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00:00A huge Christmas tree was set on fire inside a mall in Antipolo.
00:06Half of the Christmas tree was already covered in smoke.
00:12According to the uploader, the fire happened last night.
00:17In the lower part of the Christmas tree, the fire started.
00:21In the official statement of the mall,
00:23it said that the fire was isolated and that it happened in a small part of the mall.
00:28In addition, the fire was extinguished quickly.
00:31The emergency response team and the members of the Bureau of Fire Protection
00:36immediately carried out a safety check.
00:39The other part of the mall was not affected by the fire.
00:46Forensic examinations of the underwater drone discovered in Maspate continue.
00:51But it's too early to say in China, according to the National Security Council.
00:57Chino Gaston has the story.
01:02The National Security Council has yet to say which country has the underwater drone discovered in Maspate.
01:09The yellow drone, which is almost 3 meters long and has markings of HY119,
01:14was found floating in the sea by fishermen a few kilometers from the town of San Pascual.
01:21The National Security Council is in charge of its possible implication in national security.
01:27The underwater drone was placed under the Forensic Investigation of the Philippine Navy
01:32to find out who made it and what it can do.
01:36It's hard to speculate as to the possible motives of this drone.
01:43If it comes from this certain country and what it's doing is illegal,
01:50then we can say and make a conclusion.
01:53Let's just give our authorities enough time.
01:56In the first PNP investigation, it's possible that China used the drone based on its markings.
02:02Although the forensic examination continues,
02:05the Philippine Navy has a basis in saying that the drone was not used by the military.
02:10The color is somewhat yellow.
02:12Usually, it's orange, bright red, yellow, yellow green.
02:17This is designed to be seen in the air.
02:19So this is most likely for scientific research or for fishery.
02:23Is it possible to see our seabed, the formation of our ocean?
02:30Yes, it's possible.
02:32I'm just saying this based on what we saw in the first images and pictures.
02:37But we have to also factor in the size of its batteries, especially if it's remotely operated.
02:43This scenario is not new.
02:46If there's an exercise, if our treaty ally is using similar equipment,
02:51there are reports of it being cut off or losing control.
02:55Then after a few months, we can see that it's already on the shoreline.
02:58If only the pictures are the basis,
03:00Professor Jay Batong-Bakal believes that this is a glider,
03:04an autonomous underwater vehicle used to get data from the sea and transmit it back to an operator.
03:13The Chinese Embassy has yet to give a statement on the PNP's first investigation
03:17that it's possible that an underwater drone was obtained from China.
03:21For GMA Integrated News, Chino Gaston reporting for 24 Hours.
03:27The case against the suspect of the death in the Philippines
03:31where the victim was found dead and buried in Kuwait.
03:34His recruitment agency is likely to be suspended while investigating.
03:39For GMA Integrated News, I'm JP Soriano.
03:45The case against the suspect of the death in Kuwait is now being discussed.
03:50The OFW who was found dead in the victim's grave and was suspected of hiding for two months
03:58is being targeted by the Labour Attaché and the Philippine Embassy in Kuwait.
04:02We are hoping that the criminal case will be solved
04:07and that the prime suspect will be convicted so that we can use justice for our fellow countrymen.
04:13In October 2024, the last employer of the victim was suspected of leaving his workplace.
04:21Now, the DMW is investigating if Daphne, who was followed by the recruitment agency in the Philippines,
04:29is the mechanism to report the transfer of the employer and to verify if the transfer is safe.
04:36We will suspend the recruitment agency while we are conducting the investigation.
04:42If the findings are wrong or suspicious, it's better to suspend it first before sending the visa.
04:51GMA Integrated News is still trying to get hold of the recruitment agency.
04:57If it is proven that the recruitment agency is missing,
05:00it can be removed from the list of agencies that can send employees to Kuwait.
05:06There was also another pre-departure briefing for all those going to Kuwait.
05:11Aside from this, there is also a separate briefing required for all OFWs.
05:17So that we can know them, we can contact them, we know their contact info, and we are currently monitoring them.
05:25In the past few years, several Filipinos have been killed in Kuwait,
05:30including Jolie Biranara, who was found as a burnt corpse in the desert.
