Narito ang mga maiinit na balita sa 24 Oras Express ngayong Miyerkules, November 20, 2024.
-OFW na 14 na taon nang nasa death row sa Indonesia, makakauwi na ng Pilipinas, ayon sa pangulo
-Paglaban sa sentensyang kamatayan kay Veloso, inabot ng 14 taon at 3 administrasyon
-Pagdami ng mga menor de edad na maagang nabubuntis sa Pilipinas, ikinaaalarma ng DOH
-Chief of staff ng VP Duterte, napag-alamang sumulat sa COA na 'wag sundin ang subpoena ng Kamara na magsumite ng audit report
-Milyun-milyong pera, natagpuan sa binuksang 12 vaults mula sa sinalakay na BPO company; mga dokumentong nakuha, susuriin
-Mga bahay, evacuation center atbp establisimyento, wasak at natuklap ang bubong; bagsak ang maraming poste ng kuryente
-Pag-iral ng Northeast Monsoon o Amihan, tuloy-tuloy na pero dahil kauumpisa pa lang piling lugar lang muna ang makakaranas ng epekto niyan
-Aurora, isinailalim sa state of calamity; malawakang pinsala, iniwan ng nagdaang bagyo
-Japan, patuloy na tutulong sa Pilipinas sa pagtugon sa disaster risk reduction, ayon kay JICA Pres. Akihiko
-Fil-Am nurse sa U.S. na may stage 4 cancer, nagpapalakas ng katawan sa pagiging triathlete
-Panukala na magpapabilis sa pagkansela sa pekeng birth certificates ng mga dayuhan, inihain ng House Quad Committee
-VP Sara sa mga kaduda-duda umanong acknowledgement receipts mula OVP: "I have not seen the acknowledgement receipt na kanilang sinasabi"
-Umano'y kahina-hinalang acknowledgement receipts, nais ipa-berepika ng Kamara sa PSA, NBI, at PNP
-Indonesia, kinumpirma ang planong pagpapauwi kay Veloso sa Pilipinas
-Mga student-evacuee, idinaan sa pagrampa ang inip at pag-aalala sa bagyo
-James and Oliver Phelps a.k.a Weasley Twins sa Harry Potter films, pinangunahan ang christmas tree lighting event na inspired sa Hogwarts
-Higanteng istatwa sa Pasig, pinailawan
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-OFW na 14 na taon nang nasa death row sa Indonesia, makakauwi na ng Pilipinas, ayon sa pangulo
-Paglaban sa sentensyang kamatayan kay Veloso, inabot ng 14 taon at 3 administrasyon
-Pagdami ng mga menor de edad na maagang nabubuntis sa Pilipinas, ikinaaalarma ng DOH
-Chief of staff ng VP Duterte, napag-alamang sumulat sa COA na 'wag sundin ang subpoena ng Kamara na magsumite ng audit report
-Milyun-milyong pera, natagpuan sa binuksang 12 vaults mula sa sinalakay na BPO company; mga dokumentong nakuha, susuriin
-Mga bahay, evacuation center atbp establisimyento, wasak at natuklap ang bubong; bagsak ang maraming poste ng kuryente
-Pag-iral ng Northeast Monsoon o Amihan, tuloy-tuloy na pero dahil kauumpisa pa lang piling lugar lang muna ang makakaranas ng epekto niyan
-Aurora, isinailalim sa state of calamity; malawakang pinsala, iniwan ng nagdaang bagyo
-Japan, patuloy na tutulong sa Pilipinas sa pagtugon sa disaster risk reduction, ayon kay JICA Pres. Akihiko
-Fil-Am nurse sa U.S. na may stage 4 cancer, nagpapalakas ng katawan sa pagiging triathlete
-Panukala na magpapabilis sa pagkansela sa pekeng birth certificates ng mga dayuhan, inihain ng House Quad Committee
-VP Sara sa mga kaduda-duda umanong acknowledgement receipts mula OVP: "I have not seen the acknowledgement receipt na kanilang sinasabi"
-Umano'y kahina-hinalang acknowledgement receipts, nais ipa-berepika ng Kamara sa PSA, NBI, at PNP
-Indonesia, kinumpirma ang planong pagpapauwi kay Veloso sa Pilipinas
-Mga student-evacuee, idinaan sa pagrampa ang inip at pag-aalala sa bagyo
-James and Oliver Phelps a.k.a Weasley Twins sa Harry Potter films, pinangunahan ang christmas tree lighting event na inspired sa Hogwarts
-Higanteng istatwa sa Pasig, pinailawan
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00:00Live from the GMA Network Center, the 20-year-old story of the 24-year-old.
00:12Good evening, Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao.
00:16Mary Jane Veloso has been saved from the clutches of the OFW
00:22after more than a decade in the death row of Indonesia.
00:26President Bongbong Marcos announced that Veloso will be able to return to the Philippines,
00:31which is something that his family is very grateful for.
00:35But Mary Jane's return to the country is not at home, but in prison.
00:41And Ivan Mayrina was there.
