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00:00We will be together, Saksi!
00:15Two days of heavy traffic in some parts of Endex,
00:18after a truck hit the road in Marilao, Bulacan.
00:22The driver is now in the hands of the police.
00:24And from Marilao, Bulacan, Saksila!
00:27This is Jamie Santos.
00:30Jamie?
00:34Traffic is still heavy in the northbound lane of the North Luzon Expressway
00:40because of what happened to the Marilao Interchange Bridge.
00:45But it is said that 24x7 will solve this problem.
00:53Even though there is a zipper lane and only one lane is used,
00:57traffic is still heavy in the northbound lane of the North Luzon Expressway or Endex.
01:02Other motorists went to the shoulder or emergency bay to speed up the journey.
01:07Some cars that were damaged in the shoulder lane were also added to the traffic.
01:12According to Endex, the part of the Marilao Interchange Bridge was damaged
01:16when the cargo tanker of the 18-wheeler trailer truck
01:20hit the bridge's gearder or its horizontal metal support.
01:24Because of this, the northbound lane was closed or not allowed for motorists to pass through.
01:29Endex contractors are continuously compiling
01:33to fix the Marilao Interchange Bridge and reduce traffic.
01:38According to Endex,
01:55All lanes are now open.
01:57The average vertical clearance of the interchange bridge like Marilao is 4.5 meters.
02:03The only allowed clearance is 4.27 meters.
02:08The truck that passed through with the load cylinder is 4.9 meters.
02:14Only 4.27 meters is the vertical clearance or allowed clearance for that portion.
02:21But the truck is more than 4.27 meters.
02:25So, it went beyond the limit.
02:27Because of the impact, the driver's wife who was with him even threw herself out of the truck.
02:33Her situation is now safe.
02:35The driver is now held by the Marilao Police.
02:38When I was eating, I just asked them to refresh my bill.
02:41I'm already full.
02:42When I arrived here in Marilao,
02:45I just asked them to refresh my bill.
02:47I'm already full.
02:50And that's it.
02:52It went beyond the limit.
02:53Did you know that you were overtaken by a 4.2 meter truck?
02:56I didn't know.
02:57It was measured.
02:58There are people who are watching the toll plaza
03:00to measure the height and weight of the trucks that pass through Endex.
03:03If it's not passed, they will divert the road.
03:06But the truck that passed through the bridge is broken.
03:10We actually have a truck that weighs 4.9 meters.
03:13This particular truck passed through a different lane.
03:16Our teams were not able to see it.
03:18It was insured.
03:20This is not the first time that a truck has passed through the Marilao Interchange Bridge.
03:25Endex is said to be more vigilant especially in the overnight.
03:29The trucks that pass through Endex are exposed to over-height and over-loading.
03:35Endex is now coordinating with DPWH and LGU regarding the broken bridge.
03:42Their call to the truckers is...
03:44Before those bridges are adjusted,
03:47we are asking our truckers to comply with the maximum height that is required or allowed inside.
03:56The drivers and the owners of the trucks should be aware.
04:06As a reminder to the drivers,
04:08they can travel for a longer period of time.
04:12They can also follow the rerouting schemes.
04:15They can also pass through other exits like Kawayan and Bukawe.
04:19They can also pass through MacArthur Highway
04:22so that the heavy traffic on the North Luzon Expressway will not be affected.
04:26And live from Marilao, Bulacan, for JMA Integrated News,
04:30I am Jamie Santos, your witness.
04:36Before the witness,
04:37a man was killed and a man was injured in a shooting at Tandang Sora Avenue in Quezon City.
04:43According to the first investigation,
04:45the suspect was fighting on the road.
04:49According to a witness,
04:50a white van and a red pickup truck crossed the road.
04:54The driver of the van got out of the vehicle and the driver of the pickup truck was shot.
05:01The investigation continues.
05:04A married senior citizen and his son were killed in a fire in Tondo, Manila.
05:09Two people were injured in a fire in Quezon City.
05:12The witness is Joseph Moro.
05:19A residential area in Tondo, Manila was engulfed by heavy smoke following the fire in Niclab
05:24last Sunday afternoon.
05:26It was difficult for the firemen to escape.
05:2918 families and more than 50 individuals were evacuated.
05:3360 individuals were affected by the fire that hit six houses.
05:37The victim was a married senior citizen, aged 70 and 78,
05:42and their 45-year-old son.
