Narito ang mga nangungunang balita ngayong January 16, 2025
- Monster ship ng China Coast Guard na malapit pa rin sa Zambales, nag-radio challenge sa BRP Gabriela Silang | DFA, nauna nang naghain ng diplomatic protest sa China dahil sa pananatili ng kanilang monster ship sa EEZ ng Pilipinas
- P58/kg na maximum SRP sa imported na bigas, binatikos ng ilang kongresista | National Price Coordinating Council, planong irekomenda ang pagdedeklara ng food security emergency para mapababa ang presyo ng bigas | Pagpapatupad ng maximum SRP sa iba pang klase ng bigas, tinitingnan din
- Ilang commuter at motorista, inirereklamo ang traffic sa Metro Manila | TomTom Traffic Index: Caloocan City, ika-26 sa mga may pinakamatagal na travel time sa buong mundo; Manila, ika-14
- Hindi bababa sa 12, nahuling dumaan sa EDSA busway | SAICT: Nasitang barangay ambulance, may nagkunwaring pasyente sa loob
- Panayam kay LTO Executive Director Greg Pua Jr. kaugnay sa mga plaka ng motorsiklo na gagawing isa na lang ulit
- (Ivan 7 am update) Meralco, patuloy ang operasyon kaugnay sa buhol-buhol na mga kable ng kuryente
- Alice Guo at 30 iba pa, pinakakasuhan ng DOJ ng 62 counts ng money laundering
- Jillian Ward sa umano'y iringan nila ni Sofia Pablo: "I don't have time to fight with anyone"
- "Mommy Dearest" stars, kumasa sa "APT. Dance Challenge"
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- Monster ship ng China Coast Guard na malapit pa rin sa Zambales, nag-radio challenge sa BRP Gabriela Silang | DFA, nauna nang naghain ng diplomatic protest sa China dahil sa pananatili ng kanilang monster ship sa EEZ ng Pilipinas
- P58/kg na maximum SRP sa imported na bigas, binatikos ng ilang kongresista | National Price Coordinating Council, planong irekomenda ang pagdedeklara ng food security emergency para mapababa ang presyo ng bigas | Pagpapatupad ng maximum SRP sa iba pang klase ng bigas, tinitingnan din
- Ilang commuter at motorista, inirereklamo ang traffic sa Metro Manila | TomTom Traffic Index: Caloocan City, ika-26 sa mga may pinakamatagal na travel time sa buong mundo; Manila, ika-14
- Hindi bababa sa 12, nahuling dumaan sa EDSA busway | SAICT: Nasitang barangay ambulance, may nagkunwaring pasyente sa loob
- Panayam kay LTO Executive Director Greg Pua Jr. kaugnay sa mga plaka ng motorsiklo na gagawing isa na lang ulit
- (Ivan 7 am update) Meralco, patuloy ang operasyon kaugnay sa buhol-buhol na mga kable ng kuryente
- Alice Guo at 30 iba pa, pinakakasuhan ng DOJ ng 62 counts ng money laundering
- Jillian Ward sa umano'y iringan nila ni Sofia Pablo: "I don't have time to fight with anyone"
- "Mommy Dearest" stars, kumasa sa "APT. Dance Challenge"
Unang Balita is the news segment of GMA Network's daily morning program, Unang Hirit. It's anchored by Arnold Clavio, Susan Enriquez, Ivan Mayrina, and Mariz Umali, and airs on GMA-7 Mondays to Fridays at 5:30 AM (PHL Time).
For more videos from Unang Balita, visit http://www.gmanetwork.com/unangbalita. For Kapuso abroad, subscribe to GMA Pinoy TV (http://www.gmapinoytv.com/) for GMA programs.
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00:00It's raining here again.
00:07It's raining here again.
00:13The monster ship of the China Coast Guard is still remaining in the exclusive economic zone of the Philippines.
00:20And the Philippine Coast Guard also challenged the ship.
00:23The Philippine Coast Guard, vessel 8301. This is China Coast Guard, vessel 5901.
