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00:00Live from the GMA Network Center, 20 years have passed. 24 Hours.
00:11Good evening, Luzon Visayas and Mindanao.
00:16On the last day of the filing,
00:18the Senator, Pastor Apollo Quiboloy, ran for the candidacy.
00:25He was allowed by his own lawyer even though he is facing several cases,
00:30in the Philippines and America.
00:32Also added to the list is a TV host,
00:35returning senator,
00:37cabinet member, and others.
00:39From the Manila Hotel, Sandra Aguinaldo is live.
00:43Sandra.
00:47Mel, Emil, Vicky, we are still here at the Tenth City Manila Hotel
00:52and the filing of the candidacy for the senator is still going on.
00:57Also on the party list,
00:59until 5 p.m. yesterday and it's the last day.
01:02But those who are already here were given by COMELEC.
01:06One of those who filed earlier is Pastor Apollo Quiboloy.
01:14Even though he is facing several cases of child abuse and human trafficking,
01:18Pastor Apollo Quiboloy will run for the senator.
01:21He was granted the Certificate of Candidacy by his lawyer
01:25under the Workers and Peasants Party or WPP.
01:29How will he campaign?
01:31We will campaign for him.
01:33The people of the Philippines will campaign for him.
01:35Like other aspirants, he was granted the Certificate of Candidacy
01:39but there is no guarantee that his name will be included in the ballot.
01:43Considering that OC Ma'am is already here,
01:45I will beg her not to answer first
01:47because if ever the question will be raised to COMELEC,
01:51the COMELEC has to decide about it.
01:53The candidacy also allowed Kiko Pangilinan to return to the Senate
01:57accompanied by his wife Sharon Cuneta.
02:00He is running under the Liberal Party.
02:03Attorney Vic Rodriguez will also run for the senator.
02:06Sometimes, he became the campaign spokesperson
02:09and executive secretary of President Bongbong Marcos.
02:12However, he resigned from the Cabinet in 2022
02:15just a few months after his appointment
02:17amidst the controversy regarding sugar importation.
02:20This afternoon, his COC, the TV host Willie Revillame, also filed his candidacy for the senator,
02:28former Commission on Audit Commissioner Heidi Mendoza,
02:32party list representative Rodante Marcoleta,
02:36Peter Jovenel Advincola,
02:38Princess Jade Ramos,
02:41Jovelyn Aceron,
02:42Leandro Versales Jr.,
02:44Fernando Advincola,
02:46Joseph Delgado,
02:47Eric Alcantara,
02:48Rosalyn Corazol-Kay,
02:50Randy Red,
02:51Romulo San Ramon,
02:53Abel Adorable,
02:54Mercedita Acopiado,
02:56Randy Restum,
02:58Emilio Chan,
02:59Deviendo Biazon Sr.,
03:01Roy Cabonegro,
03:02Rodolfo Basilan,
03:04Primo Aquino,
03:05Sunny Domingo,
03:06Jem Dumatoy,
03:07Rowella Moste,
03:08representative Monique Solis Coquinaras,
03:12Ismael Bajo.
03:18The COC also filed his candidacy for the senator,
03:20Omar Tomanong,
03:21Salvador Cabalida,
03:23Eric Martinez,
03:24Francis Leo Marcos,
03:26Martin Mendoza III,
03:27Bertem Totokansing,
03:29Melchor Lucanas,
03:31Antonio Parr,
03:32Loreto Banosan,
03:34Robert Marcos Taliano Tagian,
03:36Faith Ugsad,
03:38Wilfredo Red,
03:39Edmundo Rubi,
03:40Patrick Artajo,
03:42Rafael Chico,
03:43Romeo Macaraig,
03:44Shirley Quachin,
03:46Zubair Mustafa,
03:47Celeste Aguilar,
03:49Sunny Pimentel,
03:50Enrico Olonan,
03:51Ricardo Arguelles,
03:53and Willie Ricablanca.