00:46After 14 years in prison, Mary Jane Veloso, the OFW in the death row in Indonesia, will return home.
00:53That's what President Bongbong Marcos announced earlier this morning.
00:57The President said on his Facebook account,
00:59that this is the result of more than a decade of negotiations with the Indonesian government.
01:03The President also thanked the new President of Indonesia, Prabowo Subianto.
01:22Although we're extremely confident it will happen.
01:25And certainly, our President must be privy of information which will explain his confidence.
01:32Mary Jane was sentenced to death after being charged with more than 2 kilos of heroin
01:38that was found in her luggage when she arrived at Yogyakarta Airport in 2010.
01:42But Mary Jane said that her recruiters deceived her,
01:45that she brought a bag that she didn't know was filled with drugs.
01:49The news that Mary Jane will be sent back to the Philippines
01:53was spread by her family in Nueva Ecija.
01:56Especially, her children were only a few when she was last with them.
02:00This is the happiest thing in our life, the whole family.
02:04Especially her children.
02:06For a long time now, this is it.
02:09It's like God listened to our prayers.
02:12His time has come.
02:15I hope that Mary Jane will be able to go home.
02:19I hope she won't be jailed.
02:21I ask the government to let her go home.
02:26But the so-called return to the Philippines is not in their home in Nueva Ecija.
02:31But in Piitan, which is still being targeted by the government.
02:34Under the Prison Transfer Agreement,
02:36the physical custody will only be transferred to a prison in the Philippines.
02:39But the legal custody is still in Indonesia.
02:43The Correctional Institute for Women in Mandaluyong
02:46is one of the places where Mary Jane can be transferred to.
02:49Even if she is jailed, Mary Jane will be saved from the prison
02:52because Indonesia knows that there is no death penalty in the Philippines.
02:56When she arrives here, she will be serving the sentence that was meted in Indonesia.
03:00So she will just continue her sentence.
03:04And I think it's worth emphasizing also that
03:06the most important aspect of this all is the difference in our laws.
03:12There, they allowed the death penalty.
03:14Here, we all know that it's abolished.
03:17So we don't have a death sentence here.
03:19But Mary Jane's lawyers want something to happen.
03:36Aside from Mary Jane, there are 57 Filipinos around the world
03:40who are facing the death penalty based on the DFA data.
03:44For GMA Integrated News, Ivan Mejrina for 24 Hours.
03:49Let's go back to the case of Mary Jane Veloso.
03:52The fight to save Veloso from the death sentence
03:56was reached by three administrations.
03:59Let's go back to the repeated appeals of the Philippines in Indonesia
04:03and how the two countries came to an agreement
04:08after 14 years of the appeal of JP Soriano.
04:1614 years and three administrations.
04:19For that long, the Philippines fought against our countrywoman Mary Jane Veloso
04:24who was sentenced to death penalty in Indonesia because of illegal drugs.
04:28Recruiter Mary Jane promised to work in Indonesia
04:33when she flew to Indonesia in April 2010.
04:36But according to her information,
04:39the Philippine recruiters threatened her.
04:42There were more than two kilos of heroin
04:45that she discovered when she arrived at Yogyakarta Airport.
04:48Six months after that,
04:50she pleaded guilty to the drug trafficking case of Veloso
04:53which was sentenced to death.
04:55We are afraid.
04:58When she was imprisoned,
05:01we were afraid because of the recruiter.
05:04They said that they are an international syndicate.
05:07They said that they will kill us one by one
05:09or our children in Indonesia.
05:13After many appeals,
05:16in April 2015,
05:18Veloso was counted among the 10 convicts
05:21who were sentenced to death in Indonesia.
05:23But this did not continue
05:25until Noy Akino became the President of the Indonesian Foreign Ministry.
05:28Following the police action of Veloso's recruiter, Christina Serio,
05:33Akino said that
05:35Veloso will become a state witness
05:37against the syndicate that recruited her.
05:40Let the Indonesian government at the state
05:43the implementation of the death sentence
05:46on our countrywoman Mary Jane Veloso.
05:50During the administration of the former President Rodrigo Duterte,
05:54the position of the Philippines
05:56is to do what is in accordance with the law of Indonesia.
06:01He said, follow your own laws.
06:04I will not interfere.
06:06Indonesia allowed Veloso to give a testimony
06:09against Serio and his other recruiter, Julius Lakinilaw.
06:15Until this time,
06:16on the appointment of President Bongbong Marcos,
06:19Veloso's family again appealed
06:21to ask Widodo for the executive clemency.
06:24But Widodo's term was over
06:26when Mary Jane's case was not resolved.
06:29After the inauguration of the new Indonesian President,
06:33Prabowo Sobyanto,
06:35it seems that the wind has changed.
06:38Prabowo, a person who went to the Philippines,
06:41is now the President of the Philippines.
06:43Prabowo, a person who went to the Philippines
06:46to personally visit Marcos
06:49last September before his inauguration.
