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00:00We will be together in TAKLI!
00:15Vice President Sara Duterte is facing the NBI on Friday for an investigation into the grave threat and violation of the Anti-Terrorism Act
00:24due to her agreements with the President, the First Lady and the House Speaker.
00:28But despite the Vice President's taken out of context statements,
00:33she still defended the transfer of funds from her Special Disbursing Officers
00:38to the security officers who were caught on camera yesterday.
00:42Witness, Joseph Moro.
00:47I was talking to someone.
00:49I told him, if you kill me, kill BBM, Lisa Araneta and Martin Romales.
00:57It's no joke.
00:58If I die, I told him, don't stop until you kill them.
01:05And then he said yes.
01:08According to this statement, on the early morning of Saturday,
01:11Vice President Sara Duterte is facing the National Bureau of Investigation on Friday.
01:16Based on the NBI's statement,
01:19Vice President Sara Duterte explained the possible complaint of grave threats
01:24and violation of the Anti-Terror Law,
01:27a law signed by her own father, former President Rodrigo Duterte, in 2020.
01:33If Vice President Duterte has a scheduled visit to the camera,
01:35she can send a body to reset her face to the NBI.
01:40Wait, when will she arrive?
01:43I hope it's better if the Vice President herself will go.
01:47This will be a fair investigation, impartial.
01:52The case of violation of the Anti-Terrorism Act is serious
01:55because those who can steal certain provisions of the law
01:58can be caught by a law enforcement agent or military personnel without a warrant of arrest
02:04and detained for up to 14 days before facing the court.
02:08This can be extended for up to 10 days if necessary.
02:12If Duterte does not respond to the NBI's complaint,
02:15the complaint will continue in the Department of Justice.
02:19We will proceed.
02:20Whatever evidence we have, that's all.
02:26The Vice President refused to speak because she has not yet received the statement.
02:30But contrary to what she said on Saturday,
02:33what she said was taken out of context.
02:36There is absolutely no flesh on the bone.
02:39Despite the absence of a reliable investigation,
02:44authorities were quick to consider this a national security concern.
02:53Causing the word assassin, please check.
02:57Did I say assassin there?
02:59Nothing.
03:01So they put assassin in their narrative.
03:04And they put murder plot in their narrative.
03:09My question now to the administration,
03:13is revenge from the grave a crime?
03:17They have to kill me first.
03:19So now they can't kill me anymore.
03:22Unless they want to die.
03:25VP asked the Presidential Security Command,
03:28why there is no action?
03:29Where are the threats in her life?
03:31She has a list of threats even though she did not mention it.
03:35I did not expect that, ma'am, in the PSC.
03:37And I will not accept, ma'am, at this point,
03:40if they will add people here
03:43because we do not know if they will add non-partisan people.
03:49Not necessarily coming from PSC, ma'am.
03:51No, I don't trust anyone right now.
03:53The Vice President said that she will make a legal action against her Chief of Staff,
03:57Atty. Zuleika Lopez,
03:58after the contempt order against her was extended for five days.
04:02Lopez is still at the Veterans Memorial Medical Center.
04:05Lopez is also the Special Dispersing Officer of the OVP, Gina Acosta,
04:09who was pressured to listen last night.
04:12I am listening, ma'am.
04:13Why are you listening?
04:15Because I really do not know
04:19who Kokoy Villamin is,
04:22who Grace Piatos is.
04:26Because Sir La Chica is on the ground.
04:30She is the one who is performing.
04:32I am listening, ma'am.
04:33I am just wearing my uniform.
04:35She asked me to return the acknowledgement receipt, ma'am.
04:39But ma'am, that is your job as a Special Dispersing Officer.
04:46Yes, ma'am.
04:47But my boss ordered me to release Sir La Chica, ma'am.
04:53Vice President Duterte ordered Acosta
04:56to give P125 million pesos to a Colonel La Chica
05:00who is the head of the VPSPGO,
05:02Vice Presidential Security and Protection Group.
05:05On the other hand,
05:06the former Dispersing Officer, Edward Fajarda,
05:08admitted that he was giving confidential funds
05:11to another Colonel, Dennis Nolasco,
05:13which is not true according to some congressmen.
05:16In the end, it is a command responsibility.
05:20And we can see that
05:23all of them are just obeying the orders of our Vice President.
05:30So, in the end,
05:32if there are violations of the law,
05:35if there is someone who needs to be punished,
05:40our Vice President needs to acknowledge the punishment for the lack of accountability.
05:47That could be malversation proper or worse, plunder.
05:50Because this is more than P50 million.
05:52If you used the budget for someone else,
05:54no matter how lawful it is,
05:57that is technical malversation.
05:59The four OVP staff who attended the hearing yesterday were allowed to go home.
06:03The congressmen said that they hope to attend the next hearing on Friday.
