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00:00We will all be together.
00:08Taxi!
00:15It's not just the deportation of POGO workers that is being investigated by the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission or PAOC.
00:22Some of them will leave their children behind.
00:26The government is calling on the mothers of POGO workers.
00:30Witness, Marisol Abdurrahman, exclusive.
00:35She is Maya, not her real name.
00:37She has a one-year-old child from a Chinese POGO worker who was deported to China the other day.
00:43I don't know what will happen to me and my child since I don't have a job.
00:50She is the one who left us.
00:53Aika's situation is the same. She is not her real name.
00:56I also don't know what will happen to her when she arrives in China.
01:01Maya and Aika said that it's time to report.
01:04It's possible that their children will not see their fathers again.
01:08That's why they are calling on the government.
01:10Those who have children, they can consider letting our husbands go.
01:17I hope they will give us a chance, especially those who have children.
01:22Children will be left behind by their POGO workers.
01:25According to the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission of PAOC,
01:28this problem is not expected to be solved after the separate raids on POGO workers.
01:33This is not an ordinary problem.
01:35We didn't expect this to happen.
01:37We just know that POGO workers will catch us.
01:41That's why there are children left behind.
01:45As of now, there are 15 babies born by POGO workers who are supported by PAOC.
01:49They are now cooperating with the DSWD for financial assistance.
01:53It's very saddening.
01:55We are asking them to help us because their fathers have already been deported.
02:01They don't have money to spend.
02:03They don't have money to buy milk.
02:05Sometimes, when the children are sick, they come to us to be taken to the hospital.
02:10The two-year-old Vietnamese mother and Chinese father is also under the care of PAOC.
02:16The child is now coming out stateless.
02:18She will wait until she is 18 years old to choose her nationality.
02:26Based on the data of the Bureau of Immigration,
02:29in November, more than 100,000 POGO workers are expected to be deported to their countries.
02:36For GMA Integrated News, I am Marisol Abdurrahman, your witness.
02:43The street fight in Taguig was triggered by a gunshot.
02:47The suspect is a retired member of the Philippine Marines.
02:50Witness, Rafi Tima.
02:59A hot fight broke out at Colonel Bravo Street, Barangay Central Signal in Taguig City this December 1.
03:04The man in orange, who was holding a gun, tried to escape.
03:09The man tried to escape, but he insisted on taking a video.
03:20The man holding a gun is a retired member of the Philippine Marines.
03:23He was arrested by the Taguig Police in a follow-up operation and was jailed at Taguig Police Station.
03:28The street fight is the root of the incident.
03:31The suspect blocked the vehicle of the victim.
03:34He was arrested for unceasingly shooting at the victim.
03:37The man was taken home to the police station.
03:41We checked his gun, whether it is still licensed or not.
03:50But we know that our Taguig City Police Station has already filed a case for grave threats and illegal possession.
04:03So definitely, this gun is not licensed.
04:08The suspect refused to give his statement.
04:10He also refused to give his statement on the gun that was registered to another person.
04:14Sir, I commented on it.
04:18I will not speak. I will only speak in court.
04:24For GMA Integrated News, I am Rafi Tima.
04:28Saksi!
04:30Some areas in Batangas experienced an ashfall due to the eruption of Taal Volcano earlier.
04:36Fivox is currently monitoring the volcano because sulfur dioxide levels are high.
04:42Saksi!
04:43This is Niko Wahe.
04:48This is the actual eruption of Taal Volcano at 6 o'clock in the morning earlier.
04:52It lasted for 4 minutes.
04:54It erupted with a thick smoke or plume that reached up to 2,800 meters above before heading to Kanluran, Timog, Kanluran.
05:02What happened was, of course, it exploded.
05:05I said, mom, my mother-in-law is a bit old.
05:08So I said, let's go. Let's go home.
05:11According to Fivox, what happened earlier was a phreatomagmatic eruption.
05:15It is said to be the strongest compared to the natural eruption of October 2 and October 5.
05:21Essentially, the magma had contact with the water.
05:25And because the magma is so hot, the water suddenly flashed or converted into steam.
05:33But it was too fast.
05:34It caused a shockwave.
05:36This is what caused the eruption.
05:39So that eruption, the shockwave, it pulverized the magma or lava.
05:47According to Fivox, this kind of volcanic activity is normal after the major eruption of 2020.
05:53The magma that converted into steam under the volcano,
05:56it is the one that has been solidifying for several years.
06:00And it caused different kinds of unrest or collapse in the land.
06:06The ashfall from the eruption reached Buso-Buso, Barangay, in the town of Laurel.
06:12The land also erupted.
06:15These students were already in school when the ash and rain fell at the same time.
06:28The class was immediately suspended.