00:35Your vessel is threatening my safe of navigation.
00:39Please comply with international regulations for preventing collisions at sea.
00:47The monster ship was challenged by BRP Gabriela Silang of the Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea.
00:56The BRP Gabriela Silang continued to threaten the monster ship, which is up to 17 nautical miles away from the coastline of Zambales.
01:04The Department of Foreign Affairs was the first to take diplomatic protest
01:08because many ships of China will remain in the EEZ of the Philippines for two weeks.
01:14Several times, the Chinese Foreign Ministry denied their activities in the South China Sea.
01:23We discussed in a hearing in the Chamber the possibility of declaring a food security emergency to lower the price of rice.
01:32In the same hearing, some congressmen proposed to implement the maximum suggested retail price of imported rice.
01:40Tina Panganiban Perez has the first news.
01:45On January 25, the maximum suggested retail price of 58 pesos per kilo of imported premium rice will be implemented
01:54to lower the price of rice.
01:56But just now, some congressmen are already saying that this is nonsense.
02:01Why should we benchmark imported?
02:05The price of domestic rice is getting more expensive.
02:12What we are saying is to give the domestic farmers an opportunity to earn decently so that they will keep on planting rice.
02:20How can we control the price of rice when the agency that is supposed to guide us is pegging it at a high price?
02:28There was an interruption because the price of rice is already going down.
02:35If we are going to peg 58 pesos as the maximum suggested retail price,
02:41even if I get it at a low price, I will still pay 58 pesos.
02:46According to the Agriculture Department, they are still monitoring rice that has gone up to 60 pesos per kilo.
02:53The maximum retail price is a kind of a number, a starting number to slowly lower the price.
03:06For example, the premium rice is already priced at 58 pesos, the most expensive.
03:14Of course, if the quality is lower, it will naturally go down.
03:20What we discussed there is that we will look for the peak and we add around 8 to 12 pesos markup based on the imported landed cost.
03:31That is the maximum that we can see.
03:36The committee decided that the price of rice is high because of the many layers in the supply chain that have their own price.
03:44It is almost 11 pesos from the wholesale price.
03:49It needs to be shortened, the supply chain needs to be reduced, the added cost.
03:53Regarding the increase in the value chain, yes, we agree that it will be down to the benefit of consumers.
04:01What else can be done to lower the price of rice?
04:06The National Price Coordinating Council met yesterday
04:10and we are looking at the possibility of declaring that there is an extraordinary increase in prices
04:19to allow the DA Secretary to declare a food security emergency.
04:25But we're still working on the resolution.
04:27So in principle, they are in agreement unanimously, I would presume?
04:34Yes, Mr. Chair.
04:36That there is an emergency situation?
04:39Yes, Mr. Chair.
04:40If the prices don't go down, then we will use Section 6 of the Price Act where there will be a price cap.
04:50And this time, we will be recommending to the President to put a price cap.
04:55Aside from that, the MSRP is also being considered for other types of rice.
05:00Is it possible, Sir, that we set an MSRP for premium, we set an MSRP for well-milled,
05:09and we set an MSRP for regular so that the price of rice will go down faster or more immediately, Mr. Chair?
05:18Yes, Sir, that's being considered.
05:21This is the first news. Tina Panganiban Perez for GMA Integrated News.
05:27Meanwhile, commuter or motorist, heavy traffic is being allowed in Metro Manila.
05:34According to a study, two cities in the NCR are on the list of the slowest traffic in the world.
05:42We have first live news, James Agustin. James.
05:51Good morning.
05:52This is one of the three cities in the Philippines that was mentioned in a study that has the slowest travel time in the world.
06:01We feel that when we talk about not only passengers, but also drivers of public vehicles.
06:12A factory worker from Ricardo, Malabon, came from the Monumento in Caloocan.
06:17He has two vehicles to get to his job in Paranaque.
06:20He said that he has to travel for two and a half hours because of the traffic.
