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00:00The PNP Maritime Group in the Senate confirmed that the underwater drone found in Masbate in December was made in China.
00:10However, it is hard to say where it came from because no country promises it.
00:18Ma'am Gonzales was right.
00:21These fishermen thought it was a buoy or a bomb that they caught in the sea of San Pascual, Masbate on December 30.
00:30We passed by it. I thought it was just a buoy.
00:36When we got closer, I saw that there was a big body.
00:44My sister said it was a bomb.
00:49My friend told me not to touch the antenna because it might explode.
00:56I didn't touch it.
00:58When it was turned over to the PNP and the Philippine Navy, it became a submersible drone.
01:03It is a Chinese-made submersible drone.
01:06In our commercial enterprises, no one uses such submersible drones.
01:12That's why we surmise that this is not commercially available but of a military grade.
01:19This is a copy of what the Senate Special Committee on Philippine Maritime and Admiralty Zones found in a Chinese Sea Wing Haiyi Glider.
01:27The drone has a marking of HY-119 that was caught by fishermen in Masbate.
01:33I already mentioned the meaning of HY-119 or Sea Wing Glider from Taijin, China.
01:47That's an option. That's for sure. We can file a diplomatic protest.
01:51But the diplomatic protest needs to be supported by a formal result that came up by our Philippine Navy.
01:59This drone is considered as a civilian vessel, autonomous vessel, or just a part of a reconnaissance from a mothership.
02:10This drone is a part of the invasion of other countries in our ocean.
02:18Paniniktik. Espionage.
02:22Based on the open source, it's a data gathering equipment.
02:28All information that this equipment can gather has commercial, scientific, and military use.
02:37It can conduct mapping of the subsurface.
02:40All of those are important for any countries that has subsurface capability, subsurface warfare capability.
02:48We are treating it as a national security matter.
02:52But our government hasn't filed a case or protest yet because no country is admitting that this is their drone.
02:58We have not received any information as expected from any foreign state to claim ownership of the submersible.
03:05If China asks it, well, we're going to protest instead.
03:11If you admit that this is your drone.
03:14According to the DND, it's hard to determine where the drone came from because they don't know when it was released and it only follows the waters.
03:22Before this, there were four similar incidents that were monitored by the government.
03:27There may be more, but the Philippine Navy's anti-submarine warfare capability is limited while the Philippine Coast Guard has no capacity here.
03:36Can this be from a monster ship?
03:41The monster ship that is loitering in Baudi, Mazinloc.
03:45All platforms, sir, like what you said, can be dropped from the air.
03:49It can be launched probably from another submarine or from a surface vessel.
03:54So everything, sir, is a possibility.
03:57The Philippine Navy's investigation is still ongoing.
03:59It's taking a long time because they are being careful not to damage the drone while destroying it.
04:04The Department of Foreign Affairs is convinced that China will not ask for it.
04:08If they ask it back, it means that there may be data hidden inside.
04:14Maybe there's something dangerous there.
04:17If they withdraw from the Scarborough Shoal, if they withdraw the monster ship,
04:22if they withdraw the ships that are harassing us for supplying the Sierra Madre,
04:29we might consider it, but they're not going to ask it back, sir.
04:33Because it's admitting that they're violating a territorial sea.
04:38For GMA Integrated News, Mav Gonzales reporting for 24 Hours.
04:44The number of Filipinos who experienced hunger and no food
04:49between September and December of 2024, based on the survey of social weather stations,
04:5625.9% of those surveyed from December 12 to 18
05:01said they experienced involuntary hunger in the last three months since they were asked in the survey.
05:08That's higher than 22.9% of those asked in the survey in September 2024.
05:17Hunger, based on the December survey, is the highest since the record high of 30.7%
05:25in the middle of the lockdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic.
05:29If we're talking about the whole year,
05:32twice as many said they experienced hunger and no food in 2024 compared to 2023.
05:39This is also close to the record high in 2020.
