Narito ang mga nangungunang balita ngayong January 22, 2025
- DILG Sec. Remulla: pondo para sa ilang I.T. project ng PNP, pinababalik ni PBBM | P500 milyong intelligence fund ng PNP, pinalilipat ni PBBM para sa integrated 911 system sa bansa | DILG Sec. Remulla: PBBM, puwedeng mag-veto ng line items sa 2025 budget batay sa kaniyang veto message
- AFP: There seems to be a calculated move to map out the country by a foreign power
- Panayam kay Comelec Chairman George Garcia kaugnay sa pag-uurong ng printing ng mga balota para sa Eleksyon 2025
- Ilang driver, pabor na gawing P15 ang pasahe sa jeep | LTFRB, suportado ang taas-pasahe pero kailangan pang kumonsulta sa NEDA tungkol sa magiging epekto nito | Ilang pasahero, nangangambang kapusin ang budget kapag natuloy ang taas-pasahe | PISTON, nanawagan na tanggalin ang Excise Tax at VAT sa petrolyo
- Panayam kay Sen. Risa Hontiveros kaugnay sa Prevention of Adolescent Pregnancy Bill
- Jennylyn Mercado, nag-renew ng kontrata sa GMA Network | Jennylyn Mercado, napa-lookback sa kaniyang mga pinagdaanan; inalala rin ang kaniyang yumaong Mommy Lydia | Jennylyn Mercado, muling makakatrabaho ang asawang si Dennis Trillo sa dalawang proyekto
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).
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- DILG Sec. Remulla: pondo para sa ilang I.T. project ng PNP, pinababalik ni PBBM | P500 milyong intelligence fund ng PNP, pinalilipat ni PBBM para sa integrated 911 system sa bansa | DILG Sec. Remulla: PBBM, puwedeng mag-veto ng line items sa 2025 budget batay sa kaniyang veto message
- AFP: There seems to be a calculated move to map out the country by a foreign power
- Panayam kay Comelec Chairman George Garcia kaugnay sa pag-uurong ng printing ng mga balota para sa Eleksyon 2025
- Ilang driver, pabor na gawing P15 ang pasahe sa jeep | LTFRB, suportado ang taas-pasahe pero kailangan pang kumonsulta sa NEDA tungkol sa magiging epekto nito | Ilang pasahero, nangangambang kapusin ang budget kapag natuloy ang taas-pasahe | PISTON, nanawagan na tanggalin ang Excise Tax at VAT sa petrolyo
- Panayam kay Sen. Risa Hontiveros kaugnay sa Prevention of Adolescent Pregnancy Bill
- Jennylyn Mercado, nag-renew ng kontrata sa GMA Network | Jennylyn Mercado, napa-lookback sa kaniyang mga pinagdaanan; inalala rin ang kaniyang yumaong Mommy Lydia | Jennylyn Mercado, muling makakatrabaho ang asawang si Dennis Trillo sa dalawang proyekto
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).
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00:00The rain is here again.
00:08The rain is here again.
00:13President Bongbong Marcos is returning to the PNP's Pondoselong Proyekto.
00:17As of 2025, the programs will speed up the response to emergencies.
00:22Interior Secretary John Vic Rebulia said that the President can do this even if the law is passed,
00:27the 2025 General Appropriations Act.
00:30Here is his explanation on my first news.
00:35The original budget can be described as suboptimal.
00:39We are working to make it optimal once again.
00:42President Bongbong Marcos is continuously asking his departments
00:46to look for programs that lost or were not reduced by the Pondoselong Proyekto.
00:50In his signature, the 2025 National Budget was released.
00:53In his position in the Department of the Interior and Local Government,
00:56more than P1 billion was lost in their priority projects,
01:00such as the Information Technology and IT Program of the PNP National Police Clearance System
01:05and the Drug-Related Integration and Generation System.
01:08And where did the Pondos go?
01:12They put almost P1 billion in the All-Terrain Amphibious Rescue Vehicles for Region 5.
01:20It's specific to Region 5.
01:22And they put an additional P500 million in the Intelligence Fund.
01:28The President is saying that the Pondos that were transferred in the original budget,
01:32the P500 million in the Intelligence Fund,
01:35were transferred for an integrated 911 system throughout the country.
01:39If the project is successful, the police and firefighters can respond to any emergency within three minutes.
01:45It's good that the executives are focusing on ways to find the Pondos
01:50that were removed by the congressmen in the IPLAS in Ga'a.
01:53But how will this be done?
01:55Now in Ga'a, there is an open law where the Pondos will be remembered
01:59and how much the Pondos are in each line listed here.
02:02According to DILG, this is a line in the President's veto message.
