Saksi is GMA Network's late-night newscast hosted by Arnold Clavio and Pia Arcangel. It airs Mondays to Fridays at 10:20 PM (PHL Time) on GMA-7. For more videos from Saksi, visit http://www.gmanews.tv/saksi.
#GMAIntegratedNews #KapusoStream
Breaking news and stories from the Philippines and abroad:
GMA Integrated News Portal: http://www.gmanews.tv
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/gmanews
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@gmanews
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/gmanews
Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/gmanews
GMA Network Kapuso programs on GMA Pinoy TV: https://gmapinoytv.com/subscribe
#GMAIntegratedNews #KapusoStream
Breaking news and stories from the Philippines and abroad:
GMA Integrated News Portal: http://www.gmanews.tv
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/gmanews
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@gmanews
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/gmanews
Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/gmanews
GMA Network Kapuso programs on GMA Pinoy TV: https://gmapinoytv.com/subscribe
Category
🗞
NewsTranscript
00:00Two tropical cyclones that could reach the typhoon or super typhoon category
00:05are the first to enter the country this November, according to the forecast.
00:09And this October, the next to arrive are the typhoons Christine and Leon.
00:14In Occidental Mindoro, a ship and its crew are still looking for them
00:18that sailed from Palawan.
00:20From Occidental Mindoro, Saksila, this is Mav Gonzalez.
00:24Mav?
00:26Pia, for now, it's still unclear what really happened to MV Santa Monica.
00:32The search operations of the authorities are still ongoing,
00:34especially since there are several sightings of debris here in Occidental Mindoro.
00:42The cargo vessel of MV Santa Monica A1, which has been missing for 10 days,
00:46was ridden by 11 crews.
00:48It left Santa Cruz Port of Taytay, Palawan on October 22,
00:52when the typhoon Christine hit.
00:54It carried more than 100 crews,
00:56and their cowboy or guard, Alberto Esparragoza.
01:00The last time we talked to him was here in Casian.
01:04He told us that they were about to leave.
01:07That was on the 22nd.
01:09That's why the families of the missing crews
01:12have been calling on social media.
01:14They contacted us on October 22 at 9 p.m.
01:19And around 1 p.m.,
01:21that was the last contact of one of the crews who was riding there,
01:26to his wife.
01:28That was the last text of my brother,
01:30that he was about to leave.
01:32The ship did not make contact on the morning of October 24,
01:35so they reported it to the PCG.
01:38And this October 27,
01:40a bloated hull was seen in the bay of Paluan, Occidental Mindoro,
01:45where the ship's crew was left behind.
01:47The fishermen passed two wrecked boats
01:50on October 28 in the bay of Paluan.
01:53I saw that it was bloated.
01:58The color was white.
02:01It was big.
02:03And it was wearing a top.
02:06It was wearing a dark blue top.
02:10And underneath, I don't know if I'm mistaken,
02:13it was sky blue.
02:15Around 11 to 15 nautical miles out there in the bay,
02:18the fishermen saw two wrecked boats.
02:21But the problem was,
02:23these were the only boats they were using,
02:25the single-use boats.
02:28So they couldn't take advantage of the boats.
02:30What they did was,
02:31they quickly returned to Dalampasigan to report.
02:35But when the Philippine Coast Guard authorities went to the boats in the bay,
02:39they couldn't find them
02:41in the area where the fishermen first went.
02:44Ervin also saw a lot of wrecked boats.
02:48I saw around 20 to 30 pieces of wrecked boats.
02:53It was very smelly because it was leaking.
02:58PCG is also verifying the information on the boats.
03:01In the seaborne patrol of PCG Occidental Mindoro earlier,
03:05they recovered some crates,
03:07but they will still check if it came from the ship.
03:09Some fishermen in Mamburau also recovered crates of LPG tank,
03:14life rings, and life jackets that contained MV Santa Monica.
03:18The PCG also carried out an aerial search
03:20in the area of Palawan and Mindoro,
03:22but they still couldn't find the ship.
03:24We just want to see them,
03:27even if they're alive,
03:29so we can tell them what happened to them.
03:34This fuel tanker in Batangas Port has been stranded for a week.
03:37It crashed because of the strong waves brought by Hurricane Christine.
03:41According to PCG, the oil spill was stopped
03:45and an oil spill boom was immediately placed around it.
03:48Let's wait for their plan, sir.
03:50If they extract the contents inside,
03:54the fuel, then after that,
03:56or we will attack them,
03:59then we will patch it up,
04:00depending on the approach of SALPOR.
04:03According to PCG in Batangas,
04:05in a week, salvage operations will be possible
04:09where the ship's oil spill will be stopped.
04:14The effects of the next hurricanes Christine and Leon
04:16are still felt in various parts of the country.
04:19Many cemeteries in Luzon are still flooded.
04:22In the Roman Catholic Cemetery in Dagupan City,
04:24a boat is still being sold.
04:28Because of the flood,
04:29some people who visited the public cemetery in Hagonoy, Bulacan
04:32were also affected.
04:35In Minalabak, Camarinesur,
04:36several people were flooded in a cemetery.
04:42Pia, let's go back to Ma'am Boraw.
04:43Earlier, the surge operations of PCG were stopped
04:46because of the strong waves in Laot.
04:48But tomorrow morning, it will continue.
04:50And live from Occidental, Mindoro,
04:52for GMA Integrated News,
04:53I am Maeve Gonzalez, your witness.
05:02.