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00:00Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia, in those three countries that we are about to visit,
00:19Dismissed Bamban Mayor Alice Guo, who is now being investigated by the authorities on how
00:23she got out of the Philippines.
00:25Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin is now cancelling Guo's passport and his two siblings'
00:31passports, as well as the passport of the body of Pogo, who was raided in Porac, Pampanga.
00:35Sandra Aguinaldo is the witness.
00:40After being assured by the Senate that there is information that Guo left the country,
00:45Dismissed Bamban Mayor Alice Guo,
00:48Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin asked the DFA to cancel Guo's passport,
00:54his siblings, Wesley and Sheila, and the body of Pogo, who was raided in Porac, Pampanga.
01:02A warrant can be issued to cancel the passport of a fugitive under the New Philippine Passport Act.
01:09Guo is under arrest in the Senate and is facing a criminal complaint due to qualified human trafficking.
01:16But the question now is, where is Guo?
01:20His lawyer is holding his client's testimony that he is still in the Philippines.
01:26The same is the case of Attorney Elmer Galicia in the Notary Public for his counter affidavit.
01:33Did you personally witness the counter affidavit of your client on August 18?
01:39No, I didn't see it.
01:42But as a brother lawyer of Attorney Galicia,
01:46I have full confidence that he will not do something illegal or that he will put him in danger.
01:54Attorney Galicia explained earlier to the Department of Justice but refused to give his consent to the media.
02:01Prosecutors who helped him said that Galicia personally defended Guo when he notarized his counter affidavit.
02:10An anonymous person arranged for him to be notarized.
02:14On August 14, 2024, around 7 o'clock p.m., when he arrived at the office,
02:22there was a land cruiser on board of Ms. Alice Guo.
02:28Alice Guo talked to her downstairs of her office.
02:32She saw it and presented a driver's license to Alice Guo.
02:40But according to the information obtained by the Bureau of Immigration,
02:44on that day, Guo was not in the Philippines.
02:48Guo has no record of leaving the country,
02:50but the Malaysian Immigration has a record of Guo's arrival in Kuala Lumpur on July 18.
02:57He also has a record of his arrival in Singapore on July 21.
03:01And on August 18, he also has a record of his arrival in Batam, Indonesia.
03:06The most recent is August 18, which is the other day.
03:10He moved, including her group, with Sheila Leal-Guo,
03:15Wesley Leal-Guo, and Cassandra Lee Ong, to Indonesia.
03:21There are also photos of the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission of Alice Guo,
03:27the siblings Sheila and Wesley,
03:30and Cassandra Ong when they passed through the immigration area in Singapore
03:34Before arriving in Singapore,
03:36they passed through Indonesia and Malaysia based on the information they obtained.
03:42According to the reports we received from our counterparts abroad,
03:47it is clear that Alice Guo has already left the country.
03:50Definitely, they will not get an airplane from the Philippines because they will be evacuated.
03:55What can happen is that they can hire a chartered plane from outside our country,
04:00and if there is an attack here, they will be the ones to be the ones to be back-loaded.
04:04So, there is no record.
04:06According to the immigration intel, Guo has a flight to return to the Philippines.
04:10Upon verification, there was no one who boarded that aircraft to return to the Philippines.
04:16And it got us asking the question,
04:19why does she have a ticket from outside to enter the country
04:23when our record states that she is still in the country?
04:27Even though Guo used a possible backdoor or illegal route to leave the country,
04:32the immigration is still investigating if it was from their own people.
04:37The DOJ also investigated Guo's departure from the NBI and immigration.
04:42According to Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Rimulya of the BIA,
04:46if there is a person involved in Guo's escape,
04:50they will come forward and tell the truth.
04:52If it is not personal, he will claim that there is an answer.
04:56They will also find out if Guo has a field paper and his lawyers
04:59regarding his departure from the country.
05:01I asked him, he said he has an assurance from me.
05:05He said that he is here in the Philippines.
05:08Well, personally, I did not see him here.
05:11The TNP has already contacted their foreign counterparts to spy on Guo.
05:16As for the NBI,
05:17they will be careful in confirming if the dismissal of their mayor
05:21was monitored when he left the country.
05:23They are also verifying the release of documents from Malaysia,
05:28especially this fake image of him entering their country.
05:32Malaysia is a very high-tech country.
05:36There can be no images.
05:38If you look at the counter,
05:40you can see your face, your two fingerprints,
05:44two index fingers.
05:46So, we are still checking the veracity of the report.
05:49If they have a fingerprint that they entered Malaysia,
05:53entered Indonesia,
05:55give us the fingerprint and we will check if it is him.
05:58The Komelek is still investigating the possible misrepresentation case against Guo.
06:04They are still waiting for the answer to the statement that was made against him last week.
06:10The Senate hearings on Guo's departure are still ongoing.
06:13One thing to investigate is how Guo left the country.
06:18For GMA Integrated News,
06:20Sandra Aguinaldo is your witness.
06:25The 10-year-old boy in Taytay, Rizal was saved by more than 20 people.
06:30The 18-year-old suspect was arrested.
06:33EJ Gomez is the witness.
06:38The girl was in a car.
06:40She was walking.
06:42She sat behind a parked tricycle
06:45and returned to the side of the road she was sitting on.
06:48When a 10-year-old boy passed by,
06:51he suddenly stabbed her in the back.
06:55In the third stab, the victim was already lying down.
06:57The suspect stopped for a moment,
07:00looked around,
07:02and then another stab came from the boy.
07:05The suspect stood up and walked away
07:07and pointed to the people who saw the boy he was stabbing.
07:11He quickly ran away and picked up the victim, his mother.
07:15The crime took place in Barangay Dolores in Taytay, Rizal.
