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00:00It was recommended to the Congress to strengthen the law against espionage or espionage in the country.
00:06This was followed by the arrest of a Chinese and his fellow Filipinos
00:10who were using high-tech equipment to spy.
00:14Witness Marisol Abdurrahman.
00:19After the arrest of Janice Nacional,
00:22who was espionaged by several military bases, government offices,
00:26vital installations, and malls,
00:28the armed forces of the Philippines became more vigilant.
00:32We look at the entire expanse of the country
00:36covering the different instruments of national power
00:39and start connecting the dots.
00:40There seems now to be a deliberate and calculated move
00:45to map out the country by a foreign power.
00:48This was not the first time that Janice Nacional was caught in the act.
00:52The underwater drone that was recently recovered was added to the list.
00:56It was said to be the fifth incident.
00:58There were also several arrests for faking ID and birth certificate
01:03like in the case of Dismissed by the Tarlac Mayor, Alice Buo.
01:06The equipment that was obtained from the Chinese and Janice Nacional were of low quality.
01:10High precision topographic mapping and 3D modeling
01:15of military installations and critical infrastructures.
01:20Our camps are included here, even the malls.
01:23They utilized their equipment to map and survey critical infrastructures
01:29and strategic areas to include military installations,
01:34ports, malls, communications grids, energy grid,
01:39and major seaports and airports covering major routes
01:43from the northernmost point of Luzon down to the Bicol region.
01:48But the question is, if behind these incidents is China, according to the AFP?
01:53I do not want to speculate on anything.
01:55We base our statements on facts.
01:57The AFP does not want to cause an alarm,
02:00but they are calling on the public to be vigilant
02:03and immediately report to them the latest movements.
02:07In the midst of this, National Security Advisor Secretary Eduardo Año
02:12urged the Congress to strengthen the law against espionage.
02:16For GMA Integrated News,
02:18Marisol Abduraman is your witness.
02:22The HAL Squad Committee ordered Police Colonel Hector Grijaldo
02:27to be detained at QCPD Station 6.
02:29Grijaldo was cited in contempt
02:32after he refused to answer questions about his affidavit to the Senate.
02:36According to the affidavit, Grijaldo said
02:39that he was forced to sign a reward system
02:42for war on drugs by the Duterte administration.
02:45Since December 14, Grijaldo has been detained in his cell
02:50for refusing to answer questions.
02:58A temporary restraining order was issued by the Supreme Court
03:01to detain blogger and senatorial aspirant Francis Leo Marcos.
03:05This was followed by his petition to stop the public
03:09from declaring him a nuisance candidate.
03:12The TRO was also able to get former Albay Governor Noel Rosal
03:17and former Mandaue City Mayor Jonas Cortez
03:20who were both cancelled by the COMELEC and COC.
03:23These TROs, they enjoin or prevent the COMELEC
03:27from implementing the resolutions
03:29considering the candidates are either disqualified or a nuisance candidate.
03:34So that means they have to be included in the ballot.
03:37The COMELEC said that they will follow the orders of the Supreme Court.
03:41They need two to three days to add Rosal and Marcos to the ballot.
03:47This week is very crucial because this week
03:50the COMELEC will start printing ballots again.
03:53Again, our function is to commit,
03:57we promise the COMELEC will always comply
04:00at this point with the Supreme Court directive.
04:03But according to the Supreme Court,
04:05there are other tricks such as petitions that they are listening to.
04:09Twenty-five petitions were filed in the national and local positions
04:13and twenty-two in the party list.
04:15Before the TRO was released by the Supreme Court,
04:18the COMELEC showed the new ballot phase to the media.
04:21It includes one senatorial aspirant and eight local aspirants
04:26who were added to the ballot first
04:28after they got the TRO from the Supreme Court.
04:31In the list of senatorial aspirants,
04:33Chavit Singsu withdrew from the race.
04:37Subair Gintom Mustafa was added to the list.
04:40That's why some aspirants changed the number in the ballot.
04:44We included Ms. Mustafa.
04:46The first to go down were Oliver, Ong, Pacquiao, Pangilinan,
04:52Quirubin, Ibuloy, Ramos, Revilamer, Rodriguez,
04:56Zahidula, and Salvador.
04:59They did not move after that
05:01because we removed them because of the withdrawal of Singsu.
05:05The COMELEC hoped that the ballot would be printed again tomorrow
05:09but it was possible to do it on Friday.
05:12For each name that will be printed on the ballot,
05:15the aspirant's database had to be changed,
05:17serialization of each ballot had to be done,
05:20and more than 1,600 ballot phases had to be made,
05:24a process that took two to three days.
05:27The COMELEC was anxious that they might not be able to meet their target
05:31so they decided on April 14 to finish the printing of 73 million ballots.
05:37It was even possible to produce 1.5 million ballots per day.
05:43They are confident that their deployment will not be affected
05:46and that there will be other uses in the election.
05:49There will be no effect on the day of the election.
05:51It should be that two weeks before the election,
05:55the COMELEC should have distributed all the election paraphernalia
05:58in the entire Philippines.
06:00Why? Because we have final testing and sealing one week before the election.
06:05According to the Supreme Court,
06:07they consider the effect of TROs on the printing of ballots.
06:12The court does consider the printing of the ballots of course.
06:15But then it did remind the COMELEC in the case of Marquez,
06:20the case decided earlier that the COMELEC should also be aware
06:25that in disqualifying candidates,
06:28there is a big chance that these candidates are going to be bringing the issue before the Supreme Court
06:34and that the Supreme Court would need time to actually resolve their cases.
06:38For GMA Integrated News, I'm Sandra Aguinaldo, your witness.