05:36Also, Joanna Dimafelis, whose body was killed and frozen in the freezer.
05:42And Constancia Lagodayag and Ginalin Villavende, who were killed by their employers in Kuwait.
05:51Those were sent back to the deployment van for new hires in Kuwait.
05:55Although the total van has been returned,
05:58only the first-time OFWs are not allowed in Kuwait.
06:03For GMA Integrated News, J.P. Soriano.
06:07Tune in for 24 Hours.
06:10One councilor and five others will be arrested
06:14due to the allocation of positions to the government.
06:17An exchange of 8 million pesos for each position.
06:21The candidate said that he needs money for the campaign.
06:26John Consulta was arrested.
06:31After being arrested,
06:33the operatives of the NBI Cybercrime Division and Special Task Force entered this VIP room in a hotel in Manila.
06:40We are NBI, Ma'am.
06:42Ma'am.
06:43It's in your bag.
06:45It's in your bag.
06:47Show me your money.
06:50Six people were arrested,
06:52including those in the mode of appointment for sale.
06:55The former Maguindanao Governor, Ismael Mangudatatu, approached the NBI
06:59to report the allocation of positions to the parliament of BARMM
07:04in exchange for 15 million pesos.
07:07He's the one who will be off today.
07:10We will go to Malacanang and bring the money.
07:14Today?
07:15Yes, today.
07:16He's good because he said,
07:18you know, he said,
07:20when we have VIP rooms,
07:23you will talk to each other.
07:258 million pesos for each position.
07:27But because there are two, his son and nephew,
07:30there is a discount.
07:32Only 15 million pesos.
07:34He said that
07:36the one who will facilitate the appointment of his son and nephew
07:42is the first lady.
07:45You know?
07:46When we check with the palace,
07:51nothing.
07:52We don't know them there.
07:53We have a certification that they are not connected in any way to the palace.
07:58According to the NBI,
08:00there are records of some of the suspects
08:04and possibly there are other people they are talking to to be victims.
08:08The agents also took possession of the mobile gadgets of the individuals
08:15and this will be subjected to forensic examination.
08:18Forensics will be a big help
08:21because we will know the history of their communication,
08:26who they are talking to,
08:27what their transaction is,
08:28and who are involved.
08:30One of the suspects will run for concierge in Paranaque City
08:34and he admitted that he will use the money for his campaign.
08:38I was able to contact a friend in Davao
08:42and then my friend connected me to a lady,
08:48the supposed incoming chief minister.
08:51She offered us 6 slots
08:53because she is filling it.
08:55There is a commission.
08:57We are just human beings
08:59and I'm running for a position.
09:02I need some money.
09:05I need it to sustain something
09:08in my running.
09:12Those who are offering positions,
09:15don't believe them right away
09:17especially when they are asking for money for the position.
09:21Suspects have already been inquested
09:23for complaints of usurpation of authority
09:26For JMA Integrated News, John Consulta.
09:3024 Hours.
09:33A man was hit on the head with a pipe and a stone
09:37by his acquaintance.
09:39Happy New Year!
09:41According to the victim,
09:42he was on the side of the road
09:44when he greeted his neighbor in Sual Pangasinan.
09:47But instead of greeting him back,
09:49the suspect suddenly jumped from the pipe and the stone
09:53and hit the victim on the head.
09:56The suspect still managed to escape.
09:59According to the police,
10:01both the victim and the suspect were drunk
10:03when the incident happened.
10:05The cause of the incident is not clear
10:07but the suspect knows the place
10:10where he likes to look for trouble when he is drunk.
10:13He was already arrested but refused to give a statement.
10:18Together with more than 4 million pesos worth of marijuana and kush
10:22in a house in Caloocan City,
10:24the two suspects were arrested
10:26for smuggling illegal drugs to paroquians
10:29through a delivery service.
10:32Raffy Tima was arrested.
10:37After a few days of surveillance,
10:39the Caloocan Police completed a bypass operation
10:42where they discovered the millions of pesos worth of marijuana bricks
10:46and kush or high-grade marijuana.
10:48The 27-year-old and 21-year-old were arrested for the operation.
