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00:00This is Philippine Coastal Center.
00:03This is 29th.
00:04We have this.
00:07Live from the GMA Network Center,
00:10this is 24 Horas.
00:14Good evening, Pauluzon, Visayas, and Mindanao.
00:19It's been three months since they graduated from Senior High School.
00:24But there's still a tragic incident.
00:26Four students were caught bathing in a waterfall in Baras, Rizal.
00:32Two of them were unable to walk after drowning in the waterfall.
00:36One of the victims tried to ask for help.
00:40The classmate who was drowning, but he was not saved.
00:44EJ Gomez has the story.
00:50This is the scene in Unga Falls,
00:52Barangay San Salvador, Baras, Rizal,
00:54at 3 p.m. on Monday.
00:57Authorities are trying to rescue the two men who drowned
01:02after going to the deep part of the falls.
01:05It's hard for the rescuers to find the victims
01:08because of the strong flow of water.
01:11It took a few more hours before the victims were rescued.
01:15According to the police,
01:16four graduating students were able to bathe in Unga Falls
01:21after they obtained their medical certificate for their work immersion.
01:26One of them immediately jumped into the water
01:28and went to the deep part of the falls.
01:31He tried to save the classmate, but he also drowned.
01:35We saw him calling and asking for help.
01:40He was helped by his classmate.
01:45They both went to the deep part of the falls.
01:48Unfortunately, these four students were not able to escape.
01:55They were declared dead on arrival at the hospital.
01:58The family that was named after the victim was the first to jump into the water.
02:02The student who jumped into the water was his friend,
02:05known as John Mike Paschon,
02:07a resident of Antipolo City, Barangay Kupang.
02:10John Mike's family is deeply saddened.
02:14He was only three months old when he graduated as the eldest of two siblings.
02:19It was very painful.
02:21He was no longer with us,
02:23but he did not hesitate to save the other one.
02:37I'm sorry.
02:39Even though he was in danger,
02:41he was also proud,
02:43but of course, he was also sad.
02:46It would have been better if he was able to save himself and his classmates.
02:52The two victims in Antipolo City both drowned.
02:56Tomorrow, John Mike will be buried.
02:59For GMA Integrated News,
03:01EJ Gomez,
03:0224 Hours.
03:06Soldiers escorting people to the United Nations Development Program in Basilan
03:11were shot and burned.
03:15Two soldiers were injured.
03:17According to the Philippine Army,
03:19the MILF is behind it.
03:23June Veneracion was shot.
03:30This abandoned military truck was burned
03:32after lawless elements and members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front,
03:38or MILF,
03:39attacked the Philippine Army troops in Basilan yesterday.
03:50Soldiers are on their way to a barangay to provide security
03:53to the members of the United Nations Development Program
03:56that has a project in the area of being ambushed.
03:59The shooting lasted for almost an hour,
04:01which started at 4 p.m.
04:03When the shooting stopped,
04:05two soldiers and two of their enemies were killed,
04:08while 12 soldiers were injured.
04:20From Basilan,
04:21ten soldiers were brought to Zamboanga City.
04:24One of them was Corporal Orlando James Gamel,
04:27who lost his wife and seven grandchildren.
04:31When we called him,
04:33he was the one who answered our calls.
04:38He was the first one to work for us.
04:43Among the ambushed were members of the MILF,
04:47a rebelling group that had already reached an agreement with the government.
04:51Brigadier General Alvin Luzon,
04:53commander of the 101st Brigade of the Army, said,
04:56if the MILF is sincere in the peace process,
04:59they should surrender their members.
05:02According to the AFP-Western Mindanao Command,
05:05they will chase those who are behind the ambush
05:07so that they can stop causing trouble
05:10to the communities that are endangering the lives of civilians and soldiers.
05:15We are working closely with the local government units
05:19and other law enforcement agencies
05:25to ensure that these perpetrators
05:29will be put to the folds of the law
05:34and justice will be served to our fallen heroes.
05:40Presidential Peace Advisor Carlito Galvez also attended the incident
05:44while calling on the MILF leadership
05:47to investigate and answer those responsible.
05:50According to the Basilan Provincial Government,
05:53it was an isolated incident.
05:55Maybe this is a wake-up call for all of us,
05:59whether it's the MILF, the military,
06:05the BAPU, the national government, regional government,
06:11and the local government units.
