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00:00Let's be together, Saksi!
00:15More than 200,000 pieces of illegal fireworks were confiscated by the Calabarzon Police before the meeting in 2025.
00:23As a simulation, I showed how dangerous the illegal fireworks are.
00:28Saksi, this is John Consulta.
00:34Using this mannequin, the Calabarzon Police showed how powerful the explosion is from the illegal fireworks.
00:42First, the King Kong firework, which is slightly bigger than the 5-star.
00:49The finger of the hand holding the firework was broken.
00:52The other arm of the mannequin was also broken.
00:56Next, we will try the base.
00:58This is the base. At any moment, this can explode.
01:05This is done by the PNP-PRO4A to show our countrymen how dangerous the fireworks are.
01:15There you go, my fellow countrymen. This is very powerful.
01:20All five of its fingers were injured or exploded.
01:27This is hard plastic. As you can see, this plastic is very hard.
01:32It's very hard. It's almost unbearable.
01:37But because of that explosion, the plastic exploded and it was pierced.
01:45How can this happen to a person's hand?
01:48If this is a real person's hand, surely, not only the finger will be broken, but even his hand will be broken.
01:57His face will be affected.
01:59More than 200,000 pieces of illegal fireworks were confiscated by the Calabarzon Police.
02:05They also launched a campaign against the firework after some children in Cavite and Matangas were injured by the firework.
02:12One of them exploded.
02:14That improvised firework hit his face and this victim was almost blind.
02:23The campaign against illegal fireworks and fireworks in other parts of the country was also halted.
02:28In Iloilo City, fireworks were confiscated in random inspections in barangays.
02:34In Bukaway, Bulacan, where the first inspection of the motor vehicle was conducted,
02:37the market is getting stronger.
02:39But the profit of lowering the price of some vendors is affected,
02:43so that the cheaper smuggled fireworks can be bought at the same time.
02:46The profit now is not that big.
02:51But it's okay because many people buy from us.
02:56At least, we won't lose even if the profit is low.
03:00The price of Quitis, Julius Belt, and Lucis is higher compared to November
03:05because the demand is high and the supply is insufficient.
03:09A reminder from the BFP.
03:10To avoid misfortune in the travel of fireworks,
03:13make sure that the sun does not directly hit what you bought.
03:17Do not move the packaging so that the media will not be exposed.
03:21Avoid gunfire while traveling.
03:24And when you get home, put the fireworks in a safe place.
03:28We have to remember sir that fireworks and pyrotechnics are simply bombs
03:33that we tolerate during the Christmas and the New Year season.
03:37So it can cause damage, it can cause harm to both lives and properties.
03:43So we have to be very careful in transporting it.
03:47For JMA Integrated Dukes, I am John Consulta, your witness.
03:54More than a hundred firecracker-related injuries have been reported
03:58by the Department of Health since December 2020.
04:01December 22.
04:03Witness, Marisol Abdurrama.
04:07Jose Reyes Memorial Medical Center is ready to use
04:11to operate the firecrackers for the celebration of the New Year.
04:15When the victim is in the fireworks-related injury area,
04:19he will immediately see how severe his injury is.
04:21If it is unstable, this is a high priority.
04:24But if it is stable and requires additional medical attention,
04:28this is a medium priority.
04:30Two fingers were cut when he was rushed to the hospital.
04:33He came here with injuries to the face, abdomen, and he lost his thumb.
04:37When he was shot, he held it close to his body,
04:40so it hit his whole body.
04:42There is only one fingertip, the tip of the finger.
04:46It was a minor surgery.
04:48Since December 21, 11 fireworks-related incidents have been reported in the hospital.
04:53Higher than last year.
04:56Because there are fewer restrictions,
04:59and the fireworks are more easily accessible.
05:01You can buy it online.
05:02In East Avenue Medical Center,
05:04eight people were shot,
05:06seven were minors,
05:07and one was the youngest.
05:09According to the Department of Health,
05:11there are more than 100 cases of firecracker-related injuries
05:14since December 22.
05:16There are 32 new cases today.
05:19According to the DOH,
05:20no matter how big or small the wound or tip of the firecracker is,
05:23you should go to the hospital
05:25because you need to apply anti-tetanus.
05:27If we have bleeding blood from the wound,
05:30we should use a clean cloth
05:33and apply a little pressure.
05:35We should press it a little so that it won't tear.
05:38Now, if there is no tearing wound,
05:41we can start cleaning.
05:42But we should call for help
05:44and we should be ready to go to the hospital.