06:52And on his visit as President of the Philippines in October,
06:55along with the visits of President Marcos,
06:58the DFA said
07:00that Indonesia also has a new law to be implemented.
07:03Indonesia is formulating a policy
07:07of transfer of persons,
07:10of foreign persons,
07:13to their host countries.
07:15Indonesia itself has a law
07:18which will take effect in 2026
07:21about what in effect
07:25would be,
07:28if not necessarily the abolition of the death penalty,
07:33but some sort of informal non-implementation
07:38of the death penalty.
07:40President Prabowo wants to open a new chapter
07:44in its relations with foreign countries,
07:46especially the Philippines.
07:48Under the agreement to allow Mary Jane to return to the DFA,
07:51there is no alternative
07:53that Indonesia asked for in the Philippines.
07:55The Indonesians have not requested any payback,
07:59any quid pro quo for this.
08:01May I clarify?
08:03This is not in return for anything.
08:06For GMA Integrated News,
08:08I am JP Soriano,
08:10for 24 Hours.
08:12The Department of Health is in charge
08:15of increasing the number of minors in the Philippines
08:19who get pregnant early.
08:21One of the visible reasons
08:23is the exposure of children on the internet.
08:27I am Oscar Oida.
08:32The situation of child pregnancies in the country is alarming.
08:36According to Health Secretary Ted Herbosa,
08:39in every 100,000, 15 years in the country,
08:4259 of them are already pregnant.
08:45According to the data of the Department of Health in 2022,
08:49that's more than 44 in every 100,000 in 2021.
08:54Child pregnancy is one of the leading causes
08:58of death of a pregnant woman in the country.
09:01Because they are not prenatal,
09:03they are high risk for what we call eclampsia
09:06and hemorrhage at childbirth.
09:09So if we can control that,
09:11we will actually be able to decrease maternal mortality.
09:14Some of the visible factors of child pregnancy
09:18are the exposure of children on the internet.
09:21What we've discovered is the internet
09:24has a big influence on sexual behavior of our teens.
09:28And then there's peer pressure.
09:30Then the socioeconomic classes.
09:32Many in the lower socioeconomic class
09:33want to get married and escape the poverty of their family.
09:38For now, they are consulting with the Department of Education
09:42to strengthen education in family planning
09:45and responsible parenthood.
09:47I've actually met with Secretary Sunny Angara.
09:51This is one of the first things we discussed.
09:53How to be able to help stop the rise in...
09:58Childhood pregnancy is also related to our HIV.
10:03Because we're getting HIV cases at 15 years old.
10:07For GMA Integrated News,
10:09Oscar Oida,
10:1124 Hours.
10:13The Chief of Staff of Vice President Sara Duterte
10:18wrote to the Commission on Audit
10:21to tell the camera not to follow
10:24the audit reports about the confidential funds of the OVP.
10:30There was also a hearing of the two acknowledgment receipts
10:35submitted by the OVP and the DepEd
10:38about Marisol Abdurrahman.
10:43Vice President Sara Duterte is still no-show
10:46in the hearing of the House Committee on Good Government and Accountability
10:49that is investigating how she spent
10:52the Confidential and Intelligence Fund that she received.
10:54But according to her,
10:56she is just the Director of the implementation
10:59of the socio-economic projects of the Vice President
11:02and she has no knowledge about the use,
11:04disbursement and liquidation of confidential funds.
11:07I am purely handling, as I mentioned, operational concerns.
11:13There are areas, for example,
11:17that I am not aware of.
11:19There are areas, for example,
11:22that I am not privy to.
11:25One of which is the matter of confidential expenses.
11:31Although I would wish to answer really respectfully
11:34as regards the matter of the confidential expenses,
11:37it is something that I have not really been privy to
11:41from the very beginning.
11:43In the hearing, the Commission on Audit
11:45asked Lopez to not follow the order of the Camera
11:50that submitted its audit report
11:53regarding the confidential funds of the OVP.
11:55She said that Vice President Sara Duterte knows about this.
11:59That letter does not in any way seek to undermine
12:03the power of Congress.
12:05It is simply a request to the Commission of Audit
12:09given that there is still an ongoing audit investigation.
12:13That's why we requested
12:16that since the audit is not yet completed,
12:19it is not right to give such documents.
12:26But Attorney Lopez, that is not a call for you to make.
12:30Right?
12:32Precisely because you are the agency that is being investigated.
12:37You're asking another agency not to cooperate with Congress
12:41when an ongoing investigation is happening.
12:46We requested a statement regarding this matter.
12:50After the Committee doubted the acknowledgment receipts
12:53that were signed by Mayor Gris Piatos,
12:55it was noticed that two other acknowledgment receipts
12:59were submitted by the Office of the Vice President
13:01and the Department of Education
13:03as proof that the amount of money paid was received.
13:07Both were signed by a co-co-villamin but the amount is different.
13:11On the left side, with black ink, that's from the OVP.
13:16On the other side, it's from DepEd.
13:19Can you please read the name on DepEd?
13:22It's the same, Mr. Chair.