03:55The COMELEC also said that
03:57Defense Secretary Delphine Lorenzana withdrew
03:59her COC after filing it yesterday.
04:02According to the COMELEC,
04:03the COC filers will be prosecuted
04:05for perpetual disqualification
04:08to hold public office.
04:16Vicky,
04:17the two senators are still to be named.
04:20These are Melisa Fortes
04:22and Roberto Sembrano.
04:25Vicky?
04:26Sandra,
04:27at the end of the COC filing deadline,
04:30how many senatorial aspirants
04:33have filed their COCs?
04:39Vicky,
04:40based on our track of COCs
04:43filing their COCs here in Manila Hotel,
04:4756 have filed their COCs.
04:50The total number so far
04:52in our count is 184.
04:57However,
04:58the official list will be released
05:01by the COMELEC soon.
05:03Vicky?
05:04Sandra,
05:05when will the COMELEC release
05:07the names we will see on the ballot?
05:14Vicky,
05:15the COMELEC is explaining to us
05:18that we have a process
05:21that needs to be passed
05:23wherein,
05:24in two weeks' time,
05:26the names will be published.
05:31However,
05:32it has not been filed yet, Vicky.
05:34After that,
05:35there will be a process
05:37wherein it can still be filed
05:40and the list will be released in December.
05:43Vicky,
05:44I just want to add
05:46based on your earlier question
05:49that based on the data collected by
05:52GMA Integrated News Research,
05:557 re-electionist senators,
06:006 former senators,
06:027 congressmen,
06:041 mayor,
06:05and 1 cabinet secretary.
06:07You will see, Vicky,
06:08that the background of those
06:11who filed their COCs
06:14from October 1 to 8 is different.
06:17Vicky?
06:18Alright.
06:19Thank you very much, Sandra Aguinaldo.
06:22Alice Goh has already renewed
06:24the first statement of her camp
06:26that she will run again
06:28in the election of Bambang Tara.
06:30Let's see the case
06:32of a Chinese spy
06:35of the government of China
06:37who arranged Goh's entry
06:39into politics here in the Philippines.
06:41Mav Gonzalez is live.
06:44Mav?
06:48Mel, it's been more than 8 hours
06:50and the Senate is still hearing
06:52about the illegal COCs
06:54and the possible involvement
06:56of Alice Goh
06:57in the Communist Party of China.
07:02Alice Goh's first Chinese spy
07:05was discovered by the Senate
07:07when she tried to talk to
07:09an Al Jazeera documentary
07:11about Xie Zhijiang.
07:13She was not allowed
07:14because no one can talk to her
07:16according to Xie's company.
07:18Senator Risa Contiveros' office
07:20found the former cell
07:22of the self-confessed Chinese spy.
07:24We were able to touch base
07:26with Wang Fugui
07:28who was formerly
07:30in the cell of Xie Zhijiang
07:33and has all of his files.
07:38The files of Goh Huaping
07:40were with him.
07:43The Chinese national,
07:44Wang Fugui,
07:45and Goh Huaping
07:46were in the same cell for 1.5 years
07:48and became close friends.
07:50He had access
07:51to the documents he was holding.
07:53According to Wang,
07:54Alice Goh
07:55or Goh Huaping
07:56was a Chinese spy.
07:57Goh Huaping
07:58was nothing special.
08:00He just happened to have
08:02some information
08:03about his national security background.
08:05But what he discovered
08:06was that the Chinese government
08:08arranged Goh's entry into politics.
08:10Goh Huaping's election
08:13was arranged by the Chinese government.
08:15Mr. Zhijiang's experience
08:17was similar.
08:19Wang couldn't answer
08:20if Goh's family was also involved.
08:22But Pogo and Scamming Business
08:24had a connection
08:25with the Chinese spy.