06:27It's hard. It's really hard.
06:32Because you're stuck in traffic.
06:36Even if you're out, you're stuck in traffic for a long time.
06:45Mario, a maintenance personnel, also traveled for almost an hour from Malabon to Manila.
06:51That's why he wakes up early every day so that he won't be stuck in traffic.
06:55It's hard, but it's hard. It's hard to travel because it's just for the family.
07:00It's hard because of the traffic, especially at 6 in the afternoon.
07:05Of course, you have to go home. It's really traffic.
07:07Even if you're stuck for an hour, you won't be gone for an hour.
07:12It's like there's no time limit for traffic.
07:15That's what the drivers of public vehicles feel.
07:18It's too much. It's not even 50 minutes.
07:22Especially in the afternoon, it's more than an hour. Sometimes, it's two hours.
07:30In our trip, it's just a little bit. It's not too much traffic.
07:36It's just traffic on the road.
07:39In the 2024 Traffic Index released by Tomtom, a Dutch navigation and digital mapping group,
07:45there are 26 places with the slowest travel time in 500 cities around the world.
07:52It takes 30 minutes and 44 seconds for a 10-kilometer vehicle to pass.
07:58Eighth in the ranking is Davao City.
08:01Travel time is 32 minutes and 59 seconds,
08:04while 14th is Manila, which has a travel time of 32 minutes and 10 seconds for every 10 kilometers.
08:11The increasing traffic has a big impact on life,
08:14especially for the drivers who work every day for their families.
08:19Our income is low, and we travel slowly.
08:23We're in traffic for a long time.
08:26How do you keep your distance?
08:28Just be patient.
08:31Be patient on the journey.
08:33If we don't be patient, we won't be able to keep our distance.
08:37You'll be in traffic for a long time. You won't be able to do anything.
08:46Meanwhile, one of the options that we talked about is to ride a motorcycle taxi.
08:53There are already a lot of motorcycle taxis in different parts of Metro Manila,
08:56but the riders of those motorcycle taxis admitted that they are stuck in traffic,
09:01especially during rush hour.
09:03That's the first news from Caloocan.
09:05I'm James Agustin for Gemma Integrated News.
09:08There are two ambulances that were last seen in El Salvador this morning.
09:12One of them has a patient inside.
09:16The first news is from Bea Pinlac.
09:19Bea!
09:24It's just the beginning of the day,
09:26but there are already more than 16 illegal immigrants passing through Edza Busway or Tigas Station.
09:33The reason why some of our guests don't want to be stuck in rush hour traffic.
09:40It's only 6 in the morning,
09:42and the Special Action and Intelligence Committee for Transportation, or SAIC,
09:47of those who are not authorized to pass through Edza Busway or Tigas Station.
09:51There are still less than two hours left.
09:53Of the 16 last motorcyclists who survived and forced their way through Edza Busway,
09:59there are two barangay ambulances that were stopped.
10:01One of them has a patient inside, according to SAIC.
10:06Most of the last motorcyclists.
10:08The other one is double barangay,
10:11because aside from the illegal passage of Edza Busway,
10:14the authorities have also stopped the registration of their motorcycles.
10:18The fine for those who are not authorized to use Edza Busway ranges from Php 5,000 to Php 30,000.
10:26It is also possible that a driver's license revocation will be imposed for this.
10:31Again, a reminder to motorcyclists,
10:34if you want a hassle-free trip this morning,
10:38don't pass through Edza Busway if your vehicles are not authorized.
10:44That's the first news from Mandaluyong.
10:46Bea Pinlac for GMA Integrated News.
10:50The license plates of motorcycles will be changed to double license plates.
10:57We will now hear from Atty. Greg Pua, Jr., executive director of the Land Transportation Office or LTO.
11:03Good morning.
11:05Good morning sir Egan. Good morning to all of you listening.
11:09Will the change in the license plates of motorcycles help the LTO?
11:16Yes, definitely sir Egan.
