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00:00Following the reopening of the session of the Senate and the issues of the POGOs in the country,
00:04we have Senator Sherwin Gatchalian.
00:08Good morning, Senator Sherwin.
00:10This is Marice. We are live on the first news.
00:13Good morning, Marice. Good morning to all of our listeners.
00:16First of all, you are one of the investigators of the illegal POGOs in the country.
00:20What can you say about the ban of these by President Bombom Marcos
00:25in the middle of the investigation?
00:28How important is this?
00:30First of all, I would like to thank our President.
00:34Finally, he banned the POGOs in our country.
00:38We have seen the crime, the corruption in the image of our country.
00:45And what we are afraid of now,
00:48these POGOs are starting to expand their reach
00:53and they are already having an influence in our political system and in our enforcement system.
01:00That is why I am thankful to our President because he is fast and very decisive.
01:06He really decided to ban this because this will really destroy our society.
01:12Senator, some officials are worried about the Filipino workers who are working in the illegal POGOs.
01:18They might lose their jobs.
01:19What can you say about this?
01:21The President has already said that they are worried about the workers who might lose their jobs.
01:28How can we ensure that they will be given jobs immediately?
01:32We will not neglect them.
01:34In fact, the cash for work of DOLE is a large fund.
01:40We will use that fund to give them temporary employment.
01:47Secondly, I just texted DTI.
01:51They will talk to our different technology industries like BPO
01:59to help them get jobs in BPO.
02:03Our countrymen who are working in POGOs now are around 20,000.
02:10Foreigners are 25,000.
02:13Foreigners who are working in POGOs are bigger.
02:17We will not neglect our 20,000 countrymen.
02:21What about the other aliens who might disappear?
02:25Will they return to their country?
02:27They will return.
02:28Their working permit will be cancelled here because they have no reason to stay in our country.
02:34Their working permit will be cancelled and they will return to their country of origin.
02:40Senator, do you have more information about suspended Bantarlak Mayor Alice Guo
02:46and her true identity?
02:48Yesterday, I talked to Senate President Escudero after the hearing.
02:53We learned that Guo Huaping's lawyer sent a letter to the Senate President
03:02explaining why she did not attend the hearing.
03:06She said that she did not intend to disrespect or disrespect the Senate.
03:16She also did not intend to neglect the process of our country.
03:21But she did not promise to attend or not attend the next hearings.
03:30She also did not say what she will do next.
03:37It's like an empty letter for me.
03:40But our investigation and coordination with our enforcement agencies will continue
03:48and we will not stop until she is caught.
03:51Senator, in the opening session of the Senate,
03:53Senate President Jesus Escudero mentioned that the Charter Change, Divorce and Death Penalty are not a priority.
03:59Are you in favor of this? What can you say about this?
04:01There are only 72 session days left in our calendar.
04:0772 session days is like less than 3 months.
04:13So, it's really too short.
04:15And we know that by October filing, by next year campaign period,
04:20we want to finish more laws that can help our country.
04:26And your priority?
04:28Our priority is the education bills.
04:31We have a lot of education bills.
04:33The strengthening of senior high schools,
04:36the arrangement of our daycares.
04:39We also have laws on improving incentives,
04:47giving incentives to those who want to move to our country.
04:51So, these are the priorities that I personally want to finish before the next session break.
04:58Thank you very much Senator Sherwin Gatchalian.
05:01Good morning to you.