05:46We should clean the wound using clean water,
05:50clean running water.
05:52If there is a part of the body that fell off
05:54and fell around,
05:55put it in a clean plastic bag.
05:58Wrap it in plastic cellophane,
06:00wrap it in a thin towel,
06:03and put it in ice.
06:04Don't put the part of the body that was cut directly in the ice.
06:07Aside from the victims of firecrackers,
06:09the DOH also monitors
06:11those who suffer from stroke, heart attack, and asthma.
06:14Since December 21,
06:16there are 71 cases of acute stroke,
06:1841 cases of acute coronary syndrome,
06:21and 46 cases of stroke.
06:23We will have a mist like an ashfall
06:26if we use a lot of firecrackers
06:28and the powder is in the air.
06:30If you are using an inhaler,
06:31make sure that the inhaler has a content.
06:34For GMA Integrated News,
06:37Marisol Abduraman is your witness.
06:42On the last Friday of 2024,
06:44there was heavy traffic in the north Luzon expressway.
06:47And the live witness is Jamie Santos.
06:51Jamie?
06:56Pia Sueldo Today,
06:57that's why some people temporarily stopped buying
07:00for the New Year celebration.
07:02And because it's a long holiday weekend,
07:04before rush hour,
07:06the traffic in North EDSA was bumper to bumper
07:09and on the entrance of the North Luzon Expressway.
07:16Just four sleeps, it's already midnight.
07:18And today is Saturday,
07:20a lot of people are buying round fruits
07:23in Balintawak Market.
07:24There's still no change in the price of the fruits
07:27according to the vendors in Balintawak.
07:29At the end of the day,
07:30they can see that the price is increasing.
07:32Of course, we are looking for round fruits
07:35like ponkan, ketket.
07:36How much is it?
07:38That's our ketket.
07:40This one, sir.
07:41Yes.
07:42How much is it?
07:43It's P50.
07:45Around P30, P31.
07:46How much do we expect to increase
07:48the price of fruits?
07:50Because it's New Year.
07:51It's just a little higher.
07:53Maybe around P20.
07:55For now, a lemon is P15.
07:58An orange is P25.
08:00A green apple is P40,
08:02while a red apple is P35.
08:04A piece of melon and watermelon is P55.
08:08A seedless grape is P200.
08:12The volume of traffic in Balintawak is also noticeable.
08:16This is Balintawak,
08:17a few minutes before rush hour started earlier.
08:20That traffic is experienced
08:22from the top of Quezon Avenue flyover in Quezon City
08:25to the front of the mall in North EDSA.
08:28In Endex Balintawak 12 Plaza,
08:30there's a line on the right lane
08:32because the vehicles are loading or installing RFID.
08:36There's also a small line in the regular RFID lanes.
08:40When the North Luzon Expressway enters,
08:42the running speed of the vehicles is 10 to 30 kilometers per hour.
08:46The road in Valenzuela is slow to moderate
08:49until there's a bamboo flower.
08:51At 7 p.m.,
08:52there's traffic in the area of Marilao
08:54before the Marilao Exit
08:56because of a damaged vehicle.
08:58There's also an Endex patrol team
09:00that's already assisting.
09:01They're expecting Endex to lead
09:03the vehicles that will pass through Endex
09:06until the weekend.
09:08Pia, until this time,
09:10there's a line here in the rightmost lane
09:13of Balintawak 12 Plaza
09:15because that's where the vehicles are installing RFID
09:19or loading.
09:20When Endex enters,
09:21the traffic is light to moderate
09:23but when there's a big stone in Valenzuela,
09:26there's a bamboo flower.
09:27The running speed is 20 to 30 kilometers per hour
09:30because of the volume.
09:31And live from here in Balintawak 12 Plaza,
09:34for GMA Integrated News,
09:35Jaime Santos is your eyewitness.
09:39My dear viewers,
09:40before the eyewitness,
09:41more than a million pesos worth of Ecstasy
09:44was found in the bot of the Bureau of Customs,
09:46Port of Clark.
09:47And more than 2 kilos of drugs
09:49were found in the heating boiler.
09:52The shipment from the Bureau of Customs
09:54came from Germany
09:55and arrived on December 4.
09:57After the field testing of the FIDEA,
09:59it was confirmed that the drugs
10:01After the field testing of the FIDEA,
10:03it was confirmed that the drugs
10:05were illegal.
10:06They issued a warrant of seizure and detention
10:08for the shipment
10:09that has a violation of
10:10RA-10863
10:12or the Customs Modernization and Tariff Act.