11:19Because we don't need to produce a second license plate that can be added to our backlog.
11:29How much is our backlog now?
11:35Our backlog now is Php 9 million.
11:40Php 9 million?
11:41Php 9 million only. It started from Php 13 to 14 million.
11:45Yes.
11:47So what effect will that have on the Motorcycle Crime Prevention Act?
11:54This will speed up our address to the backlog because we don't need to produce a second license plate for motorcycles.
12:03Also, we issued a single license plate. We don't need to produce a second license plate.
12:11That would add up to our backlog and that would slow down the production of our backlog.
12:21Like what they said in the Senate, it's better to have one than none because of the backlog.
12:31Tony Pua, how many license plates do you have now? How many were issued?
12:37I just need to check the numbers because when the implementation of Motorcycle Crime Prevention was suspended,
12:47before we came here, I need to double check if there are two license plates that were produced before.
12:57So no one is traveling with two license plates now?
13:00No sir.
13:03But will we see a crime prevention if there's a riding in tandem? Will we see a license plate of a motorcycle?
13:15That's just an example from the Senate. It will pass.
13:24But it will still be determined on the back if the motorcycle was registered earlier.
13:32Okay. We are different. There are other incidents in Edsa Busway.
13:36It escaped again, like an SUV that has a government plate number.
13:41It mentioned that it was in a convoy of a congresswoman.
13:46So our operation against the busway is ongoing.
13:52Yes. It's ongoing. This report was submitted to us by SAE. We immediately issued a so-called order.
14:03I'm not sure when the hearing will be. I'll keep your office posted on when the hearing will be.
14:12But it's ongoing sir Egan.
14:16Not only when other agencies report, even if we see it on social media or reported by our citizens, we are acting on it sir Egan.
14:27Aside from the 1,000, there will be another 5,000 confiscations of their license, right?
14:35Yes. Until the revocation of the license, there will be several offenses.
14:42Can it be changed to the first offense? Because now they know that it's prohibited sir Egan.
14:51We will study it sir Egan and we will coordinate with other agencies that are implementing and handling the busway.
15:03Thank you very much LTO Executive Director Atty. Greg Pua Jr. Take care.
15:08Thank you very much sir Egan. Good morning.
15:11Good morning everyone. We are back here at F.C. Tuazon Street in Pateros, where the operation of Meralco is ongoing to clear the so-called spaghetti wires.
15:22Less than an hour ago, we can see here that there are a lot of so-called idle wires.
15:30Idle means it's dead. There is no line. This is not a power line but a telco line.
15:38There is a reason why this is called spaghetti. It's not just spaghetti, it's pancit, noodles, everything.
15:43It's just a sauce. There are a lot of idle wires here in the street.
15:49If there is an operation of Meralco, we can talk to Engineer Joseph David.
15:54He is the head of foreign attachment management of Meralco. Sir, please join me. Good morning.
16:00Good morning.
16:01Sir, please explain what we are doing now. How do we go about the clearing of spaghetti connections?
16:07This is where we conduct the inventory of our posts, the facilities of Meralco.
16:13We are looking at the so-called wires.
16:18Most of the time, there are idle wires here.
16:21There are also what we call unauthorized attachments.
16:24Okay.
16:25It means that these are the ones that do not permit us to attach them to our posts.
16:34This is what you cut and remove?
16:36Yes.
16:37Okay.
16:38What is the danger, sir?
16:40What is the risk if we allow spaghetti connections?
16:45This is what we call spaghetti connections.
16:47Sometimes, we use it as a tool.
16:51It can cause overloading to our facilities, specifically to our posts.
16:57This is possible.
17:00It can lead to overloading to our posts.
17:03This is a risk to the safety of our citizens.
17:06Sir, there are also people who say that there are a lot of jumpers here.
17:14Yes.
17:15Do you also have a lot of illegal connections?
17:21Yes.
17:22For the longest time, Meralco has been inspecting and arresting people because this is against the law.
17:32We have the Republic Act of 1732 for the jumpers.