06:13We are all equal.
06:15The vulnerability is still there,
06:18but this is not a reason to stop the initiatives of the branch.
06:23The United Nations reached out to the families of the fallen soldiers.
06:29They said that the UNDP was not involved in the incident.
06:33But the AFP was able to ambush
06:36while it was on its way to the UNDP group
06:39to escort it to a community engagement.
06:42The AFP Chief Romeo Bronner Jr. immediately went to Basilan
06:46one day after the bloody ambush
06:48to protest the joint MILF-GPH-CCCH encounter.
06:55The actions of our commander on the ground
06:59was that he wrote a protest letter to the GPH-CCCH.
07:05We are following the peace mechanisms.
07:09Bronner also insisted that there should be coordination
07:12and that the area of temporary stay should be removed.
07:15In his visit, the wounded soldiers were given medals and financial assistance.
07:20In a radio interview, the chairman of the MILF-ADOC Joint Action Group,
07:25Anwar Alamada, said that the military group entered their community
07:30without coordination resulting in the encounter.
07:33He said that coordination is needed for them
07:36even though the PAKAY is still in enforcement
07:39and is involved in the ceasefire agreement.
07:42They also did not consent to the encounter
07:45and they also gave instructions on how to stop it.
07:51For GMA Integrated News, I'm Jun Vanara.
07:57After more than a year,
07:59the Huthi group in Yemen freed the 17th Filipino seafarer
08:04who was on board of the ship MV Galaxy Leader.
08:08I'm Ivan Mayrina.
08:12Goodbye Yemen. Thank you very much.
08:15I'm going home now.
08:17See you in the Philippines.
08:18To these people, along with their smiling faces,
08:21after 426 days of isolation,
08:25the 17th Filipino seafarer who was on board of the ship MV Galaxy Leader
08:29was one of the 25 marines on board of the ship MV Galaxy Leader
08:33who was hijacked by the Huthi
08:35while sailing in the Red Sea on November 19, 2023.
08:39In his announcement of the Filipino seafarers' liberation
08:42a few days ago,
08:44President Marcos thanked the Sultan of Oman
08:47and their government
08:48through a negotiation to save the Filipinos' liberation.
08:53In the statement of DFA Undersecretary Eduardo de Vega,
08:56he said that this is not the first time
08:58that the country of Oman has helped us
09:00through the rebelling Huthi.
09:02More than a hundred
09:04were attacked by Yemen's rebelling Huthi
09:07on the ships passing through the Red Sea.
09:09Some of the ships on board of the Filipino seafarers
09:13such as on March 6, 2024
09:15when their missile hit the MV True Confidence
09:18in the Gulf of Aden,
09:19two Filipinos were killed
09:21and three were injured in the so-called attack.
09:24On June 12, 2024,
09:2622 Filipino seafarers were also attacked
09:28by the MV Tutor on the Red Sea.
09:3021 were saved
09:32and one was still on the list of missing.
09:35For GMA Integrated News,
09:37Ivan Mayrena reporting for 24 Hours.
09:41Increased expenses that the local farmers
09:43will not be able to help.
09:44This is said to be the effect of the upcoming flood
09:46even though the rice is not yet available
09:49which is now available in some warehouses
09:51of the National Food Authority or NFA.
09:53One of the NFA warehouses
09:56targeted by Bernadette Reyes
09:59was also exposed in GMA Integrated News.
10:05If last year,
10:06the rice of some warehouses
10:08of the National Food Authority
10:09almost ran out
10:10when the buffer stock of rice
10:11fell to one day,
10:13now, the rice has almost run out
10:16in some NFA warehouses.
10:18Here in the NFA NCR warehouse
10:20in Malanday, Valenzuela,
10:21we were still able to harvest
10:23the newly arrived rice.
10:25It includes the provinces of
10:27Camanava, Maynila, Quezon City, and San Juan.
10:30Most of it comes to us
10:31from Region 3, Pampanga, Bulacan,
10:34Nueva Ecija, Bataan.
10:36Some of it also comes from Region 2.
10:39It continues to arrive.
10:41Now, the crop from November
10:44is newly milled
10:46in Region 3.
10:50It is sent here
10:51intended for NCR.