05:45Four people were injured, including a fire volunteer who was injured in a fire in Paleta.
05:53The woman was running away from the fire in Quezon City
05:56when her house was on fire in Bagong Pagasa, Barangay.
06:00According to her, she ran away from her house for a barangay meeting.
06:03When I got home, my house was on fire.
06:05It's gone.
06:06It's gone.
06:07Because of the fire, almost no one was left in the houses that were hit by the light materials.
06:12The fire reached the first alarm and lasted for almost an hour.
06:17We heard a bang.
06:19When we went outside, our house was already on fire.
06:23Two people were injured in the fire.
06:25This is an electrical village.
06:26Our origin is in the second floor of the light materials.
06:30The BFP also found out the exact number of houses that were hit,
06:34as well as the number of affected residents.
06:37One house in Lingayen, Pangasina, was also hit by the fire.
06:41We couldn't do anything because the fire was too strong.
06:45We couldn't do anything.
06:47The house that was hit by the light materials was quickly put out by the fire,
06:50as well as the adjacent establishment.
06:53When we arrived at the fire station, the house was already on fire.
06:58In the first investigation of the firefighters,
07:00an electric fan clip was found in a room where the fire started.
07:05According to the BFP of Pangasinan,
07:07we should always be alert to precautionary measures.
07:11We should check the electrical connections of our residents.
07:15We should also avoid using extension wires.
07:19Based on the data of the GMA Integrated News Research,
07:21more than 700 incidents of fire were recorded in NCR this year
07:25from January to March 20.
07:28For GMA Integrated News, Joseph Morong is your witness.
07:33Many places in Eastern Samar were flooded by the flood
07:36due to the lack of rain.
07:38In Barangay Beto, in the town of Ta,
07:40the area around the houses was flooded.
07:44A family was trapped in the flood,
07:46and was taken to Barangay San Luis.
07:4814 barangays were affected in the town.
07:51More than 1,000 individuals were affected by the flood
07:55in the nearby Batay-sa-Tala of OCD Region 8.
07:58It is expected that it will rain in Visayas
08:01and Easterlies in other places in the country.
08:05According to the rainfall forecast in Metro Weather,
08:07there is a high chance of rain in Cagayan Valley, Cordillera,
08:10Southern Luzon, Bicol Region, Visayas, and Mindanao.
08:14It is also possible for it to rain in Metro Manila.
08:17The flood continues to affect Luzon,
08:20but it is the last flood that is happening now.
08:34Vice President Sara Duterte was granted
08:36a warrantless arrest
08:38by former President Rodrigo Duterte on March 11.
08:42She said that when the Senate heard
08:44that she was being called by Presidential Sister,
08:46Senator Aimee Marcos.
08:48Yet, the officials who were present at the hearing
08:51were not surprised.
08:52The arrest was in accordance with the law.
08:55Witness, Ian Crew.
09:00This was patently an illegal arrest.
09:03Vice President Sara Duterte was convicted
09:06for being online during the hearing
09:08of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.
09:10There is no jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court
09:13in the Philippines
09:14because the withdrawal of the Philippines
09:16from the ICC was already effective in 2019.
09:18And because there is no warrant from the court in the Philippines,
09:21the warrantless arrest of her father,
09:23former President Rodrigo Duterte,
09:25happened on March 11 in Villamor Air Base.
09:28Article 59 of the Rome Statute was not followed
09:32that the father should be brought to a competent court
09:35after being arrested.
09:36But the gate of the Justice Department
09:40The IHL is the domestic law that we followed
09:47in recognizing the warrantless arrest issued
09:53against Rodrigo Roa Duterte.
09:55Which domestic law and process?
09:58Republic Act 9851, Your Honor.
10:00As mentioned previously.
10:02Yes, as mentioned previously.
10:04And within the provisions,
10:06allows us two options,
10:10either extradition or surrender.
10:13We chose the executive mode, which is surrender.
10:16The chairperson of the committee
10:18and the brother of the President,
10:20Senator Aimee Marcos,
10:21showed a video about the arrest.
10:24We convicted Rodrigo Roa Duterte for being online
10:28as if he doesn't have his own country.
10:30As if we can't judge our own house anymore.
10:36The Senator also showed the statements of President Bongbong Marcos
10:40who said that the Philippines does not help the ICC.
