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00:00We will all be together on the left!
00:13The budget of the Office of the Vice President for 2025 is recommended to be around Php 1 billion.
00:20This is according to the House Committee on Appropriations.
00:23As part of the affected fund, the OVP is asking for financial assistance
00:28that according to the committee, is equivalent to other agencies.
00:32Witness, Marisol Abdurrahman.
00:37From Php 2 billion requested by the budget of the Office of the Vice President for 2025,
00:43the recommendation of the House Committee on Appropriations is around Php 1.2 billion
00:49and down to Php 733 million.
00:53More than half was reduced from the requested fund for financial assistance,
00:58supplies, personal services for consultants, rent or lease expenses, and utility expenses.
01:04According to the House Committee on Appropriations Senior Vice Chair Rep. Stella Quimbo,
01:09the decision of the 139 members of the committee is unanimous.
01:13When it comes to regular programs,
01:15what came out of the hearing is number one,
01:17it seems like there are a lot of offices.
01:20Why?
01:23Whereas the previous vice presidents did not have those nationwide offices.
01:29Number two, why are there a lot of social programs that are being implemented?
01:35It seems redundant.
01:37Quimbo is referring to the social services of the OVP
01:41which also includes the DOH and DSWD.
01:45The Php 1.2 billion was recommended to the two governments,
01:50particularly the assistance to individuals in crisis situations or IX of the DSWD
01:56and medical assistance to indulgent and financially incapacitated patients or MP programs of the DOH.
02:02It doesn't mean that his assistance will be reduced, the assistance of the OVP.
02:07What we are saying is that we will transfer it to those agencies
02:13and the OVP can get their allocation to the DSWD and DOH
02:20just like what the Congress and the Senate are doing.
02:24On August 27, the last time the Vice President heard the camera about the OVP budget,
02:29where VP Sara refused to answer any questions about the confidential funds.
02:35We saw the timelines and we saw the script of the narrative of the attack
02:44on the office of the Vice President with regard to confidential funds.
02:48Absolutely no plan, any conspiracy, if I may use that word, to attack.
02:56If I also may use that word.
02:59We are just here to dilute the budget.
03:02The Vice President did not attend the budget deliberations on September 10,
03:06and in a letter to House Speaker Martin Romualdez,
03:08he said that the OVP will dilute their budget to the committee
03:13when asked if VP Sara's refusal to answer the decision is related.
03:17Her absence did not shed light on many issues.
03:22That's what I think is affected, the lack of information.
03:30She will be refused on the plenary. Will it change?
03:33Let's see. I mean, we are open to anything.
03:37But Kimbo clarified that there are many more budget issues.
03:41There will be debates on the scenario.
03:44The Senate will dilute it and the President needs to sign it.
03:47We are continuing to get the plan of Vice President Sara Duterte,
03:51but she already said that they are ready to work even if they don't have a budget.
03:58But they sent pictures of their ongoing operation,
04:01such as the help of firemen in Bacoor, Cavite.
04:06For GMA Integrating News, I am Marisol Abdurrahman, your witness.
04:15A truck with a wing van collided with a cement mixer truck in Leganes, Iloilo.
04:20The wing van moved from the other side of the road to the side of the two trucks.
04:26The driver of the cement mixer truck and a passenger of the wing van were killed
04:30while the driver and another passenger of the wing van were injured.
04:34The bodies of the two trucks were discussed.
04:38Some witnesses told the police that before the incident happened,
04:41the wheel of the wing van broke and the driver lost control.
04:48After returning home, a Filipino was publicly arrested in Dubai
04:53because of human trafficking and online rape.
04:56The suspect of the victim is more than 100 years old
05:00to sell their online rape pictures.
05:03Witness, Emil Sumangi.
05:16After being arrested in Dubai because of human trafficking and online sexual exploitation,
05:22Teddie Mejia returned to the country this afternoon.
05:25She is the leading expert behind the victimization of more than 100 Filipino minors
05:31from different parts of the country.
05:34This case is one of the biggest and one of the most frightening.
05:44The kid who is always on the internet, they are talking to her.
05:48Then they will offer 500 pesos to give her pictures.
05:53They will crop the pictures that the kid looks like he is naked.
05:57If that happens, they will blackmail her.
06:00There is physical abuse or rape that will happen to the kid.
