Saksi Part 1: MMDA escorts; Sunog sa Quezon City; Habagat at thunderstorms

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00:00 [music]

00:03 [speaking in Tagalog]

00:05 [speaking in Tagalog]

00:13 [speaking in Tagalog]

00:18 [speaking in Tagalog]

00:31 [speaking in Tagalog]

00:59 [speaking in Tagalog]

01:01 So therefore we have to

01:12 tap the expert

01:15 to validate

01:17 why is it that he has this kind of gadget

01:19 and for what kind of operation

01:21 is this gadget used.

01:23 [speaking in Tagalog]

01:25 [speaking in Tagalog]

01:27 How long have you been staying here in the Philippines?

01:37 Six years.

01:39 Six years already?

01:41 What are you doing here in the Philippines?

01:43 What's your job?

01:45 Pogo.

01:47 [speaking in Tagalog]

01:49 Legal documents?

01:53 Legal documents.

01:55 Legal documents.

01:57 You have legal documents, passport, visa?

01:59 Any papers?

02:01 Do you have that?

02:03 No.

02:05 I won't hire a lawyer.

02:07 [speaking in Tagalog]

02:09 Are these your equipment?

02:13 Do you own them?

02:15 Not mine.

02:19 Are you a spy?

02:21 [speaking in Tagalog]

02:23 [speaking in Tagalog]

02:25 [speaking in Tagalog]

02:27 [speaking in Tagalog]

02:33 [speaking in Tagalog]

02:45 [speaking in Tagalog]

02:53 [speaking in Tagalog]

02:55 For GMA Integrated News,

03:03 Mark Salazar,

03:05 your witness.

03:07 The two MMDA members were arrested

03:11 by Senator Francis Tolentino

03:13 last night.

03:15 The illegal use of PNP markers

03:17 on their motorcycles is a fact.

03:19 Jun Veneracion is the witness.

03:21 [music]

03:23 The two motorcycles were blocked

03:27 and parked by the PNP Highway Patrol Group

03:29 in Paranaque City last night.

03:31 The two riders were escorted

03:33 by Senate Majority Leader Francis Tolentino.

03:35 He has no violation

03:37 and he is allowed to be escorted.

03:39 The motorcycles

03:41 in his convoy are also complete

03:43 in the blinker.

03:45 But the PNP-HPG has a record on these motorcycles.

03:47 Senator Tolentino

03:49 asked

03:51 if they can leave.

03:53 I said yes, sir.

03:55 Because we only use motorcycles

03:57 because of the police markings.

03:59 He is allowed to be escorted.

04:01 The riders were brought to the HPG office

04:03 in Camp Kramie.

04:05 When the HPG checked,

04:07 the two did not go sideline

04:09 or turn on the moonlight.

04:11 They are authorized to be escorted.

04:13 Are you a MMDA?

04:15 No.

04:17 Have you been escorted

04:19 by Senator Tolentino

04:21 for a long time?

04:23 Yes.

04:25 How long?

04:27 He was the chairman.

04:31 He used to serve as

04:33 MMDA chairman to Senator Tolentino.

04:35 In an interview,

04:37 he asked for permission from the public

04:39 to investigate the use of PNP stickers

04:41 on the two motorcycles

04:43 and the source of these.

04:45 He said

04:47 MMDA owns the motorcycles

04:49 and his office has nothing to do

04:51 with the stickers or markings.

04:53 He also supported the investigation.

04:55 He said he was removing

04:57 the stickers from the MMDA.

04:59 These are the motorcycles used

05:01 by the two MMDA riders

05:03 who were caught in the operation of PNP-HPG.

05:05 You can see here

05:07 that it has a police sticker.

05:09 It also has a sticker of the Senate of the Philippines.

05:11 Because of the police markings

05:13 on their motorcycles,

05:15 two MMDA riders were

05:17 hit by the complaint of

05:19 "Use of a Serial Authority"

05:21 and "Illegal Use of a Sign."

05:23 One of them defended

05:25 that he did not put a police sticker

05:27 on the motorcycle used by the MMDA.

05:29 Sir, the motorcycle is just a MR.

05:31 I took the motorcycle

05:35 as is, the appearance of the motorcycle.

05:37 Many people have passed through

05:39 that motorcycle.

05:41 We are just working there.

05:43 We did not do anything wrong.

05:45 We are just working.

05:47 The PNP chief ordered the

05:49 campaign against the

05:51 unauthorized giving of

05:53 motorcycle escort to be

05:55 strengthened in HPG.

05:57 The special team

05:59 from PNP, MMDA

06:01 and Department of Transportation

06:03 is also studying

06:05 the problem of

06:07 illegal use of motorcycle

06:09 escort to

06:11 get rid of traffic.

06:13 You will just go to EDSA

06:15 and you will see many people

06:17 who are escorting.

06:19 We thought they are highway patrol

06:21 and they are the ones who

06:23 are stealing vehicles.

06:25 That will be the concentration

06:27 of our operation.

06:29 According to MMDA,

06:31 they are already cooperating with HPG

06:33 and will also conduct

06:35 their own investigation.

06:37 For GMA Integrated News,

06:39 I am Jun Veneracion,

06:41 your witness.

06:43 The checkpoint in Davao City

06:47 has been found worth millions of pesos

06:49 of shabu.

06:51 It was thrown away by a man

06:53 under the mandatory inspection.

06:55 Our witness.

06:57 People who are under the

07:03 explosive order of Davao City Police

07:05 were under the mandatory inspection

07:07 of this box that was left

07:09 on Davao-Bucidnon Highway.

07:11 But when the box was opened,

07:13 the contents were not bomb

07:15 like what was thought.

07:17 But it was 900 grams of shabu

07:19 worth 14.4 million pesos.