06:08Among those hospitalized are Lopez and Acosta,
06:10as well as Vice President Duterte.
06:12In an interview earlier,
06:14VP Sara said that she is watching her people in the hospital
06:17so that they won't be able to speak against her.
06:20She was also asked about the transfer of funds from SDOs to security officers.
06:25Do you know why it's only P150 million?
06:29Because it was computed,
06:31what will be done in each month,
06:35and what will be implemented.
06:39P150 million is a very small amount.
06:43So, why did we steal P150 million?
06:47The government stole P1 billion.
06:49It was used for work.
06:51For GMA Integrated News, Joseph Morong is your witness.
06:56The Department of Justice also investigated
06:58the allegations of former President Rodrigo Duterte
07:01against the government and President Bongbong Marcos.
07:04In a press conference last night,
07:06the former President challenged the military to protect the Constitution
07:09while questioning their support for the President.
07:13Salima Refra is a witness.
07:18The former President Rodrigo Duterte will face a heavy blow
07:22against President Bongbong Marcos.
07:24There is a fracture in the government in our Philippines now.
07:34Nobody can correct that.
07:36Nobody can correct Marcos.
07:38Nobody can correct Romaldes.
07:42He also questioned the continued support of the military and police for the President.
07:47Military and police,
07:52would you still continue to support a drug addict?
07:58You know that.
08:00Just ask the Presidential Security Command.
08:03They are all military.
08:06You did not go far.
08:08Ask your people in the military.
08:11How long will you support a drug addict like the President?
08:18According to the former President,
08:19there is a flaw in the leadership of the country.
08:22And only the military can correct it.
08:25It is only the military who can correct it.
08:27If we go to the war tanks,
08:33just tell them that we don't want your game anymore.
08:37We are out.
08:41Because if there is no military,
08:43their game is over.
08:45He also challenged them to protect the Constitution.
08:49I challenged the military itself.
08:52The whole of the military,
08:53because they are supposed to be protectors of the Constitution.
09:01Now tell me, if they are protectors of the Constitution,
09:06are they willing to still protect the President
09:11who is a drug addict for another four years?
09:15The former President's statements were echoed by Malacanang.
09:19To Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamit,
09:21he called for an urgent call
09:23for KUDETA to launch a strong military against the President.
09:28There is no better motive than asking
09:31for the President to resign
09:33so that his own son can sit down.
09:36It is unacceptable for the President to fight for power
09:40so that the President can easily be overthrown
09:43by meddling, chaos, and rebellion.
09:47According to Bersamit,
09:48the State will move against all attacks
09:51and attacks against the law.
09:54The Armed Forces of the Philippines also argued
09:56that they will remain true to the Constitution
09:59and to the government's halal officials.
10:01They also called on politicians
10:03not to include the Armed Forces in their statements.
10:07Our Armed Forces is united and professional.
10:11We shun away from being included.
10:13We want to be isolated from political issues
10:15and we request the Philippine public
10:18to have calm and resolve
10:20and trust in the Armed Forces of the Philippines.
10:23We will do our mandate accordingly.
10:25This is also what the PNP said.
10:27With respect to our former President,
10:29perhaps what is happening now
10:31cannot be helped by these words.
10:35To our citizens,
10:37let us be discerning to those who are watching
10:40and listening to the rumours.
10:43The Department of Justice will also investigate
10:45these statements of Duterte.
10:48For him to invite the military to have a part
10:52in seeking remedy is bordering on sedition
10:56and is legally actionable.
10:59We will have to look at every angle.
11:01The threat issued by the Vice President
11:04is something that should also be factored in
11:07whether this is really part and parcel
11:11of a bigger plan for destabilization.
11:14The GMA Integrated News is trying to get
11:17the attention of House Speaker Martin Romualdez.
11:19But his allies said...
11:21It's inciting to sedition
11:23because they're calling on the AFP
11:24to take up arms against the government.
11:26This is another diversionary tactics.
11:29To cover up the real issue
11:31that our Vice President is facing,
11:34let's look at how serious
11:37the current issues of our Vice President are.
11:41He needs the help of his father.
11:44The current issue is facing
11:46Vice President Sara Duterte.
11:48From the issue of confidential funds
11:50to his surveillance of the President,
11:52the First Lady and the House Speaker.
11:54In a press conference last night,
11:56the former President Duterte said
11:58that his son, Vice, is capable of what he's facing.
12:02It's nothing to do with Inday.
12:04Inday can do it.
12:06It's too insignificant.
12:10If they charge Inday,
12:12they'll charge him.
12:14He won't be jailed.
12:17He won't be jailed.
12:19They'll kill him.
12:21For GMA Integrated News,
12:24I'm Hanimah Rafra, your witness.
