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00:00While celebrating the anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea or UNCLOS,
00:06President Bombao Marcos urged that you should not send warships to resupply fishermen in the West Philippine Sea.
00:14Watch Ivan Mayrina.
00:20On the day that China Coast Guard bombed the BRP Datu Pagbuhaya of BIFAR,
00:26near Bajo de Masinlok, a Chinese Navy ship was spotted near the Philippine ships.
00:34According to the PCG, this was the first time this happened in Bajo de Masinlok.
00:39One day after the Chinese ships were bombed,
00:42the National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea said that
00:45it is possible for the Philippines to deploy warships of the Philippine Navy
00:48to join the resupply missions of BIFAR.
00:50If there are future resupply missions and we see the planned ships
00:56and they are approaching the Philippine Coast Guard and BIFAR ships,
01:01then it is possible that we will also deploy the Philippine Navy.
01:04According to the PCG, it is the President's decision.
01:08And that's what President Bombao Marcos said at the inauguration of the NLEX Kandaba III viaduct.
01:13We are not at war. We don't need Navy warships.
01:15All we are doing is resupplying our fishermen, protecting our territorial rights.
01:21It will be provocative and will be seen as an escalation.
01:24We don't do that. The Philippines does not escalate tension.
01:28Quite the opposite. The Philippines always tries to bring down the level of tension.
01:33This was said by the President at the 42nd anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea,
01:38or UNCLOS, one of the foundations of the Philippines,
01:41through its right to the West Philippine Sea.
01:44This readiness to engage fully within the parameters set by UNCLOS
01:48is a testament to our unwavering belief in the peaceful means of settling disputes
01:53and the rule of law and the rules-based international order.
01:57Taiwan, on the other hand, depends on the proliferation of Chinese ships around Taiwan.
02:02Their military is now on high alert,
02:04following China's naval deployment in Taiwan,
02:07which is the largest in almost three decades.
02:10According to Reuters, the Chinese Navy and Coast Guard ships in the region have reached Siam.
02:15China has not yet announced that they will have a military drill in the area.
02:19When asked about this, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said,
02:24Taiwan is part of the territory of China.
02:27It is a democracy and Taiwan has its own government.
02:30But for China, it is their province.
02:33They are ready to fight back.
02:34For GMA Tigraytin News, I am Ivan Meirin, your witness.
02:41Meralko has a new increase in electricity bills this December.
02:45The increase is more than 10 cents per kilowatt hour.
02:48According to Meralko, the total bill for electricity is 21 pesos.
02:52Typical households consume 200 kilowatt hours
02:56because of the increase in generation charge paid by Meralko to electricity suppliers.
03:03It's almost Christmas.
03:04Where will they get the money to increase electricity charges?
03:10The Energy Regulatory Commission approved an increase in electricity charges
03:16by the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines since January.
03:20It is not yet clear to Meralko how this will affect the bill.
03:26What is the manipulation of the price of sugar that the Congress wants to investigate?
03:30According to the United Sugar Producers Federation of the Philippines,
03:33there are traders who are trying to buy sugar at a low price to increase the price.
03:39In the privileged speech of Negros Occidental 5th District Rep. Emilio Bernardino Yulo,
03:44he said that this should be investigated and answered.
03:48Those who should be protecting sugar farmers are also being harassed.
03:53The Sugar Regulatory Administration supports the investigation.
03:58The 4th Philippine Human Rights Plan was launched today, International Human Rights Day.
04:03In its launch earlier in Pasay City,
04:06Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin was given the National Human Rights Action Plan
04:11which will be a guide to strengthen the rights of people in various sectors.
04:17The 8 chapters of this plan are focused on various issues
04:21such as gender equality, child poverty, abuse and exploitation,
04:25protection of PWDs, protection of the traditions of indigenous people,
04:30enforcement of custodial facilities and measures against human trafficking and torture.
04:36In a separate meeting,
04:38the Philippine Alliance of Human Rights Advocates and several groups protested.
04:43For GMA Integrated News, I am Maris Umali.
04:47Succeed!
04:49The rain will continue tomorrow in some parts of the country.
04:53The main weather system that will cause rain is the shear line.
04:57It is formed by the cold wind from the north and the hot wind from the Pacific Ocean.
05:04Localized thunderstorms are also possible.
05:07Based on the current metro weather,
05:09it will rain in a large part of Northern and Central Luzon, Quezon, Mimaropa and Bicol Region.
05:15There will be heavy rain in some parts of Visayas and a large part of Mindanao.
05:19Be prepared for a flood or landslide.
05:22And be alerted by the residents near Borcang Canlaon
05:26because there is also a chance of rain tomorrow, especially in the afternoon or evening.
05:31In Metro Manila, there is also a chance of rain tomorrow in some municipalities.
05:36It was recorded on camera that there was a flood in the rice industry,
05:40so the risk is still high for the families.
05:43Succeed!
05:44Jonathan is ready.
05:49The price of imported rice varies from Php 40 to Php 64 per kilo in the market.
05:54It depends on the class.