10:15The number of passengers who passed through PITX
10:18reached almost one and a half million
10:20since December 20.
10:22There were also more passengers
10:24at another bus terminal.
10:26Witness,
10:27J.P. Soriano.
10:31Joy will return to Mar-C-Joy
10:33to celebrate the new year.
10:35She packed three cans of biscuits
10:38for the children and parents.
10:41I brought other things
10:43or other gifts
10:44because biscuits are better for them.
10:47It's simple.
10:48I just want to be with them this New Year.
10:50More than 200,000 passengers
10:53arrived here at PITX
10:55on the last Friday of the year.
10:57This is almost the number of passengers
10:59who arrive here every day on Christmas.
11:01That's why almost one and a half million
11:04arrived at the terminal
11:05since December 20.
11:07Most of them are returning to Batangas,
11:09Bicol, Mindoro, and Visayas.
11:12Because almost none of the passengers
11:14arrived here,
11:15the queue at the main entrance
11:17is getting longer.
11:19The equipment is being closely inspected.
11:22As far as it's being inspected,
11:23no one is allowed to enter.
11:26No one is allowed to fly
11:28such as fireworks and lights
11:29even if it's legal.
11:31Aside from that,
11:32please don't bring
11:34anything smelly.
11:37Imagine if you're in an air-conditioned bus
11:39for hours,
11:40you'll end up in jail.
11:41You won't have a hard time
11:42even if you have a lot of passengers.
11:44The number of buses
11:46to Bicol Region is increasing.
11:48The return of some buses to PITX
11:50was delayed
11:51because of the heavy traffic
11:53on some roads in Camarines Sur.
11:55The number of passengers
11:57at the bus terminal in Sampaloc, Manila
11:58is also increasing.
11:59Compared to yesterday,
12:01the number of passengers
12:03at the BFCT East Metro Transport Terminal
12:05in Marikina is decreasing.
12:06The same goes for the EDSA Cubao Bus Terminal.
12:09According to our conversations,
12:10the number of passengers
12:11is still expected to increase.
12:13In Lawag City,
12:14the bus trips to Cagayan and Isabela
12:16are fully booked until January 1.
12:20The trip of the Madelo family
12:22is out of the country.
12:24Aside from their early arrival
12:26at Naia Terminal 3,
12:27they are also wearing the same clothes.
12:29I'm really excited.
12:33Macau and China.
12:35It's my first time in Macau.
12:38Clarissa,
12:39even though her flight to London is tomorrow,
12:41she was already at the airport
12:43early in the morning.
12:44I don't want to be stressed
12:48because I only see on TV
12:51the number of people at Naia 3
12:53and outside.
12:54So I said,
12:55I'll choose a day before my flight
12:58so that I can check in at the lounge.
13:02According to the Manila International Airport Authority
13:05or MIAA,
13:07as much as possible,
13:08even four hours before the flight
13:11should be at the airport.
13:13It will also help
13:15if e-travel and travel tax
13:17are already online.
13:19The less such points of early departure,
13:22the smoother the route of your flight.
13:26We don't have to go around the airport
13:29to arrange your expenses.
13:33For GMA Integrated News,
13:36I am JP Soriano,
13:38your witness.
13:40The traffic is still busy
13:42on the damaged part of Andaya Highway
13:45in Camarinasur
13:46following the rains.
13:48The question is,
13:49will it be completed before the new year?
13:51I am your witness, Ian Cruz.
13:57Three hours.
13:59It's annoying.
14:01Let's go home.
14:02The traffic is still busy
14:04on the damaged part of Andaya Highway
14:07in Camarinasur.
14:08The rain from Kalambalaguna
14:11reached Tagos at 3 p.m.
14:13Three hours.
14:14Wow.
14:15Wow.
14:16We're still on our way to Nabua.
14:19In the direction of Manila,
14:21the traffic is still busy
14:22in the town of Sipocot.
14:24The morning vendors
14:26are still on their way to Nabua.
14:28Excuse me, ma'am.
14:29Our chicken is broken.
14:31There's no ice.
14:33The ice melted.
14:35Even the Peruvians
14:36who went to Bicol before Christmas
14:38were forced to go back to Manila.
14:42There's no choice.
14:43That's how it is.
14:45So, we'll just follow the flow.
14:48On Monday,
14:49the highway in Barangay Cabutagan
14:52was damaged by a typhoon in October.
14:55It was hit by a steel barricade
14:57but it was given away before Christmas.
15:00It was replaced by a new one.
15:02The DPWH couldn't finish the job
15:05because the passengers had to go through it.
