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00:00Let's be together, Taksi!
00:15Two officials of the Office of the Vice President are being contempted for listening to the House Committee on Good Government and Public Accountability
00:22which is advocating for the use of confidential funds by the OVP.
00:25One of them will be detained in the camera and the other one will be surrounded by a wall.
00:29Again, the questionable acknowledgment receipts were mentioned.
00:33Taksi, Marisol Abdurrahman.
00:39In the continuation of the listening of the House Committee on Good Government and Public Accountability,
00:44it turns out that not only Mayor Riz Piatos, the questionable name that was signed in the acknowledgment receipts of the Office of the Vice President,
00:52but also a man named Cocoy Benjamin,
00:55also signed a receipt of the Department of Education but signed by two AR.
01:01On the left side, with black ink, that's from the OVP.
01:06On the other side, it's from the DEPED.
01:09Can you please read the name from the DEPED?
01:12It's the same, Mr. Chair.
01:14It's the same, right?
01:15Yes, Mr. Chair.
01:16It's very obvious, Mr. Chair, that not only Mayor Riz Piatos,
01:20but also the questionable acknowledgment receipts, Mr. Chair,
01:27with the same names,
01:30with different dates,
01:32with different signatures, Mr. Chair.
01:37The judges also decided how the former DEPED Special Disbursing Officer,
01:44in many places in the country,
01:46within one day of February 21, 2023.
01:50According to Congressman Royce Gutierrez,
01:52on February 21, 2023,
01:54one day after Poharda cashed in P37.5 million,
01:59the acknowledgment receipts showed that Poharda was able to disburse in seven different places in the country.
02:05Malolos, Davao, San Francisco, Agustin del Sur, Makati City, Negros Oriental, Negros Occidental, and Davao City.
02:12It was cashed in, and immediately the next day, he traveled to these seven places and had these seven ARs.
02:19Did this not raise a red flag of the impossibility of this occurring?
02:24Well, it does, sir.
02:26And according to Congressman Royce Gutierrez,
02:28on March 15, Poharda's disbursements reached 26 different places in Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao.
02:36Attorney Camora, let's give him a helicopter. I don't think he'll do that in one day.
02:41So it really raises a question.
02:43How did SDO Poharda certify and say that he personally disbursed this?
02:47Camora wants to verify with the Philippine Statistics Authority if there are real people who signed the ARs.
02:54It will also be referred to the NBI and PNP to verify the signatures.
02:59Poharda will inform the OVP officials that he did not hide from the hearing today
03:04despite the sight and contempt of the committee.
03:08Former Deputy Assistant Secretary Sunshine Chary Poharda,
03:12OVP Special Disbursing Officer Gina Acosta,
03:15and Assistant Chief of Staff and Visa and Awards Committee Chair Lemuel Ortonio were also notified.
03:20Ortonio was again contempted by the committee and was ordered to be imprisoned in Micutan for 10 days.
03:26Ortonio immediately went to the hearing and asked to remove the contempt order against him, but he did not come.
03:37Vice President Sara Duterte did not come to the hearing today.
03:41She previously said that she was just wasting her time because she was not asked when she last came here.
03:47The vice president previously said that there was no misuse of her confidential fund.
03:52This is also what the vice president said in her letter to the committee.
03:55But the committee said that they did not ask the vice president when she came here because she was not under oath.
04:01They also invited the vice president several times.
04:05The one who came to the hearing earlier was the chief of staff of VP Sara, Ertina Zulaica Lopez.
04:10I am purely handling, as I mentioned, operational concerns.
04:15Although I would wish to answer really respectfully as regards the matter of the confidential expenses,
04:21it is something that I have not really been privy to from the very beginning.
04:27In the hearing, Lopez wrote to the Commission of Audit to tell them not to follow the orders of the camera
04:34that the audit report will submit regarding the confidential funds of the OVP.
04:39She said that Vice President Sara Duterte knows about this.
04:43That letter does not in any way seek to undermine the power of Congress.
04:49This is simply a request to the Commission of Audit, given that there is still an ongoing audit investigation.
04:58That's why we requested that since the audit is not yet completed,
05:04it is not right to give such documents first.
05:10But Attorney Lopez, that is not a call for you to make, right?
