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00:00Live from the GMA Network Center, 20 years have passed, 24 hours.
00:12Good evening, Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao.
00:16It's been hours since the return of Mary Jane Veloso.
00:22The OFW was helped and rescued by the BTAI in Indonesia
00:27after being caught with drugs in a suitcase that she was carrying.
00:33That was in 2010.
00:36The early hours in the Philippines have passed.
00:39Mary Jane will travel and will not wear a body armor according to the Bureau of Corrections.
00:46From Jakarta, Indonesia, this is Emil Sumangit.
00:53We went to the location where Mary Jane Veloso was transferred to Jakarta
00:58as a preparation for her return to the Philippines.
01:02We traveled for less than 30 minutes from the center of Jakarta
01:09and we arrived at the Women's Correctional Facility.
01:13It is still part of Indonesia.
01:16Mary Jane Veloso was transferred here.
01:20We were instructed by the head of the facility to get a video.
01:24Just stay here, don't go through the back door.
01:27Behind me, you will see, that is the reception area of the prison.
01:32The lawyers of Mary Jane Veloso are present,
01:36along with several other members of the NGO based here in Indonesia
01:40who are helping Mary Jane since she was arrested and imprisoned
01:45more than 10 years ago.
01:49This is where we met Wen, an Indonesian member of the NGO
01:53who helped Mary Jane since she was imprisoned more than 10 years ago.
01:57She gave me a picture of Mary Jane's nails and this artwork,
02:03which is also her nail.
02:04It has the face of Mary Jane and in the middle,
02:06the poem of her work, which contains her experience
02:11when she was imprisoned in a foreign country.
02:15It is very happy for me, myself, and for our organization
02:19because it's 10 years already with her.
02:22It's really, really touching me.
02:27Because every year, I visit her in Yogyakarta.
02:32From the Women's Detention Facility,
02:34Mary Jane will be transported to the airport around 8 o'clock here in Jakarta.
02:39At the airport, there will be a press conference.
02:42According to the Bucor, she won't be arrested
02:44and she won't be wearing body armor.
02:47Early in the morning, around 1 o'clock in the Philippines,
02:50Mary Jane will fly back to the Philippines.
02:53She will board a commercial flight
02:55and the flight will last for more than 3 hours.
02:58Bureau of Corrections, National Bureau of Investigation
03:01and Department of Foreign Affairs
03:03have decided to take care of Mary Jane's safe return home.
03:08And when she lands in Naia, around 5 o'clock in the morning,
03:11she will be directed to the Correctional Institution for Women in Mandaluyong
03:15as part of the 5-day quarantine protocol.
03:18The instruction is not to be at the airport
03:20because as you know, our airport is busy on holidays.
03:24So we will be distracting or disrupting the operations.
03:28So we want a smooth transfer.
03:32Mary Jane will be with her family at the Correctional Institution
03:35after the quarantine protocol.
03:37If she can be transported tonight,
03:40we will have a 5-day countdown.
03:43And on Christmas Eve,
03:46she can have a family visit.
03:49That's a whole day.
03:50Mary Jane will be placed in a cell
03:52where Cassandra Leong used to be.
03:55She was released from our custody.
03:57We turned her over to the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Congress.
04:01She will be staying in a vacant room.
04:07There will be a bathroom and bedding.
04:10If she has a visitor,
04:12there will be a hallway and a space for them to talk.
04:18But even after the 5-day quarantine,
04:21Mary Jane still needs to remain in the Correctional Institution for 60 days
04:24based on the guidelines of the Bucor.
04:26It's still unclear when she will be released
04:29or if President Marcos will pardon her when she arrives in the Philippines.
04:40Atom, Mel.
04:42It's 5.37 p.m. here in Jakarta, Indonesia.
04:46The first scheduled time for the press conference
04:49is from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m.
04:52It's time here in Jakarta.
04:54But it's rescheduled to 9 p.m. to 10 p.m.
04:58It will be held here in a VIP lounge inside the airport.
05:04According to the latest information we received,
05:07Mary Jane Veloso is not here in the area
05:10and is still in the detention facility of the Indonesian government.
05:16Officials of the Department of Foreign Affairs,
05:20Bureau of Corrections,
05:21and the National Bureau of Investigation
05:23to plan the turnover of Mary Jane Veloso
05:28before bringing her to the local media
05:32and the media from the Philippines here in Paliparan.
05:35It will be held at 12 p.m.
05:38To be exact, she will board a commercial flight
05:42back to Manila.
05:45Mel Atom.
05:47Thank you very much.
05:48Live from Indonesia, I'm Emil Sumangil.