13:24It's the same, right?
13:26Yes, Mr. Chair.
13:28It's very obvious, Mr. Chair, that not only Mayor Gris Piatos,
13:30what we saw was questionable.
13:33We can also see that there are acknowledgment receipts, Mr. Chair,
13:37that have the same name,
13:39that have different dates,
13:42that have different signatures, Mr. Chair.
13:47Vice President Sara Duterte did not respond to the hearing today
13:51when she said that she was just wasting her time
13:54because she was not asked when she last came here.
13:57The Vice President said that there was no misuse of her confidential fund.
14:02The four OVP officials were not present at the hearing,
14:05which were assisted by Chief of Staff and Bids and Awards Committee Chair Lemuel Ortonio,
14:09Specialist Bursing Officer Gina Acosta,
14:12former DepEd Assistant Secretary Sanchez Cherry Fajarda,
14:15and SDO Edward Fajarda.
14:17All of them are on official travel, so they will not attend the hearing.
14:22According to the lawmakers,
14:24they are planning to avoid attending the hearing.
14:26Those who do not attend the committee hearings of the Congress
14:32can be charged by the criminal
14:37because the law stipulates that coming here is mandatory for public officials.
14:46But the committee said that they did not ask the reason for this visit
14:50because she was not under oath.
14:52They also invited the Vice President several times.
14:56For the GMA Integrated News,
14:59Marisol Abduraman,
15:01Nakatuto 24 Horas.
15:04At the hearing,
15:06the Chief of Staff of Vice President Sara Duterte
15:11wrote to the Commission on Audit
15:13not to follow the order of the Chamber
15:16to submit its audit report on the confidential funds of the OVP.
15:21The hearing was also attended by two other members of the Acknowledgement Receipt
15:27submitted by the OVP and DepEd,
15:29Marisol Abduraman.
15:33Vice President Sara Duterte is still no show
15:36at the hearing of the House Committee on Good Government and Accountability
15:39that is investigating how she spent her salary on confidential and intelligence funds.
15:45The one who went to the hearing
15:47was the Chairwoman of the Committee, Atty. Zulaika Lopez.
15:50She is the Chief of Staff of Duterte.
15:52But according to her,
15:54she is just the Executive Director of the implementation of the socio-economic projects of the Vice President
15:58and she has no knowledge about the use,
16:01disbursement and liquidation of confidential funds.
16:04I am purely handling, as I mentioned, operational concerns.
16:10There are areas, for example,
16:14that I am not privy to.
16:16One of which
16:17is the matter of
16:19confidential expenses.
16:22Although I would wish to answer
16:24really respectfully as regards the matter of the confidential expenses,
16:28it is something that
16:30I have not really been privy to from the very beginning.
16:34At the hearing,
16:36Lopez wrote to the Commission on Audit
16:38to tell them not to follow the instructions of the Camera
16:41that submitted its audit report
16:43regarding the confidential funds of the OVP.
16:45She said that
16:47Vice President Sara Duterte knows about this.
16:50That letter does not in any way
16:52seek to undermine
16:54the power of Congress.
16:56It is simply a request
16:58to the Commission of Audit
17:00given that there is still an ongoing
17:03audit investigation.
17:05That's why we requested
17:07that since the audit is not yet completed,
17:10it is not right
17:12that such documents
17:14be submitted first.
17:37We requested a statement
17:39from the Vice President.
17:41After the Commission questioned
17:43the acknowledgement receipts
17:45signed by a Mayor Gris Piatos,
17:47it was noticed that the two other
17:49acknowledgment receipts
17:51were submitted by the Office of the Vice President
17:53and the Department of Education
17:55as proof that the money paid was received or was in cash.
17:58Both were signed by a Coco Villamin
18:00but the cash was different.
18:02On the left side
18:04with black ink,
18:06that's from the OVP.
18:07On the other side
18:09is from DepEd.
18:38Vice President Sara Duterte
18:40did not respond to the hearing today
18:42when she previously said
18:44that she was just wasting her time
18:46because she was not asked
18:48when she last came here.
18:50The Vice President previously said
18:52that there was no misuse of her confidential fund.
18:54The four OVP officials
18:56who were questioned were
18:58Assistant Chief of Staff and Bids and Awards Committee
19:00Chair Lemuel Ortonio,
19:02Specialist Bursary Officer Gina Acosta,
19:04former DepEd Assistant Secretary
19:05Larry Poharda,
19:07and SDO Edward Poharda.
19:09All of them are on official travel
19:11so they were not able to attend the hearing.
19:13The judges said
19:15that these people intended to avoid
19:17the hearing of the committee.
19:19Those who did not attend
19:21the committee hearings of the Congress
19:23may be charged
19:25as criminals
19:27because the law
19:29stipulates
19:31that coming here
19:33is mandatory
19:35for public officials.
19:37But the committee said
19:39that they did not question the visit
19:41because she was not under oath.
19:43They also invited the Vice President
19:45several times.