10:44Why is the SOJ now saying that we are nevertheless,
10:48somehow, in some miraculous way,
10:51under the rubric of the International Humanitarian Law,
10:57still under its jurisdiction?
10:59Your Honor, it is not the Philippines that is under the jurisdiction.
11:04It is the individuals who are charged by the ICC,
11:07which is under the jurisdiction.
11:08There is a distinction.
11:10Our views evolved during times, at times,
11:14and I don't know if it still has the same view up to today
11:18because we are talking about a clip which was done one and a half years ago.
11:23Our minds can change, ma'am.
11:26It also came out in the hearing that it was not a red notice
11:29but a defusion request
11:31sent by Interpol to the Philippines
11:33and accepted by the Philippine Center on Transnational Crime.
11:37It included the request to arrest Duterte.
11:40The request was sent after a prior consultation with the government of the Philippines
11:45that agreed to comply with the International Warrant of Arrest.
11:48It is based on the Warrant of Arrest from the ICC.
11:51The defusion in Article 97 of the Rules on Processing of Data
11:57is a standardized request.
12:00Correct.
12:01To arrest, detain, or restrict movement of accused.
12:04Correct.
12:06But it has not been verified, it has not been investigated,
12:11and it has not been placed as an official.
12:14There is no task force, there is no compliance review.
12:17But that does not mean that it has no value.
12:21National Security Advisor Eduardo Año also denied
12:24that he was part of the core group that planned the arrest.
12:27My role was limited to the mandate of my office
12:31to assess that the situation does not escalate into a national security concern.
12:37The implementation of the ICC warrant is beyond my mandate
12:41and I had no part in it.
12:43The Department of National Defense and the Armed Forces of the Philippines
12:47has no law enforcement mandate.
12:50Our sole mandate is to give support to the Philippine National Police
12:54when it is asked for.
12:57There was no planning, ma'am.
12:59What effort did the group make if there was no planning?
13:03I think that they were intruding into protective privilege already, ma'am.
13:10The Chief Police Major General Nicolás Torre III also questioned
13:14the implementation of the arrest warrant of the ICC.
13:19Senator Chingo Estrada said
13:21he did not go back to his experience when his father, former President Joseph Estrada, imprisoned him.
13:27The police said,
13:28you will be in trouble if you do not join us.
13:31It was like the police did a flashback of what we did that day.
13:36And what you said,
13:37I will pull that. I will pull that.
13:39I made good of it, sir.
13:41I said, sir, I will pull that.
13:42And I went back to A.S. Medial Day.
13:44Handcuff him.
13:45Estrada also asked why
13:47he was not allowed to see his father in Villamor Air Base.
13:51F.R.R.D. said,
13:53let my son in.
13:56He is a lawyer.
13:58When we were in prison,
14:00the immediate members of the family can visit us 24 hours a day.
14:06I have told the President that they can visit him at his detention facility
14:11because at this time, the order of the day is to load him into a plane.
14:16So that's what we endeavored to do.
14:19And that's what happened, sir.
14:21Among the Vice President,
14:23politics was the motive for the arrest of his father.
14:26They did that just to demolish political opponents.
14:35This is all about politics.
14:38The administration is using government resources, the ICC,
14:42to demolish the opposition.
14:44Senator Bong Go said that he knows the former President very well.
14:49Even though we respect this hearing,
14:52I am also saying what I have suffered.
14:55It's like it's too late.
14:58I don't have a problem with hearings, even if it's every day.
15:02But the question is, will you be able to bring Father Digong back?
15:06Malacanang did not comply with the law on the arrest and turnover of the former President in the ICC.
15:13He did not comply with Republic Act 9851,
15:16the Philippine Act on Crimes Against International Humanitarian Law,
15:20Genocide and Other Crimes Against Humanity.
15:23It is stated there that we can submit,
15:28let's repeat this,
15:30in Section 17, it is stated that to extradite or to surrender to the International Court.
15:40Even Justice Carpio clarified this,
15:45that we can surrender anyone to the International Court.
15:54Malacanang also answered Senator Marcos' request
15:58that the government should question the submission of a Filipino to extradition.
16:03Since when did the Philippines become a province of the Hague?
16:06We didn't want to become a province of anything
16:10because we are an independent country.
16:13We didn't want to become a province of Fujian, China.
16:19We never thought that we would become a province of any country.
16:23We are just enforcing the law.
16:26The video that was released in the Senate hearing.
16:29The video that has sound effects to make it really dramatic.
