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00:00It is possible that the heavy rains will continue for a few more days.
00:04The rains last night and this morning were heavy and flooded various places.
00:10Joseph Moro witnessed it.
00:16High water levels on the road and the debris and the scattered garbage
00:19were what flooded the motorists this morning in various parts of Quezon City.
00:24On the other hand, some cyclists and motorists were forced to cross Araneta Avenue to get to work.
00:30It's hard to cross.
00:32The water is still deep.
00:37The water doesn't reach anywhere.
00:39What happened to your motorcycle?
00:41It's broken. It's deep.
00:43But the jeepney and tricycle drivers in Caloocan City also have a shortage of water.
00:48I don't have a passenger and I don't have electricity.
00:51I don't have a boundary. I don't have food for my family.
00:54I don't have money.
00:56There's a huge shortage of water.
00:59Earlier this afternoon, in the area of Montinlupa, the traffic was slowed down due to the floods.
01:05It also flooded around Tuliahan River in Malabon City.
01:08The water reached a critical level of 12.3 meters in the river
01:13in the area of Tinejeros Bridge until 6 in the morning.
01:17The water level in Marikina River reached 14.4 meters earlier this morning
01:22near the first alarm of 15 meters.
01:25This afternoon, the water level in Marikina River reached only 13 meters.
01:30However, according to Mayor Marci Chudoro,
01:33the Caloocan Rescue 161 was alerted in the event of heavy rain.
01:37They say it's not just a storm or a flood, but a lot of rain.
01:43There's a new normal.
01:45That's why we're monitoring the volume of rainfall.
01:50Not only here in Marikina, but also in the upstream communities.
01:53We don't want it to suddenly rain heavily.
01:58They hope that their advisories will be given earlier
02:02so that they can be more prepared.
02:04Maybe they can give it earlier.
02:08In advance.
02:09In advance, or if not in advance,
02:12there's a time to prepare.
02:16There's a lead time.
02:18We experienced that earlier.
02:21We were really surprised.
02:24Here in Pagasa, we are taking this data that we received very carefully.
02:30We're also taking care of releasing the forecasts.
02:33It's also crucial to do it early.
02:35At the same time, we feel that on our end,
02:37it's just right to have heavy rainfall on the night before.
02:42The flood level is slowly rising after reaching 80.16 meters.
02:50According to Pagasa,
02:51Southwest Monsuno, Hanging Habagat,
02:54brought rain in Metro Manila and nearby provinces.
02:58It's possible that the rainy season will last until the weekend.
03:02If it rains in the next 2 to 3 days because of the current Habagat,
03:06it won't be as bad as the enhanced Habagat of Baguio-Carina.
03:12For GMA Integrated News, I'm Joseph Morong, your witness.
03:18The Department of Justice filed several cases
03:21against the so-called sibling of dismissed Bamban Mayor Alice Kuo,
03:25Sheila, and her business partner, Cassandra Ong.
03:28Aside from the possible money laundering case against the two,
03:32witness Cicely Merefran.
03:37They look alike, but their names are different.
03:40Sheila Leal Kuo was placed in a passport from the Philippines.
03:44Jiang Mier was placed in a Chinese passport that was obtained from her
03:48when she was in Indonesia.
03:50Now, she's being sued by the National Prosecution Service.
03:53The so-called sibling of dismissed Bamban Mayor Alice Kuo
03:57was accused of using a false Philippine passport.
04:00In a Senate hearing yesterday,
04:02Sheila said that she obtained the Philippine passport from her father.
04:06My father gave it to me.
04:08He said, that's your passport.
04:11If you're going to travel, that's what you're going to use.
04:21You admit that your birth certificate is fake.
04:24I don't have it because my father gave it to me.
04:27Sheila was also accused of disobedience to summons
04:30because she did not attend the Senate hearings.
04:33This is also the case that was recommended against her partner, Cassandra Ong,
04:37because she did not attend the previous hearings.
04:41Ong was also accused of obstruction of justice
04:44for harboring, concealing, or facilitating the escape of a criminal offender.
04:49The part of the prosecutors saw enough evidence
04:52because in our new rules,
04:54in the reasonable certainty of conviction,
04:57all elements of the crime must have supporting evidence.
05:02According to the DOJ, the so-called cases are bailable.
05:05But there are still cases being prepared that are more serious than the two.
05:10This week, a money laundering case will be filed.
05:13The qualified trafficking against Cassie,
05:17for corruption, is still ongoing.
05:22The Department of Justice is still investigating
05:24how Alice Guo got out
05:26and who helped her siblings.
05:30The DOJ is investigating the statement of Senator Risa Ontiveros
05:34in yesterday's hearing,
05:36that there is information that the siblings of Guo
05:39were involved in a big deal to get out of the country.
05:43It is estimated that 200 million pesos were spent by the Guo family
05:48to get Alice out.
05:51I really don't know how this happened.