06:38Some residents stayed inside their house.
06:45They were forced to leave the house.
06:48The ashfall also hit the barangay population in Agoncillo.
06:51If we let this happen, the air will be polluted.
06:56That's why we have to clean it.
06:58That's why we have to clean it.
07:00It was thick earlier.
07:01Usually, what is affected there are respiratory problems.
07:05There are coughs.
07:07The elderly are also sensitive there.
07:11The residents of Talisay were not directly affected.
07:14It's normal.
07:15Life continues.
07:17The children continue to go to school.
07:19The ashfall also did not reach Metro Manila and other nearby areas.
07:23The volcano remains at alert level 1 and there is no indication of rising according to PHIVOX.
07:29PHIVOX also strictly monitors the volcano Canlaon, which remains at alert level 2.
07:34In the time-lapse footage of PHIVOX, the ashfall of the volcano can be seen from 3.49 p.m. to 4.27 p.m.
07:42The ashfall of sulfur dioxide is high now.
07:45The number of volcano tectonic earthquakes is also high.
07:48There is also a rise in ashfall from the volcano.
07:51We have a high alert level in Canlaon.
08:00We do not know when and how the magmatic activity will occur.
08:10But it depends on the sustained.
08:14There is no high anomalous parameters.
08:23These parameters indicate that there is a possible magmatic eruption of the volcano Canlaon.
08:32When and how?
08:34This is what we need to monitor.
08:36For GMA Integrated News, I am Nico Aje, your witness.
08:42The arraignment of actress Nery Naig Miranda was not continued earlier.
08:46Another one is RTC Branch 112.
08:48The fiscal committee is still waiting.
08:50According to the motion to quash of Nery for the case of syndicated estafa,
08:57the actress is now confined in a hospital for her medical evaluation
09:02and is expected to return to Pasay City Jail Female Dormitory tomorrow.
09:06According to Nery, according to her skin care clinic, Dermacare,
09:13after the company's initial check-ins to its investors.
09:18Through her lawyer, actress Rufa Miquinto issued an official public statement
09:24due to her return to the so-called skin care clinic.
09:28She has nothing to do with any anomalous activity
09:32and she is also suspected of accusations.
09:34She also denied that she is just a victim.
09:38Although it is sad that she remains firm and trustworthy.
09:42It is still true that she will be sentenced.
09:45She will also help the authorities and will face the issue in the right legal way.
09:54The committee in the Chamber is recommending the filing of a criminal complaint
09:59regarding the expenses of confidential funds of the DepEd and the Office of the Vice President.
10:04Mary Grace Piatos, who is said to have received confidential funds,
10:09has no records in the Philippine Statistics Authority.
10:13Witness, Joseph Moro.
10:18Who is Mary Grace Piatos?
10:20Do you think he's a real person?
10:22There is no birth, marriage, and death certificate
10:25that has such a name in the record of the Philippine Statistics Authority.
10:28But a Mary Grace Piatos acknowledgment receipt was signed
10:32and was sent to the office of the Vice President
10:35to explain how they spent the confidential funds of 2022.
10:39That's why the House Committee is looking for good government and public accountability.
10:44Possibly, the PSM will expand its search
10:46if it can provide additional information to the committee
10:49such as the name, place, and date related to the parents of Mary Grace Piatos.
10:54The acknowledgment receipt is like a bogus.
10:57Maybe our next step is to check other names.
11:04What does this show?
11:06Officials in the Office of the Vice President, led by no other than Sara Duterte,
11:11invented receipts to defend the incorrect use of confidential funds.
11:23Now, there is a concrete proof that the country's money was not used properly.
11:31The committee also investigated in the NBI the signatures of other questionable acknowledgment receipts.
11:37But what if the liquidation of the CONFIFUNDS is not a real name?
11:42We asked the COA, but the congressmen admitted that this is not clear.
11:47According to the committee that investigates the confidential funds
11:50of the Office of the Vice President and the Department of Education,
11:53they have enough information not only to restrict the use of confidential funds in a new law,
11:59but also to investigate criminal cases.
12:02This is for the complaint of bribery and graft and corruption.
12:06We recommend filing of charges against the staff of BP.
12:12The staff of the Vice President and the DepEd, and even the Vice President,
12:19is not included in the suit.
12:21The backstaff at her office is responsible for all of that.
12:27It is not accountable that the CONFIFUNDS used one of the mentioned articles of impeachment
12:32that was filed against Vice President Duterte yesterday,
12:35as well as the violation of the life of President Bongbong Marcos, the First Lady, and the House Speaker.
12:41Even so, the palace denied the position of the former President
12:45regarding the impeachment against the Vice President before filing a complaint.