16:34The video was not cut or spliced.
16:38It also showed how the police were harassed while arresting them.
16:48It is not that the presidential sister's statements are bad,
16:52but it should be balanced.
16:55Our officials can't speak
16:59and the stories of Senator Aynis are overshadowed.
17:06I just hope that it will be balanced.
17:08For GMA Integrated News, I am Ian Cruz. Your success.
17:14The Department of Justice confirmed that the Court of Appeal of Timor-Leste
17:18rejected the extradition request against the former Negros Oriental representative Arnie Tenes.
17:23The DOJ was surprised by this,
17:25especially when the court rejected the extradition request twice,
17:29in June and December of 2024.
17:32The DOJ is asking for clarification from the court.
17:35The government is just studying all the legal remedies that can be done.
17:39Tevez is facing a murder case for the murder of the former Negros Oriental Governor Ruel Tegamo
17:45and many others in 2023.
17:48Tevez previously denied that he was responsible for the murder of Tegamo.
17:52Tevez's lawyer called the court's decision in Timor-Leste
17:56that it was a violation of the rule of law.
18:00A man was arrested after he was hit by a screwdriver in Zamboaga City.
18:05And in Bulacan, he was robbed by a motorcycle.
18:07The 15-year-old man was hit by a motorcycle while riding in tandem.
18:12Witness, Bea Pinlac.
18:14This is Bea Pinlac.
18:22This man's scream was heard loudly on Tuesday night in Barangay Caipian in San Jose del Monte, Bulacan.
18:29The man was bleeding after he was hit by a motorcycle while riding in tandem.
18:34Before that, the CCTV caught the 15-year-old man who was riding a motorcycle.
18:40He was followed by two men who were also riding a motorcycle.
18:44Later, he was stopped by these men.
18:47The man's helmet fell off and he was hit by a shotgun before he was hit by his motorcycle.
18:53The victim was hit by a shotgun.
18:55It hit the side of his head and he was firstly hit by his motorcycle.
19:00The two suspects ran away while riding a motorcycle.
19:05This is where the victim ran to ask for help.
19:08According to his mother, she ordered the victim to cash in his e-wallet in the store.
19:15After 10 minutes, he shouted at the gate,
19:20Mommy, mommy, help. I ran and I was held up.
19:22The motorcycle, mommy, I got the motorcycle, this and that.
19:25I told him not to talk anymore. It's okay, it's just a motorcycle. As long as you're alive.
19:29In the victim's testimony to the police,
19:31he noticed that the suspects were making noise when he was still in the store.
19:36After he cashed in his e-wallet, he went to the basketball court to watch the game.
19:42He thought that the next person he saw was also going to the court to watch the game.
19:47The victim recovered from the hospital after he was hit in the side of his head.
19:52The justice called his family.
19:55I don't feel sorry for the child. My child is so thin.
19:58He didn't fight. He was given the motorcycle. Why did you have to hit him?
20:03The PNP continues to point out the suspects who may be facing car-napping and frustrated homicide charges.
20:13It seems that two men were patrolling the side of the road in Zamboanga City.
20:18The man in black with a baton was chased by another man with a baton.
20:25They ran until the man in black fell on the road.
20:29This is where he was caught and hit in the head by the man who was chasing him.
20:34According to the PNP, the suspect used a screwdriver to hit him, but they still don't know the reason.
20:41When he confronted the two men, he was suddenly stabbed by a screwdriver.
20:49He didn't know that he was stabbed by a screwdriver.
20:52But before that, the suspect had another victim.
20:56According to the police, a man stabbed him when he tried to steal his cell phone.
21:02The victim recovered from the wound in his head.
21:06The suspect is now in jail and may face frustrated homicide charges.
21:10He hasn't given a statement yet.
21:13GMA Integrated News is still trying to get the statements of the victims.
21:18For GMA Integrated News, I am Bea Pinlac, your witness.
21:25Vice President Sara Duterte decided to apply for legal aid to the ICC
21:29for her case against former President Rodrigo Duterte.
21:33The former president will be jailed in the ICC's pre-trial chamber
21:38according to her lead counsel.
21:40And from The Hague, Netherlands, please welcome Marie Zuman.
21:45Marie?
21:46Please?
22:16The former President Rodrigo Duterte takes his sugar four times a day.
22:21He is fine with his other vital signs, but he is still suffering from kidney disease.
22:26The former president said that he is watching television.