19:47For GMA Integrated News,
19:49Marisol Abdurrahman,
19:51for 24 Hours.
19:54Cash.
19:56It's worth millions of pesos.
19:58That's what was found
20:00when the vaults were opened
20:02that were obtained
20:03by the BPO company
20:05Central One Bataan
20:07in Bagak, Bataan.
20:09Sarima Refran was there.
20:13According to the court's order,
20:1512 money vaults were opened
20:17in the BPO company
20:19Central One Bataan
20:21in Bagak, Bataan.
20:23The first one was tried by the court
20:25but they were not able to open it.
20:27So they used hydraulic cutters
20:29and other equipment
20:31to open the vaults.
20:33That's what was found
20:35in one vault.
20:37There are other currencies
20:39and documents were obtained.
20:41The BPO did not give a statement
20:43but they helped the authorities
20:45and witnessed the opening of the vaults.
20:47Two vaults were opened
20:49by the BPO company
20:51that contained more than 30 million pesos.
20:53The vaults were witnessed
20:55by CIDG, AMLOC,
20:57Kinatawan ng Barangay
20:59and Central One Bataan.
21:01As an Anti-Money Laundering Council
21:03the vaults contained 12 million pesos.
21:05The CIDG's inventory
21:07of the vaults
21:09in Central One Bataan
21:11continues.
21:13Aside from the money being counted,
21:15documents were obtained
21:17to be examined by the authorities.
21:19It was witnessed by
21:21Kinatawan ng Paok, CIDG,
21:23AMLOC,
21:25and Central One Bataan.
21:27This is the money.
21:29These are operations.
21:31It's a big company
21:33with 1,600 employees.
21:35So this money
21:37is used for operations.
21:39Again, we are here to cooperate
21:41with the authorities.
21:43For GMA Integrated News,
21:45Sally Marafra,
21:47for 24 Hours.
21:49It's a big idea for the residents
21:51of Catanduanes
21:53on how to wake up
21:55to the taste of the super typhoon Pepito
21:57when Christmas is just around the corner.
21:59Many have lost their homes
22:01and are appealing for help.
22:03Let's hear what the residents
22:05of Catanduanes have to say.
22:07Joseph.
22:10Vicky, we are here
22:12in the town of Pandan.
22:14This is one of the towns
22:16in the northern part
22:18of the province of Catanduanes.
22:20There is no electricity yet.
22:22Our fellow citizens
22:24are still waiting for help.
22:28In the town of San Andres
22:30near Virac,
22:31a super typhoon
22:33is approaching the province.
22:35The houses in my barangay
22:37are covered in sand
22:39so that it won't fly.
22:42In the northern part of Catanduanes,
22:44we saw a few landslides.
22:46Near Caramuran,
22:48a lot of electricity poles fell.
22:50The gym made of steel
22:52in Barangay Daryaw
22:54is not forgiven.
22:56The barangay is asking for help
22:58to rebuild it.
22:59We are asking people
23:01to help us.
23:05In Barangay Baybay, Caramuran,
23:07residents are waiting
23:09for help to come to us.
23:11This is what was left
23:13by Pipito
23:15in Barangay Baybay.
23:17Almost nothing is left
23:19in their houses.
23:21What they need now
23:23are construction materials
23:25like iron, wood,
23:27and food.
23:29But nothing is left
23:31in their houses
23:33and they need help.
23:36In the town of Pandan,
23:38the houses that were recovered
23:40are being used for repairs.
23:42There is still no electricity in the area
23:44and they are asking for help
23:46from the government.
23:50Vicky, according to
23:52the Office of Civil Defense
23:54or OCD,
23:56the 3,000 G.I. Sheets
23:57and repair kits
23:59are needed here in Katanduan.
24:01Thank you very much, Joseph Morong.
24:28Easter leaves
24:30or hot and windy winds
24:32are also coming.
24:34Because of the cold and hot winds,
24:36a shear line is being formed.
24:38The three weather systems
24:40can bring rain to some places.
24:42According to the Metro Weather,
24:44tomorrow morning,
24:46there will be no rain in almost the entire country
24:48except in Quezon,
24:50Northern and Eastern Samar,
24:52and in Aklan.
24:54On Sunday afternoon,
24:55it is also possible
24:57in other parts of Western Visayas,
24:59some parts of the Negros Island region,
25:01as well as in the Samar and Leyte provinces.
25:03In Metro Manila,
25:05the chance of rain is low
25:07but it can still change
25:09so there will still be thunderstorms.
25:11Meanwhile,
25:13according to the forecast,
25:15no storm is expected to affect the country this Sunday.
25:17But it is possible that
25:19in the middle of next Sunday,
25:21there will be a new storm
25:23and there is a chance
25:25that it will affect the province of Visayas.
25:27There is still a chance that it will change
25:29so there will still be thunderstorms.
25:33The province of Aurora
25:35is also under the state of calamity
25:37because of the super storm Pepito.
25:40It was cut off
25:42and there were other storms.
25:44Billions of pesos
25:46were left to the infrastructure
25:48and agriculture.