15:08It takes 30 minutes
15:09to go from one direction to another
15:11and it takes 30 minutes to fix it.
15:14But sometimes,
15:15it takes even longer to fix it.
15:18The motorists can't avoid it.
15:21The motorists really hate it.
15:25That's our problem.
15:27In the town of Limanan,
15:29three parts of Maharlika Highway
15:31were damaged in Barangay Bical
15:33because of the heavy rain
15:34in the past few days.
15:36It's been less than a year since this happened.
15:39Because the foundation
15:41they built here in our barangay is weak.
15:44The other parts are weak.
15:48The cement is weak.
15:50I don't want them to do it.
15:56I don't think so, sir.
15:57It's a matter of quality.
15:59We have a quality, sir.
16:01It's a matter of quality.
16:03There's an HVT,
16:05a field density test,
16:07before it's poured.
16:09Some blame that the drainage isn't finished
16:12so the water goes to the road
16:14and the soil softens.
16:16According to DPWH-Bicol,
16:18they also blame the unfinished drainage
16:21like on the side of the posts.
16:24Aside from the damaged road,
16:25Barangay Bical also remembers
16:27the landslide.
16:29This area in Barangay Bical
16:32is considered a landslide prone
16:34in the town of Limanan, Camarinesur.
16:37We can see that there's a long crack
16:40here at the foot of the mountain.
16:42And around here,
16:43there are still many cracks that can be seen.
16:46That's why the 16 houses here
16:48are already in danger.
16:49That's why the barangay members
16:51are saying to them
16:52to always stay away,
16:53especially when the rain is very heavy.
16:56Other houses have been abandoned,
16:58like the house of Susana Buella,
17:01which has cracks on the walls
17:03because of the rain on the ground.
17:07I don't know,
17:08maybe the land there
17:10has already come here
17:11and brought water.
17:13Because according to the inspectors,
17:15the water is flowing under the house.
17:18In Napolitan Lupi,
17:20which is near the boundary of Camarines Norte,
17:22the houses have been damaged
17:25by the rain.
17:26This house is on the side of the road.
17:28It's on the side of the road.
17:30But for us,
17:31it's really full.
17:33Everything fell.
17:35Yes, on the ground.
17:36Because the ground is soft.
17:38For GMA Integrated News,
17:40I am Ian Cruz,
17:41your witness.
17:45Preparations are complete
17:46for the rainy season this weekend.
17:48According to the Metro Weather,
17:50it will rain almost the whole weekend
17:51in Northern and Central Luzon,
17:53as well as in Mimaropa.
17:54There are heavy to torrential rains
17:56in Cagayan, Aurora, and Isabela.
18:00The same will happen tomorrow
18:02in Panay Islands,
18:03Negros Provinces,
18:05and Cebu.
18:06It will rain almost the whole of Visayas
18:08from afternoon to night,
18:10and on the afternoon of Sunday.
18:12There will also be heavy rains in Mindanao,
18:14particularly in Zamboanga Peninsula,
18:16Northern Mindanao, and Soxargén.
18:19It will rain on the afternoon of Sunday,
18:20but it will decrease at night.
18:22Be careful of possible floods
18:24or landslides.
18:26And in Metro Manila,
18:27the chance of rain is low,
18:29but the possibility of thunderstorms
18:31is high.
18:33According to the forecast,
18:34three weather systems
18:35are currently affected in the country.
18:37Sheer Line is in the eastern section
18:40of Northern Luzon,
18:41while Amiha is in the other part
18:43of Northern Luzon.
18:44Intertropical Convergence Zone
18:46or ITC is also in Southern Luzon,
18:48Visayas, and Mindanao.
18:52The digital leadership of GMA Network
18:54is even stronger this year.
18:56Based on the data of the Global Video Measurement
18:59and Analytics Platform, Tubular Labs,
19:01from January to November,
19:03GMA recorded 40 billion video views
19:07on Facebook, YouTube, and TikTok
19:09as of November 30.
19:11GMA also maintained the 19th spot
19:14in the Tubular Leaderboard Worldwide Rankings
19:17under the Entertainment and Media category.
19:20GMA is also the highest-ranking media company
19:22in Southeast Asia for November.
19:25Based on the data from the analytics firm
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19:28GMA Network.com was the first
19:30from January to November
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19:35For the month of November,
19:37GMA Network.com is the number one
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19:47Mga Kapuso!
19:48It's only been five days,
19:49and it's already 2025.
19:51Thank you so much for watching.
19:53I'm Pia Arcangel.
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