12:50The President already made a clear and unambiguous statement
12:54that he would not support an effort to impeach.
12:59This is distracting.
13:01We still have a lot to do.
13:04It's important for the country.
13:07That's how it should be.
13:09Any suggestion that it's political or instigated by our side, no.
13:18That is never true.
13:22Aside from what was filed yesterday, another impeachment complaint will be endorsed by Makabayan Black.
13:27It will be filed tomorrow by 50 bodies from various organizations.
13:31We are still waiting for the statement of the office of Vice President Sara Duterte.
13:35For GMA Integrated News, I'm Joseph Morong.
13:38Your Saksi.
13:41The Bureau of Immigration is investigating a complaint filed against Attorney Harry Roque
13:45claiming that Roque used an illegal method to leave the country
13:50and falsified the immigration clearance for him to receive his destination country.
13:56The complaint includes falsification of public documents.
14:01Roque first signed that he is no longer in the Philippines
14:05and filed his counter affidavit in the complaint of Qualified Human Trafficking
14:10in Lucky South 99 Pogo in Porac, Pampanga.
14:14He also filed his counter affidavit in the Philippine Embassy in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
14:21Roque did not walk his license for Lucky South 99.
14:26He also said that he is no longer in Abu Dhabi.
14:29But he did not say where he is.
14:33The President of South Korea, Yun Suk-yol, declared an emergency martial law.
14:38He said in his late-night address that this is a step to protect South Korea
14:44against the threat of the communist forces of North Korea.
14:49The opposition was also accused of this,
14:52that the parliament is being hostage-controlled to put the country in crisis.
14:56The opposition leader said that the parliament will try to get rid of the martial law declared by President Yun.
15:06According to the annual audit report of the Commission on Audit,
15:09the Office of the Vice President spent three times more on confidential funds in 2023 than in 2022.
15:17Watch Sandra Aguinaldo.
15:27If in 2022, the Commission on Audit approved the spending of the Office of the Vice President of its confidential fund,
15:35it came out in the annual audit report of the COA for 2023 that it tripled the next year.
15:42If compared, Vice President Sara Duterte spent P125 million in confidential funds within 11 days of 2022.
15:54The next year, it jumped to P375 million for the entire year of 2023.
16:01According to the COA report, confidential expenses are for the safe implementation of various projects and activities
16:09under the Good Governance Program, Social Economic Program Delivery,
16:13and official engagements or joining international and domestic events under the orders of the President.
16:20According to the COA report, expenses for domestic and international trips of the Office of the Vice President increased.
16:27In 2022, it spent P20.11 million,
16:32which is equivalent to the share of former Vice President Leni Robredo and current Vice President Sara Duterte.
16:39By the end of 2023, when VP Sara was already in office for the entire year,
16:44travel expenses doubled to P42.58 million.
16:49The share of assistance distributed by the OVP also increased.
16:53In the computation of GMA Integrated News Research,
16:56it was P1.28 billion for assistance, subsidies, and welfare goods in 2023.
17:04It tripled in 2022.
17:07According to the COA, welfare goods are relief goods and food boxes
17:11that are given to the needy such as victims of calamity.
17:15As for the expenses of the OVP,
17:17the Medical Burial Assistance, Hospitals for Medical Assistance Program,
17:22and Medical Physical Examination of OVP Employees and Personnel.
17:26However, the COA observed a division of welfare goods.
17:30It is not clear if these were divided due to the lack of guidelines and procedures and control measures of the OVP.
17:39In Davao Satellite Office of VP Sara,
17:42there is a lack of inventory such as food items that are about to expire but have not yet been distributed,
17:50food items in an unventilated shipping container, and others.
17:55It was noted in the report that the OVP used its funds for the socio-economic program delivery.
18:02Its accomplishments are also higher than the target.
18:06We listened to the reaction of the VC regarding the audit report, but it still has no answer.
18:11For GMA Integrated News, Sandra Aguinaldo is your witness.
18:16Mga Kapuso, it's only been 22 days and it's already Christmas.
18:20And literally, Paskong Pinoy is the trend now in San Juan City.
18:25The famous giant Christmas tree made of bamboo, abaca, and others.
18:31The theme this year is Filipiniana as an important part of the Filipino culture.
18:37There are also miniature Christmas trees made of old Tagalog barongs
18:41and these were carved by persons deprived of liberty in San Juan.
18:49The famous Christmas tree was also lit up in Iligan City.
18:53At the same time, it was observed where the beastly Christmas symbols are hanging.
18:59And Mga Kapuso, thank you for your witnessing.
19:02I am Pia Arcangel for a bigger mission and a wider service to the country.
19:08From GMA Integrated News, the news authority of the Philippines,
19:12until tomorrow, we will be together.
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