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00:00Let's be together, Saksi!
00:15Dear listeners!
00:16Just one more sleep and the lights and sounds will be released as a celebration of the new year.
00:22And some shops that are about to open in Bukhawi, Bulacan,
00:25are targeted to be sold out tonight.
00:28Saksi Live!
00:29I'm Niko Wahe.
00:31Niko, how are the sales?
00:37Pia, popotok is life here in Bukhawi, Bulacan,
00:41because the sales of popotok are increasing today
00:45because just one day before the new year,
00:48many of our countrymen really want to popotok.
00:56Along with the sunset and the rain,
00:59more and more customers are buying popotok here in the fireworks capital of the Philippines, Bukhawi, Bulacan.
01:06Kervin went all the way from Pasig to buy popotok.
01:10They haven't been popotoking for a few years.
01:13It's been five years since we last popotoked.
01:18It's just that the price is a bit high.
01:20It wasn't like before, it was lower.
01:23Last year, it was more expensive.
01:25They checked the price before buying.
01:28For example, this is the special popotok.
01:32It can reach Php 18 per popotok.
01:35Now, it's only Php 12.
01:37It's a special popotok.
01:38The budget for popotok is Php 2,500.
01:41For Jason, who is the owner,
01:43the budget for popotok this year is Php 10,000.
01:47He went around the market to find a shop that has the cheapest price.
01:52It's a tradition for their family to popotok.
01:54That's why it can't be missing in their New Year celebration.
01:57I believe that every time we popotok,
02:01every new year,
02:03the luck is on our side.
02:06According to some vendors,
02:08more people bought popotok last year.
02:10Maybe it's because it rained today.
02:12But what's certain is,
02:14My mom will finish it tonight.
02:16It's possible that she'll finish it.
02:17What about tomorrow?
02:18Tomorrow? We'll just popotok.
02:20Because of the popotok in Bukawe,
02:22some are selling other options
02:24to be safe during the celebration of 2025.
02:27Like torotot and baril-barilan wood.
02:30This is safe, sir.
02:31There's no bullet.
02:33This is not scary.
02:35Despite the prohibition in Boga,
02:37many are still buying this.
02:39Like in Old Balarac, Quezon City,
02:41the barangay is still chasing the kids.
02:44The kids didn't make it,
02:46but they got the popotok.
02:48We were also surprised that
02:50almost 1,000% of the popotok
02:54that we bought last year
02:56was bought by the barangay.
03:00And it seems that the kids
03:02are using popotok earlier.
03:04Before, we were able to buy popotok
03:07before the new year.
03:09But there's still no Christmas.
03:11It's only the first week of December.
03:13We already bought a lot of popotok.
03:16Earlier, the barangay reminded the parents
03:18that they should be careful
03:20with the kids who are buying popotok.
03:23It's okay.
03:24It's a good thing.
03:25Because after Christmas,
03:28there will be no accidents.
03:35Until now,
03:37the number of popotok buyers
03:39in Bukawe, Bulacan continues to grow.
03:41And according to some sellers,
03:43there are some kinds of popotok
03:45that are running out of supply,
03:47like kwitis, sawa,
03:50and the ones that are used for lighting.
03:53But for those who want to buy,
03:55they are open 24 hours a day.
03:57And live from Bukawe, Bulacan,
03:59for GMA Integrated News,
04:01I'm Nico Juaje,
04:02your witness.
04:04They are preparing for midnight tomorrow
04:06before the new year starts.
04:08But the fruits and vegetables
04:10that are supposed to bring good luck
04:12seem to be running out of stock.
04:16Witness Tina Panganiban-Perez.
04:22The fruits and vegetables that are supposed
04:24to bring good luck for the new year
04:26are being bought.
04:27But these are included in the prices
04:29of Mega Q Mart in Quezon City.
04:31Suppliers are selling them at a high price.
04:34Cherry Pablo spent almost P800
04:37for 12 kinds of fruits,
04:40according to his belief.
04:42We can sell them one by one,
04:44at least we have a table.
04:47We know that it's expensive,
04:49but we can really afford it
04:51because we are celebrating the new year.
04:53Can you still sell them even if it goes up?
04:55It went up to P30.
04:58I don't know if it will go up tomorrow.
05:00Maybe it will go up tomorrow.
