24 Oras: (Part 1) Mary Jane Veloso na nasa death row sa Indonesia, makakauwi na ng Pilipinas, ayon sa Pangulo; 5 lalaki na tumangay sa lithium ion batteries sa telco box, arestado; Pagdami ng mga menor de edad na nabubuntis sa Pilipinas, ikinaaalarma ng DOH, atbp.
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00:00Live from the GMA Network Center, 20 years have passed, 24 hours.
00:11Good evening, Luzon Visayas and Mindanao.
00:15Mary Jane Veloso has been saved from the death penalty of the OFW
00:21after more than a decade in the death row of Indonesia.
00:26President Bongbong Marcos announced that Veloso will be able to return to the Philippines,
00:30something that his family is very grateful for.
00:34But the right to return to the country of Mary Jane is not at home, but still in prison.
00:40And Ivan Mayrina was able to talk.
00:46After 14 years in prison, Mary Jane Veloso will return home.
00:50The OFW is now in the death row in Indonesia.
00:53That's what President Bongbong Marcos announced earlier this morning.
00:56The President said on his Facebook account,
00:58this is the result of more than a decade of dialogue with the Indonesian government.
01:02The President also thanked the new President of Indonesia, Prabowo Subyanto.
01:06There must be a reason for the President to be this confident.
01:11If you mean there's a written agreement, there's still no answer.
01:16But they were the first to come to us to talk about this.
01:21So we're extremely confident it will happen.
01:24And certainly our President must be privy of information which would explain his confidence.
01:32Mary Jane was sentenced to death after being charged with more than 2 kilos of heroin
01:37that was found in her luggage when she arrived at Yogyakarta Airport in 2010.
01:42But Mary Jane said that her recruiters tricked her
01:45into bringing a bag that she didn't know was filled with drugs.
01:49The news that Mary Jane will be sent back to the Philippines
01:52was spread by her family in Nueva Ecija.
01:55Her children were only a few when she was last with them.
01:59This is the happiest moment in our family's life.
02:03Especially her children.
02:05For a long time now, this is what God has heard in our prayers.
02:13She's here.
02:15I hope that Mary Jane will be able to go home.
02:18I hope she won't be jailed.
02:21I ask the government that if Mary Jane will be able to go home,
02:25I hope she will be able to go home.
02:27But they say that Mary Jane will be sent back to the Philippines
02:29not from their home in Nueva Ecija,
02:31but from PITAN, which is still under the government's control.
02:34Under the Prison Transfer Agreement,
02:36physical custody will be transferred to a prison in the Philippines.
02:40But legal custody is still in Indonesia.
02:43The Correctional Institute for Women in Mandaluyong
02:46is one of the places where Mary Jane can be sent to.
02:48Even if she is jailed, Mary Jane will be saved from PITAN
02:51because Indonesia has no death penalty in the Philippines.
02:55When she arrives here, she will be serving the sentence that was meted in Indonesia.
03:00So she will just continue her sentence.
03:03And I think it's worth emphasizing also that the most important aspect of this all
03:09is the difference in our laws.
03:11There, they allowed the death penalty.
03:13Here, we all know that she was abolished.
03:16So we don't have a death sentence here.
03:18But Mary Jane's lawyers want something to happen.
03:21... is absolute clemency,
03:24which even the Coordinating Minister of Indonesia
03:27expressly stated that it's now going to be the responsibility
03:31of the Philippine authorities whether or not to grant clemency.
03:36Aside from Mary Jane, there are 56 Filipinos around the world
03:39who are facing the death penalty based on the DFA data.
03:43For GMA Integrated News, Ivan Mayrina reporting for 24 Hours.
03:49Without even 24 hours,
03:51the group that was caught and arrested
03:54for the expensive battery that can run several appliances in one house
04:00was caught by John Consulta.
04:02Exclusive!
04:06After 12 o'clock in the afternoon,
04:08the CCTV caught the arrival of this red van
04:12in a place in Santo Tomas, Batangas.
04:14Five men went down and went straight to a telco box in the area.
04:18Within 10 minutes,
04:20the group was able to steal the lithium-ion batteries that they had stolen.
04:24The group moved to another barangay
04:27and walked far away from the CCTV
04:29so that they wouldn't be able to steal.
04:32They already knew what they were going to do.
04:34When the box was locked,
04:36they used a grenade to open it
04:39so that they could get the lithium battery.
04:43In the follow-up operation of Santo Tomas, Batangas Police,
04:464 out of 5 suspects were arrested in a house in Quezon City
04:50without even 24 hours.
04:52The thieves also recovered telco lithium-ion batteries
04:56that are not ordinary batteries.
04:59One battery can run the lights of a house
05:04and an air-conditioned unit.
05:07That's how strong it is.
05:08One battery is worth Php 50,000.
05:11And they sell it for Php 15,000.
05:14It's not just a telco that stole the batteries,
05:20but there are also batteries owned by telco companies.
05:25This is the van of the suspects that they used to steal.
05:28The CCTV was able to get the batteries of a telco
05:33here in Santo Tomas, Batangas.