06:44The netizens were impressed by Marian Rivera's flexibility in her pilates session.
06:57And General Mercado won the contract with GMA Network again.
07:01Here's Nelson Canlas' showbiz sexy.
07:05Starstruck's ultimate survivors are...
07:10General Mercado!
07:13From being the ultimate female survivor of Starstruck Season 1,
07:17fast forward to 21 years,
07:20in the many projects and roles,
07:23still staying strong is General Mercado's heart.
07:28In signing with his home network,
07:31we can see General Mercado in many other projects.
07:35One of the projects he wants to try is a musical theater.
07:40With Jenny Lin in signing her contract,
07:43GMA President and Chief Executive Officer Gilberto Arduabit Jr.,
07:48Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Felipe S. Yalong,
07:53Senior Vice President for Entertainment Group Lilibet G. Razonable,
07:57and GEN's manager, Katrina Aguila.
08:00Well, GEN coincides with the start, the manifestation of a dream.
08:06We both shared.
08:08At that time, GMA wanted to make an artist famous.
08:16While GEN, presuming, dreamt of being an actress.
08:23So, coincidentally, this was the first year of Starstruck.
08:27In 2003, the program started,
08:32where Jenny Lin was the ultimate female survivor.
08:36So, on that basis, she was the OG.
08:39Definitely, homegrown all throughout.
08:42She's safe with GMA.
08:45There is no other network that will take care of her.
08:49It will only be GMA.
08:51This is where it really started.
08:53This is where she was discovered,
08:56because of Starstruck.
08:58And she really,
09:01dream, believe, survive.
09:05GEN admitted that her journey was not easy,
09:08especially as a breadwinner of the family.
09:11They were also separated by her other half, Dennis Trillo.
09:17That's one of the saddest parts of my life.
09:21Because he is my greatest love.
09:26This year, GEN will be on TV again.
09:30In an action drama series,
09:32he will also return to the big screen
09:34for the comedy-drama film,
09:36Everything About My Wife,
09:38with Dennis.
09:40Ruru Madrin is flex-complex
09:42with his muscles,
09:43which he used for the series,
09:46Lolong Bayani ng Bayan,
09:47which was piloted last night.
09:49Thank you so much.
09:51From the bottom of my heart,
09:54I want to thank you.
09:57Even he was surprised by the pilot episode last night.
10:01But there's more to come,
10:03according to Ruru.
10:04Because the next few nights will be even more exciting,
10:07we will get to know the other characters
10:10in Lolong's life.
10:15Marian Rivera's flexibility skills
10:18in her pilates session are also flex-worthy.
10:21In the video,
10:22you can see Marian's great form
10:26while her instructor guides her.
10:32And speaking of Marian,
10:34you can also watch her film, Balota,
10:37on Netflix's online streaming platform,
10:40this January 31.
10:42For GMA Integrated News,
10:44Nelson Canlas is your reporter.
10:48Global tourism has recovered
10:50from the COVID-19 pandemic,
10:52according to the United Nations.
10:54Has tourism also recovered here in the Philippines?
10:57Reporter Nico Wahe.
11:02Travel is life for the BFFs,
11:04Miggy and Nick.
11:06In their 8-year friendship,
11:08they witnessed the beautiful scenery
11:10in the Philippines and abroad.
11:13It's true that friends that travel together,
11:16stay together.
11:17Traveling somehow relaxes me from my work.
11:22And I feel like I'm healing my inner child.
11:25They also added more fun
11:29after the COVID-19 pandemic.
11:31There are lots of plans
11:33that were canceled because of the pandemic.
11:36So right after that,
11:37I can say that we will travel for the following years.
11:41And it seems like the whole world is cheering
11:43to have fun after the pandemic.
11:46According to UN Tourism,
11:48global tourism has recovered
11:50from the COVID-19 pandemic.
11:521.4 billion international tourist arrivals
11:56were recorded worldwide in 2024.
11:5911% higher than 1.3 billion in 2023.
12:04In Europe,
12:05747 million international arrivals were recorded.
12:095% higher than last year
12:12and 1% higher than 2019.
12:15Asia Pacific is also slowly recovering.
12:18316 million landed here in 2024.
12:22That's only 7% of the total number of tourists in 2019.
12:26In the Philippines, tourism is also recovering.
12:29According to the Department of Tourism,
12:325.9 million tourist arrivals in 2024.
12:36Although the number of tourists
12:38arriving in the country in 2019 is not yet reached,
12:41the quality of the visitors we received
12:44They spent over 700 billion pesos.
12:50In 2019, I think they only spent 600 billion.
12:54So that for me is already a very good news in the end
12:58because that's what really drives our economy.
13:01Our countrymen are the ones who are moving the most.
13:05According to the Congressional Policy and Budget Research Department
13:08of the House of Representatives in 2023,
13:1148.52 million domestic tourists
13:14stayed overnight in different parts of the country.
13:17That's higher than 46.38 million in 2019.
13:21According to the PTAA,
13:23they felt that last year.
13:25We had the Travel Tour Expo last year.
13:28We had over 100,000 people who visited us in February.
13:32With that, we saw there was really
13:35revenge travel was real, okay?
13:37Because we had over 800 exhibitors
13:39and they were all very happy.
13:41They are hoping that more people will go
13:44to their Travel Expo this year
13:46that will be held in February 7 to 9.
13:48If you really deserve to travel
13:50because you worked hard to pay for it.
13:54If you want to travel, book it now.
13:56Don't wait for two days.
13:57For GMA Integrated News,
13:59I'm Nico Juaje, your witness.
14:02My fellow countrymen, be the first to witness.
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14:16Transcribed by ESO, translated by —