02:06In the exercise of the Budget Execution Faction vested upon the Executive Branch,
02:11it is understood that the increases in appropriations and new budgetary items
02:16introduced by the Congress in the budget
02:19shall be subject to the national government's cash programming,
02:22observance of prudent fiscal management,
02:25applicable budget execution rules and procedures,
02:28and approval by the President based on the program's priorities of the government.
02:34This is the first news.
02:36Ivan Meirina for GMA Integrated News.
02:40The Armed Forces of the Philippines are in charge of calculating the foreign power
02:45to manage the country.
02:50So if we look at the entire expanse of the country
02:54covering the different instruments of national power
02:57and start connecting the dots,
02:59there seems now to be a deliberate and calculated move
03:04to map out the country by a foreign power.
03:08Next are the incidents of espionage in the Philippines.
03:13For example, a Chinese national and two Filipinos were caught
03:17espionaging a military base, a government office,
03:22and malls confiscating their high-tech equipment.
03:26The authorities also repeatedly recovered underwater drones
03:31and pecking eye death certificate of foreigners.
03:35Like the case of Dismissed Mayor Alice Guo.
03:38Because of these incidents,
03:39National Security Advisor Eduardo Año
03:42forced the Congress to strengthen the law against espionage.
03:56The Commission on Elections will not continue
03:59the reprinting of ballots today.
04:02This is the result of the new temporary restraining order of the Supreme Court
04:06in the declaration of Comalec that the two aspirants are nuisance.
04:10Before that and other issues in the election of 2025,
04:13we will listen to Comalec Chairman George Garcia.
04:16Chairman Garcia, good morning.
04:18Good morning sir Igan. Good morning to our countrymen.
04:21When is our new target for the reprinting of ballots?
04:25Thank you Igan.
04:26We should really start reprinting of ballots today.
04:31But because of the two new temporary restraining orders,
04:34especially in the national position,
04:36we will start this Saturday.
04:38Because sir Igan, we need to change the database.
04:41Number two, we need to serialize the new ballots.
04:44Number three, we need to prepare the 1,697 ballot phases of the country.
04:52Every town and city has a different ballot face
04:56because the candidate is different in the local positions.
04:59The Supreme Court said they have a pending 25 petition of aspirants and 22 from the party list.
05:06Aren't we too delayed on that Chairman?
05:10Yes. We are expecting to increase the petition in the Supreme Court
05:15because sir Igan, we declared 117 nuisance candidates in the Senate,
05:2017 in the Congressmen, 67 in the local positions,
05:23we cancelled more than 100 candidacies,
05:26and 200 party lists that we did not allow to participate in the upcoming elections.
05:31That's why they are expected to go to the Supreme Court.
05:35If there is a TRUT, the Supreme Court depends on us.
05:42We will follow the orders of the Supreme Court.
05:46At the same time, that is also a sign of the high level of the judiciary.
05:50Isn't this a new thing?
05:52Didn't the nuisance candidates go to the Supreme Court before?
05:55Yes sir Igan.
05:57In the past sir Igan, a candidate for vice president was able to get a TRU in 2016.
06:03After that, two party lists were able to get a TRU,
06:07and there were two more candidates.
06:09However, Comelic did not comply at that time because the balot printing was in the middle.
06:14That's why all the commissioners at that time were assigned in contempt of our high level of the judiciary.
06:19Of course, up to now, we are able to follow and comply.
06:23That's what we are defending because that's our rule of law and our recognition of the power of the Supreme Court.
06:30The scheduled mock election on Saturday, will it continue chairman?
06:34We will continue that sir Igan.
06:36It will not be affected by this TRU because our election management system has been changed
06:42and we can add to it.
06:43We also have a so-called trusted bill.
06:46Therefore, the mock election will continue here in our country and abroad,
06:51so that we can try the integration or coordination of our different systems and preparedness for the election.
06:58Can you explain what is a trusted bill and how important it is in the election management system?
07:04First, it is a requirement of the law.
07:06Number two, we need to know the hardware and software of the system that we will use,
07:12whether it's internet voting, whether it's transmission, whether it's the machines.
07:17Does it mean that the house is ready to ensure that it will vote correctly and transmit correctly?
07:23Are the documents provided by our providers complete?
07:27At the same time, is it for the international standard?
07:30Later on, we expect that there will be an issue of international certification,
07:34the international certifying body because it's included in the law of automated election.
07:40Are there additional features in the election management system to ensure that once the TROs of the Supreme Court are released,
07:48it will be easier for us to adjust to the balota?
07:51Yes. Because our features are more transparent now, even the machines.