12:28In the last hearing on POGO by the Senate Committee,
12:31former Presidential Economic Adviser Michael Yang
12:34and a self-confessed Chinese spy,
12:37Alice Guo, the country's Agent of Influence,
12:41witnessed the case.
12:47Who is Alice Guo?
12:48That's the question many are asking
12:50regarding the former Mayor of Bambantarlac
12:52in the well-known POGO hub in their town.
12:55But in the in-depth investigation,
12:57the question arose,
12:59is Alice Guo a Chinese spy?
13:01I'm Filipino. I'm not a spy.
13:03According to the National Intelligence Coordinating Agency,
13:07they haven't confirmed yet
13:09if Alice Guo is a spy
13:11but she's an Agent of Influence.
13:13She uses her influence,
13:17her stature or her position
13:19to influence public opinion
13:21or decision-making
13:23to produce results beneficial to the country
13:27whose services they benefit from.
13:32So to that effect, Madam Chair,
13:34that is applicable to her.
13:36Guo wasn't alone earlier
13:38in the last hearing on POGO
13:40by the Senate Committee on Women and Children.
13:42The Court of Appeal also heard
13:44the case of Qualified Human Trafficking
13:46against her.
13:47But the case of Xie Zhijiang was discussed again,
13:50the man who confessed in a documentary
13:52that he's a Chinese spy.
13:54Xie said before that Alice Guo is also a Chinese spy.
13:57Xie entered the Philippines in 2011.
14:00She was convicted in 2014
14:02for the operation of the illegal casino.
14:04But it seems that Xie's record is still undisclosed.
14:07In 2017,
14:09Xie got a visa to the Philippines.
14:11It looks to me that someone powerful
14:14made these derogatory facts
14:16about Xie Zhijiang disappear.
14:18And just as a note,
14:20this is usually done for intelligence agents.
14:23Xie also obtained POGO licenses.
14:25He's one of the biggest before.
14:29Xie?
14:30Yes.
14:31Senator Arisa Hontiveros also praised
14:33Xie's image
14:34together with former Presidential Economic Advisor
14:37Michael Yang.
14:38Hontiveros said
14:39that Yang was involved in Chinese intelligence activities
14:42in the country.
14:43Michael Yang is a key actor
14:46in Chinese intelligence operations here.
14:49Michael Yang was involved in formalities
14:52and, if the reports are accurate,
14:54in drug operations here.
14:57Michael Yang,
14:58the former President's economic advisor.
15:01We were convicted,
15:03but we were still prosecuted.
15:05Let's go back to the image
15:07of Yang's lawyer.
15:08It's not proven,
15:10and it's not fair to draw a conclusion
15:12just because the two people are in the picture.
15:15Nika said
15:16that they monitored Chinese hackers
15:18called APT
15:20or Advanced Persistent Threat Groups.
15:22They may be sponsored
15:24or backed up by the government of other countries
15:27or criminal groups.
15:29With the information that we have,
15:31we can confirm
15:32that indeed,
15:34Chinese Advanced Persistent Threat Groups
15:37are operating or targeting the Philippines,
15:41whether government or private sector entities.
15:46We have monitored some of them, Madam Chair,
15:48and again, in an executive session.
15:50If required,
15:51we can share some information.
15:53The Philippine Statistics Authority,
15:55or PSA,
15:56said that their target this year
15:58is to investigate 50,000
16:00under-registered births in the country.
16:03As of October,
16:04we have already blocked
16:07100, 720 birth certificates,
16:10civil registry documents,
16:12of which we have 1,627
16:15pertaining to birth certificate of foreign nationals.
16:19And 1,464 of these records
16:24have been endorsed to OSG
16:26for the filing of the petition for cancellation.
16:29One of the things they denied
16:31is the cancellation of Alice Ko's birth certificate.
16:34For GMA Integrated News,
16:36I'm Mav Gonzalez,
16:37your witness.
16:39The Senate has already approved
16:41the third and final reading
16:42of the more than Php 6 trillion budget
16:44for the next year.
16:45Eighteen senators voted in favor of the budget,
16:48and one abstained.
16:50The Senate's version does not include
16:52the 39-billion-pesos budget
16:55for the ACAP,
16:56or Ayuda sa Kapos Ang Kita program.
16:59But according to the version of the Senate,
17:01Php 1.2 billion is also the top-pias
17:03for the funding requested by the Vice President.
17:06Senator Grace Poe,
17:08the Chair of the Senate Finance Committee,
17:10will discuss this
17:12in the Bicameral Conference Committee.
17:16Until now,
17:17the supporters of former President Rodrigo Duterte
17:19are still in Edsa Shrine.
17:21They are far from having a day of expression
17:23because nothing good is happening in the country.
17:27Witness, Rafi Tima.
17:32The supporters of former President Rodrigo Duterte
17:34are still in Edsa Shrine,
17:36while their program continues
17:38as supporters of the former leader of the country.