05:43Some congressmen pushed for the implementation of a 58-peso maximum suggested retail price for imported premium rice.
05:51Meanwhile, the Food Security Emergency Declaration is also looking into the possibility
05:56of lowering the price of rice.
05:58Tina Panganiban Perez was there.
06:04On January 25, the maximum suggested retail price of 58 pesos for every kilo of imported premium rice
06:12to lower the price of rice.
06:14But now, some congressmen are pushing for it.
06:19Why should we benchmark imported?
06:24The price of domestic rice is getting more expensive.
06:30What we're saying is, give the domestic farmers an opportunity to earn decently
06:36so that they will keep on planting rice.
06:38How can we control the price of rice when the agency that is supposed to guide us
06:44is pegging it at a high price?
06:47There was a delay because the price of rice is already going down.
06:52If we're going to peg a 58-peso maximum suggested retail price,
06:59even if I get it cheap, I'll give you a 58-peso price.
07:03According to the Agriculture Department, they're monitoring rice that went up to 60 pesos per kilo.
07:10The maximum retail price is a kind of a number,
07:19a starting number for the gradual lowering.
07:23For example, the premium rice is already priced at 58, the most expensive.
07:31Of course, if the quality is lower, it will naturally go down.
07:37What we discussed there is, we will look for the peak,
07:41then we add around 8 to 12 pesos markup based on the imported landed cost.
07:48And then, that is the maximum that we can see.
07:53The committee decided that the price of rice is high
07:56because of the many layers in the supply chain that have their own price.
08:01It's almost 11 pesos from the wholesale price.
08:06It needs to be shortened, the added cost of the supply chain needs to be reduced.
08:10In raising the value chain, yes, we agree that it will lower down to the benefit of consumers.
08:18What else can be done to lower the price of rice?
08:23The National Price Coordinating Council met yesterday,
08:27and we are looking at the possibility of declaring that there is an extraordinary increase in prices
08:36to allow the DA Secretary to declare a food security emergency.
08:42But we're still working on the resolution.
08:44So, in principle, they are in agreement, unanimously, I would presume?
08:51Yes, Mr. Chair.
08:53That there is an emergency situation?
08:56Yes, Mr. Chair.
08:57If the prices don't go down, then we will use Section 6 of the Price Act,
09:05where there will be a price cap.
09:07And this time, we will be recommending to the President to put a price cap.
09:12Aside from that, the MSRP is also being considered for other types of rice.
09:18Is it possible, sir, that we set an MSRP for premium, we set an MSRP for well-milled,
09:26and we set an MSRP for regular, so that the price of rice will go down faster or more immediately, Mr. Chair?
09:36Yes, sir, that's being considered.
09:38For GMA Integrated News, Tina Panganiban Perez, Nakatutok, 24 Hours.
09:46Calaboso is the 5th manufacturer of a bell using the 10 Pesos barrier in Siquijor.
09:52They are selling it for 1,500 Pesos each.
09:58And John Konsulta is watching.
10:04This TikTok video of a tourist in Siquijor arrived at the Central Bank of the Philippines,
10:10where tourists are being allocated a 10 Pesos barrier as a bell.
10:15They are still choosing the design.
10:17And after a few minutes, the men were able to make a bell,
10:21asking for 1,500 Pesos at the same time.
10:24Along with CIDG Undercover,
10:26they pretended to be a tourist buyer of a bell made of a barrier,
10:30so that the modus of the subjects can be personally witnessed.
10:33This group operates more like an assembly line.
10:38There are three to five people.
10:41Some will knock on the inner core,
10:44then they will mold it into a circular pattern.
10:50Some will cut it, some will polish it, and some will design it.
10:54When the payment reached, the targets were arrested at the same time.
10:58Mark Money and items used to make the bell were recovered in five arrests.
11:02According to the BSP,
11:04the barriers are being destroyed every day by the suspects.
11:08In a day, they can produce 30 to 40 rings made out of the inner core of the 10 Peso coin.