06:04They will video or live stream it.
06:07And this is what they sell online.
06:10She has three channels and each channel has 30,000 subscribers.
06:17She is facing many cases like rape, online sexual exploitation of children, and human trafficking.
06:24Earlier, she was interrupted by DILG and PNP in a press conference.
06:28But her face was covered and she did not say a word.
06:33She is profiling the kids.
06:36The kids who are loners, the smart kids.
06:40Think about it, 9 years old, 10, 11.
06:43She is a mess.
06:44She is a mess in this person's head.
06:47From June 2023 to February 2024, there was a rescue.
06:53And we rescued almost 30 kids.
06:57This is a large-scale violation or syndicated because 7 of them are here.
07:03The Philippines is becoming the epicenter of online sexual exploitation.
07:10We have a weakness, we are victims.
07:13Actually, if you look at it, the Philippines is a victim.
07:16We lack the capability to really look at the dark web.
07:20We have an agreement with the UAE that they will help us build our own internet capability
07:28or application to really look into the dark web.
07:33After the press conference, the primary accused, Ms. Mejia,
07:38will leave Terminal 3 immediately.
07:42She will be taken to Campo Kramer in the National Headquarters.
07:46They are the PNP personnel assigned to escort the convoy.
07:51This is Mejia along with other PNP officials.
07:55Some of Mejia's victims received a receipt.
07:59Watch the receipt next week.
08:02For GMA Integrated News, I'm Emil Sumangin, your witness.
08:08The next radio challenge of the Chinese Navy
08:11is the visit of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, or BFAR,
08:15which operates maritime patrols in Panatagshow.
08:20Philippine Air Force, Philippine Air Force.
08:23This is the Chinese Navy warship.
08:25Leave immediately.
08:26This is the Chinese Navy warship.
08:28Leave immediately.
08:29And stay away from this area.
08:31Over.
08:32China, you are way beyond the 200 nautical miles in your country.
08:38Please review your chart.
08:41The Chinese Navy has graduated 15 times to remove the BFAR aircraft.
08:47From Himpapawin, inside and outside Panatagshow,
08:51the Chinese militia vessel, and four ships of the China Coast Guard.
08:55The BFAR aircraft was able to destroy, in response to the radio challenge,
08:59the Panatagshow in the EEZ of the Philippines.
09:03And like Panatagshow, the DFA also condemned the Escuadashow in the EEZ of the Philippines.
09:09As a National Maritime Council, the Philippines will not leave Escuadashow
09:14despite what China wants to happen.
09:17This is Joseph Moro.
09:22How many times did it happen?
09:24On August 31?
09:27And before that, the ships of China were surrounded.
09:30But the BRP of Resa Magbanwa is still in Escuadashow.
09:33For five months, it has been guarding there
09:35because of the fear of reclaiming the territory of China.
09:38Escuadashow is also mentioned in the statements of the DFA and the Chinese Foreign Ministry
09:43as one of the final steps of the bilateral consultation mechanism between the two countries.
09:49In Pulong, the Philippines condemned the Escuadashow in our Exclusive Economic Zone
09:54and discussed how to lower the tensions.
09:58China also said that it condemned their position on Escuadashow
10:02and urged the Philippines to remove its ships.
10:06According to the Chinese Army Lieutenant General,
10:08the South China Sea should remain peaceful.
10:12But if the United States or other countries push it to the front line,
10:16the People's Liberation Army will lose its patience.
10:19They will crush any attempt to enter the territorial, sovereign, and maritime rights of China.
10:26We are trying to get the United States' statement on China's statement.
10:30But in an interview with the U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines,
10:33the United States also expressed its support for the Philippines.
10:37I can certainly say that the 9-line or now 10-line that China has drawn its base is a cartoon.
10:45That's not based in law.
10:47That is not a factual representation of international maritime law.
10:53The Philippine Navy admitted that it noticed the Escuadashow
10:57which is only 100 kilometers away from Palawan.
11:01In the past few days, hundreds of Chinese ships were spotted in the West Philippine Sea.
11:06Many of them were in Escuadashow.
11:08Yet the National Maritime Council will not remove the Philippines from Escuadashow.
11:13They say that it is illegal and against international law for Chinese vessels to stay there.
11:19For GMA Integrated News, I'm Joseph Morong.
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