07:57At the same time, it is ensured that there are a lot of copies of the results from the precincts,
08:03the PPC-RV, the NAMPREL, the majority party, minority party and of course the cities.
08:09The media will have their own results.
08:12Of course, our countrymen will be able to see all the balot images, pictures of the balota after counting,
08:20after transmitting, after collecting the results and giving copies to each precinct that obtained it.
08:28Sir ma'am, there are people who are saying, why don't we just wait for all the petitions to be completed before we print them?
08:37It won't happen again.
08:39Yes. Remember, we should have printed them.
08:43As you can see, it's still the third week of December.
08:45Yes.
08:46But we were still waiting and we postponed it.
08:49We did it on January 6.
08:51Technically, we incurred a little delay, but we were still waiting, sir Egan.
08:57We cannot wait just because we don't know when the lost or not printed petitions will go to the Supreme Court.
09:06It depends on them. Some of them went immediately, some of them waited.
09:10Maybe now, because someone obtained the TR, they will go to the Supreme Court.
09:16Are we still on schedule, chairman?
09:18Or our upcoming election might be discouraged?
09:22Our election in May 12 is the guarantee, sir Egan, of your commission elections.
09:27We have balota. When May 12 comes, that's also the guarantee of the commission elections.
09:32We were delayed a little because we spent two weeks printing six million balota.
09:39Of course, now we have an adjustment.
09:42But we have contingency measures.
09:45We put the National Printing Office as a deputized agency of Comelec.
09:52We did that for the first time so that we can print balota.
09:58What is the adjustment of Comelec so that it will not be repeated in our big Union 2028 national election?
10:04First, we should urge them to change the law.
10:08Whatever you see, the omnibus election code is a manual reminder.
10:11We will implement all those laws towards an automated election.
10:16It looks like it's hard to combine the two, automated and manual.
10:21So we should reverse the omnibus election code.
10:23Number two, we are thinking of early filing of the candidacy in mid-October, which is early.
10:29We can do it in July so that we can have a longer time to make a decision and go to the Supreme Court,
10:38but there will be some compromised activities like the registration of voters.
10:44Chairman, thank you very much.
10:46Comelec Chairman George Garcia. Take care.
10:48Thank you very much sir Egan.
10:50As usual, the price of oil is rising.
10:53Again, the high price is increasing.
10:55What will the drivers and commuters say?
10:58Live from Manila, we have a street hearing from Bam Alegre.
11:01Bam.
11:02Bam.
11:06Egan, good morning.
11:07We are asking for a minimum of 15 pesos for a jeep.
11:10Is this a benefit or a permission?
11:12It depends on who you are asking on the street.
11:14Here is the street hearing.
11:17It's an early morning, but the journey of Ildebrando Cavajar is just about to end.
11:21He has been passing through Divisoria Baclaran since yesterday afternoon.
11:24He has almost no income because of the high price of diesel.
11:28The price of diesel should go down.
11:30It's too high.
11:32Like now, it's already 56 pesos per liter.
11:37What we earn is just a little.
11:39It's not a thousand.
11:41It's only 700 pesos.
11:43That's why he agrees.
11:44Many other drivers have also raised the minimum of 15 pesos.
11:48It's good.
11:49We can earn more.
11:50It's too expensive.
11:52How much will we get back home?
11:56It's better that way.
11:59We can get it back somehow.
12:02There are three petitions to increase the fare from Jeepney Operator.
12:06Their fare ranges from one to three pesos from the minimum of 13 pesos.
12:11If LTFRB Chairman Teofilo Guadis III is asking,
12:15these petitions may be allowed.
12:17I think an increase is already needed.
12:22Long overdue.
12:24Because the price of gasoline and the cost of maintenance of these motor vehicles has increased.
12:33So it is imperative that we add.
12:35But the issue is how much fare hike will be given.
12:40But what about the commuters?
12:42For example, Vincent Molenio is a grade 11 student.
12:44Instead of his snack, the fare will be higher than his budget.
12:50My budget will be reduced.
12:53Because there are a lot of expenses in school.
12:57Homer Paz is an employee.
12:59He has five children.
13:00So if the fare is increased,
13:01not only will he travel to Manila City Hall affected,
13:03but he will also give the fare to his children.
13:06It has a big effect, especially for my family.
13:09I have five children.
13:10The fare will also be increased.
13:13According to the Transport Group of Pistón,
13:15motorists and commuters are both victims of the rising prices of goods.
13:19They urge the Marcos Administration to suspend the value-added tax and excise tax on oil products
13:25and look for the root of inflation and poverty.
13:33This fare hike will continue.
13:35The school will also ask what will be the effect of this on inflation and the rise of goods in our economy.