25:50Bernadette Reyes was affected.
25:56The heavy rain and wind
25:58caused by the super typhoon Pepito
26:00experienced in Dipakulaw, Aurora
26:05left a huge impact
26:07on the lives and homes
26:09of the residents.
26:11Iron was scattered on the road.
26:13Posts fell
26:15while the trees were completely cut down.
26:17Some houses were destroyed.
26:20Motorists were stranded
26:22for almost three days
26:23because of the trees
26:25and landslides.
26:30In some towns
26:32that were affected by the storm,
26:34it was difficult to recover.
26:36Because of this,
26:38the state of calamity was declared
26:40throughout Aurora
26:42to help the residents
26:44in their recovery and rehabilitation
26:46throughout the province.
26:48The state of calamity was also declared
26:50in the town of Tumawini in Isabela.
26:51Some farmers in the town of San Mateo
26:53were able to harvest rice
26:55to plant their crops.
27:00The sun was also high
27:02in Lalo, Cagayan
27:04but the rain was still not stopping.
27:06The same was the case
27:08in Tuguegarao
27:10so it was difficult for some motorists
27:12to pass through the roads.
27:14In Katanduanes,
27:16where the storm Pepito first hit,
27:18it was not safe
27:19for students to attend school
27:21like Lumabaw Elementary School
27:23in Hagupit, Baguio.
27:25One of their classrooms
27:27was destroyed
27:29while they were reading
27:31to the teachers.
27:33So they called for help.
27:35Please help us rebuild our school.
27:37Please help us start again.
27:39According to the National Disaster Risk
27:41Production and Management Council,
27:43the cost of infrastructure
27:45will reach more than 1 billion pesos
27:46combined with the effects
27:48of the Nika, Ophel, and Pepito storms
27:50while the cost of agriculture
27:52will reach more than 8 million pesos.
27:56For GMA Integrated News,
27:58Bernadette Reyes,
28:00for 24 Hours.
28:02Japan will help the Philippines
28:04when it comes to disaster risk production
28:07after the continuous
28:09storms in the country.
28:11Japan International Cooperation Agency
28:13or JICA President,
28:14Dr. Tanaka Akihiko,
28:16on his courtesy call
28:18to President Bongbong Marcos earlier.
28:20Akihiko was also accompanied
28:22by the victims of the previous storms
28:24like those they are experiencing
28:26in Japan.
28:28With their help,
28:30President Marcos mentioned
28:32the issue of flood control
28:34and water management.
28:36The President also thanked Akihiko
28:38for the continuous cooperation of JICA
28:40and for becoming
28:42an important partner
28:44of the Philippine government.
28:46My fellow Filipinos,
28:48swimming is not a joke.
28:50Riding a bicycle
28:52and running miles away
28:54especially if there is a cancer
28:56that is close to the heart
28:58and spreads to the lungs and bones.
29:00But the Filipino-American
29:02nurse and triathlete
29:04managed to make it
29:06in the game of Rafi Thima.
29:08In the body of Jonathan,
29:10he was born in Honsen, Nueva Ecija.
29:12He studied in Hawaii
29:14and then moved to California.
29:18You wouldn't believe
29:20that he is already 5 years old
29:22due to cancer.
29:24Mediastinal Paraganglioma.
29:26It is already stage 4
29:28because the cancer that is close to my heart
29:31has spread to my lungs
29:35and to my bones
29:37from my head to my legs.
29:41In March 2022,
29:42when he was diagnosed with cancer,
29:44he was operated on for 15 years
29:46due to a brain tumor.
29:48Due to eating cancer in his bones,
29:50his back fractured
29:52and he had to be operated on.
29:54His cancer did not heal.
29:56There is therapy, radiation
29:58and targeted therapy
30:00with the goal of stability.
30:03What's up buddy?
30:05Better now.
30:07But due to his discipline
30:09that led him to become a triathlete
30:10he insisted on swimming.
30:12After recovering from back surgery,
30:14he joined and completed
30:16an ultramarathon.
30:18This is where he decided to join
30:20the Ironman World Championships in Hawaii
30:22that he dreamed of doing
30:24before he got sick.
30:26But due to cancer,
30:28he will have a hard time
30:30in the 3.8 km swim.
30:32Due to the blockage of the tumors,
30:34my head, my neck and my legs grew.
30:36That's why I have a hard time breathing.
30:38When I reached the shore
30:40they said just focus on your breathing
30:42and catch your breath.
30:44I heard the announcer say
30:46I had two minutes to spare.
30:48I cried because
30:50I realized that I
30:52now have the chance
30:54to get onto the bike
30:56and onto the run.
30:58I knew that I could do it.
31:00Your family is at the very end
31:02of that line.
31:04So that's what I was looking for.
31:06Thank God that's exactly what happened.
31:08They were there.
31:10So I clung on to that dream
31:12and I've never let go.
31:14As long as his body can take it,
31:16Jonathan will continue
31:18joining the races
31:20to strengthen his body
31:22and inspire others
31:24like him to fight to live.
