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00:00Now that Christmas is just around the corner,
00:06those who are buying gifts are on the left and right.
00:09But others prefer to receive cash.
00:13Is it better to get cash or a gift?
00:16Let's find out in the Barangay Saksi of Jamie Santos.
00:20We went to Divisoria in Manila to look for Christmas gifts for our loved ones.
00:37I want to use my children's clothes.
00:40But they always give gifts.
00:42What do they want to receive this Christmas?
00:46I want to receive cash.
00:47Why?
00:48Because it's better to receive cash.
00:51If I don't have money to pay online, how can I buy gifts?
00:56Cash? I'll help my mom.
00:58I'll just use my shoes.
00:59Really? Why?
01:01Because I need it when I apply for a job.
01:05Others wish for something that's not materialistic.
01:08For me, it's just a gift.
01:15Because it's for my children.
01:19For your family?
01:21Yes.
01:22My children are healthy.
01:25Some vendors say that sales are still slow.
01:29Maybe because of the calamity, it's hard for other people to buy.
01:34They are also careful not to harm those who are paying with pekingpera.
01:40If they are the ones to choose, they prefer to pay with old money,
01:45and not the new polymer bill.
01:47Because now, the new one is the same as the old one.
01:50The peg is cleaner.
01:53That's why it's hard to raise that much.
01:57If someone pays you with new money,
02:00the 1,000 pesos,
02:02Aguila?
02:03Yes.
02:04Will you accept it?
02:05The old money?
02:06Yes.
02:07But will you know what Aguila is?
02:09I don't know.
02:10It's not pekingpera anymore.
02:12But they need to get used to the polymer banknote.
02:15According to Banco Central ng Pilipinas,
02:18they are preparing to release the series of First Philippine Polymer or FPP banknote
02:24where they will have smarter, cleaner, and stronger features.
02:29The 1,000 peso polymer banknote that was released in circulation in April 2022 will follow.
02:36BSP also clarified in their online post
02:39that paper banknotes or old paper money will remain in circulation.
02:45For Jimei Integrated News,
02:47Jaime Santos is your witness.
02:511,000 foreign POGO workers have not yet applied for a downgraded visa
02:56in the midst of the ongoing banning of POGOs in the country.
02:59According to the DALG,
03:02Local officials have also raised their voices
03:04in case there is a POGO building in their area.
03:08Witness, Van Myrina.
03:14Inspection was conducted earlier by the local government of Kawit, Cavite.
03:17This is a POGO hub.
03:18One of the people who stopped the operation
03:20is President Bongbong Marcos,
03:22who was ordered not to allow POGOs in the country in 2025.
03:25On December 15, 10 o'clock a.m.,
03:29we will personally lead the closure of the POGO hub.
03:35There is no license for the construction of POGOs on January 1, 2025.
03:44So if there is anyone who will say that they are continuing to look for a job
03:51or their operation
03:53because they have a valid PAG-COR license,
03:58that is not true.
04:00According to the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation of PAG-COR,
04:0442 internet gaming licensees and 18 service providers
04:08have licenses declared by President Marcos in his area
04:11where POGOs are already being shut down.
04:13Now, only seven are left who are operating.
04:16All licenses were cancelled on December 15.
04:20This coming Sunday,
04:21according to the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission of PAOC,
04:24everyone who will operate without a license will be arrested.
04:27It is expected that the prohibition of POGOs will continue.
04:30Guerrilla POGOs or smaller operations will be shut down.
04:34More than a hundred rogue POGOs are currently being watched by PAOC.
04:38Former POGO workers who worked together
04:42and created a small POGO hub or POGO operation in one house,
04:47or in one apartment,
04:49or in one resort.
04:51Four such operations are being operated by PAOC.
04:54There is one in Mimaropa,
04:55and there is also one in a resort owned by an official in Gawing Norte.
05:00The one who reported it was LGU.
05:02He reported that a group of Chinese, about a thousand of Chinese,
05:09will enter his area.
05:10They are already carrying their equipment.
05:12It was packed in one place,
05:14and it was transported by the local government.
05:17They planned it.
05:18They got the equipment,
05:21and it is now with them.
05:23It means that they are really moving away from Metro Manila.
05:27The DILG will order the local chief executives
05:30to monitor their areas
05:32to ensure that there is no illegal POGO
05:34that can operate in their area.
05:37And if not,
05:38they can come and file a case,
05:40just like what happened to the former Bambantanak Mayor, Alice Guo.
05:44According to the DILG,
05:46more than 1,000 foreign POGO workers have not yet applied for a visa downgrade.
06:00For GMA Integrated News,
06:02Ivan Mayrena, your Saksi.
06:05The petition for bail of the former Bambantanak Mayor, Alice Guo,
06:09has been submitted for resolution.
06:11It is similar to the case of Qualified Human Trafficking
06:14that she is facing
06:15because of the POGO management in Bambantanak.
06:18According to Guo's lawyer,
06:20Guo has been detained for almost three months
06:22in Paseg City Jail Female Dormitory.
06:25That's why the former mayor is stressed
06:27about the possibility of imprisonment.
06:30They are now waiting for the court's decision
06:32if the petition for bail of the former Bambantanak Mayor, Alice Guo,
06:35can be approved.
06:36She also confirmed that Guo visited the Bambantanak Mayor
06:38through a videoconference
06:40while being detained in Paseg City Female Dormitory.
06:45The Department of Agriculture
06:46has returned the former power of the National Food Authority
06:49to lower the price of rice.
06:52According to the camera,
06:53Agriculture Secretary Francisco Chu Laurel Jr.