08:27He also mentioned
08:28Xie's contact
08:29with the Communist Party of China,
08:30a person named Ma Dongli,
08:32who could also be Goh's handler.
08:34The senators and Goh
08:35had an executive session
08:36for two hours.
08:37They didn't publicize
08:38what they discussed,
08:39but when they returned to the hearing,
08:41Ma Dongli was accused
08:42of being a spy.
08:44I don't have a handler.
08:46I'm not a spy.
08:47I don't know him.
08:48He probably needs
08:49media mileage now.
08:51Maybe he has other motives.
08:53According to the National Intelligence
08:55Coordinating Agency,
08:57there are similarities
08:58in the situation
08:59between Goh and Xie.
09:00They were practically
09:01plucked out of obscurity.
09:03And they suddenly
09:04become awash with cash,
09:06which allowed them
09:07to foray into business
09:08and eventually,
09:09in the case of
09:10Ms. Goh Hopping,
09:12even a foray into politics.
09:14They are able to penetrate
09:15various agencies of government,
09:18undermine various systems
09:21existing within our country.
09:23Based on the records
09:24of the Bureau of Immigration,
09:25more than 20 times,
09:27Xie and Ma Dongli
09:28entered the Philippines.
09:30Mr. Xie
09:31was jailed in Thailand
09:33for the same crimes,
09:35human trafficking,
09:36scamming.
09:37Ma Dongli
09:38is a partner of Mr. Xie
09:40in the Yatai Myanmar Company
09:45which operates
09:46the Pogo Hub in Myanmar.
09:49Yes, sir.
09:50Ms. Veros
09:51helped the Department
09:52of Foreign Affairs
09:53to talk to Xie.
09:55I have persuasive information
09:57that the file
09:58of at least one young brother
10:01is with Xie,
10:03conforming that young brother
10:06as a foreign agent.
10:08It seems that our entire government,
10:10not only us in the legislature,
10:12you in the executive,
10:13can get important information.
10:16Because of the allegation
10:17that a Chinese spy raided,
10:19Senator Gingoy Estrada
10:20argued
10:21in favor of the Espionage Law.
10:24Could this be a confirmation
10:26of what we have suspected
10:27all along
10:28that our country now
10:30has Chinese sleeper agents
10:32in our midst?
10:33Or could this revelation
10:35be just a ploy
10:36or another propaganda?
10:38In a hearing,
10:40Ms. Gingoy said
10:41that she will not run
10:42as the mayor of Bamban.
10:43For now, no.
10:45I will first face
10:46the accusations against me.
10:48I will first clean myself
10:51so that it will be fair
10:53to my constituents.
10:55Ms. Komilek also recommended
10:57to stop the complaint
10:58against Ms. Gingoy
10:59because of the violation
11:00of the Omnibus Election Code.
11:06Mel, the hearing is suspended.
11:08The next hearing
11:09will be the last
11:10of the long series
11:12of hearings
11:13of the Senate
11:14on the illegal smuggling.
11:15One of the things they will look at
11:16is the connections
11:17of Xie Zhijiang
11:18here in the Philippines
11:19because he has been here
11:20several times
11:21and Nika has information
11:22that he was recruited
11:23here in the Philippines.
11:24Mel?
11:25Ma'am,
11:26Xie Zhijian is just a relative
11:28of the one
11:29who was talked to by the Senate.
11:31What is the chance
11:32that they can talk to him
11:34with the help of the DFA?
11:36Ma'am?
11:41For now, Mel,
11:42the ball is in the hands
11:43of the government of Thailand
11:45because they have jurisdiction
11:47to Xie Zhijiang
11:48where he is imprisoned.
11:49But what Xie Zhijiang said
11:51is that he is willing
11:52to help the government
11:53of the Philippines.
11:54The DFA also said
11:55that we have a Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty
11:57with Thailand
11:58so they will use
11:59all diplomatic means
12:00so that we can talk
12:02and interview Xie Zhijiang
12:04here in the Senate.