07:18According to the police, 22 stab wounds were inflicted on the victim.
07:22The suspect was stabbed by an unarmed victim
07:29using a bladed weapon,
07:32more or less six inches in length.
07:35There were two stab wounds on his right and left leg.
07:40His left leg was injured because he was stabbed.
07:47The boy was hospitalized.
07:49According to the father of the victim,
07:51the child was sent home from school.
07:55I was very angry.
07:56I was blank.
07:57As a parent, I was very sick.
07:59When you see what you're doing to your child,
08:03it's like you're hiding the pain in your heart.
08:08Based on the initial investigation,
08:10we can say that he's not on his own.
08:14When he was interviewed by our investigator,
08:18what he said was different and unclear.
08:22So there's something about the mindset of the suspect.
08:28The police is looking at the envious angle.
08:30Why are you crying?
08:32They left me because I don't have a child.
08:38Why did you do that to your child?
08:42What's the reason?
08:45I'm very jealous.
08:46It's not my fault that they left me.
08:51The suspect is facing a case of frustrated murder
08:54in the custodial facility of Taytay Police Station.
08:58For GMA Integrated News,
09:00EJ Gomez, your news.
09:04The Senate passed a proposed budget of more than Php 2 million
09:09for the Office of the Vice President for 2025.
09:12But before that,
09:13Vice President Sara Duterte and Senator Arisa Ontiveros
09:17discussed the issue
09:19after being asked about the children's book
09:21that was written by Vice President
09:23and will cost the government Php 10 million.
09:26Witness, Marisol Abdurrahman.
09:29Madam Chair, I don't understand the role of our resource person.
09:34I also don't understand the role of Senator Arisa Ontiveros.
09:38In the middle of the hearing of the Senate
09:41on the 2025 proposed budget of the Office of the Vice President,
09:44Vice President Sara Duterte and Senator Arisa Ontiveros
09:48answered the question of Ontiveros
09:50about the children's book written by the Vice President
09:54and will cost the government Php 10 million.
09:58Madam Chair,
10:00this is an example of politicizing the budget hearing
10:05through the questions of a Senator.
10:08The problem is that my name is written in the book
10:12and we will give that book to the children.
10:16And those children have parents who will vote.
10:20And my name is written in the book.
10:24My name is written wherever the book will be given.
10:30Madam Chair, I don't understand the role of our resource person.
10:35It is a simple question.
10:38Again, this is politicizing.
10:42The VP mentioned the word vote.
10:44I did not say vote.
10:46Usually, our resource persons
10:49give the same institutional courtesy
10:52to the Legislature that we give to the Executive.
10:56I don't appreciate this kind of attitude.
10:58I also don't understand the attitude of Senator Arisa Ontiveros.
11:02And I do not appreciate...
11:04What did she say?
11:05I do not appreciate this kind of behavior and attitude.
11:10Also, even in asking for help from VP Sara,
11:14when she was the Mayor of Davao in 2016.
11:16Madam Chair, in 2016,
11:19Senator Arisa Ontiveros ran...
11:22Senator, how many times has she lost?
11:25Two times, Madam Chair.
11:27Okay, two times.
11:28She was afraid of her third loss.
11:31That's why she went to Davao and asked for help.
11:35She was the first to attack President Rodrigo Duterte.
11:40What do you call this kind of behavior?
11:43Finance Committee Chairperson Senator Grace Pong called here.
11:46I understand there's history among all of us here.
11:50But I think that we should really stick to the budget.
11:53The Office of the Vice President is asking for a budget of 2.037 billion pesos.
11:58According to Ms. Ontiveros,
12:00most of this is allocated to socioeconomic programs
12:03such as medical, financial, and education assistance.
12:06That's why the Vice President was asked
12:08if the OVP would consider
12:10putting funds in line agencies
12:13for the projects of the OVP that other agencies also have.
12:16To be in sync with the priorities of the Executive Department
12:20instead of having a separate but similar program.
12:25According to Ms. Bice,
12:26she experienced when she was involved with other agencies
12:29that their budget is being politicized.
12:32When we have...
12:35we refer or we give endorsement to the DSWD,
12:41most of the time the answer we get is no
12:44because it came from the Office of the Vice President and that's their enemy.
12:49Sometimes it's true that the assistance is being politicized
12:55for our fellow countrymen.
12:57The OVP is asking for a budget passed by the committee.
13:00But before the hearing ends, Ms. Bice has something to say.
13:04We would like to thank all the honorable members of the Senate
13:08for doing your work here in the Senate of the Philippines.
13:13Except...
13:15Just kidding, ma'am.
13:16Have a good afternoon.
13:18She's really a VP.
13:19Consistent, Madam Chair.
13:21After the hearing, Ms. Bice was informed by the media
13:24particularly about the impishment complaint against her.
13:28They're talking about it, even if they deny it,
13:31they're talking about it by members of the House of Representatives.
13:35It's openly discussed, the impeachment.
13:40What do they want to do?
13:42They want to make the Duterte family suffer from politics.
13:47And not only politics, but also personal.
13:50Because they included my husband, right?
13:52He's a private individual, but they included him in the harassment.
13:56She's not afraid to be impeached.
13:58She really doesn't have a plan to run as Vice President
14:01if Senator Aimee and President Bongbong Marcos
14:04don't help her.
14:07They said, we won't win
14:09if you don't help us in Mindanao and Visayas.
14:16If they make me leave here, or impeach me,
14:20it's none of my business.
14:23And when asked if she blames President Marcos...
14:28Do I regret helping...
14:32Do you want to answer the question?
14:34Or do you know the answer?
14:37For GMA Integrated News, I am Marisol Abduraman, your witness.
14:58For GMA Integrated News, I am Marisol Abduraman, your witness.