05:54But maybe, to be able to move that fast
05:58and that early without being noticed,
06:02these people really spent money.
06:07In Sheila's story in yesterday's hearing,
06:10Alice and Wesley were transported by boat
06:13until they arrived in Malaysia.
06:15But Secretary Remulia doubts this.
06:17I don't know a lot of things about her.
06:20I can't believe that she doesn't know.
06:23Because she's been in the Philippines for a long time.
06:25She can read the road signs, where they are.
06:28She's used to a good lifestyle.
06:31She can't do that.
06:32She was even in a fishing boat.
06:33She was in a fishing boat for three days.
06:35How could she sleep there?
06:36We are asking the DOJ to release the statement of the Guo family.
06:39For the GMA Integrated News,
06:41this is Nima Refrang of Inyong Sexy.
06:45According to Sheila's lawyer, Atty. Stephen David,
06:48they will answer all the allegations
06:50once they receive the summons.
06:55Police Lt. Col. Jovi Espinido,
06:58the former PNP chief and now Senator Bato de la Rosa,
07:02was charged with following the quota and reward system
07:04in Oplan Tukhang
07:06as well as the murder of those on the drug list.
07:09De la Rosa denied the charges.
07:12Witness Tina Panganiban Perez.
07:17In the hearing in the Chamber
07:19regarding the alleged extrajudicial killing
07:21during the Duterte administration,
07:24the poster boy of the War on Drugs
07:27faced the Quadcom Panel of the four House Committees.
07:30In his testimony,
07:32Police Lt. Col. Jovi Espinido said
07:35that there was a quota system
07:37followed by the Philippine National Police
07:39in Oplan Tukhang
07:41as well as the murder of those on the drug list.
07:44The other quota and reward system,
07:49all the police know that
07:53there is a reward for killing.
07:58If someone on the watch list dies,
08:00there is a reward system to be given.
08:03Your Honor, Mr. Sir Maski,
08:05whether it is a crime or not,
08:07whether it is a real crime or not,
08:10that is my understanding
08:14of the two types of reward and quota.
08:18Espinido said that the leader of the PNP
08:20is behind all of this,
08:23from the former PNP chief
08:25and now Senator Bato de la Rosa.
08:27Your Honors, from the chief PNP
08:30down to the chief of police, Your Honors.
08:34You mentioned the word chief PNP.
08:37Who is the chief PNP at that time, Mr. witness?
08:40Police General, Director General Bato de la Rosa, Your Honors.
08:46Senator de la Rosa did not monitor the hearings in the camera,
08:50but he is against what Espinido said.
08:53Do all the illegal means
08:56to contain the drug problem in the area.
08:59That's why I assigned you to work on the drug law.
09:03I did not say that I assigned you there
09:05to kill all the addicts there.
09:07Kill all of them.
09:09I did not say that.
09:11Espinido also mentioned that there are intel funds
09:14that were used in the drug war.
09:16So we confirm, Colonel,
09:19that this POGO has a basis
09:22and there are orders to fund
09:26the reward system that came from POGO
09:30as you mentioned in paragraph 40.
09:38Is this correct?
09:39This is our current Senator, Senator Bongo.
09:42That's the information I received from Mayor Annabarro, Your Honors.
09:46There is also written here
09:49that intelligence funds fund the reward system
09:53that you mentioned in your affidavit.
09:54How do you know that it also came from intelligence funds?
09:59That's the message that we heard, Your Honors,
10:04from our police
10:05that we will get for the funds of the reward system.
10:12Your Honors.
10:13Senator Bongo is a gate.
10:15He has nothing to do with POGO
10:17and with what Espinido said
10:19about the reward system in the drug war.
10:22He admitted to Espinido
10:24that he has no direct evidence
10:26to say that GO has a connection
10:28to any POGO drug war links.
10:31GO's gate.
10:32POGO is also not connected to the War on Drugs
10:35of the previous administration.
10:37It was only forced to include the POGO narrative
10:41in the drug war.
10:42The Quadcom attempted
10:44Bureau of Corrections Senior Superintendent Gerardo Padilla
10:48because of his failure to answer the questions of congressmen.
10:51Padilla was the warden of Davao Prison and Penal Farm
10:55when two inmates were killed
10:57by three Chinese drug lords.
11:00According to some inmates who investigated the Quadcom,
11:03Padilla knew the transfer of one cell
11:06to five inmates
11:07so that they could commit the murder.
11:09Padilla will be held not in a cell
11:13but in Bicutan City Jail for 30 days.
11:16Padilla denied the allegation.
11:19The Senate introduced
11:21the former House Speaker Jose de Venecia.
11:24De Venecia was given a copy of the resolution
11:27that gives credit for his career
11:29and unparalleled contribution to the country.
11:32His wife Gina de Venecia
11:34was with the former Speaker.
11:36In their meeting,
11:38the Senators congratulated
11:40De Venecia on social reform,
11:42MNLF peace talks,
11:44and politics.