05:16Precisely because you are the agency that is being investigated.
05:20You're asking another agency not to cooperate with Congress when an ongoing investigation is happening.
05:30I truly apologize if there was something in that letter that slighted you on a personal note.
05:40It was not my intention, Your Honor.
05:42And I would like to request to the members of the Honorable Committee to lift that contempt order
05:50or to reconsider and grant my request, Your Honor, not to cite me in contempt.
05:56We will have the next meeting on November 25, Mr. Chair.
06:00So I move until November 25.
06:04Which is on Monday.
06:06Yeah.
06:07May we request the Sergeant-at-Arms to arrange a room
06:15here in the vicinity of the House of Representatives.
06:20At the press conference earlier, Deputy Sara looked to comment,
06:23cognizant of the acknowledgment receipts that were being questioned by the camera.
06:27According to DC, he has not yet seen the said receipts.
06:30The litigation documents did not reach him.
06:34The Vice-Chair did not provide an additional answer to the committee.
06:37It is up to the Congressmen to do their job.
06:40She also did not stop the employees of the OVP from participating in the hearings.
06:45It's insufficient and they did not accept it.
06:47So I did not answer.
06:48I did not even try to make an affidavit.
06:52So they were just defeated by their antibiotics.
06:55They were just defeated by their alcohol.
06:58It's a lot of fun.
07:00Do you plan to attend the next hearing?
07:05Well, it remains to be seen, sir.
07:09On a case-to-case basis, it depends on the invitation.
07:15For GMA Integrated News, Marisol Abduraman is your witness.
07:23Mary Jane Veloso went through a lot to escape the death row in Indonesia.
07:30Now that she is going back to the Philippines,
07:33her family wants her to be released.
07:37Witness, Yvonne Mayrina.
07:42Mary Jane Veloso went to work abroad in April 2010.
07:47But according to her information,
07:49the recruiter who brought her to Indonesia
07:52had more than 2 kilos of heroin.
07:55She discovered it when she arrived at Yogyakarta Airport.
07:59Six months later, she was found guilty in a drug trafficking case
08:03and sentenced to death.
08:06We are afraid.
08:08When I was imprisoned,
08:11we were afraid because of the recruiter.
08:14They say they are an international syndicate.
08:17They say they will kill us one by one
08:19or our children in Indonesia.
08:22After more than a decade in the death row,
08:25Mary Jane will go back to the Philippines.
08:27This is the happiest thing in our lives,
08:30the whole family, especially her children.
08:33There must be a reason for the president to be this confident.
08:38If you meet my written agreement,
08:41there is no answer.
08:43But they came to us first to talk about this.
08:48So, we are extremely confident it will happen.
08:51And certainly, our president must be pretty of information
08:56which will explain his confidence.
08:58President Bongbong Marcos said that she will send her back to Veloso
09:02as a result of more than a decade of listening to the Indonesian government.
09:06She also thanked the new president of Indonesia,
09:09Prabowo Subyanto.
09:1114 years and 3 administrations fought to save Veloso's life.
09:16Several times, the Philippines accused him of his case.
09:20In April 2015, Veloso was counted among 10 convicts
09:24who were executed in Indonesia.
09:27But President Noe Akino did not finish writing
09:30to Indonesian President Joko Widodo
09:32to ask for a clemency for Mary Jane.
09:35Akino also talked directly on the phone.
09:38Indonesian Foreign Minister Noe proposed to consider
09:41as a witness to Veloso against those who recruited him.
09:44The Indonesian government has staked the implementation
09:48of the death sentence on our countrywoman, Mary Jane Veloso.
09:53Mary Jane Veloso is alive!
09:58Mary Jane Veloso is alive!
10:03Mary Jane Veloso is alive!
10:07This is also a consequence of the police action of the recruiter of Veloso,
10:10Cristina Sergio, who is facing Qualified Traffic In Persons,
10:14Illegal Recruitment, and Estafa.
10:17When the Duterte administration entered the position of the Philippines,
10:21to do whatever is agreed upon in the Indonesian law.
10:25He said, follow your own laws. I will not interfere.
10:29Indonesia allowed Veloso to give a testimony against
10:33Sergio and another recruiter, Julius Lacanilau.