12:05Mel?
12:06Yes, but
12:07if that happens,
12:09how will they accept
12:11what Xie said?
12:13Xie is a convicted criminal
12:15in Thailand, right?
12:21You know, Mel,
12:22Senator Arisa Contiveros
12:23made it clear earlier
12:24that we're taking it
12:26with a grain of salt
12:27what Wang and Xie Zhijiang
12:28are saying
12:29because there might be
12:31their own motives
12:33in what they're saying.
12:35But what's good here, Mel,
12:36is that what they're saying
12:37becomes the starting point
12:38of the Senate Committee.
12:40That's why the office
12:41of Senator Contiveros,
12:42for example,
12:43made independent verifications
12:45so that they can verify
12:47which are the sure facts
12:49in what Wang and Xie said.
12:51Our government agencies,
12:53particularly the Bureau of Immigration
12:55and also the NICA,
12:56are also doing
12:57independent investigations
12:59that are based on
13:00what Wang and Xie said.
13:02Mel?
13:03I hope so.
13:04Thank you very much.
13:06Ma'am Gonzalez?
13:08A Chinese man was arrested
13:10for molesting
13:11his countrywoman in Bulacan.
13:13Three Chinese
13:14and four Filipinos
13:15were charged.
13:17Here's my exclusive report.
13:23Sir?
13:24In the CCTV footage
13:25that was captured
13:26by the PNP Anti-Kidnapping Group,
13:28we can see in a motel in Bulacan
13:30on September 13,
13:31two Chinese national men
13:33together with another Chinese woman
13:36who was a kidnapped victim,
13:38a woman.
13:39At the age of 30,
13:40there were two victims
13:41and a businessman.
13:43According to the police,
13:44it was found
13:45when the suspect
13:46took the kidnapped victim
13:47out of the motel room
13:49after he was able
13:50to send a ransom
13:52to his relative from China.
13:54According to our debriefing,
13:57we were able
13:58to get the suspect
13:59worth P3 million.
14:02The AKG immediately coordinated
14:04with the Highway Patrol Group
14:05Task Force Limbas
14:07to find the black luxury vehicle
14:09that was used
14:10to transport the victim
14:11to his house
14:12in Metro Manila.
14:14It was posted
14:15on Facebook Marketplace
14:18for sale.
14:19The possessor was in a hurry
14:21to sell it
14:22or dispose the vehicle.
14:25In my market value of P1.7,
14:27he offered me P1.4.
14:30The police surveilled the vehicle
14:32and found it
14:33in a commercial area
14:34in Taguig.
14:36The police followed the vehicle
14:38and...
14:40When it was time,
14:42it was blocked
14:43by an HPG patrol vehicle.
14:48An arrested Chinese national
14:50was given
14:51a .45 caliber gun
14:54It was positively identified
14:56based on the picture
14:57and the description
14:58given to us
14:59by an arrested victim.
15:02The luxury vehicle
15:04was towed by an HPG
15:05in the impounding area
15:06because of its questionable papers.
15:09Are you involved?
15:11No, I'm not.
15:12I can see it.
15:13The three Chinese
15:15and four Filipinos
15:16were continuously
15:17involved in the kidnapping.
15:18For GMA Integrated News,
15:20Emil Sumangin,
15:21Emil Sumangin,
15:2224 Hours.
15:25Five people were injured
15:26after returning home
15:27due to tension
15:28on the last day
15:29of filing
15:30the Certificate of Candidacy
15:31in Shariff Aguac,
15:32Maguindanao del Sur.
15:38Next,
15:39a gunshot
15:40was heard
15:41in the Municipal Hall
15:42in Shariff Aguac.
15:43There were also gunshots.
15:45According to the police,
15:46someone shouted at them
15:48that there was a standing
15:49warrant of arrest
15:50for a Vice Mayoral Candidate.