07:21 Who was the owner of the box?

07:23 On Wednesday, a bus was stopped

07:25 at the checkpoint on the highway

07:27 in the old Davao City District.

07:29 Passengers were brought down

07:31 for the mandatory inspection

07:33 and then they were taken to Cagayan.

07:35 And then the passengers who were brought

07:37 to the checkpoint

07:39 were from the Bucidnon area.

07:41 According to the police,

07:43 the man ran behind the bus

07:45 and took out the box

07:47 from his belongings.

07:49 He was scared

07:51 that the box might be bomb.

07:53 The investigation of Davao City Police

07:55 will continue.

07:57 For GMA Integrated News,

07:59 I am John Consulta,

08:01 for GMA Integrated News,

08:03 I am John Consulta,

08:05 for GMA Integrated News.

08:07 [News Report]

08:29 [News Report]

08:31 [News Report]

08:33 [News Report]

08:35 was found dead in Quezon City.

08:36 Social media is the only means to get a transaction,

08:39 and the woman was taken by a motorcycle taxi.

08:44 This is John Consuta, exclusive.

08:46 Once they had enough money to pay for the transaction,

08:54 the NBI Resol Desk Office decided to conduct its operation

08:58 at this hotel in Quezon City.

09:01 One was arrested while three were in the hospital.

09:05 The authorities immediately conducted a follow-up operation

09:08 where the suspect arrested the apartment

09:12 that was a boarding house for women who were involved in sex trafficking.

09:16 The so-called "maintainers of the group" were arrested here.

09:20 In total, 23 victims were in the hospital

09:24 for sex trafficking, six of them minors.

09:28 Four suspects were arrested.

09:30 According to the NBI,

09:32 an informant was the one who contacted them

09:34 as the most modest of the syndicate.

09:36 They were conducting a transaction with their customers

09:41 through the use of social media.

09:44 The women were being delivered to the place

09:49 through a motorcycle taxi.

09:52 Their operation was still going on

09:56 until the nightfall.

09:59 Gail's mother said that she didn't realize

10:01 that her daughter was riding a motorcycle in her work.

10:04 But she experienced pain and abuse

10:08 from some of her clients.

10:10 At first, I only knew that it was a massage.

10:12 I wanted to save money

10:14 so that I could work in a foreign country

10:16 because I'm a breadwinner in my family.

10:18 I also have a child who doesn't support her father

10:22 so I was forced to join the syndicate.

10:24 Some suspects denied the accusation.

10:27 It's not true, sir.

10:29 We are the promoters of the super clubs.

10:33 I'm their manager.

10:34 Those women are my promoters.

10:38 We have evidence that it's legal

10:41 for us to work there.

10:43 I only knew that they were being delivered

10:45 through a massage.

10:47 I didn't know that they were being talked about.

10:51 We will judge the suspects

10:54 in the Republic Act 9208

10:57 or Human Trafficking Act

10:59 in relation to RA 73610

11:02 or child abuse

11:03 because we have minor offenders.

11:07 For GMA Integrated News,

11:09 I'm your reporter, John Consulta.

11:12 Even without a storm,

11:15 the flood and landslides are still rampant

11:18 in some parts of the country.

11:20 The estuaries are being prepared

11:22 to avoid flooding this rainy season.

11:24 Witness, Ian Cruz.

11:26 The water in the Tulay River

11:32 in Gregorio del Pilar was flooded

11:34 because of the heavy rain.

11:36 89 families were affected.

11:39 The MDRMC warned the residents

11:42 not to forcefully cross the Tulay River.

11:44 That's the only way to Barangay Buso

11:48 but there are motor vehicles

11:52 and people who used to cross the river.

11:57 A family was evacuated

11:59 to a coastal barangay in Vigan, Ilocos Sur

12:02 because of the landslides

12:04 in their area that was affected by the rain.

12:07 A huge storm ate up 20 meters of land.

12:11 Strong winds and rain

12:13 also caused the city to move away

12:15 from Ilocos Norte.

12:16 A pose was hit

12:18 by a power outage.

12:20 In Badok, fish cages were damaged

12:23 so the fishermen were forced to leave.

12:26 It rained heavily in Ilocos provinces.

12:29 The rain and wind were also heavy

12:32 in San Tonino, South Cotabato yesterday.

12:35 But it wasn't because of the storm

12:37 but because of the thunderstorms.

12:39 It's possible that by next week

12:41 we'll experience more rain

12:43 especially here in the western section of the country.

12:46 Now that it's raining,

12:48 dredging is being done in various places

12:50 like Iloilo floodway

12:52 and in Villanueva Creek in Paranaque.

12:55 The possible damage is being removed

12:57 like garbage and sediment

12:59 so that the creek has more capacity

13:01 when it rains.

13:02 Plastic waste is being thrown.

13:05 Plastic is also being collected

13:07 in Estero de Vitas in Tondo, Manila.

13:10 There are also wheels, fly hoods and chairs.

13:14 It's a matter of discipline

13:16 when you see this much garbage

13:18 being collected here in Vitas Tondo pumping station.

13:22 According to their plant engineer,

13:24 they're getting 2 trucks of garbage

13:27 every day during the rainy season.

13:30 With the help of the World Bank,

13:32 the DPWH started the rehabilitation

13:34 of Vitas pumping station

13:36 to be able to dump the garbage in Estero.

13:40 As the pumping station capacity increased,

13:43 the 5 new pumps will be used

13:45 during the rainy season.

13:48 All garbage will be dumped.

13:50 When the pumps are running,

13:53 we have to continuously dump garbage

13:55 so that the garbage will not be dumped on the screen.

13:59 For GMA Integrated News,

14:01 Ian Cruz, your "Saksi".

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