10:38Until this September 2022, when President Marcos was in office,
10:42Veloso's family gathered again
10:45to ask Widodo for an executive clemency.
10:48But after Widodo's term, when Mary Jane's case was not resolved,
10:52when Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto took office,
10:56the atmosphere changed.
10:59According to Indonesian Chief Minister for Law and Human Rights, Yusril Izah Mahendra,
11:03the return of Veloso is under the new Indonesian police,
11:07the Transfer of Prisoners.
11:09The Philippines accepted their conditions for this,
11:13as well as the decisions of their court.
11:15Therefore, the return of Mary Jane to the Philippines,
11:17not in her residence in Nueva Ecija, but in Piitan,
11:21which is still being addressed by the government.
11:23The Correctional Institute for Women in Mandaluyong,
11:26is one of the places where Mary Jane can be brought to.
11:29Even if she is jailed, Mary Jane will be saved from the prison,
11:32because the Indonesian people believe that there is no death penalty in the Philippines.
11:36When she arrives here, she will be serving the sentence that was meted in Indonesia.
11:40So, she will just continue her sentence.
11:44And I think it's worth emphasizing also that the most important aspect of this all
11:49is the difference in our laws.
11:52There, they allowed the death penalty.
11:54Here, we all know that it was abolished.
11:57So, we don't have a death sentence here.
11:59According to Mahendra, it is in the power of President Marcos
12:02to pardon Veloso.
12:04This is what his lawyers want to happen.
12:07The death penalty is an absolute premise,
12:10which even the Coordinating Minister of Indonesia
12:14expressly stated that it's now going to be the responsibility of the Philippine authorities,
12:20whether or not to grant presidency.
12:23I hope that Mary Jane will be able to go home.
12:26I hope that she won't be jailed.
12:29I ask the government to let Mary Jane go home.
12:35For GMA Integrated News, Ivan Merina is your witness.
12:39The storming of Marseille, Nica, Ophel, and Pepito
12:43was the first time that four similar storms
12:46entered the Philippine area of responsibility for the month of November.
12:50There are no more storms now,
12:52but residents are still calling for help
12:55to build their houses in Catanuanes.
12:59Witness, Joseph Moro.
13:05This part of the river has been cut off
13:08in Kamalanyugan, Cagayan.
13:11Heavy equipment is still being transported here
13:13for the Kamalanyugan-Apari Bridge.
13:16It is also allowed for motorists to pass through it at certain times.
13:24Gradually, the Cagayan River is going down.
13:27But there are still places that are submerged in the flood,
13:30such as the town of Algala, Lalo, and Tuguegarao City.
13:36In Cabagan, Isabela, the water is still flowing in the part of the National Road.
13:40Because of the wide area where the flood left in the town of Tumawini,
13:44it is now submerged in a state of calamity.
13:47It is also the same in Aurora Province,
13:49where the next typhoons are being cut off.
13:52In Dipakulao, the trees of Niog are being pulled by strong winds.
13:56Iron is also falling on the road.
14:01Some cars and houses in Quirino Province
14:04are also submerged in the ground and branches of trees
14:07due to landslides and floods.
14:09There is also no end to the Super Typhoon cut-off.
14:12The schools in Pandan, Catanduanes,
14:15Wasakangkisame, Saisang Silid, and Lumabaw Elementary School
14:19have been flooded.
14:21Please help us to rebuild our school.
14:24Please help us to restart our school.
14:30The residents are still trying to recover their houses.
14:35There is still no electricity in the area,
14:37and many posts are still down.
14:39Many are asking for help from the residents of Karamoran,
14:42which was destroyed by a gym made of steel in Barangay Daryaw.
14:46That's the evacuation center.
14:48That's where the flood came from.
14:50That's where the flood came from.
14:51Most of the houses in Barangay Baybay are almost destroyed.
14:54This is what was left by Pipito in Barangay Baybay.
14:59Almost nothing is left in their houses.
15:02What they need now are construction materials,
15:07iron, wood, and of course food.
15:10Almost everything here,
15:12because this is next to the sea,
15:14nothing is left in their houses,
15:16and they need help.