05:01Gold coins of chocolate can be sold.
05:04It's P20 per pack,
05:06with 10 pieces.
05:08People need it.
05:09Maybe they will get rich.
05:11Their lives will be better in 2025.
05:13Pork costs P35 per kilo.
05:17You can sell it to a kid.
05:19Because when a kid buys chocolate,
05:21it will go up.
05:22It's the same with apples.
05:25Of course, when it goes up,
05:26it means it's ripe.
05:27Even if it's midnight tomorrow,
05:29you can still sell it at Kamuning Market.
05:32P320 per kilo,
05:34the cheapest pork there.
05:37It's weak compared to the past years.
05:40About 60% to 70% is gone.
05:43The price of some vegetables is skyrocketing.
05:46That's why some people buy little by little.
05:49Many people are surprised
05:51by the price of some vegetables now.
05:53For example, this bell pepper,
05:55P850 per kilo.
05:58Tomatoes,
06:00which is always included in our dishes,
06:04essential for sautéing,
06:06P300 per kilo.
06:09And chili,
06:12P1,300 per kilo.
06:15If you want to save money,
06:17a bunch like this,
06:18P20.
06:19Were you surprised by the price?
06:21A bit.
06:22But I expected it because it's a holiday,
06:25it's really expensive.
06:26But for this, it's P480, right?
06:29I don't have the main ingredients for sautéing yet.
06:32There are also people who are buying in Laloma.
06:35Even tomorrow,
06:36more people are expecting to buy.
06:39To save money,
06:40Julie bought a pig's head.
06:43Maybe tomorrow,
06:44no one will buy anymore.
06:45Because for tomorrow,
06:47you can sell it to you.
06:49The lesson of this,
06:51it went up to P1,000.
06:53Up to P1,500 per pig.
06:56But they are fully booked for the new year.
06:59It's still cheap, ma'am.
07:01It's a tradition of Filipinos
07:03that there's lechon in food.
07:05Even if there's no money,
07:06they say there's no money,
07:07but when the money comes,
07:08they'll give it out.
07:09But they warn their customers,
07:11don't just trust,
07:13especially online sellers.
07:16Because there's a lot of scams.
07:17Yesterday,
07:18a customer approached us,
07:20they deposited through GCAS.
07:24Then they confirmed that
07:27the seller can't contact them anymore.
07:30Before the year ends tomorrow,
07:32the oil companies will have a rollback.
07:36The price of tapia is P30
07:39for every liter of diesel and gasoline.
07:42P90 for every liter of kerosene.
07:46For GME Integrated News,
07:48I'm Tina Panganiban Perez,
07:50your witness.
07:53Almost P200 billion worth of projects
07:56were vetoed
07:57in the 2025 national budget
07:59of President Bongbong Marcos.
08:01But the controversial fund
08:03for support or aid
08:05for Kapos Ang Kita remained.
08:07Witness, Van Myrina.
08:11The signed 2025 General Appropriations Act
08:14or the national budget
08:15for the next year is P6.326 trillion.
08:19P26 billion is lower
08:21than the approved budget
08:22of the Bicameral Committee
08:23of the Senate and the House of Representatives.
08:25The President did not approve
08:27the P26 billion worth of projects
08:29under the DPWH
08:31added by the Congress
08:32in their approved version.
08:34Also, the P168 billion
08:36that is part of the unprogrammed appropriations
08:39After an exhaustive and thorough review,
08:42we have directly vetoed
08:44over P194 billion worth
08:46of the line items
08:47that are not consistent
08:49with our program priorities.
08:51These include allocations
08:52for certain programs and projects
08:54of the Department of Public Works and Highways
08:56and those under the unprogrammed appropriations
08:59which increased by 300 percent.
09:02At the top of the DPWH fund,
09:05it is now clear that
09:07the allocation of funds
09:09for the education sector
09:10is the largest
09:11according to Palacio.
09:13This is one of the reasons
09:14why the budget of the Bicam
09:16was rejected by the Constitution
09:18which states that
09:19the budget for education
09:21should be the largest.
09:23Under the 6.326 trillion budget,
09:261.055 trillion
09:28or 16.69 percent
09:30is allocated for education
09:33including the funds of CHED, TESDA,
09:35State Universities and Colleges
09:37and a portion of the funds
09:38for the higher education of teachers
09:40and the construction of classrooms.
