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00:00The same issue and controversy has spread in the country last month. On the other hand, the issue of Pogo is near, illegal drugs and many more.
00:10For his discussion, we will be joined live by DLN Secretary Junvec Rebulia. Good morning Secretary.
00:17Good morning to all. Good morning.
00:20Let's start with Pogo. The deadline for them to close is near. There are Pogos that claim to be BPO companies or they are small from the big ones.
00:31How is our monitoring of them?
00:34As of now, our concentration is the 47 remaining active licenses.
00:42So on December 15, we started the visitation of all of their sites.
00:47They should have shown that they are winding down.
00:51We have already counted all the visas of mostly Chinese nationals who came here on a working visa for Pogo.
01:00So there is an interconnection between the two.
01:02After Pogo is gone, they should leave the country because they don't have a working visa here anymore. It's not valid anymore.
01:08Is it right for them to transfer to Visayas and Mindanao?
01:11It's just guerrilla operations.
01:13Because what happened there is that the Filipinos learned how to make themselves.
01:18They are the ones who are being discarded.
01:22But they are just small. They can't make themselves big anymore.
01:25Okay. But this is just a clarification. Even if you are licensed, you can't do it anymore by December 15.
01:33Even if you are licensed, Filipino, Chinese, American, as long as you have a Pogo license, you should be wind down by December 15.
01:42It should be closed by December 31.
01:43Okay. As for the drug issue, you said that the main source of drug trading is still in Bilibid.
01:48Do you know who are behind it and how they are doing it even though they are already in jail?
01:53There are 200 high-value detainees there.
01:57Wow.
01:58What's difficult in Bilibid is that there is a culture of institutional personnel.
02:04Okay.
02:05They have their own system on how they get communication devices.
02:11So every week, they will sweep.
02:13Every week, someone gets caught.
02:15Two weeks later, they sweep again.
02:17So there's simply something wrong.
02:19So they will make high-detention, high-maximum security facilities in Mindoro and two other islands.
02:27So they can be isolated.
02:29Can't they be used as a bug?
02:32No, they can't.
02:33Because Bilibid is next to Alabang.
02:35So if you kill them, there will be no signal in the whole of Alabang.
02:38So they should be moved away from the main civilization.
02:43That's good.
02:44If drug trading in Bilibid is resolved, can we say that a large part of our drug problem will be reduced?
02:52The supply side will be reduced.
02:56Okay.
02:57Because that's the main trading center.
02:59Is that still the order?
03:01It's like the Makati Stock Exchange.
03:03That's where all the transactions are exchanged.
03:05And outside, everything is busy.
03:07Won't they fight each other?
03:08The high-value ones?
03:09They already have their own system.
03:11They already have their own organized crime.
03:15But how is our drug problem?
03:17Is it under control?
03:19Or is it worse?
03:20Going down, the only economic metric there is the price of shabu.
03:25It's going up as compared to four years ago.
03:30That means the supply is down and the demand is going down also.
03:35So that's the only metric.
03:38Where is our campaign against illegal drugs?
03:40It's on the supply side.
03:42Big Fish, do you have a target?
03:44Big Fish, supply side, entry points in the Philippines,
03:48Southern Philippines, from Timor-Leste,
03:52their main transition point.
03:56Also from Southeast Asia,
03:59going to Manila International Container Port.
04:02That's also our big weakness.
04:04The argument that there should be EJK,
04:06someone is dying,
04:07does it help to reduce the problem?
04:09No.
04:1060,000 killed, supposedly in 2016 to 2022.
04:15It's not over yet.
04:17So I don't believe that...
04:19They need to be killed.
04:20The PNP said they will file an additional complaint
04:23against Vice President Sara Duterte.
04:25Where will the DALG get in?
04:28Our politics is hot these days.
04:31It's very hot.
04:33Because we are on the civilian peacekeeping side.
04:36What happened there,
04:38when the order was enforced to transfer him to the veterans,
04:43the reaction of the security forces of the Vice President became very violent.
04:49And the threats of the Vice President directly to the President,
04:53the First Lady and the Speaker,
04:55were directly said on air.
04:57So that's the basis of the complaints.
04:59Is there an additional complaint from the DALG here?
05:02No, so far, that's all.
05:04Their security was very abusive.
05:06The PNP were just doing their jobs.
05:09So they were relieved.