10:53These are the newly harvested rice
10:55from Nueva Ecija,
10:57also known as the Rice Granary of the Philippines,
10:59that you can find here
11:01in the NFA NCR warehouse in Valenzuela.
11:03It will now be a part
11:05of the country's buffer stock.
11:07For now, 60-70% of the rice
11:09comes from this warehouse.
11:12In Region 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 12,
11:15where the rice is harvested,
11:17the warehouse is full according to the NFA.
11:20These rice are the target
11:22to be exported to the markets
11:24to lower the price of rice.
11:26However, the Department of Agriculture
11:28is still waiting for the declaration
11:30for the so-called
11:31Food Security Emergency on rice.
11:33It is almost February,
11:35so it is important for the NFA
11:37to export rice from the warehouses.
11:39If this cannot be done,
11:41the rice cannot be bought
11:43from the farmers
11:44and the expenses for the NFA will increase.
11:46We will be limited
11:48in terms of buying
11:50because we cannot do a full blast
11:53because the warehouses are still full.
11:56As much as we can,
11:58we will rent a warehouse,
12:01but again,
12:02because of the cost,
12:04it will be reduced
12:05because of the budget
12:07that was given.
12:09The NFA's target is to release
12:11the rice on February 1,
12:13but it may change according to the DA.
12:15If it is released this week,
12:17we think February 1 can still be released.
12:20But definitely,
12:21there will be adjustments later on.
12:23If the Secretary will sign it,
12:25of course,
12:26there will be clearances for them.
12:29We are hoping that it will be released
12:31by Monday,
12:32but of course,
12:35we are a government of bureaucracy.
12:37We have to wait
12:38for the final approved signed copy.
12:42For GMA Integrated News,
12:44Bernadette Reyes,
12:46NAKA TUTOK 24 HORAS.
12:49Many houses and roads
12:51were destroyed and damaged
12:53due to the following
12:55strong winds
12:56in Visayas and Mindanao this morning.
12:59The strongest was in Southern Leyte
13:01which reached a magnitude 5.8.
13:04NAKA TUTOK,
13:05MARIS UMALI.
13:11This is how many and how long
13:13the roads in Barangay Himayangan
13:15in the town of Liloan,
13:16Southern Leyte.
13:17Some parts of the road also rose.
13:20Wow!
13:21Wow!
13:23In Barangay Tabugon,
13:24rocks fell and hit the road.
13:29Fortunately,
13:30no car or resident was hit.
13:32At 7.30 a.m. this morning,
13:34the magnitude 5.8
13:36was hit in Southern Leyte.
13:38The strong winds reached
13:40intensity 6
13:42in the town of San Francisco
13:44where the epicenter was also hit.
13:46There,
13:47in some parts of the roads
13:49that were cracked and destroyed,
13:50the strong winds were felt.
13:51The walls of some houses were also destroyed.
13:54There were also debris
13:55inside a school
13:56and a part of a house
13:57that was damaged.
13:59The strong winds
14:00were also felt in other parts of Visayas
14:02and reached Surigao del Norte
14:04in Mindanao.
14:05According to the Office of Civil Defense,
14:07no one was injured
14:08or injured from the strong winds.
14:10The OCD Eastern Visayas
14:12is currently conducting an assessment
14:14on the affected towns.
14:16Only four hours passed
14:18following the strong winds
14:19of Zamboanga del Norte.
14:21The estimated magnitude of the strong winds
14:23was magnitude 5.4.
14:24There was a large crack
14:26in the wall of a classroom
14:27in the town of Siocon.
14:30The students of a school
14:32in Ipil, Zamboanga, Cebugay
14:34were shocked and ran
14:36outside their online teaching tutorial office.
14:38In the towns of Siocon and Ipil,
14:40the intensity 5 was recorded.
14:42The students also went outside
14:44to visit the open space
14:46of Western Mindanao State University
14:48in Zamboanga City.
14:51The situation in the University of Zamboanga
14:53was almost the same.
14:57Some students were shocked.
14:59Some students were sent home
15:01to Zamboanga City
15:02due to possible aftershocks.
15:04The employees of Zamboanga City Hall
15:06also went outside.
15:08Because the magnitude is almost the same
15:10and only a few hours
15:12The question is,
15:14are these two walls connected?