05:52The Veloso family has decided to take Mary Jane
05:55to the Philippines for a few hours.
05:59They asked for a few hours
06:01for Mary Jane to be with them
06:03before she is quarantined for five days
06:05at the Correctional Institute for Women.
06:08Joseph Moro is live.
06:11Joseph?
06:15Aside from that,
06:16Executive Clemency also asked the Veloso family
06:19for Mary Jane to be quarantined for 15 years in Indonesia.
06:29The parents of Mary Jane Veloso
06:31are not surprised that
06:32after only a few hours,
06:33their daughter from Indonesia
06:35does not want to go home.
06:37Mary Jane has been quarantined in Indonesia for almost 15 years
06:40after she was caught with 2 kilos of heroin
06:43in a bag that she was forced to carry.
06:46I can't sleep.
06:47I can't eat.
06:49Mary Jane's siblings will also fly to Manila
06:52from Nueva Ecija later tonight.
06:54They all hope to see Mary Jane
06:56as soon as she gets off the plane.
06:59The family's lawyer is appealing to the Department of Justice
07:02to see and hug Mary Jane
07:04even for a short while.
07:06I'm sure that we will hug her
07:09and especially the two children
07:11so that we won't get sick.
07:15That's our priority, the two children.
07:18Especially in the situation of Mary Jane,
07:20she hasn't been seen in the Philippines for almost 15 years.
07:25If they see her,
07:26they will tell her that it's only for a short while
07:29and that it's only once in 15 years.
07:34That's important.
07:35But according to the Bureau of Corrections,
07:37when it comes to the Philippines,
07:38Mary Jane will be quarantined for 5 days
07:42at the Correctional Institution for Women.
07:44The Veloso family hopes that they will have a chance
07:48to hug Mary Jane before she is quarantined
07:51here at the Correctional Institution for Women.
07:54If not,
07:55they might see Mary Jane after her 5-day quarantine.
07:59The Veloso family is thankful to Indonesia
08:02and the government of the Philippines.
08:04But they have one more request to the country of Mary Jane.
08:08I hope that when the 24th comes,
08:10the President will immediately issue a clemency
08:13so that she can go home.
08:15According to Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin,
08:17they still don't know what will happen.
08:20President Bongbong Marcos' priority is for Veloso
08:23to return to the country without delay.
08:26The President asked about Mary Jane
08:28at the inauguration of the One Stop OFW Action Center of the DMW.
08:32The President said,
08:43At this time,
08:44the Veloso family is still waiting for any advice
08:47from the government on what they can do
08:50to greet Mary Jane tomorrow.
08:52But until now,
08:53they have not contacted the parents or the camp of Mary Jane.
08:58Mel?
08:59Thank you very much, Joseph Moro.
09:03The authorities appointed a housekeeper
09:05to help look after her relative in Paranaque.
09:09She is in charge of the operation of the relatives
09:12who are behind the online fraud.
09:14John Consulta is in charge.
09:27This woman was in shock
09:29when the NBI agents arrived at their rescue operation
09:33in this house,
09:34in an exclusive subdivision in Paranaque.
09:41Hands up!
09:42In the third floor,
09:43this Chinese nationalist even arrived online.
09:46The house was raided by fraud
09:48and the housekeeper was arrested.
09:50But when she found out,
09:52the housekeeper said,
09:53she was already helped inside the house.
09:56When I went up there,
09:58I saw their work.
10:00When I found out,
10:01they were not allowing me to go up
10:03and they were not allowing me to go out
10:05because they thought I might tell a story outside.
10:07They were not allowing me to clean the third floor.
10:10I was scared.
10:11It started in November
10:13when she was not allowed to go out
10:15and all her activities were restricted there.
10:17Even when she was using her cell phone,
10:19she was not allowed to use it properly.
10:21But when the Chinese saw this,
10:23the housekeeper was shocked
10:24when a friend called her
10:26and asked for help from the NBI.
10:28The scripts that appeared on foreign computers
10:31showed the various online frauds
10:33that they are doing during Christmas.
10:36And there is an indication
10:38that they are victims of Filipinos.
10:40We saw written scripts
10:42which indicates social engineering schemes.
10:46We saw cryptocurrency investment scripts.
10:51We saw activity involving money mulling.
10:56We also saw romance scam scripts.
11:00They came from a big POGO organization.
11:04And because our president stopped POGO,
11:10they divided into smaller groups
11:13and they continued their frauds.
11:16Seven Chinese nationals were arrested
11:18facing numerous complaints.
11:20They were not allowed to go abroad.