15:18More than 3,000 iron and repair kits have been delivered to Catanduanes
15:23according to the Office of Civil Defense.
15:25According to Pag-asa,
15:26this is the first time in history
15:28that there were four typhoons in the Philippine area of responsibility.
15:33It surpassed our previous record way back in 1968.
15:37So our record from 1968,
15:39November 22 to 24,
15:43we had three typhoons
15:45that were almost at the same time in the Philippine area of responsibility.
15:52Tropical Cyclone Mami, Mina, and Ora.
15:56According to DCBB,
15:57no one has been able to monitor that Pag-asa is in a low-pressure area,
16:00but it is possible that two more typhoons will arrive before the year ends.
16:04For GMA Integrated News,
16:06I am Joseph Morong, your witness.
16:10Not only the generals in the Philippine National Police,
16:13but also DILG Secretary John V. Cremuya wants to reduce the number of generals.
16:17He said in the face of the Commission on Appointments,
16:20there are now 153 generals in the PNP,
16:25so he wants this to be more streamlined.
16:27DILG is already starting talks with the PNP.
16:31It is also looking to change the process of promoting the PNP officials.
16:36In the issue of Pogo and Scam Hubs,
16:38Cremuya said that these are considered small business establishments.
16:44At the end of the year deadline for winding down
16:48or gradually stopping all Pogo operations in the country,
16:52It was also clarified that the police have no manhunt.
16:56Former Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roquette has a house
16:59because they have no case in court.
17:04Bull to bull cash worth a million pesos was obtained
17:08from the vaults raided by the BPO in Bagakbataan.
17:12The court ordered the opening of 12 money vaults.
17:16More than 33 million pesos were obtained,
17:19but the other currencies are not there yet.
17:22The Central One Bataan did not give a statement,
17:26but they were able to help the authorities
17:28and witnessed the opening of the vaults.
17:31According to the legal counsel of the BPO,
17:33the money is being used for the operation of the company.
17:37The CIDG's inventory continues,
17:39and the documents will also be investigated.
17:42For GMA Integrated Views,
17:44I am Sani Marefra, your witness.
17:47A man was arrested for carnapping.
17:50The suspect's target is a motorcycle driver.
17:53Witness, Emil Sumangi.
17:58Compared to what he looked like before,
18:01his weight dropped, his face puffed up,
18:05and his hair grew longer.
18:08The suspect was wanted for carnapping
18:10by the Special Operations Unit of the Eastern Police District.
18:18The police confessed that he was arrested for warrant of arrest.
18:22It was not easy for us.
18:24We went through this three times.
18:26The suspect's target is a motorcycle driver.
18:29Many motorcycles were victimized in their barangay,
18:32Rosario Pasig, and in the other barangay.
18:35His friend was the last victim.
18:37It's easy to sell.
18:39They can chop it for parts.
18:44It's easy for them to sell it.
18:47The money is fast.
18:48The suspect has no comment on the crime.
18:50For GMA Integrated Views,
18:52I am Emil Sumangi, your witness.
18:56My fellow countrymen,
18:57it's only been 35 days, and it's already Christmas.
19:00And Christmas trees, lanterns, and candles are growing
19:03in various Christmas places in the country.
19:06In Pasig, a giant statue was lit.
19:10Our witness.
19:14Three, two, one.
19:20It's Christmas in the town of Pinili, Ilocos Norte.
19:24A giant Christmas tree was lit in front of the municipality.
19:29The surrounding area is also full of various Christmas lanterns
19:32made from indigenous materials.
19:35It is part of the Lantern Making Festival in the town
19:39which is accompanied by a cold breeze.
19:43Life-size fruits are being sold in Belenissimo in Tarlac.
19:49As well as buying moncada, which is full of fragrant leaves.
19:56The Filipino cultural dances and traditions
19:59and also the Filipino food
20:01that are being tasted by the visitors
20:03are being added to Belenissimo.
20:08Everything is beautiful.
20:09People here are very friendly.
20:11And we can see a sense of, you know, festival here.
20:17On the last Sunday of November,
20:19the final judging will be held
20:21for the 62 entries in Belenissimo 2024.
20:26Under the sea is the pig.
20:28A giant Christmas tree was lit in a hotel
20:31in Malvar, Batangas.
