22:30mention the name
22:32of the security officer?
22:34Colonel La Chica.
22:36Colonel La Chica.
22:38Can you please enlighten
22:40the ground commander
22:42of our BPSPG
22:44assigned to the office
22:46of the vice president?
22:48He said that he did not know
22:50who received the funds
22:52from Colonel La Chica
22:54that he did not know
22:56about the projects of the OVP
22:58under the CONFIFUNDS.
23:00I wish to direct your attention
23:02to the left bottom portion
23:04of this accomplishment report.
23:06It says,
23:07led by
23:09Special Dispersing Officer
23:11Gina F. Acosta.
23:13Yes ma'am.
23:15Is this not contradictory
23:17to what you said
23:19that Colonel La Chica is next?
23:21I based this on
23:23the final accomplishment report
23:25given by Sir La Chica.
23:27I am just copying it.
23:30Special Dispersing Officer
23:32of the Department of Education
23:34Edward Fajarda
23:36withdrew P37.5 million pesos
23:38in February 2023.
23:40The total amount of
23:42P112 million pesos
23:44of confidential funds
23:46was placed in duffel bags
23:48and brought to the DepEd
23:50to be deposited in a safe.
23:52Fajarda was also appointed
23:54as a security officer
23:56who provides confidential funds.
23:58Colonel Dennis Nolasco
24:00who is Vice President Duterte
24:02was in charge.
24:03Fajarda did not know
24:05who the confidential funds
24:07given by Nolasco were.
24:09Based on the liquidation report
24:11of the DepEd,
24:13the DepEd gave confidential funds
24:15to seven places
24:17including Makati, Davao,
24:19Negros Oriental and Occidental.
24:21Nothing.
24:23In the hearing of the committee,
24:25Colonel Dennis Nolasco
24:27was the one who gave
24:29the confidential funds
24:31to DepEd.
24:33He was considered suspicious
24:35when asked how the confidential funds
24:37of the agency were spent.
24:39The committee called him
24:41for the next hearing.
24:43We asked the Vice President
24:45about this.
24:47This is the reason why we don't want
24:49to discuss confidential funds
24:51and that's why there is a law
24:53that prohibits the discussion
24:55of confidential funds.
24:57We will wait for Colonel Nolasco.
24:59The two other officials
25:01of the OVP and DepEd were also asked
25:03by Sunshine Fajarda
25:05to be part of the Strategic Management
25:07Office of the Vice President.
25:09She is Lemelor Toño,
25:11Assistant Chief of Staff
25:13and Chairperson of the Bids and Awards
25:15of the OVP.
25:17Former DepEd Assistant Secretary
25:19Sunshine Fajarda
25:21was the one who answered
25:23the allegations
25:25of giving bribes
25:27to some officials of DepEd.
25:29Respectfully,
25:31I would want to answer them
25:33to your witness.
25:35The Assistant Chief of Staff
25:37of the OVP, Lemuel Ortoño,
25:39denied that he was involved
25:41in the acknowledgment receipts
25:43submitted by their office
25:45for liquidation.
25:47He said this when asked
25:49by congressmen
25:51why the acknowledgment receipts
25:53have the same writing
25:55used by the Chief of Staff
25:57of the Vice President,
25:59Atty. Zulaika Lopez.
26:01Edward Fajarda,
26:03was the one who sent
26:05a text message
26:07asking for the bank details
26:09of the Regional Directors
26:11and Division Superintendents.
26:13Fajarda explained
26:15that Vice President Sara Duterte
26:17ordered her to do so.
26:19Whenever the Vice President
26:21visits schools,
26:23she sees DepEd officials
26:25in need of financial assistance
26:27from the money
26:29from the Vice President.
26:33One billion worth of love
26:35for Hello Love Again.
26:37Because of Ethan and Joy's
26:39love story,
26:41the box office worldwide
26:43earned more than 1 billion pesos.
26:45This is the first Filipino film
26:47to achieve this milestone.
26:49So no matter how cold it is in Canada,
26:51Alden Richards and Catherine Bernardo
26:53feel the warm love
26:55and support
26:57of the Filipinos.
26:59They are also happy
27:01that the OFWs
27:03are here to support them.
27:05We're just so grateful
27:07with everything that is happening
27:09and has been happening
27:11because this is our bonus.
27:13That gave us hope
27:15that we can continue
27:17to support the Filipinos.
27:24The comedy genius
27:26does it again.
27:28Michael V. once again
27:30made his latest parody
27:31for the anniversary special
27:33of Bubble Gang.
27:35Maki's yellow
27:37turned into blue.
27:51It looks like it was approved
27:53by the OG singer Maki
27:55and was even made a joke
27:57by Betoy.
27:59But Betoy said
28:01that we just want
28:03to create awareness
28:05so that you can remember
28:07your Filipino lessons
28:09when you were in grade school
28:11and share it
28:13with your children
28:15and friends.
28:18Mga Kapuso,
28:20it's only been a month
28:22and it's already Christmas.
28:26I'm PR Kang Hel
28:28for Mas Malaki Misyon
28:29in the Philippines.
28:31From GMA Integrated News,
28:33the news authority of the Philippines,
28:35until tomorrow,
28:37let's be together.
28:39Saksi!
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