11:22The NBI said
11:24that her two children in Davao
11:26will be allowed to go home.
11:28We filed at least four charges.
11:32There is AFASA,
11:33there is Kasambahay Law,
11:35there is Republic Act 1175,
11:38and there is Expanded Anti-Trafficking Inferences Act.
11:41If someone recruits you as a housekeeper,
11:45you can immediately go to the barangay
11:49where you will work.
11:51I support you to go to the barangay
11:53as a housekeeper
11:54so that you can easily help
11:56no matter what happens.
11:58For GMA Integrated News,
12:00John Consulta,
12:01Nakatutok, 24 Hours.
12:05There is no longer any POGO left in the country
12:07according to the PAG-COR.
12:09Along with the closure,
12:10the biggest POGO hub in the country
12:13was built in Kawit, Cavite.
12:15But according to the PNP,
12:17the fight is not over yet.
12:20John Veneracion, Nakatutok, 24 Hours.
12:26Full force, the high officials of the government
12:29inspected the biggest POGO hub in the country
12:32that can be found in Cavite.
12:34The dormitories and gaming areas were entered
12:38and then locked.
12:40The POGO hub was built in the area
12:42that was sold in 2017
12:44by the family of Interior Secretary John Vic Rimulia.
12:47As of last month,
12:49there is no electricity in the buildings here.
12:51It was closed.
12:53As you can see,
12:55there are no signs of habitation here
12:57and there are no signs of business.
12:59As of this morning,
13:00when we closed it,
13:02there is no hub left here in the country.
13:07The operator is now worried
13:09about what to do with the 30 hectares of land
13:12that has 57 dormitories.
13:15The closure of the POGO
13:17was followed by President Bongbong Marcos.
13:20Considering that we haven't paid our debts here,
13:25we're open to any suggestions,
13:27but now we just want to show everyone
13:30that the island is already closed.
13:32Due to the closure of the POGO hub
13:34here in Island Cove in Cavite,
13:3615,000 employees,
13:37mostly Filipinos,
13:39lost their jobs.
13:41In total, the PAG Corps said,
13:4340,000 displaced workers
13:45due to the government's shutdown of the POGO.
13:48Three children and one daughter-in-law of Annabelle are among them.
13:52She also lost her income
13:54because she stopped selling outside the POGO hub.
13:57It's been a long time.
13:58We don't have income.
13:59Since then, I've been looking for a job
14:00where I can sell.
14:01But the problem with POGO is not yet over.
14:03Law enforcement agencies have a report
14:06that a small POGO is still operating.
14:09After January 1,
14:10you will see how powerful the government is
14:13against this.
14:14We will make sure
14:15that our President's promise
14:18that there will be no more POGO
14:19will be fulfilled by January 1.
14:20For GMA Integrated News,
14:22June Vanara Show,
14:2424 hours.
14:27In Cote, Taguig,
14:28a mother was kidnapped
14:29and watched online
14:31her newborn baby.
14:33Chino Gaston was arrested.
14:38The 13-day-old baby
14:42was arrested by the operatives
14:43of the PNP Women and Children's Protection Center.
14:45According to the police,
14:48they pretended to want to adopt the baby
14:51after the suspect
14:53allocated his own child online.
14:55The child was 13 days old.
14:57It was allocated on the internet.
14:59We have undercover police.
15:01That was our way
15:04to entrap the seller.
15:07Because the child's sale was successful,
15:09the suspect is facing
15:11violation of RA 7610
15:13or the Child Abuse Law
15:15and Human Trafficking.
15:16The PNP agreed
15:17with those who wanted
15:18to have their child adopted.
15:19Actually, we are discouraging
15:21them to end up
15:23in illegal adoption
15:25because according to the DSWD,
15:28they are already in the process
15:30to adopt a child.
15:33According to the PNP Women and Children's Protection Center,
15:3622 social media sites
15:38are under illegal adoption.
15:40Some were removed by the PNP
15:42even though there are still operatives
15:44who are being watched by the police.
15:47Aside from illegal adoption,
15:48the PNP is also following
15:50groups under illegal surrogacy
15:53where Filipino minors
15:55are being brought by
15:57wealthy foreigners
15:59in exchange for money.
16:00For GMA Integrated News,
16:02Chino Gaston,
16:0424 hours.
16:07As a fulfillment
16:08of the Education Department's
16:09budget,
16:11savings can be used
16:14and funds not used
16:16since 2023.
16:18Senate President Chiza Escudero
16:20said that
16:22in the middle of some
16:24educations,
16:25the government should have
16:27the biggest fund.