22:31Vice President Sara said that her mother, Elizabeth Zimmerman, will come here to visit the former president.
22:42My mother is coming.
22:46When will she come?
22:47When will she come?
22:49But they already got the Schengen Visas.
22:52It's already complete.
22:53My mother already has a Schengen Visa.
22:58And then, I think she decided last night that she will come here.
23:05Whether or not she can enter, she will come.
23:08Atty. Nicholas Kaufman said that the interim release is possible in due time.
23:16I asked if they will ask for free assistance or service from the OPCD
23:21or Office of Public Counsel for the Defense.
23:24Here is what Atty. Kaufman said.
23:30There's no need for the OPCD. I think that's the unit you're referring to.
23:34That's right.
23:36They're a very important unit at this court, but they provide logistic assistance, administrative assistance,
23:40but they don't provide substantive assistance to any team at the court, whether it be legally aided or privately funded.
23:50It's pointless for me to harbor feelings about what happened.
23:58President Duterte will never return to the Philippines.
24:06Vice President Sara Duterte asked about this at her virtual conference
24:11about how she feels about National Security Advisor Eduardo Año,
24:15who was part of the cabinet of former President Rodrigo Duterte.
24:18She said that he was part of the core group that planned to arrest the former president,
24:23which Año denied.
24:25So what we should do as a country is move on from what happened.
24:33What will we do as our ways forward as a country and as a people from what happened?
24:44Despite this, they continue to find ways to get Año back to the Philippines.
24:51Yesterday, the former president's lead counsel, Atty. Nicholas Kaufman,
24:55said that one of their plans in Pre-Trial Chamber 1 is to arrest Duterte.
25:01Everybody saw what happened to him when he returned to the Philippines,
25:06was put onto a plane and thrown over here.
25:10So you will be filing for interim release?
25:14I'm not going to divulge defense strategy.
25:16Indirect co-perpetrator is Duterte in the warrant of arrest issued by the ICC
25:21in the murder case as a crime against humanity.
25:24She said that Duterte is fed up with the nature of the case
25:28that she brought back yesterday to the ICC Detention Center.
25:32Aside from this, Kaufman does not want to give more details
25:35on how to defend Duterte in the confirmation of charges hearing on September 23.
25:40Kaufman still does not want to say who will be a part of the legal team,
25:44but she is still consulting Filipino lawyers.
25:47I'm already taking advice from Filipino lawyers. I have to in a case like this.
25:51There is an essential element of any case of the International Criminal Court
25:55that there is a need for foreign lawyers.
25:58So there will definitely be involvement of Filipino lawyers. I need them.
26:02According to Vice President Duterte,
26:04there is another foreign lawyer he will talk to and interview
26:07to add to the legal team of the former president.
26:10They are also thinking of applying for legal aid in the ICC.
26:14How much is the cost of our family in the case of President Rodrigo Duterte in the ICC?
26:22As of now, we have not talked to a lawyer,
26:27but I already asked him if he can apply for legal aid there in the ICC.
26:39We have been talking about this for a long time.
26:42We had a meeting yesterday. We were not able to take up the topic of the budget.
26:48But he knows, because I already told him that there is a high possibility
26:57that we will apply for legal aid and this is not a privately funded case.
27:04He said that he brings the former president almost every day
27:06and that he was transferred to a regular detention facility
27:09and that he is no longer in the hospital part of the facility.
27:11He said that his blood sugar was checked once a day.
27:14So far, when I was there, his blood sugar was not a problem.
27:22He was controlled by their medications.
27:25He still has access to nurses and doctors 24 hours.
27:30In spite of being a nuisance,
27:32he was assured by the vice-president that he will not lose his job,
27:35even if he is in the Netherlands.
27:37Aside from being a vice-president, he has a duty to a Filipino father.
27:46Pia, just a while ago,
27:48Attorney Niklas Kaufman was here in the detention facility
27:52and according to him, the former president's position in his detention cell is good.
28:00Later tonight, another foreign lawyer will arrive here in The Hague
28:07and he will be interviewed by the vice-president
28:10to be part of the defense team of the former president as a co-counsel.
28:15And that is the latest news from here in The Hague, Netherlands.
28:19For GMA Integrated News, I am Maris Umali, your witness.
28:24President Bombo Marcos did not ask for the position of Solicitor General Minardo Guevara.