05:35According to Santo Tomas Police,
05:37this van was only available for sale for 3 days.
05:40And according to their investigation,
05:42the suspects used four-wheeled vehicles
05:45so that they wouldn't be able to trace their illegal activities.
05:48How many were arrested?
05:51We were just identified.
05:53We were told that a vehicle would pick up the batteries.
05:58I didn't know that's how the batteries are picked up.
06:02This is what provides Wi-Fi in a place.
06:06Imagine if there is a company there
06:09that has a business using the internet,
06:12they will lose the internet.
06:14Our operation is still ongoing.
06:16We are still investigating if there is a mastermind
06:19of these four.
06:21And of course, as I said, we are still looking for one.
06:24For GMA Integrated News,
06:26John Consulta,
06:28Nakatutok, 24 Hours.
06:31Let's go back to the case of Mary Jane Veloso.
06:34The fight to save Veloso from the death sentence
06:38was reached by three administrations.
06:41Let's go back to the repeated appeals of the Philippines to Indonesia
06:46and how the two countries came to an agreement
06:51after 14 years of JP Soriano's rule.
06:5914 years and three administrations.
07:02For that long, the Philippines fought against our countrywoman Mary Jane Veloso
07:06who was sentenced to death in Indonesia for illegal drugs.
07:11The work in Indonesia,
07:13according to Mary Jane's recruiter,
07:15when she flew to Indonesia in April 2010.
07:18But according to her knowledge,
07:20the suit she was wearing was stolen by a Filipino recruiter.
07:24She was found with more than 2 kilos of heroin
07:28at Yogyakarta Airport.
07:30Six months after that,
07:32she was found guilty in a drug trafficking case
07:35where she was sentenced to death.
07:38We were scared.
07:40When she was brought to jail,
07:42because of the recruiter, we were scared.
07:45They said they were an international syndicate.
07:48They said they would kill us one by one
07:51or our children in Indonesia.
07:56After many appeals,
07:58in April 2015,
08:00Veloso was counted among the 10 convicts
08:02who were sent to Indonesia.
08:05But this did not continue.
08:07Then President Noy Akino called
08:09the Indonesian Foreign Ministry.
08:11Following the police action
08:13of Veloso's recruiter, Kristina Serio,
08:16Akino said that Veloso would be a state witness
08:19against the syndicate that recruited her.
08:23That the Indonesian government
08:25undertake the implementation of the death sentence
08:29on our countrywoman Mary Jane Veloso.
08:34Under the administration
08:36of former President Rodrigo Duterte,
08:38the position of the Philippines
08:40is to do what is in the law of Indonesia.
08:46He said, follow your own laws.
08:48I will not interfere.
08:49Indonesia allowed Veloso to testify
08:53against Serio and his other recruiter,
08:56Julius Lakinilaw.
08:59Until this September 2022,
09:02when President Bongbong Marcos
09:04re-elected Veloso's family,
09:07and asked Widodo for an executive clemency.
09:10But Widodo's term ended
09:12when the case of Mary Jane
09:14was not resolved.
09:17Under the administration
09:19of the new Indonesian President,
09:21Prabowo Sobyanto,
09:22it seems that the wind has changed.
09:25Prabowo personally went to the Philippines
09:28to personally visit Marcos
09:31in September before his inauguration.
09:34And in his visit,
09:36as the President of October,
09:38along with the visits of President Marcos,
09:40the DFA said,
09:42Indonesia also has a new law to be implemented.
09:45Indonesia is formulating a policy
09:49of transfer of persons,
09:53of foreign persons,
09:55to their host countries.
09:57Indonesia itself has a law
10:00which will take effect in 2026
10:03about what in effect would be,
10:09if not necessarily the abolition of the death penalty,
10:14but some sort of informal,
10:18non-implementation of the death penalty.
10:21The new administration of President Prabowo
10:23wants to open a new chapter
10:25in its relations with foreign countries,
10:27including the Philippines.
10:28Under the agreement
10:30to allow Mary Jane to return to the DFA,
10:33there is no replacement
10:34that Indonesia asked for in the Philippines.
10:37The Indonesians have not requested any payback,
10:40any quid pro quo for this.
10:43May I clarify,
10:45this is not in return for anything.
10:48For GMA Integrated News,
10:50JP Soriano,
10:5224 Hours.
10:55The man wanted for carnapping
10:58who is a motorcycle thief,
11:00has no escape.
11:01His friend is one of the victims.
11:03Here is my exclusive report.
11:09Compared to what he looked like before,
11:12his weight has dropped,
11:14his face has puffed up,
11:16and his hair has grown longer.
11:17This suspect,
11:19who was wanted for carnapping
11:20by the Special Operations Unit
11:23of the Eastern Police District.
11:31The police confessed
11:32that they caught him
11:33with a warrant of arrest.
11:34It was not easy for us
11:36to get through this three times.
11:38Motorcycle thief,
11:39is the name of the suspect.
11:41Many motorcycles were victimized
11:43in their barangay,
11:44Rosario Pasig,
11:45and in the other barangay.
11:47And the last victim
11:48was his friend.