05:55Based on the latest monitoring of the Department of Agriculture,
05:58the price is still high even though there is an oversupply of rice
06:02and even though the price of rice was reduced by 20% since July.
06:05That is why congressmen said that there is a flood in the rice industry.
06:11Our rice is in the warehouse.
06:15It is not being exported.
06:17That is why the price did not go down.
06:19The farmers were affected.
06:21Nothing happened to the consumers because there was a flood.
06:26There is a cartel that is happening.
06:29I think there is an advance for our government agencies
06:34on why we are not meeting our target to really lower the price of rice.
06:40The farm gate price went down.
06:42The landed cost went down.
06:44It should translate to lower retail.
06:48But that did not happen.
06:50In the hearing of the KINTA committee of the camera earlier,
06:53the 10 largest importers of rice in the Philippines
06:56denied the allegation that there is a cartel
06:59that is manipulating the price of rice.
07:01We don't have a cartel.
07:03We are not profiteering.
07:06We are dictated by the market prices.
07:10We are not hoarding.
07:12What we are being blamed for is that we became the spotlight of the importers.
07:17In fact, Honorable Tulfo is right.
07:21What we see is the problem with the retailers.
07:24According to the Bureau of Customs,
07:26when imported rice arrives in the country,
07:28its price is at P33 per kilo,
07:31or the so-called landed cost.
07:33The importer will get it and they say
07:35they sell it to the wholesaler for P35 to P40.
07:39When it comes to the wholesaler,
07:41they will sell the rice to the dealer
07:43before it reaches the retailer in the market.
07:45We are being fooled somewhere else.
07:47According to the Customs, it is P33.
07:50The wholesaler said that he sells it for P35 to P40.
07:55Why is it in the market for P50?
07:57A large rice importer is a bit contemptible.
08:00He imported P1 billion worth of rice this year,
08:04but it is impossible to say how much they earn.
08:08It is impossible, sir, that you don't know how much you earn.
08:11My wife is the one computing.
08:14Our detention facility is spacious, Mr. Chair.
08:17I told the truth.
08:18I think you are lying.
08:19We are wondering why the price is so high
08:22and the importer doesn't know about it.
08:25I can't accept that, Mr. Chair.
08:28May I now request AMLA, Mr. Chair,
08:34to check the financial records and transactions
08:39of all these top importers.
08:42The Department of Agriculture cannot say
08:45if there is a cartel in the rice.
08:47I cannot categorically say that there is one
08:49because it is not mandated by the VEA.
08:51For GMA Integrated News,
08:53I am Jonathan Andal, your witness.
08:57This is Defended, the story of Tito Bob,
09:00a senior citizen, a journalism student,
09:03who is now graduating.
09:05A great proof that age is not the only thing
09:08that determines success.
09:13Age doesn't matter, even in studies.
09:17Just like Bobby or Tito Bob,
09:19in his classes at the University of Santo Tomas,
09:22Tito Bob, in his classes at the University of Santo Tomas,
09:25can only defend his thesis at the age of 63.
09:30Journalism is Bobby's course.
09:33According to him, he studied in UST from 1979 to 1982
09:38in the same course.
09:40The thing is, he was called to perform as a singer,
09:43so he was only there until his second year.
09:45I was discovered by Japan.
09:47They brought the group into Tokyo to perform.
09:51I liked it, I made a lot of money.
09:53So I said, wait, I will stop my college life first
09:58to give way to work.
10:00In 1984, he tried to study again,
10:03but it didn't end because of his profession.
10:07He went back and forth between Japan and the Philippines for 11 years.
10:11He decided to study again in 1993,
10:14and his petition was approved to go to America.
10:19In 2023, he decided to stay in the Philippines
10:22after he retired.
10:24On a trip on a PNR train,
10:26he decided to go back to school.
10:28I went straight to Spain.
10:30From Spain, I went to UST.
10:33I brought him there.
10:36I asked, who is the dean now?
10:38I went to the dean's office.
10:40I said, why not go back to school?
10:42I asked, can I still go to BAM?
10:44That's when he started to fix his records.
10:47He found out that he needed 29 more units to finish.
10:51That includes his thesis,
10:53which he got in the 1980s.
10:55He defended it, but there was no grade,
10:57so he had to repeat it.
10:59So, how was it sir, defending your thesis at the age of 63?
11:03Nerve-racking.
11:05I said, ma'am, I think I will throw up.
11:08I will throw up.
11:10I was nervous.
11:11His defense was a success.
11:13It was Bobby's last day as a student.
11:16He will wait until June 2025 to march.
11:20I could get my diploma in December,
11:23but I want to march.
11:26The moment, the baccalaureate mass, and all that.
11:28And most of all, the reason is very simple.
11:31Facebook profile picture.
11:34That's it.
11:36As time passed,
11:38Bobby realized that he did not regret his decisions.
11:43And what he learned here,
11:45that there is no age of success and happiness.
11:49Everything comes in God's time.
11:51Don't make any rush decisions.
11:54I have made a lot of mistakes,
11:57but I did not regret anything.
12:00You just need to really get up and start all over again.
12:04For GMA Integrated News,
12:06I am Nico Juarez, your witness.
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