16:29Some congressmen
16:31agreed to call
16:33the BICAM
16:34to discuss the issue
16:36raised by Ma'am Gonzales.
16:42Following the issue of
16:43saving in the DepEd budget,
16:45President Bongbong Marcos promised
16:47that he will find a way
16:48to save
16:50but not through
16:52Line Item Veto Power.
16:54Senate President Chiza Escudero said
16:56DepEd has a lot of savings
16:57and funds not used
16:59since 2023 and this year
17:01that can be used
17:03for more than
17:0411.5 billion pesos
17:06in the 2025 budget
17:08of the Education Department.
17:09If we look at it,
17:10from 2022 to 2024,
17:1370% of the more than
17:1551 billion for the computerization
17:17program of DepEd
17:18was not used.
17:19That's why it's understandable
17:21why the allocation of the Congress
17:23for 2025 was like that.
17:25DepEd and Secretary Angara
17:27should know this
17:29because they reported to the Congress
17:31in the middle of the budget deliberations
17:32about the dismal utilization
17:34or improper use
17:36of DepEd funds.
17:37Senator Amy Marcos
17:39has a question.
17:40In the event that there is savings,
17:41it can be added.
17:42But it's a big if.
17:45Is there really savings?
17:47In the vast amount,
17:48in the vast amount of funds
17:50that were allocated to the program,
17:53are we really sure?
17:54We are not sure
17:56while our crisis in education,
17:58there is no doubt about that.
18:01But more than returning
18:02to the budget allocated by DepEd,
18:04the provision of the Constitution
18:06should be followed
18:07which states that the sector of education
18:09has the highest priority in the budget.
18:12It came out that it's higher
18:13than the more than 900 billion budget
18:15for the entire education sector
18:17that was allocated to the Department
18:19of Public Works and Highways
18:20that reached more than 1 trillion pesos.
18:23Senator Migzubiri said
18:25that the President can call
18:27the BICAM again
18:28to fix this.
18:30But some congressmen
18:31who are members of the BICAM
18:32do not agree with this.
18:33I don't think there's any need
18:35for us to reconvene as a BICAM
18:37because we've already ratified it
18:39in both chambers,
18:40so in both the Senate
18:41and in both the House.
18:43So we're very satisfied
18:45with the versions
18:46of whatever will be the move
18:48of the Executive
18:49within this time until the signing.
18:52So let's just wait.
18:53The President can or may exercise
18:56his veto powers.
18:58For GMA Integrated News,
19:00I'm Mav Gonzales
19:01for 24 Hours.
19:07Good evening Kapuso!
19:08It's a busy December
19:09for Kapuso's prime time queen,
19:11Marian Rivera,
19:12who's busy with being
19:13a magazine cover girl
19:14and with the holidays.
19:16What are her Christmas plans
19:18with the Dante Squad?
19:20Let's find out
19:21with Nelson Canlas.
19:26Back to back cover girl this December,
19:28Kapuso's prime time queen,
19:29Marian Rivera,
19:30from fashion and lifestyle magazine,
19:33Leoficiel,
19:34where her timeless beauty
19:36was highlighted.
19:38To People Asia,
19:40where she's with
19:41the People of the Year
19:43and the Silver Screen Goddess.
19:46Like most,
19:48she's also busy
19:49with the Christmas parties.
19:51This is just going around.
19:52No.
19:53I'm going to my endorsements
19:54because the Christmas parties,
19:55this is my way to say
19:57thank you for the trust
19:58and to make our families
20:00happy with them.
20:02Actually,
20:03I'm going to my endorsements
20:04tomorrow.
20:05Dante's kids
20:06are also on Christmas vacation
20:07at school.
20:08But Marian
20:09is still giving
20:11activities to both of them.
20:13Zia is still swimming.
20:16She's still training
20:18for swimming
20:19and doing voice lessons.
20:20Sixto is more on
20:21craft and art now.
20:23So even though
20:24they don't have classes yet,
20:25you make them busy?
20:26Yes,
20:27because they also request me
20:28that,
20:29Mama, I want to try this one.
20:30So I said,
20:31let's try it.
20:32On Christmas Day,
20:33Marian and her husband,
20:35Ding Dong Dante,
20:36have a simple plan.
20:38They also have a family trip
20:40to unwind
20:41before Noche Buena.
20:43And they'll come back
20:44to celebrate
20:45the special milestone
20:47in their life as husband and wife.
20:49The four of us will go on vacation.
20:51Just here in the Philippines.
20:55It's not because
20:56we need to celebrate
20:57our wedding anniversary
20:59with our loved ones.
21:01Nelson Canlas,
21:02updated in Showbiz Happenings.