28:30That is what Palacio found out after Guevara's statement
28:33that the decision is up to the president if he will remain in his position.
28:37Palace Press Officer Undersecretary Claire Castro said
28:40that the trust of President Guevara is not lost
28:43even if he is a good lawyer of government officials
28:47regarding the petitions for the writ of habeas corpus
28:50for the children of former President Rodrigo Duterte.
28:53For now, DOJ is serving as the government's lawyer
28:56in facing the so-called petitions.
28:59Even after 45 days in the hospital,
29:02the members of PhilHealth will still receive benefits.
29:06That is after PhilHealth removes the 45-day benefit limit.
29:10Witness, Darlene Cai.
29:13Helen's 8-year-old son will be sent back to the hospital.
29:16James has stage 3 eye cancer.
29:19If not for surgery, chemotherapy, or lab tests,
29:22complications caused by a weak immune system
29:25is the reason why he is being admitted to the hospital.
29:27PhilHealth's benefits would be of great help.
29:30However, they quickly remove the 45-day benefit limit for a year.
29:35This means that the patient will not be able to receive the benefits
29:39from PhilHealth if the 45-day benefit limit is removed within a year.
29:48We will do anything to reduce the hospital fees.
29:56Sometimes, it's really hard.
29:59Sometimes, you'll just cry because of it.
30:04Not anymore.
30:06In the PhilHealth Circular 2025-0007 released today,
30:11the 45-day benefit limit is now being removed.
30:14With the lifting of the 45 days,
30:16all cases and any illness can be used for more than the 45 days.
30:21In the new circular,
30:23all cases or surgical procedures with a case rate or special package
30:27are now included in PhilHealth.
30:30No matter how long you're confined,
30:32even if it's repeatedly,
30:33and if you're confined for more than 45 days,
30:35there will be no problem because we will pay for it.
30:38Your benefits will no longer be exhausted.
30:41Previously, there was a limitation in obtaining benefits
30:43because of the saving or cost containment strategy
30:46of the former Medicare program under Republic Act 6111.
30:50But now, PhilHealth's mandate has been extended
30:53under the Universal Health Care Act.
30:56It will be a big help for Sam, who is only 11 years old,
30:59who has a brain tumor.
31:01If the two operations continue to remove his tumor,
31:04he will surely stay in the hospital for a long time.
31:07It's a big help if they can extend the help
31:10for our cancer patients who are fighting.
31:13Because that's what we're really hoping for at this moment.
31:16We've paid for it before.
31:18We're giving a monthly fund.
31:22It's just a small amount.
31:24If they can extend it now, it will be a big help for us.
31:28In order for the program to be implemented properly,
31:31PhilHealth is encouraging hospitals to blame
31:34the case of patients who will spend 45 days in the hospital.
31:38It's effective after 15 days, this circular.
31:42Anyone who will be affected may be punished
31:44or be punished under the Universal Health Care Act.
31:47For GMA Integrated News,
31:49I'm Darlene Cai, your witness.
31:52A new member of the Department of Information and Communication Technology,
31:56or DICT, is Henry Ruel Aguda.
32:00He served as the Digital Infrastructure Lead
32:03of the Private Sector Advisory Council,
32:06led by President Bongbong Marcos,
32:08to help his administration in building new synergies
32:13in the private and public sectors.
32:16Aguda will replace Ivan John Uy,
32:18who passed away this month.
32:30Fifty-three days before the election of 2025,
32:33Filipinos will vote on the different rights
32:36of the candidates for senator in their campaign.
32:40Our witnesses.
32:41Our witnesses.
32:45Kiko Panganinan is one of them
32:47in the celebration of Women's Month in the Misamis Oriental.
32:50Ariel Quirobin helped fight corruption in Laguna.
32:54The help of the LGU and the National Government
32:57was given by Senator Francis Tolentino in Venezuela.
33:00Congresswoman Camille Dillard
33:02gave support to the rights of women in Manila.
33:05The rights of Filipino workers were helped by Jerome Adonis.
33:09Wilson Amada also helped speed up transactions
33:12in government agencies.
33:14Representative Franz Castro
33:16highlighted the importance of natural resources in the country.
33:19Luke Espiritu established a platform
33:21centered on social and economic justice.
33:24In Camarines Zoo,
33:25Nars Aling Andamo called for a moment
33:27in the salary of health workers.
33:29With her is Mimi Doringo,
33:31who wanted to pass a law to help the poor.