15:52He was immediately
15:53put under questioning
15:54but his name
15:55was not mentioned
15:57in the warrant.
15:59When the COC
16:00was about to file
16:01the Certificate of Nomination,
16:04he was not brought
16:05by the COC
16:06but was brought
16:07with him.
16:08The tension
16:09among the supporters
16:10increased
16:11because the candidacy
16:12could not file
16:13the so-called
16:14Aspiring Candidates.
16:16One of the injured
16:17was in critical condition.
16:20Before the cut-off was over,
16:22Komelek said
16:23that the COC
16:24was able to file
16:25the so-called
16:26Aspiring Candidates.
16:29The local government
16:30was also hot-tempered.
16:32In Davao City,
16:33the Aspiring Candidates
16:34were able to file
16:35the so-called
16:36Aspiring Duterte
16:37Presidential Spokesperson,
16:39Atty. Carlo Nograles.
16:42If nothing else,
16:44Nograles will face
16:45the Mayoral Race
16:47and former President
16:48Rodrigo Duterte
16:49who was the first
16:50to file the Certificate
16:51of Candidacy
16:52in the same position
16:53yesterday.
16:54Before the COC filing,
16:56Nograles served
16:57in the position
16:58of Civil Service
16:59Commission Chairperson
17:00yesterday.
17:02If nothing else,
17:04Nograles' brother,
17:06Margarita Ignacia,
17:08and Duterte's daughter,
17:10Pulong,
17:11will also face
17:12the Aspiring Candidates
17:13in the first district
17:14of Davao City.
17:16Although they became
17:17allies a long time ago,
17:19in politics,
17:20Duterte and Nograles
17:22were allies in 1992
17:24when Duterte defeated
17:25the father of Carlo Nograles,
17:27Prospero Nograles,
17:29in the Mayoral Race
17:31of Davao City.
17:34Two journeys will follow
17:36in the face of
17:37Tevez de Gamo
17:39in Negros Oriental,
17:41particularly for
17:42the third district
17:43of the province
17:44where the Aspiring Candidates
17:46will face
17:47Pamplona Mayor
17:48Janice de Gamo,
17:49the widow of the former
17:51Governor,
17:52Roel de Gamo.
17:53Candidate Janice Tevez-Gaston
17:56and ex-Congressman
17:58Arnolfo Arne Tevez Jr.
18:00will also fight
18:02for the position
18:04of the former
18:05Congressman Tevez,
18:06who was involved
18:07in the assassination
18:08of the former
18:09Governor de Gamo
18:10in March 2023.
18:13The battle for the
18:14Manila City Hall
18:15of the former
18:16Manila Mayor,
18:17Isko Moreno,
18:18and the current
18:19Mayor,
18:20Hani Lacuna,
18:21is now official.
18:22But they will also face
18:23Congressman Sam Versoza
18:24and three others.
18:25Oscar Oida is on the scene.
18:31The streets around
18:32Arroceros Park
18:33in the city of Manila
18:34were filled
18:35with people early on.
18:37They will join
18:38in filing
18:39the Certificate of Candidacy
18:41for the Mayor
18:42of the former
18:43Manila Mayor,
18:44Isko Moreno.
18:45Moreno will fight
18:46for the position
18:47of his former
18:48Vice-Mayor
18:49and comrade,
18:50the incumbent
18:51Mayor,
18:52Hani Lacuna,
18:53who was the first
18:54to file his COC.
18:55But he said
18:56he said goodbye
18:57to Mayor Lacuna.
19:11Swiftly,
19:12she answered,
19:13no,
19:14I'm running
19:15for re-election.
19:26So what I did
19:27is kiss her
19:29and said goodbye
19:31and hug
19:33Doc Pox.
19:41The last time
19:42we spoke to each other
19:43was,
19:44I think,
19:45July 12.
19:46Yes.
19:47How did he
19:48tell you?
19:49He said
19:50he will run.