13:43This is String Here It from Divisoria, Manila.
13:45Bama Lagre for GMA Integrated News.
13:49Another hot issue is Senate Bill 1979,
13:52Prevention of Adolescent Pregnancy Act of 2023.
13:55We will talk about it when Senator Risa Ontiveros will have a chance to speak.
14:01Senator, good morning.
14:03Good morning, Edan and to all of our listeners.
14:07Yes.
14:08Let's be clear.
14:10Do you have or do you not have in your bill the provisions of President Bongbong Marcos and other groups
14:19on sexual activities that will be allowed to be studied by children ages 0 to 4, 4 to 6, 6 to 10?
14:32Oh my gosh, Egan.
14:34There is nothing in Senate Bill 1979.
14:38What the President said and what your group is saying,
14:43that masturbation will be taught to 0 to 4-year-olds,
14:49or that there are sexual feelings, sexual rights for children under the age of 0,
14:56there is nothing there.
14:58What the President said, trying different sexualities.
15:02Oh my gosh, Egan.
15:03I told them to read the bill.
15:07There is nothing in it.
15:09What the President said, because they are senators,
15:12is that he will not accept amendments to punish you for masturbation.
15:21That's why he's not supporting the bill.
15:26They will teach their children, their bodies, the consequences of their activities.
15:34Those are the provisions of the Prevention of Adolescent Masturbation Bill.
15:41Senator, on the website of Family Watch International,
15:46where they are discussing the version of United Nations and UNESCO,
15:52it mentions sexual activities that can be replaced
15:57rather than having sexual intercourse with a child.
16:01But it says European version.
16:05So when it comes to the Philippines, UNESCO will not adopt comprehensive sexual education.
16:14Exactly Egan.
16:15What will help to protect, support and teach our children,
16:24according to the Constitution, according to the context of our country and according to our culture.
16:30So common sense is the only thing that will be included in our law.
16:35Even the Department of Education is offering curricula on comprehensive sexuality education.
16:44That's the only thing in the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Law,
16:49which was ruled by the Supreme Court as constitutional in 2014.
16:54Those curricula are offered by the DepEd since 2018.
16:59That's the last thing that the Prevention of Adolescent Pregnancy Bill wants to give.
17:04In any way, it should improve the curricula offered by the DepEd on comprehensive sexuality education.
17:12That's also in the Constitution.
17:15There's no stopping the amendment to make it better.
17:19Senator, in your opinion, what the President read is the original version and not Senate Bill 1979
17:27because he will veto it.
17:29It's too premature, Egan, what the President said.
17:33But I'm also wondering, what version did they read?
17:38If they read our Senate Bill 1979, there's nothing there.
17:44The provisions that he's afraid of.
17:47It's for the protection of our children and students against premature pregnancies.
17:54Even if they are pregnant, give them social protection so they can go back to school, finish their studies,
18:04teach them how to take care of their babies and stop the repetition of pregnancy.
18:11If the President read other papers from our international organizations,
18:18it's clear that in Europe, before Europe, we are in Asia, we are in the Philippines.
18:25We will always be guided by our context and culture.
18:30In any way, it should be improved.
18:32Of course, the gold standard here in the Philippines is our Constitution.
18:37Even in the United Nations Convention on Human Rights and the Convention on the Rights of the Child,
18:44there's nothing but the best interest of the child.
18:48Okay. Senator, we have another question.
18:52Blanco or what part of the 25 national budget?
18:56Do you copy? Have you seen Blanco, the General Appropriations Bill before the President signed it?
19:04Well, in the first place Egan, the BICAM version.
19:09I said in our last BICAM meeting and I did it, I did not sign it.
19:15We studied it and I learned that at that point in time, the PhilHealth was funded.
19:23Education is not the number one budgetary priority, just like the Constitution commands.
19:29The budget was reduced by four-piece.
19:32Until the end, when the BICAM version was voted by us in the Senate,
19:37Senator Minority Leader Coco Pimentel and I voted no to the budget because of those issues.
19:44But I cannot believe that no matter which Congress we are in,
19:50they will pass a bill or General Appropriations Act with a Blanco line.
19:59So you saw Blanco. Senator, you saw Blanco.
20:02I did not see Blanco, Egan, when I did not sign the BICAM report and when Senator Coco and I voted no.
20:13Because even if I'm against that budget in its final form,
20:18I cannot believe that the Congress passed a bill with a Blanco line.
20:23Are you also in charge of spying on China here in the Philippines?
20:28There are people who were arrested, Senator.
20:30Yes. It is really a matter of concern, Egan.
20:34China was arrested for espionage.