11:49Selling is easy.
11:51They can chop for parts.
11:54And it's easy for them to sell.
11:57The money is fast.
11:59The suspect did not comment on the crime.
12:01For GMA Integrated News,
12:03Emil Sumangil,
12:04Nakatutok,
12:0524 Hours.
12:07The Department of Health
12:09is responsible for the increase
12:11of minors in the Philippines
12:13who get pregnant early.
12:16One of the visible reasons
12:18is the exposure of children
12:20on the internet.
12:21Nakatutok is Oscar Oida.
12:27The situation of child pregnancies
12:29in the country is alarming.
12:31According to Health Secretary,
12:33Ted Herbosa,
12:34for every 100,000,
12:3515 years in the country,
12:3759 of them are already pregnant,
12:40according to the data
12:41of the Department of Health
12:42of 2022.
12:44That's more
12:45than 44 per 100,000
12:47in 2021.
12:49Child pregnancy is one
12:51of the leading causes
12:53of death
12:54of a pregnant woman
12:55in the country.
12:56They are not prenatal.
12:58They are high risk
12:59for what we call
13:00eclampsia and pre-eclampsia
13:02and hemorrhage at childbirth.
13:04If we can control that,
13:05we will actually be able
13:07to decrease maternal mortality.
13:09Some of the visible factors
13:11of child pregnancies
13:13are the exposure of children
13:15on the internet.
13:16What we've discovered
13:18is the internet
13:19has a big influence
13:20on sexual behavior
13:22of our teens.
13:23And then there's peer pressure.
13:25Then the socio-economic classes.
13:27Many in the lower
13:28socio-economic class
13:29want to get married
13:31and escape the poverty
13:32of their families.
13:33For now,
13:34they are consulting
13:35with the Department of Education
13:37to strengthen education
13:39in family planning
13:40and responsible parenthood.
13:42I've actually met
13:43with Secretary Sunny Angara.
13:46This is one of the first
13:47things we talked about.
13:48How to be able to help
13:50stop the rise in...
13:53Childhood pregnancies
13:55also affect
13:56HIV among children
13:59because we're getting
14:00HIV cases at 15 years old.
14:02For GMA Integrated News,
14:04Oscar Oida,
14:05for 24 Hours.
14:11It's chicken minute,
14:12Kapuso!
14:13And the latest
14:14on showbiz happenings
14:15tonight
14:16is none other than
14:17Sparkle Host Actress,
14:19Ara San Agustin.
14:21Ara!
14:22Thank you, Miss Vicky!
14:24Happy Midweek,
14:25Kapuso!
14:28Koby Paras is ready for Christmas
14:30and he's sharing his plans
14:32for the upcoming Christmas.
14:34Koby also has a wish
14:35for his girlfriend,
14:37Kailin Alcantara.
14:38You know,
14:39for his girlfriend,
14:40Lars Santiago.
14:42Thank you!
14:45Warm welcome
14:46from the San Joseños
14:48to Kailin Alcantara
14:50and Koby Paras
14:53for the Christmas tree lighting
14:56of San Jose del Monte City,
14:58Bulacan.
15:00I'm so happy to be able
15:02to celebrate
15:03our Kapuso here.
15:04We're not just the ones
15:05that are happy,
15:06but we made other people happy.
15:08And I think it's my first time
15:10doing a Christmas lighting.
15:12And because Christmas
15:13is just around the corner,
15:15Kailin and Koby
15:16also have plans
15:17for the holidays.
15:19I just hope
15:20that I can be with my parents.
15:21I know they're busy.
15:22My mom's in Europe.
15:23My dad's busy
15:24with his side of his family.
15:25So hopefully,
15:26I can be with them.
15:27But if not,
15:28I'll be with Kailin
15:29and her family.
15:30Koby's wish is
15:31for Kailin to cook
15:33for him for Christmas.
15:35But they're both excited
15:37to eat
15:38traditional Christmas food.
15:41I hope you can eat
15:42whatever I cook.
15:43I don't know how to cook.
15:45That's why I want you
15:46to cook for me.
15:48What is it?
15:50Lechon.
15:51Lechon.
15:52Bopis.
15:54Bopis.
15:56I'm a Bopis lover.
15:58You too?
16:00Yes,
16:01but I like lechon
16:03and what other Christmas foods?
16:05Ham?
16:06Shanghai.
16:07Pansig.
16:08Shanghai.
16:10Meanwhile,
16:11Kailin's auditions
16:12for the casting call
16:13for Cinemalaya
16:14were long-awaited
16:15by the netizens.
16:19Kailin said
16:20it was so good
16:21to audition
16:23and meet people
16:24while she was in line.
16:28It was a really
16:29humbling experience.
16:31It takes back
16:32old memories.
16:34My mom and I
16:35were auditioning
16:36for Cinemalaya.
16:37It was so funny.
16:38My mom was there
16:39when I auditioned.
16:41When I came out,
16:42she asked me
16:43if I was accepted.
16:44I said, no, ma'am.
16:47Lar Santiago
16:49updated
16:50on the showbiz happening.