10:52One of them rented a house.
10:54The wife of one of the suspects
10:56and their four-month-old children were also in the house.
11:05Together with a total of 34.1 kilos of marijuana bricks
11:09worth more than 4 million pesos,
11:12there was also 50 grams of kush worth 75,000 pesos.
11:26According to the Caloocan Police,
11:27the suspects made a cover
11:29for their small business courier service
11:31for the delivery of illegal drugs.
11:43Their boss was asked to deliver the drugs to a certain person.
11:48Their operation took a lot of time
11:50because it took 60 to 100 kilos of marijuana bricks
11:53to be dropped here and repacked
11:55before being delivered to those who have orders.
11:57Based on his revelation,
11:58the marijuana order was delivered to Mindanao.
12:02The Caloocan PNP told the riders of the courier service
12:05to make sure that their work is legitimate.
12:08If illegal drugs are delivered to them,
12:10they should immediately report it to the police.
12:29For GMA Integrated News,
12:31Raffy Tima reporting for 24 Hours.
12:41Game Changer!
12:42When it comes to drug detection,
12:44UP Manila has developed a new technique.
12:47All compounds consumed within a month
12:50can be detected using hair.
12:53Come on, let's change the game!
13:01Within two years,
13:03almost 50 billion pesos worth of illegal drugs
13:06have been started by authorities in the country.
13:12For users,
13:13it's hard to detect because of the so-called designer drugs
13:17that are not easy to trace and classify.
13:25That's why the Drugs of Abuse Research Laboratory
13:28was established in UP Manila.
13:30Funded by the Commission on Higher Education,
13:33the State-of-the-Art Technology Laboratory
13:36was established to track
13:38ever-evolving drugs of abuse and psychoactives.
13:41There are some additions.
13:43They sometimes call it designer drugs,
13:46new psychoactive substances.
13:49It's not as good as usual equipment.
13:52While the gold standard equipment is really good
13:55in doing still detection,
13:57we need better machines, newer equipment,
14:01so that we are able to detect.
14:04The latest in their arsenal
14:06is a 30-million-peso machine
14:08that can detect all the substances in a person's body
14:12using only hair.
14:14Its name is Liquid Chromatography Quadruple Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry.
14:20There are certain compounds that have a tendency to be left in the hair.
14:25So when it's left in the hair,
14:27it's almost forever.
14:29Now, when we get hair,
14:31we don't just pluck it,
14:33we cut it.
14:35What's attached to the scalp
14:37is what the information will get.
14:39The growth is one centimeter per month.
14:42What if you get bald?
14:44Where there's hair, you can get it.
14:47Compared to the 11 compounds that could be detected back then,
14:511,300 compounds can be detected at the same time
14:56in this process.
14:58Now, we're going to get the hair sample
15:02from our beautiful model.
15:07It will go through a cleaning process.
15:11It will be pulled out
15:13and put in an extraction.
15:16This is what it will look like.
15:18It's in liquid form.
15:19We're ready to put it in the main machine
15:21for data analysis.
15:23This is the last process of the machine.
15:25This is what will detect and identify the compounds.
15:29It's not just for illegal substances,
15:32but it's correct.
15:33Even the pharmaceuticals that you take
15:36can be seen.
15:38The data from here
15:40can also be used in emergency care,
15:42rehabilitation,
15:43and even forensics.
15:48There you have it, Kapuso.
15:50A great advancement in drug detection
15:52that will help not only in fast detection,
15:55but also in treating it.
15:57For GMA Integrated News,
15:59I'm Martin Avier,
16:00changing the game!
16:03This weekend,
16:04the complete list of candidates
16:07will be released
16:09before printing the balotas on Monday.
16:13The disqualified candidates will not be included in the balotas
16:17until the court has no TRO.
16:19This was brought to you by Sandra Aguinaldo.
16:25Comelec Chairman, George Erwin Garcia,
16:28helped the officials and employees of Comelec
16:30as part of the preparation for the election.
16:33Especially starting on Monday,
16:35they will print the balotas.
16:37According to our timelines,
16:38everything should be followed exactly.
16:41This is also a wake-up call.