31:26There is always something
31:28that you can do for yourself and others
31:30however difficult your life
31:32circumstances may be.
31:34It has given me
31:36this new life
31:37of giving this message
31:39of hope.
31:43For GMA Integrated News,
31:45Raffy Piman,
31:4724 Hours.
31:50The Quad Committee of the Camera
31:52has decided
31:54to quickly cancel
31:56the Peking Birth Certificates
31:58of foreigners.
32:00They have decided
32:02to cancel the Peking Birth Certificates
32:04within 30 days
32:06if there is evidence.
32:08Under the current process,
32:10it will take up to a year
32:12before it can be done.
32:14The committee also plans
32:16to punish
32:18the foreigners with Peking Birth Certificates
32:20as well as public officials
32:22and private individuals
32:24who will be proven
32:26involved in the illegal process.
32:28According to the Quadcom Chair Ace Barbers,
32:30the committee's decisions
32:32in the Quadcom
32:33will not be heard again.
32:35Vice President Sara Duterte
32:37will not be answering
32:39the House Good Government
32:41and Public Accountability
32:43questions.
32:45The investigation will focus
32:47on the doubtful
32:49acknowledgment receipts
32:51submitted by the Office
32:53of the Vice President
32:55as proof of payments
32:57from its confidential funds.
32:59In addition,
33:01she has not seen
33:03any documentation documents.
33:05The Congressmen
33:07have nothing to do with this.
33:09She has also not stopped
33:11the OVP employees
33:13from attending the hearings
33:15because this is a personal decision.
33:17As for the question
33:19of whether she will attend
33:21the next hearing,
33:23the Vice President's answer
33:25depends on the situation.
33:27It is insufficient
33:29and they did not accept it.
33:30They just need to attend
33:32the hearings.
33:34They just need to attend
33:36the hearings.
33:38They just need to attend
33:40the hearings.
33:42Will you attend
33:44the next hearing?
33:46Well, it remains to be seen
33:48on the current case.
33:50On a case-to-case basis,
33:52it depends on
33:54the invitation.
33:56The camera wants
33:58to verify
34:00the acknowledgment receipts
34:02sent by the Office of the Vice President
34:04and the Department of Education.
34:06A judge wants to verify
34:08the names of the acknowledgment receipts
34:10by the Philippine Statistics Authority
34:12to find out
34:14if there are such individuals.
34:16This is followed by a doubt
34:18about the acknowledgment receipts
34:20signed by a Mary Grace Piatos.
34:22The signatures in those receipts
34:24are also wanted
34:26to be checked by the camera
34:28at NDI and PNP.
34:30A Kokoya Villamin was also noticed
34:32at the hearing
34:34whose acknowledgment receipts
34:36were also signed
34:38by the OVP and the DepEd
34:40but in a different way.
34:42The camera also asked
34:44how the former Special Dispersing Officer
34:46or SDO of DepEd
34:48Edward Fajarda
34:50was able to disburse
34:52P37 million
34:54in just one day.
34:57On February 21, 2023
34:58or the very next day
35:00after the SDO encashed
35:02the P37.5 million in cheques
35:04it was revealed
35:06that SDO Fajarda
35:08made 7 disbursements already.
35:10He traveled to these 7 places
35:12and had these 7 ARs.
35:14This does not raise a red flag of the
35:16It does sir, although
35:18during our review
35:20somehow
35:22we just accepted
35:24If you go to the day
35:26of the first quarter
35:27of 2023
35:29SDO Fajarda supposedly made
35:3126 disbursements
35:33in the following locations
35:35Davao del Sur, Surigao del Sur, Oriental Mindoro
35:37Laguna, Zamboanga del Sur
35:39Cebu, Ifugao, Antique, Batanes
35:41Pampanga, Legaspi, Lanao del Norte
35:43Batanga, Starlack, Metro Manila
35:45Samar, Davao de Oro, Agusan del Norte
35:47Davao del Sur, Davao de Oro
35:49Laguna, Cavite, Surigao del Norte
35:51Attorney Kamora
35:53let's give him a helicopter
35:55I don't think he'll do that in one day.
35:57That's the delivery and
35:59encashment of the camera.