19:51What did he say?
19:52He didn't say anything.
19:53I just listened to him.
19:54That's face-to-face.
19:55Before,
19:56Moreno said
19:57that his second father,
19:58the father of Lacuna,
19:59the former
20:00Manila Vice-Mayor,
20:01Dani Lacuna,
20:02was the
20:03former
20:04Vice-Mayor
20:05of Manila.
20:06Before,
20:07Moreno said
20:08that his second father,
20:09the father of Lacuna,
20:10the former
20:11Vice-Mayor,
20:12Dani Lacuna,
20:13was the
20:14former
20:15Vice-Mayor of Manila.
20:16He will also run
20:17as the
20:18Manila Mayor
20:19Tutok Tuwin
20:20Party List
20:21Representative
20:22Sam Verzosa.
20:23The people of Manila
20:24have the right
20:25to choose
20:26what they want
20:27because it's
20:28embarrassing
20:29because everyone
20:30is fighting.
20:31The COC also
20:32invited
20:33the Mayor
20:34Alvin Abicilian
20:35Carigal,
20:36Michael Gosay,
20:37and Jerry
20:38Sindo Garcia.
20:39In investigative news,
20:40Oscar Oida
20:41was arrested
20:42for 24 hours.
20:45This Saturday,
20:46Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
20:47continued
20:48the beating
20:49of a Filipino
20:50arrested for
20:51murder.
20:53The Migrant
20:54Workers Department
20:55was arranging
20:56his return home
20:57to his relatives.
20:58Joseph Moro
20:59was arrested.
21:02Because of
21:03the fight for money,
21:04he was killed
21:05by a Filipino
21:06in Saudi Arabia
21:07who was
21:08his associate
21:09in Saudi Arabia
21:10in 2020.
21:29He was also
21:30sent to the Philippines
21:31as a victim,
21:32but he was
21:33only arrested
21:34in prison.
21:35He was sentenced
21:36to 2022.
21:38But he was postponed
21:39to 2023
21:40because of the letter
21:41of President
21:42Bongbong Marcos
21:43to the King
21:44of Saudi Arabia.
21:45Even so,
21:46he continued
21:47the beating
21:48of a Filipino
21:49on Saturday
21:50through
21:51Qisas
21:52or retribution.
21:56According to
21:57the request
21:58of the family,
21:59he was not
22:00arrested.
22:01According to
22:02the DFA,
22:03the government
22:04did everything
22:05like collecting
22:06blood money
22:07to prevent
22:08the victim's family
22:09from facing
22:10the Philippines
22:11and to prevent
22:12the Filipino
22:13from seeing
22:14his family
22:15for the last time.
22:31Even though
22:32the government
22:33of Saudi
22:34found a way
22:35to save
22:36the Filipino,
22:37but...
22:39and there was
22:40very little
22:41we had left
22:42to do.
22:43We had very few
22:44options left.
22:45We tried everything
22:46and for many,
22:47many years.
22:48And the
22:49Saudi government
22:50really tried
22:51to look
22:52and to be sure
22:53that the
22:54judgment
22:55of hanging
22:56was actually
22:57deserved.
23:08According
23:09to the
23:10Department
23:11of Migrant
23:12Workers,
23:13they have
23:14reached out
23:15to the
23:16Department
23:17of Foreign
23:18Affairs
23:19to bring
23:20the Filipino
23:21back home
23:22to Saudi.
23:23We're
23:24visiting the
23:25family.
23:26Our,
23:27our,
23:28the DMW
23:29has visited
23:30the family
23:31and assured
23:32them we're
23:33supportive.
23:34According to
23:35the DFA,
23:36there are
23:37many Filipinos
23:38on the death row
23:39in different parts
23:40of the world
23:41because of
23:42different cases.
23:43For GMA
23:44Integrated News,
23:45Joseph Morong,
23:46for Tutok 24 Horas.