16:43Our election will start in a few days or a few months.
16:48Therefore,
16:49extra and double efforts are needed
16:52to give everything.
16:53So even on the weekend,
16:54tomorrow,
16:55Comelec Commissioners will have a special en banc
16:58to resolve the remaining disqualification cases.
17:02This weekend,
17:03the complete list of candidates
17:05for the national and local elections will be released.
17:08The candidates who were disqualified
17:11in the Supreme Court
17:13will not be included in the balotas.
17:15Comelec said,
17:17they need to get a temporary restraining order from the court.
17:22They also wrote to the Supreme Court
17:24to inform that they will print the balotas on Monday.
17:28Until we get a temporary restraining order
17:32from the Supreme Court,
17:34we will have to proceed with the printing of the balotas.
17:37Our time is very limited.
17:39We only have 77 days to print the balotas.
17:41Before January 6,
17:43Comelec will release the so-called balot face
17:46or the appearance of the balotas we will use.
17:48It has two rulers
17:49and is said to be 24 inches long.
17:52Now, it is complete.
17:53Even the list of our candidates
17:56has been finalized.
17:57Although,
17:58there are still some
18:00where we have a decision
18:02to remove the names of some candidates
18:06because they are disqualified
18:08or their candidacies are cancelled.
18:10Garcia also promised
18:12that there will be registration
18:14for local absentee voting
18:15which will be expanded by Comelec.
18:18Absentee voters are the people
18:20who are on duty every election
18:22so they are allowed to vote earlier
18:25like soldiers, police, and media.
18:28We want to expand.
18:29It means that there are more employees
18:32of the government who should be able to avail
18:35of local absentee voting,
18:37especially in the health sector.
18:39For GMA Integrated News,
18:41Sandra Aguinaldo, for Tutok, 24 hours.
18:46Good evening, Kapuso!
18:48Let's quickly check-in
18:50to be updated on Sherby's happenings.
18:53Jisoo of Blackpink is officially 30 years old today.
18:57Last December,
18:58Jisoo posted her very cutesy pics
19:01in theme for the holidays.
19:02Blackpink is also getting ready
19:04for their comeback and world tour this year.
19:09Attention K-Drama fans!
19:11This 2025,
19:12we will be watching different K-Dramas
19:15in GMA Heart of Asia.
19:17One of them is the hit 2024 K-Drama,
19:20Lovely Runner.
19:24Although her character is not angel-like
19:26in Asawa ng Asawa Ko,
19:28Luzelle Lopez's photoshoot is different.
19:31She shared it on Instagram
19:33as she sizzles in her angelic costume.
19:36Kapuso,
19:37there's no storm or bad weather
19:39that we can see this weekend,
19:41but it will still rain in some places.
19:43That's because of the shear line,
19:45storms and thunderstorms.
19:47The surge of north-east monsoon
19:49or strong winds is also expected
19:51in the next few days.
19:53Based on the rainfall forecast of Metro Weather,
19:55it will still rain in Northern Luzon tomorrow,
19:57as well as in Mimaropa, Vico Region,
19:59and a large part of Visayas and Mindanao.
20:02There will also be heavy rain
20:04in Visayas and Mindanao.
20:05There will also be heavy rain
20:07that could cause flooding
20:08or cause landslides
20:10in Cagayan, Isabel, and Cordillera,
20:11like what happened in Kiyangan, Ifogao last night.
20:14A large rock and a few trees
20:15just fell on the road.
20:17There's still a lot of snow
20:19until this morning,
20:20but clearing operations are still ongoing.
20:22There's also a part of the road
20:24that motorists will pass through
20:26by the end of the week.
20:27A large part of the rain
20:29in Northern Luzon will be reduced.
20:30There will still be heavy rain
20:32in Southern Luzon,
20:33Visayas, and Mindanao.
20:34In Metro Manila,
20:35based on the three-day forecast forecast,
20:37the weather will be clear
20:39except for the chance
20:41of localized thunderstorms,
20:43especially last night.
20:45Meanwhile,
20:46fishermen are advised
20:47to travel across the sea
20:49as it will be dangerous
20:51for the residents of Northern Luzon.
21:03.