20:40That's why I'm calling for us to enhance our anti-espionage law in the Senate.
20:47Especially while the monstership of China in the West Philippine Sea is continuing.
20:54As you mentioned, I have been flagging the possible presence of Chinese spies here in the Philippines for a long time.
21:03The Bureau of Immigration, which resorted to pastilla scam, has not received a visa upon arrival.
21:11Our investigation in the Senate Committee on Women against Guo Huaping and Pogo was revealed.
21:17Alice Cuongay was denounced as an agent of influence.
21:22I hope that the Department of National Defense, along with other relevant agencies,
21:28is on top of this matter because let's be serious about our national security, national interest and our sovereignty.
21:38Thank you very much, Senator Arisa Conteveros. Take care.
21:40Thank you very much, Egan. Take care.
21:46Ultimate star, Jelly Mercado, has renewed her contract with GMA Network.
21:53The event was hosted by our UH Barcada, Anjo Pertierra.
21:57Let's continue with Nelson Carlos' first story.
22:01Who would have thought that this person would be the first to join the first Philippine reality program of the country, Starstruck, and be named Ultimate Survivor?
22:18She is now one of the most popular actresses in the world of showbiz.
22:23In 21 years in the industry of Jenny Lin,
22:26she has played many roles because of her talent in acting, like Lira by OG Encantadia,
22:35Super Twins,
22:38Grotora X,
22:43Pinoy adaptation of the hit K-drama My Love from the Star,
22:51and Descendants of the Sun.
22:57Up to her latest series, Love Die Repeat,
23:04and many more.
23:06She's an accomplished singer and actress,
23:09an award-winning producer,
23:11a wife,
23:12and a mother.
23:13But all of that will be added because of the persistence of Jenny Lin in her home network, GMA.
23:22GMA President and Chief Executive Officer, Gilberto Arduavit, Jr. is with Jenn in her new contract.
23:30Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Felipe S. Yalong,
23:35Senior Vice President for Entertainment Group, Lilibet G. Razonable,
23:39and Jenn's manager, Katrina Aguila.
23:42Jenn coincides with the start, the manifestation of a dream.
23:47We both shared.
23:49At the time, GMA aspired to make an artist famous.
23:57Jenn, I presume, dreamt of being an actress,
24:03where Jenny Lin was the ultimate survivor of being a female.
24:07So on that basis, she's really the OG.
24:11Definitely, homegrown all throughout.
24:14She's safe with GMA.
24:17There is no other network that will take care of her.
24:21It will only be GMA.
24:23This is where she really started.
24:25This is where she was discovered because of Starstruck.
24:30And she really is the dream, believe, survive.
24:37Before Jenn's successful life,
24:40she made a huge sacrifice.
24:42She went through three trials in her life.
24:46First, she got pregnant with her eldest son, Alex Jazz.
24:51There was no assurance at the time.
24:53And as a breadwinner, she got scared and almost lost her job.
24:59And in 2011...
25:01And there was a time you almost lost Dennis.
25:03At that time, that was one of the saddest moments of my life.
25:09Because he was my greatest love.
25:14Her mother, Lydia, also went through a big trial
25:18when she lost the source of her strength.
25:24I miss my mom.
25:26This is my second contract signing that she's not here.
25:29At first, I was like this too.
25:31It's like there's something missing.
25:33But I know she's happy for me.
25:36But she knows her mom is proud
25:38because her dream to be happy in her life has come true.
25:43Maybe because she wants me to learn a lot in life.
25:51I have a lot of experiences that I can use in the future.
25:56In the last 20 years, what is the biggest lesson you learned?
26:01I learned how to be strong.
26:05Because everyone knows that I have no one to rely on.
26:08I don't have a family.
26:09My mom passed away.
26:11So I'm all alone.
26:14I was able to protect myself.
26:16That's why I'm thankful that Dennis came.
26:20Because somehow, I now have someone in my life.
26:23Now, in 2025,
26:25Jenny Lynn will be able to watch
26:27an action drama series on television
26:30and a romantic comedy-drama on Everything About My Wife,
26:34a remake of the Korean film All About My Wife.
26:37In both projects,
26:39they will be teaming up with her favorite leading man,
26:43her husband, Dennis Trillo.
26:45Congratulations, my love.
26:47With your new contract with Kapuso Network,
26:51I'm excited to create beautiful projects with you.
26:55I'm so excited that we'll finally have a project.
26:58I'll be able to work with my wife again.
27:00The last time we worked together was 10 years ago.
27:06That's how long it's been.
27:08This is the first news.
27:10Nelson Canlas for GMA Integrated News.
27:28at www.gmanews.tv.