15:16The structure is different.
15:18In Leyte,
15:20the local active fault is possibly connected.
15:22In Zamboanga,
15:24the active faults
15:26caused the movement.
15:28The tsunami warning of FIVO
15:30did not need to be issued
15:32in the same incident.
15:34Preparation is still important here.
15:36For the poorly built
15:38and the use of substandard materials
15:40it is better
15:42to investigate
15:44the weak structures
15:46to see if it needs to be retrofitted
15:48or abandoned
15:50to avoid it.
15:52For GMA Integrated News,
15:54Maris Umali reporting for 24 Hours.
15:56The illegal sale
15:58of drugs
16:00that are sold
16:02for rice was seen in Makati.
16:04The three Vietnamese nationals
16:06were caught in the next operation.
16:08Here is the consultation.
16:14Upon receiving the information
16:16to be delivered to a motorcycle courier service,
16:18the agencies of the
16:20Organized and Transnational Crime Division
16:22of the NBI immediately approached
16:24this Vietnamese national.
16:26We're from the NBI.
16:28At first glance,
16:30it looks like rice is the content of the plastic.
16:32But when examined,
16:34several sachets of ketamine
16:36and party drugs of ecstasy
16:38were found.
16:42In a sudden operation,
16:44two Vietnamese women
16:46were caught by sex workers
16:48in a motel in Pasay.
16:50The group's modus was
16:52to give the women
16:54to their parochials
16:56to sell drugs to them.
16:58The women were used
17:00to sell drugs
17:02because
17:04the women were already waiting
17:06at the place.
17:08According to the arrested,
17:10they have been here in the Philippines for several years
17:12and their parochial
17:14are Vietnamese or Chinese
17:16who are contacting them
17:18via messaging app or social media.
17:20We filed
17:22violation of
17:24section 5 and 11
17:26of RA 9165,
17:28Comprehensive Dangerous Drug Act
17:30in relation to
17:32RA 10175,
17:34Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012.
17:36The arrested
17:38have not yet been released
17:40from the NBI detention facility in Montinlupa.
17:42For GMA Integrated News,
17:44John Consulta,
17:46for 24 Hours.
17:48U.S. Secretary of State
17:50Marco Rubio
17:52confirmed the strong relationship
17:54between the Philippines and America.
17:56In his conversation with our Foreign Affairs Secretary,
17:58Rubio reiterated
18:00and not according to the law
18:02that China should remain
18:04in the Exclusive Economic Zone of the Philippines.
18:06J.P. Soriano was there.
18:12The ships of the China Coast Guard
18:14have been circling
18:16for three weeks
18:18with 60 to 65 nautical miles
18:20from Capone, Zambales.
18:22The Philippine Coast Guard
18:24has been leaving the China Coast Guard
18:26for several weeks
18:28while patrolling
18:30the Exclusive Economic Zone
18:32or EEZ of the Philippines.
18:34These actions of China
18:36according to the new U.S. Secretary of State
18:38Marco Rubio
18:40can be considered as
18:42a dangerous and destabilizing action.
18:44Rubio said that
18:46in his conversation
18:48with Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo.
18:50According to the U.S. Department of State,
18:52Rubio said
18:54that China's actions
18:56are against regional peace
18:58and stability in the region
19:00and not according to international law.
19:02Rubio also said
19:04to Manalo
19:06that this is an ironclad commitment
19:08of the U.S. to the Philippines
19:10under the Mutual Defense Treaty
19:12or MDT.
19:14The MDT
19:16is an agreement between the U.S. and the Philippines
19:18where the U.S. and the Philippines
19:20are obliged
19:22to defend each other
19:24in the event of an armed attack
19:26on any maritime vehicle
19:28or for the protection of the Philippines
19:30or America
19:32in the ocean including the West Philippine Sea.
19:34Manalo also said
19:36that Rubio and Manalo
19:38discussed the importance
19:40of the alliance between the U.S. and the Philippines
19:42for the security
19:44and development of the Indo-Pacific region.
19:46Manalo hopes
19:48that the strong
19:50relationship between the U.S.
19:52and the Philippines
19:54aside from Rubio,
19:56Japan has also expressed
19:58concern about the actions
20:00of the China Coast Guard in the Philippines.