05:11They were replaced by organic PNP personnel.
05:14So that the situation is more controlled.
05:17Maybe she won't accept it.
05:19She doesn't trust everyone anymore.
05:22That's her prerogative.
05:24They were put there for her.
05:26It's really for her.
05:27It's a job that we protect.
05:29Even me, I don't know my security right now.
05:32I don't know them.
05:33They were assigned camp crammies.
05:35But I accepted them because it's part of the job.
05:38There's a vehicle registered with the DALG.
05:41It's the police.
05:42It's illegal to cross the Elza Busway.
05:44What's our follow-up here?
05:47Is it really registered with you?
05:49No.
05:50It's a private vehicle.
05:51Private?
05:52It's a private vehicle.
05:53The driver is a contractual driver of one of our OIC directors.
05:58Okay.
05:59So we're still getting the finer points of investigation.
06:02Number one, he's a contractual employee.
06:06Number two, he's not the police.
06:07Oh.
06:08Number three, we're not sure if his boss, the OIC director,
06:14is related to the vehicle.
06:16So the driver will be relieved as of December 31.
06:20Charges will be filed for impersonating a police officer.
06:25What about your contractual?
06:26He will also be relieved.
06:28But the charge for impersonating a police officer,
06:31we need to do it.
06:32Because people might get used to it.
06:36And it's DILG.
06:37We can't see if he has a driver on his back.
06:41Okay.
06:42If he's with the director.
06:43You can mention it, right?
06:44Yes.
06:45And it's a private vehicle.
06:46It's not a government vehicle.
06:47The license plate is not red.
06:48Okay.
06:49So we're not sure.
06:51We're still investigating the three of them.
06:55If they're really together.
06:56It's good.
06:57You're taking action quickly.
06:58Yes.
06:59But your whole institution is affected.
07:01Yes.
07:02It's simple.
07:03You're not allowed to cross.
07:04And as you can see, he wants to run.
07:05He wants to run.
07:06He's really abusive.
07:07That's why we need salvage.
07:08Did you receive the contractual?
07:10He's already investigating.
07:11We already show-caused it.
07:12But you didn't see it?
07:13I'm not the one under us.
07:16We already show-caused it.
07:17He already explained it.
07:18The director also explained it.
07:20We're just taking the side of the three apprehending officers
07:23so that we can see what really happened.
07:25You hit me.
07:26Okay.
07:27Let's celebrate the preparation of the election.
07:292025.
07:30Your role is very important there.
07:33Do you have election hotspots or areas of concern?
07:38We have 37 hotspots.
07:4328 are in BARMM.
07:45Wow.
07:46They're all in BARMM?
07:47Yes.
07:48There are in the 3rd and 4th district of Leyte.
07:57There are also in the central zone.
08:02There are only a few compared to the past.
08:04But generally, we don't expect a violent election.
08:08I'm worried about election watchdogs
08:10who will use the government's assistance
08:13mentioned by B.C. Sara.
08:16Tupad, Akap, boat buying.
08:20Do you also monitor that?
08:22It's a continuous program.
08:25So it's up to the speaker and the common leg to talk
08:27about what's allowed and what's not.
08:29Okay.
08:30As of now, they're still authorized until February.
08:33It's not yet an official campaign.
08:35It's not yet an official campaign.
08:36I think it's until March.
08:37It's already prohibited.
08:38At the local level.
08:39When it comes to February, it's already prohibited.
08:42Please also monitor the commissioner,
08:46the common leg chairman Garcia,
08:48who abused the barangay certificates.
08:51That's right.
08:52So that the number of voters in one place increases.
08:57When they voted, there was only one barangay chairman.
09:00I think he ran away.
09:01Yes.
09:02So how is the cleaning of the barangay certificates?
09:05Did they leave first?
09:07You can't remove the function of law.
09:09Okay.
09:10But the exclusion proceedings,
09:12we encourage all the candidates
09:15to start the exclusion proceedings.
09:18Go to the common leg.
09:19Research it.
09:20Okay.
09:21Then we will investigate the barangay captains
09:24in collusion with the DILG officers
09:28to transfer the voters.
09:30So we are still in the investigation phase.
09:32Good luck.
09:33Good luck.
09:34Keep us updated.
09:35And thank you very much,
09:36DILG Secretary John Vic Remulia.