17:38Yes.
17:39This was discussed by Atty. Gabby yesterday.
17:42Theft of electricity is a crime.
17:44That's right.
17:45This can lead to a penalty and imprisonment.
17:49This is a theft and a threat to the community and residents.
17:54This problem is not unique to Pateros.
17:57All over Metro Manila, we see a lot of these.
18:00What does Meralco do?
18:02Are these operations continuous?
18:04That's right.
18:05We continue to do this in the whole franchise area of Meralco.
18:11We collaborate with local government units and Telcos.
18:16They are the owners.
18:18For example, if someone is watching us now and wants to report to Meralco,
18:23maybe you can clear our area because there are a lot of spaghetti connections.
18:27Can you go there?
18:29Yes.
18:30We have a lot of social media.
18:33We have hotlines that they can call.
18:36This is reported to us.
18:39We will go there right away.
18:41We will take action on what has been reported to us.
18:44Sir, this is an eyesore.
18:46There are reports on the windows.
18:49They put it underneath.
18:51It's beautiful.
18:52It looks clean.
18:53Is this just a dream or can this be done?
18:55This can happen.
18:57But of course, there is a cost.
19:00Cost.
19:02Cost.
19:03It's not a joke.
19:04But of course, if we can do it, it's aesthetically.
19:09And also safety.
19:11We are also part of that.
19:13But more than the aesthetics, the safety of the communities is really important here.
19:19And let's make sure that our lines are not contaminated.
19:22That's right.
19:23Thank you very much, Engineer David, sir.
19:25Thank you very much.
19:26We talked to Engineer Joseph David of Meralco.
19:31This is the latest from Pateros regarding the clearing operations of Meralco in the Tinagorean Spaghetti Connections.
19:41The Department of Justice is charged with 62 counts of money laundering.
19:46Dismissed Mambantarlak Mayor Alice Guo and 30 others.
19:50This is due to the wrongful activities of five companies connected to Guo,
19:55including Pogo Hub in Mambantarlak.
19:57According to the resolution of DOJ,
19:59the money that went to QJJ Farms and QSeed Genetics came from illegal activities.
20:07The money was used to spend on Baufu Land Development,
20:12which owns the land owned by Pogo Compound in Mambantarlak,
20:16and Pogo Hongsheng Zunzhuan Technology, which is located in the compound.
20:23Aside from Guo, his family is also involved in the case.
20:26There are more than 20 others connected to the business of the former mayor.
20:31According to DOJ Spokesperson Mico Clavano,
20:34money laundering cases will be filed in the Manila Regional Trial Court.
20:38The resolution of DOJ is based on the complaint filed by the National Bureau of Investigation,
20:43Anti-Money Laundering Council and Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission, or PAOC, on August 13.
20:57This is the answer of My Ilonggo Girl star Jillian Ward
21:03in the cut where they heard the voice of the Princess of City Jail star, Sofia Pablo.
21:09I'm doing so much in my life, I don't have time to fight with anyone,
21:14so I don't know what the narrative is that we're fighting.
21:18Jillian said that she's focused on her career, so there's no time for negativity.
21:23Remember in the interview on Monday, Sofia said that they didn't understand each other
21:29when they were together in the Kapuso series, Prima Donnas.
21:34It's a feud that's been going on for a long time,
21:37and I think one of the reasons why we didn't fix it is because we never got to talk about it.
21:43While in the latest dance trend,
21:45some of the cast members of the upcoming Kapuso series, Mami Dires.
21:54Those are the four challenges that Camille Prats, My Mars, Ami Austria, and Viveca Ravanes
21:59did in the set of Mami Dires.
22:01It was posted on Facebook.
22:03And she got good vibes online because of the Mami Dires stars.
22:07That's why it has 1.4 million views on FB.
22:11Aside from Camille, Shane Sava and Katrina Halili are also in the series.
22:16Mami Dires will be on Jimmy Afternoon Prime in February.
22:20Galing!
22:50Galing!