20:22In the midst of this,
20:24the American Tafon Missile System
20:26that continues to remain
20:28in the Philippines,
20:30was transferred by the U.S.
20:32based on a report by the Reuters News Agency.
20:34According to these satellite photos
20:36that were obtained by Reuters,
20:38the Tafon equipment can still be seen
20:40at Lawag International Airport
20:42in Ilocos Norte
20:44on December 30.
20:46By January 8,
20:48these will no longer be there.
20:50According to Reuters,
20:52the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command said
20:54that it has already transferred it
20:56to an unknown location in Luzon.
20:58The Tafon uses
21:00Tomahawk cruise missiles
21:02that can deploy missiles
21:04to China and Russia
21:06from the Philippines.
21:08It also has SM-6 missiles
21:10that can hit the air and sea target
21:12that is 200 kilometers away.
21:14China used to
21:16maintain the Tafon Missile System
21:18in the Philippines
21:20where it is possible
21:22that an arms race
21:24will start.
21:26For GMA Integrated News,
21:28JP Soriano,
21:3024 Hours.
21:34In a press conference,
21:36the Foreign Ministry of China said
21:38that the U.S. should not be included
21:40in the South China Sea issue.
21:42China said that the U.S. has no right
21:44to know about the maritime issue
21:46China's sovereignty
21:48and maritime rights
21:50should not be included
21:52in the military cooperation
21:54between the Philippines and the U.S.
21:56It should also not be included
21:58in the illegal claims of the Philippines.
22:00China also called
22:02the U.S. irresponsible
22:04in transferring the Tafon missile launchers
22:06to other locations
22:08from the Northern Hemisphere.
22:10It is possible that a geopolitical confrontation
22:12and an arms race will start
22:14between the Philippines
22:16and the U.S.
22:22Good evening, Kapuso!
22:24The Queen's City of the South
22:26has held a colorful,
22:28fun, and loud festival
22:30as well as the stars
22:32of GINA-G
22:34in various activities
22:36of the festival.
22:38Luan May Rondina of GMA Regional TV
22:40has a report.
22:42No breathing!
22:44The deadly finale
22:46of the GMA Prime Series
22:48of We Don't Smart
22:50was watched by some of the cast
22:52while they were having fun
22:54at the Sinulog Festival in Cebu last week.
22:56They were thankful
22:58for the series that left
23:00their school.
23:02Sometimes it's better
23:04to trust the universe
23:06or trust God
23:08to reveal or unravel the truth for you
23:10eventually. Maybe it's not the right time yet
23:12for you to know the truth.
23:14For the sisters, Galvan
23:16and Aurora,
23:18even though they fought
23:20sometimes,
23:22love and hate relationship,
23:24but at the end of the day,
23:26they are still
23:28the same.
23:30With Nabea Alonso and Jean Garcia,
23:32Timmy Cruz and Royce Cabrera
23:34were also there.
23:36At the first mall show
23:38at Park Mall Cebu, Mandawis City,
23:40early in the morning,
23:42many Cebuanos were already waiting.
23:44They were also happy at the Kapuso Fiesta
23:46in Cebu City
23:48where they gave their
23:50own performances.
23:54The stars of the children's relays
23:56also had a timeout
23:58in the competition.
24:00The performances of
24:02Miguel Tan Felix,
24:04Pocoy De Santos,
24:06Rahil Virya,
24:08and Anton Muginzon.
24:10Costumes and
24:12all-out performances,
24:14as well as the drums
24:16were enjoyed by many
24:18at the 49th Sinulog sa Kabankalan Festival.
24:22One of the highlights
24:24of the competition was the talent
24:26and beauty
24:28of Miss Sinulog sa Kabankalan 2025.
24:30Hosted by
24:32Miss Universe Philippines 2019,
24:34Gazzini Ganados,
24:36along with GMA Regional TV correspondent
24:38and One Western Visayas co-anchor,
24:40Adrian Prietos.
24:42Sparkle artist Lexi Gonzalez
24:44was also one of the board of judges.
24:46And the one who made
24:48Sparkle artists' hearts flutter
24:50was Christopher Martin.
24:56I always look forward
24:58to seeing our Kapuso.
25:00From GMA Regional TV
25:02and GMA Integrated News,
25:04I'm Luan Meron Dina,
25:06reporting for 24 Hours.