06:56suggested that if the NFA has the power,
07:00it would be possible to sell to buyers
07:02more than 6 million bags of rice
07:05that is NFA's buffer stock.
07:08It can be bought at the price of 29 to 30 pesos per kilo.
07:12A congressman was also asked
07:14if it is possible to have an executive order
07:17from the President to release the rice.
07:19According to the DA,
07:20they will consult their legal department about this.
07:24For GMA Integrated News,
07:26Bernadette Reyes,
07:27your witness.
07:29The Senate and the Camera ratified
07:31the proposed version of the
07:33more than 6 trillion Pesos National Budget for 2025.
07:37The President just needs to sign
07:39for this to become a law.
07:42Witness, Mahab Gonzales.
07:48There were those who asked
07:49for the allocation to be lowered
07:51after the 6.352 trillion Pesos
07:54that was proposed for the 2025 National Budget.
07:59The DPWH, Department of National Defense,
08:04the Camera, and the Office of the President
08:06were also included in the additional funds.
08:07But in the education sector,
08:09Pesos were reduced to P45 billion
08:11by DepEd, CHED, and SUCs.
08:14Before the budget passed the BICAM,
08:16there was a long discussion on the funds
08:18for the AYUDA, for Kapos, Angkita Program, or ACAP.
08:21The Senate removed the funds for this.
08:24But in the BICAM, the funds were returned
08:26but the amount was lower.
08:2826 billion Pesos were approved in the BICAM
08:31from the original 39 billion Pesos
08:33that was proposed by the Camera.
08:35And it can now be used,
08:37not only by Congressmen,
08:38but also by Senators.
08:40We clarified the guidelines for this
08:44because before, this was only a House initiative.
08:48But as a co-equal body,
08:51and for transparency,
08:55the Senate has the opportunity
08:59to help through ACAP.
09:09More or less like that.
09:10We can have rearrangements now in the Senate.
09:13We're looking forward to that.
09:15We were supported by the Senate.
09:16But the Senate Committee on Finance Chairperson Grace Poe
09:20said that the distribution of the AYUDA
09:22still depends on the needs of those in need.
09:24The funds are also under the DSWD.
09:27The 74 billion Pesos subsidy for PhilHealth in 2025
09:30was removed from the BICAM.
09:33The transfer of PhilHealth's excess funds
09:35to the National Treasury became controversial this year.
09:39According to Poe,
09:40PhilHealth has 600 billion Pesos in reserve funds
09:43and it needs to be used first.
09:45The fund of the Office of the Vice President
09:47remained at 733 billion Pesos.
09:50Until recently,
09:51the OVP did not have a formal or informal request
09:54to add their fund.
09:56The Office of the Vice President still had a chance
10:01to help.
10:03They have a social services allotment
10:07of 600 million Pesos.
10:09They can use that.
10:11They did not disappear.
10:13That's what I've been saying since the beginning.
10:15They are still capacitated.
10:17Vice President Sara Duterte responded.
10:20We do not expect anything about the budget
10:23of the Office of the Vice President anymore.
10:26I've been saying that I'm not the problem.
10:29The problem of the Philippines is poverty,
10:33starvation, corruption,
10:36and all the other peace and order issues.
10:39But it is clear right now
10:43that they consider me as the problem already.
10:47For GMA Integrated News,
10:49I'm Mav Gonzalez.
10:53Nurses, nursing assistants, and caregivers
10:56have the opportunity to work in Denmark
10:58with scholarships.
11:00And there are also openings for other Filipino workers
11:03in Croatia, Singapore, and Slovenia.
11:06Watch JP Siriano.
11:12A few weeks ago,
11:13she graduated from a caregiving course
11:15in a TESTA-accredited school in Quezon City, Sinaloa,
11:18and the former nursing aide, Tricia.
11:21They need this to obtain
11:23the National Certificate II or NC2,
11:26a requirement to apply for a job
11:28in another country.
11:35His wife is currently studying caregiving
11:37with Alpha.
11:39Their plan is to work in another country
11:42and eventually live there
11:45for the rest of the family.
11:47For me, it's better abroad,
11:50money-wise, and culture-wise.
11:53It's better for me in the long run.
11:56Tricia, on the other hand,
11:57has a job in the UK as a caregiver
12:01with the help of her former colleague.
12:04Since I already have a background or an idea,
12:08it will be enhanced here in Asia.
12:10Just like them,
12:12countries like Croatia, Singapore,
12:15Slovenia, and Denmark
12:17have told the Philippines
12:18that they need Filipino caregivers.
12:21In Croatia, for example,
12:23the basic and minimum wage per month
12:25is less than 800 euros or almost 40,000 pesos
12:29for 8 hours of work per day.
12:32This does not include overtime pay
12:34and other benefits.
12:36Denmark has also signed
12:38a Joint Declaration of Intent
12:40with the Philippines.
12:42With Denmark, there are opportunities
12:44for, of course, nurses, nursing assistants,
12:48and similar to caregivers.
12:52But the good thing is,
12:53there is a possibility of a scholarship
12:56or education.
12:58Aside from nurses and caregivers,
13:00Croatia also needs 3,500 Filipino workers
13:05for their hospitality and tourism sector.
13:08To see these jobs,
13:10watch out for the DMW's website postings
13:13and go to the Approved Job Order section.
13:17DMW will remind those who want to apply
13:21Don't pay Php 300,000 or Php 1,000,000
13:24just to go abroad.
13:26I'm telling you, that's illegal.
13:29For GMA Integrated News,
13:32I'm JP Soriano, your witness.
13:36My fellow Filipinos, be the first to witness.
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