17:43Aside from the supporters,
17:44there are also many bloggers
17:46who are live-streaming
17:47what is happening in the back of the shrine.
17:49In a statement,
17:50the head of Edsa Shrine said,
17:51they will allow these people
17:53as long as they follow the regulations
17:55and will not bring placards
17:57and will not shout inside the church.
17:59The PNP said,
18:00there is no big discourse among the rallyists
18:02as long as they are not involved
18:04in the traffic in the area.
18:06According to one of the leaders
18:07and one of the speakers of the gathering,
18:09they are not calling for chaos,
18:11they are just expressing their opinions.
18:14The aim of this is to have a day of expression
18:17that the people will have to speak up
18:19and stand up
18:20because nothing good is happening in the country.
18:23As the night deepens,
18:24the supply of water and food
18:26from the donors continues.
18:29For GMA Integrated News,
18:31your Raffy Tima.
18:32Saksi!
18:35In the midst of the high price of rice,
18:37the Executive Order
18:38that will lower the price of imported rice
18:40was left out of the camera.
18:45The Department of Agriculture
18:47is studying the import of vegetables.
18:49Saksi!
18:50This is Mackie Polido.
18:55The price of imported rice in the market
18:57is now 55 pesos per kilo.
18:59But some congressmen said,
19:00if it's going to be lowered,
19:01it can still be lowered.
19:02Last July,
19:03under the Executive Order
19:04of President Bongbong Marcos,
19:06the price of rice imported
19:08was lowered by 15% from 35%.
19:10So when the BINUONG Quinta Committee
19:12or five committees in the chamber
19:14came together
19:15to investigate the price of food,
19:17I was asked why
19:18only a few cents
19:19was lowered in the price of rice.
19:21Why, Mr. Chair?
19:22According to the PSA,
19:24it was only lowered by 0.44 cents.
19:28Yes.
19:29It's like
19:31we're being played
19:33by hands that can't see.
19:35NEDA expects the price of rice
19:37to be lowered by 7 to 10 pesos
19:39under the Taripa Act.
19:40That's why it should be
19:41only 41 to 44 pesos
19:42per kilo of rice.
19:44According to the Bureau of Customs,
19:46depending on where the rice is imported,
19:48its landed price is only 38 to 40 pesos.
19:51It also shows that there is no shortage
19:53and the volume of imported rice
19:55has increased by a day.
19:56So there is no possible reason
19:57for the price to increase.
19:59According to the Department of Agriculture,
20:01the sale of imported rice
20:03to the market is not reduced
20:04even if it can help
20:05in lowering the price.
20:07Don't you see that as hoarding?
20:09Holding back the 80,000?
20:12Just an example.
20:13With regards to hoarding,
20:15I cannot comment.
20:16But we are explaining to them
20:19about their utilization.
20:21In the first hearing of the Quinta Committee,
20:23it hasn't been decided
20:25why the price of rice
20:26is still high.
20:28But one of the arguments
20:30is to repeal the executive order
20:32that lowered the price
20:33of imported rice.
20:35It should be reviewed
20:36and reversed
20:37because it seems useless
20:38to lower the tariff.
20:41Who benefits from tariff reduction?
20:44Is it the importer
20:46or is it the consumer?
20:48Of course, it's the importers.
20:51According to the DA,
20:52the government will need
20:54P50 billion per year
20:55to lower the price of rice
20:57to P29 per kilo.
20:59Putting P29 for everybody's plate
21:03would require tremendous resources
21:05on the part of government.
21:07And the fiscal space
21:09is limited for us.
21:11And so, we have to prioritize
21:14who will receive
21:16that cheap rice.
21:17That's why we are focused
21:20on the vulnerable sector.
21:22This is the reason
21:23why only the poorest
21:24of the poor households
21:25and senior citizens
21:26are being sold P29 rice
21:28under the KADIWA program.
21:30But they are trying
21:31to reach more people.
21:33Earlier, KADIWA was opened
21:35by Pangulo Expo in Pasay
21:37where you can buy
21:38various products
21:39that are 10 to 30%
21:41cheaper.
21:42The Agriculture Department
21:44is studying
21:45the import of vegetables
21:46to lower the price
21:47after rising
21:48due to the recent typhoons.
21:50I'm not in favor of importation.
21:52I don't like farmers.
21:54But if we need to import,
21:55we will have to import.
21:56But if we don't need to,
21:57we won't import.
21:58For GMA Integrated News,
21:59I'm Mackie Pulido,
22:00your witness.
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22:12Jung Ho Yeon
22:14and Reply 1988 actor
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22:17it was confirmed
22:18by their agency.
22:20On the other hand,
22:21they remain
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22:24The two started dating
22:25in 2015
22:26and confirmed to the public
22:28their relationship
22:29in 2016.
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22:49Stay tuned
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