36:01Kamora wants to verify
36:03to various agencies
36:05the aforementioned
36:07Acknowledgement Receipts
36:09used by the Office of the Vice President
36:11of the Department of Education
36:13A judge wants to verify
36:15by the Philippine Statistics Authority
36:17the names in the Acknowledgement Receipts
36:19to find out if
36:21there are really such individuals
36:23Following the doubt
36:25in the Acknowledgement Receipts
36:27Kamora wants to verify
36:29the signatures in those receipts
36:31to the NDI and PNP
36:33Aside from a Mary Grace Piatos
36:35we also noticed
36:37a Kokoya Villamin
36:39who has the same signatures
36:41in the Acknowledgement Receipts
36:43used by the OVP and DepEd
36:45but in a different way
36:47We also asked Kamora
36:49how the former Special Disbursing Officer
36:51or SDO of DepEd
36:53Edward Fajarda
36:54used Php 37 million
36:56in a single day
37:02On February 21, 2023
37:04or the very next day
37:06after the SDO encashed
37:08the Php 37.5 million in cheques
37:10the Acknowledgement Receipts
37:12showed that SDO Fajarda
37:14made 7 disbursements already
37:16He traveled to these 7 places
37:18and have these 7 ARs
37:20This does not raise a red flag
37:22It does sir
37:25We just accepted
37:27If you go to the day
37:29of the first quarter
37:31that had the most disbursements
37:33which is March 15, 2023
37:35SDO Fajarda supposedly made
37:3726 disbursements
37:39in the following locations
37:41Davao del Sur, Surigao del Sur, Oriental Mindoro
37:43Laguna, Zamboanga del Sur
37:45Cebu, Ifugao, Antique, Batanes
37:47Pampanga, Legazpi, Lanao del Norte
37:49Batanga, Starlack, Metro Manila
37:51Samar, Davao de Oro, Agusan del Norte
37:52Davao del Sur, Davao de Oro, Laguna
37:54Cavite, Surigao del Norte
37:56Atty. Camora, let's give him a helicopter
37:58I don't think he'll do that in one day
38:00There is the physical impossibility
38:02of the delivery and encashment
38:04of the cheques
38:06Indonesia has also confirmed
38:08that it will send back to the Philippines
38:10the death row convict
38:12Mary Jane Veloso
38:14according to Indonesian Chief Minister
38:16for Law and Human Rights
38:18Yusril Iza Mahendra
38:20Under this, a new police force
38:22will undergo the transfer of prisoners
38:24The Philippines has accepted
38:26the conditions they have laid out for this
38:28First of all, the acceptance
38:30and approval of the decision
38:32of their court
38:34But because there is no death penalty
38:36in the Philippines
38:38it is time to transfer Veloso to the Philippines
38:40It is in the power of President Marcos
38:42to forgive Veloso
38:44It is possible that Veloso
38:46can just be given a life sentence
38:48Indonesia will also approve
38:50the decision of Marcos
38:52to implement the law of the Philippines
39:00The joy was found
39:02in the middle of the fight
39:04of some Tagatakloba
39:06who remained in the evacuation center
39:08because of the typhoon
39:10Their way to get rid of the typhoon
39:12is through Oscar Orda
39:15It's the most elegant night
39:17in the Philippines
39:19Going down in their gowns
39:20Here are the candidates
39:24This is Miss Evacuees 2024
39:27The candidates of the University of the Philippines
39:30in Tacloban
39:32They are in their dormitory
39:34and were evacuated from the University Library
39:36because of the typhoon Pepito
39:38To get rid of the heat and worries
39:40Rain, rain, glom away the drama
39:43Showcasing kumhaut kutur
39:46and curtain drape drips
39:47That's why they lost their anxiety
39:50Because the scene is really
39:52un-sai-a-te
39:55For the GMA Integrated News
39:57Oscar Orda
39:59It's on 24 hours
40:03Heads up hotter heads
40:05The famous British actor
40:07who played the role of Weasley Twins
40:09in the Harry Potter films
40:11is in the country
40:13He is also in the Philippines
40:14for the Harry Potter films
40:17Enjoy their first time in the Philippines
40:19James and Oliver Phelps
40:21who traveled around
40:23and tasted Filipino delicacies
40:25like Adobo
40:27Both are grateful for the warm welcome
40:29especially from the Potterheads
40:31James and Oliver met
40:33the naughty and pranksters
40:35in Hogwarts
40:37Fred and George Weasley
40:39They are siblings in the series
40:41Harry Potter's best friend Ron Weasley
40:43While in the Philippines
40:45James and Oliver
40:47led the lighting
40:49of the giant Christmas tree
40:51inspired by Hogwarts
40:52Four
40:54Three
40:56Two
40:58One
41:00But we're able to
41:02have a little bit of downtime this morning
41:04We try and go where the locals go
41:06and eat what the locals eat
41:08It's been nice trying some of the local foods so far
41:10My Kapuso
41:12There's an addition to the list
41:14that you can get
41:16near Christmas
41:18Christmas is ready
41:20You can get it in Pasig
41:22where a giant statue
41:24was lit up
41:26At a height of 60 meters
41:28it's full of colors
41:30and it's one of the highest
41:32public art installations
41:34in the world
41:36It's called
41:38Nada Victor
41:40The lighting
41:42was even more special
41:44with the Christmas songs
41:46sung by a group of young people
41:52And that's the news for this Wednesday
41:54My Kapuso
41:5635 days of Christmas
41:58I'm Mel Tiangco
42:00I'm Vicky Morales
42:02for a bigger mission
42:04For a wider service to the country
42:06I'm Emil Sumangyo
42:08From GMA Integrated News
42:10the news authority of the Philippines
42:12We learned
42:1424 hours
42:22a day
42:24from GMA