09:42There is an excess of more than P10 billion
09:44for the computerization program of the DepEd
09:46and it has not been returned.
09:48But according to the DBM,
09:49this is one of the priorities
09:50for the allocation of funds
09:52under the unprogrammed appropriations.
09:54As long as we have additional revenue
09:57from the DOF,
09:58we can actually increase
10:01the budget of DepEd
10:03specifically for computerization.
10:051.007 trillion
10:07or 15.93 percent
10:09is the final budget
10:10for the DPWH.
10:11The projects that have been vetoed
10:14are actually some of the projects
10:16that we consider
10:18that are not totally supportive
10:21to the eight-point
10:23socio-economic agenda
10:24of the government
10:26of this administration.
10:28And besides,
10:29I think many of these projects
10:31are projects that need to be scrutinized
10:35and ready for implementation.
10:40These are some of the projects
10:41that are not ready for implementation.
10:43It was not vetoed,
10:44but the conditions for the allocation of funds
10:47for the controversial fund of ACAP
10:49or aid for the total income
10:51of DSWD, DOLE, and NEDA
10:54that was allocated of P26 billion.
10:56I am saying this
10:58because the aid should not go
11:00to the Congress
11:01and only their pork barrel can be used.
11:03Who will really go to ACAP?
11:07The service should be increased
11:11instead of the workers being told
11:13that the aid will be increased.
11:15We can check that.
11:17Those people who notice that,
11:20they can complain.
11:21And then we will go to investigate.
11:25Our law presumes good faith in everyone.
11:31All actions in good faith.
11:33If you have bad faith,
11:34that's when you come now,
11:35your media or those people who agree.
11:39Aside from ACAP,
11:40there are 11 other projects
11:41that will be scrutinized for implementation.
11:43The zero subsidy in PhilHealth,
11:45which is also one of the projects
11:46that was vetoed by the budget of BICAM,
11:48has not been returned
11:49and remains zero.
11:50But there is nothing to worry about
11:52because PhilHealth's service
11:53will not only continue,
11:54but will expand
11:55despite the government's zero subsidy.
11:58Congress did that
12:00because the budget
12:02for the corporate operating budget
12:05of PhilHealth is sufficient.
12:08So they have reserved funds
12:10of roughly Php 280 billion.
12:12We in the Department of Finance
12:13next year,
12:14we will invest in PhilHealth.
12:16We will make sure
12:18that we spend that budget better.
12:21Maybe we should concentrate
12:22on the top 10 illnesses.
12:24I don't think you have to increase
12:259,000 case rates.
12:27The budget of the Office of the President
12:29includes Php 5.2 billion.
12:31But this is just the beginning
12:32of the preparations
12:33for hosting the ASEAN Summit
12:35of the Philippines in 2026.
12:37The delay in the budget
12:38was delayed by the KILOS protest.
12:40According to the black people,
12:42they should have vetoed it.
12:44It's cockinism.
12:45Let's transfer it here,
12:46let's transfer it here,
12:47let's add it here
12:48so that people won't be arrogant.
12:50If you just veto a few line items,
12:52it needs to be transferred.
12:54It should have been done,
12:55it should have been brought back to Congress
12:56so that funds can be added
12:58for public services
13:00and not for patronage,
13:02politics, and pork barrels.
13:04The palace is in compliance
13:05with the budget
13:06that the President worked on.
13:07But he admitted that
13:08he will not stop the protests here.
13:11We are confident,
13:12but we cannot prevent.
13:14If there will be challenges
13:15that will be mounted
13:17by any quarter,
13:19who might still find
13:21this present budget as approved,
13:23worthy of the challenge.
13:26Said Senate President Cheese Escudero,
13:28although it will take a long time,
13:29it is important to sign the 2025 GAA
13:32before the year ends
13:34so that there won't be a reenacted budget.
13:36Now that the budget has passed,
13:38the government's programs
13:39should be implemented immediately.
13:41According to House Speaker Martin Romualdez,
13:43the President's and Congress' commitment
13:45to improve the lives of Filipinos
13:47is the most important thing.
13:49For GMA Integrated News,
13:51I'm Jose Ivan Meirina,
13:52your Saksi.