33:34The rights of Muslims and indigenous people
33:36were given by Amira Lidasan.
33:39Liza Masa supports the existence of an independent foreign policy.
33:43Benjur Abalo promised support to fishermen in Quezon.
33:48The unification of women in the country
33:51was called for by Ma'am Aquino in Bacolod.
33:53Free maintenance medicine to senior citizens
33:56was given by Abby Binay in Batangas.
33:59In the Misamis Occidental,
34:00there was a dialogue between women's leaders
34:02and local officials with Senator Pia Cayetano.
34:04Atty. Angelo de Alba
34:06called for advocacy for children with special needs.
34:09We continue to follow the campaign
34:11of running Senators in the election of 2025.
34:15For GMA Integrated News,
34:17I am JP Soriano,
34:19your witness.
34:23Pope Francis no longer needs
34:25mechanical ventilation every night.
34:27According to the press office of Holy See,
34:30his need for high-flow oxygen therapy in the morning has also been reduced.
34:35As for his doctors,
34:36the infections in his lungs are now under control,
34:39but it is not yet gone.
34:40Pope Francis continues to have no illness
34:43and his clinical analysis is normal.
34:51Hashtag Grateful.
34:53Tom Rodriguez happily shared on social media
34:57the picture of his son Corbin.
35:00Just this November,
35:01Tom admitted that he is now a father.
35:03Tom also said that he has Corbin
35:06or he drew inspiration from Corbin.
35:16Finland is still leading
35:17in the happiest country in the world
35:20according to the World Happiness Report.
35:22But how many Philippines?
35:24Our witness.
35:54Here in Lape,
35:55Quarta,
35:56or Datong,
35:57even Euro and Dollars.
35:59Drop some money,
36:01Ika, in the song.
36:02We listen and we don't judge
36:04because as a netizen said,
36:06you can do a lot as long as you have money.
36:09And another said,
36:11using money,
36:12his son's future will be secure.
36:15For many,
36:16aside from money,
36:17family makes them happy.
36:20For others,
36:22being with loved ones,
36:24peace of mind,
36:25good health,
36:27and faith.
36:29Aside from that,
36:30making a netizen happy
36:32is what a job as an ed teacher does.
36:35But how many Philippines
36:37in being happy
36:39compared to other countries?
36:41Based on the World Happiness Report 2025,
36:4557 are the Philippines in the survey.
36:49Finland is the first in eight years.
36:52The report uses the level of income,
36:56health,
36:57freedom to live,
36:59good heart,
37:00no corruption,
37:02and social support
37:04for each other
37:06to discuss the national happiness of a country.
37:09One of the bases of the survey
37:11where the residents of different countries were asked,
37:15from 1 to 10,
37:17what grade would you give to the quality of life?
37:217.74 is the average score of Finns
37:25in the past three years.
37:27They have lots of resources,
37:29GDP,
37:30and especially,
37:31they share it very equally.
37:33They exhibit healthy lifestyles,
37:37healthy behaviors,
37:38resulting in healthy life expectancy,
37:41and a healthcare system
37:43which is mostly universal and free.
37:45And then, importantly,
37:47social support.
37:48So they trust each other,
37:50both others in the community around them,
37:53but also the institutions.
37:54Caring and sharing is the theme of the survey this year.
37:58It also looked at the effect of
38:00sharing the happiness of a person.
38:03It's a good thing to put a spotlight
38:05on places like Costa Rica and Mexico.
38:07They do not necessarily have the high income,
38:10GDP per capita,
38:11and the redistribution through the welfare state.
38:14What they do have,
38:15and this is also something we focus in on this year,
38:17is they have a very strong family,
38:20set of family ties,
38:22so their immediate community is very strong.
38:25For GMA Integrated News,
38:27I am Mark Salazar,
38:30your witness.
38:33Kapuso,
38:34Malacanang declared a regular holiday
38:36on April 1,
38:37the day of Matis,
38:38in accordance with Proclamation No. 839,
38:41which is a celebration of the ideal fitir
38:44of our Muslim countrymen.
38:46Thank you for your witnessing.
38:48I am Pia Arcangel,
38:49for a bigger mission
38:51and a broader service to the country.
38:54From GMA Integrated News,
38:56the news authority of Filipinos,
38:58until tomorrow,
39:00we will be together.
39:02Saksi!
39:08Kapuso,
39:09be the first to witness.
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