20:33At an altitude of 11 feet,
20:35the Christmas tree attracts a lot of attention.
20:37Not only Christmas balls and lights,
20:41but also starfish, pearls and seashells.
20:46Giant seaweeds and other sea creatures
20:49are also added to it.
20:52That's why the special Christmas tree
20:54is really perfect for selfie and IGWD.
20:59A giant statue was also lit
21:02in Pasig.
21:04The 60-meter Defector was covered by colorful lights,
21:09which is one of the highest public art installations in the world.
21:20The lighting was even more special
21:24because some groups of young people
21:26sang Christmas songs.
21:30For GMA Integrated News,
21:32Ian Cruz is your witness.
21:38The gate of a farm in China
21:40was robbed by a Siberian tiger.
21:43The farmer just ran away,
21:45but the tiger didn't get in.
21:47A few minutes before the robbery,
21:49the tiger ran away.
21:52He looked for it and closed the gate
21:55until the tiger caught him.
21:59The authorities are planning to alert the Siberian tigers
22:03after the video went viral.
22:12Do you still remember the Weasley twins?
22:16The British actors who played them
22:19in Harry Potter are now in the country.
22:29James and Oliver Phelps
22:31were the first to light
22:33the Hogwarts-inspired giant Christmas tree in Taguig.
22:37It was their first visit to the Philippines,
22:40and they enjoyed traveling
22:42and trying local food like chicken adobo.
22:46James and Oliver were born
22:48as Fred and George Weasley,
22:50the siblings of Ron Weasley,
22:53who is Harry Potter's best friend.
22:57We're able to have a little bit of downtime this morning.
23:00We try and go where the locals go
23:02and eat what the locals eat.
23:04It's been nice trying some of the local foods.
23:07There's no new storm in the country this week,
23:10but there could be a new bad weather
23:13in the middle of next week.
23:15There's a chance it could hit Southern Luzon or Visayas,
23:19but there's still a possibility for it to change.
23:22For now, we'll continue our coverage
23:25of the Northeast Monsoon
23:28in extreme Northern Luzon.
23:30We hope to experience it in other parts of Luzon
23:33in the coming weeks.
23:35Easterlies, or hot and windy winds,
23:38are blowing in the middle and upper parts of the country.
23:42There's a shear line
23:44caused by the cold and hot winds.
23:48Three weather systems
23:50could bring rain in some parts of the country.
23:54For now, there's no rain in the whole country
23:57except for Quezon and Aklan,
23:59as well as Northern and Eastern Samar.
24:02In the afternoon,
24:04there could be rain in Cordillera, Mindoro,
24:07Ilocos Sur, Camarina Sur, Catanduanes, and Masbate.
24:11There could also be rain in other parts of Western Visayas,
24:14some parts of Negros Island Region,
24:16as well as Samar and Leyte Provinces.
24:19The chance of rain in Metro Manila
24:22is due to the possibility of thunderstorms.
24:29Cook-off, but around-the-world version.
24:32This is how students in Pangasinan cook
24:35where their snacks are international dishes with a twist.
24:39Let's find out.
24:46Are you looking for an all-around-the-world food trip?
24:52The students of Pangasinan State University,
24:55San Carlos City Campus
24:57are ready to show off their cooking skills.
25:00The showdown begins with their international dishes.
25:08Chakalaka from South Africa,
25:10Beef Teriyaki from Japan,
25:12Shrimp Kebab and Salmon from Australia,
25:15Picadino from Brazil,
25:17Chicken with Baked Potato and Beans
25:19all the way from Canada,
25:21and Pasta Puttanesca from France.
25:25But there's a twist.
25:27Because of all of these,
25:29there should be a secret ingredient.
25:34Bangga, the pride of the city of San Carlos.
25:38It's an activity that shows the rich culture
25:42and tradition of different countries.
25:44You will also get to know the one-town-one product of the city.
25:49For GMA Integrated News,
25:51this is your host,
25:54Sak-C.
25:57Thank you for tuning in.
25:59I'm Pia Arcangel.
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26:02and for a broader service to the country,
26:04from GMA Integrated News,
26:06the news authority of the Philippines,
26:08until tomorrow,
26:09let's be together.
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