11:16The title of this law, Presidential Decree No. 247,
11:20is the defacement or mutilation, the tearing, burning, or destruction of legal tender.
11:27Legal tender, banknotes, or coins.
11:29This includes the ones that are in the circulation of the barriers.
11:33We are still trying to get the list of the arrested people
11:35who were imprisoned in San Juan Municipal Police Station in Siquijor.
11:38For GMA Integrated News, John Consulta.
11:42Tune in for 24 hours.
11:48Dear viewers,
11:49we are happy to have you with us tonight.
11:55GMA Kapusong Foundation was able to identify the brethren who are having a hard time
12:01because of a small tumor that protruded from their body.
12:06What is their condition?
12:08And will this be cured?
12:15In the daily services of the brethren of Caloy and Angelina,
12:21they also pray every day for their recovery.
12:25That is also what they ask of the nearest priest of the Holy Trinity.
12:30The brethren were hit by a small tumor in their body.
12:37I lost my confidence.
12:39For example, when I will be courting a woman,
12:41I feel like my heart is weakening.
12:44I just pour my soul into serving the Lord.
12:47Angelina's whole body and face was almost covered by a tumor.
12:51Even with this condition, I will still find a way to live.
12:54Because of their condition, they did not have a family of their own.
13:00They thought that this was because of their father, who also has this condition.
13:06Angelina was only able to go for a check-up once, but nothing happened.
13:12Caloy, on the other hand, was not able to see a doctor.
13:17To find out the condition of the brethren,
13:20the GMI Kapusu Foundation brought them to a specialist.
13:25They have urofibromatosis,
13:28a type of disease where various tumors appear in different parts of the body.
13:35Actually, this is a tumor of the nerves.
13:38Number one, it can be inherited or inherited.
13:42Another way, this is due to spontaneous mutation.
13:46Her parents are not the same.
13:47She suddenly had a mutation.
13:49At present, there is no treatment for urofibromatosis.
13:52We can remove it, we can operate on it.
13:55Because it is a tumor of the nerves, there is still a possibility of recovery.
14:00They were able to undergo surgery the following week.
14:04Kapuso, if you are from Metro Manila,
14:07and you notice tumors or cysts in the body that are not cancerous,
14:13that are bulging, bleeding, and growing,
14:18with goitre or bocio,
14:20you can contact the GMI Kapusu Foundation for our project,
14:27Operation Bukol Katwang,
14:29the Jose Reyes Memorial Medical Center.
14:32Everything will be under the screening if your tumors can be operated.
14:42In our previous episode,
14:43the parts of Mindanao were rained and flooded again.
14:50The back roads were flooded.
14:52It's a mess.
14:54The rivers were so heavy in Malita, Davao, Occidental earlier this morning.
14:58At the end of August, some houses and houses were flooded.
15:02Classes were suspended in some towns today.
15:05Just last week, there was a flood in the same place,
15:09followed by heavy rains.
15:11In Coronadal City,
15:13a motorcycle was towed to cross the road.
15:17A tree fell and fell on the road due to heavy rain and wind.
15:22The barangay responded immediately.
15:25Easter Lees affected Mindanao,
15:27and thunderstorms fell,
15:29which became a sign of bad weather.
15:31It continued to flow along the Amihan River.
15:33In the middle of hot and cold winds,
15:36the shear line returned.
15:39Based on the data of Metro Weather,
15:41there are scattered rains in Northern Luzon,
15:43Mimaropa, and Bicol Region.
15:45This is also possible in Eastern and Western Visayas,
15:47as well as in a large part of Mindanao.
15:50The chance of floods or landslides is still high
15:52due to heavy to intense rains.
15:54In Metro Manila,
15:55the chance of rain is low,
15:57but don't forget to bring an umbrella
15:59if you have a walkway.
16:01As for those who fish
16:03or have a small sea vehicle,
16:05the risk of not being able to survive
16:07is high in almost all towns in Northern Luzon.
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