Narito ang mga nangungunang balita ngayong January 31, 2025
- Mahigit 20 bus drivers, natiketan dahil sa paglabag sa safety standards | SAICT: Gagawin nang regular ang roadworthiness check sa mga pampasaherong bus
- Panukalang P200 across-the-board na dagdag-sahod sa pribadong sektor, aprubado na sa komite sa Kamara | ECOP: Legislated wage hike, posibleng magdulot ng pagtaas ng presyo ng mga bilihin at pag-atras ng foreign investors
- Presyo ng asukal sa Blumentritt Market, hindi pa tumataas kahit nagmahal na ang presyo ng mga supplier
- Sugar Order No. 6, sinuspende ng Sugar Regulatory Administration dahil sa pangamba ng ilang grupo na tataas ang presyo ng asukal at iba pang produkto
- Ilang grupo, mag-ra-rally ngayong araw para isulong ang impeachment ni VP Duterte
- BRP Teresa Magbanua, patuloy na itinataboy ang mga barko ng China Coast Guard na nasa West Philippine Sea | DFA, kada linggo naghain ng diplomatic protest laban sa China noong 2024 | PBBM sa China: "Stop claiming our territory, stop harassing our fishermen" | Suspensiyon ng foreign aid at immigration policies ng Amerika, nakatakdang pag-usapan nina PBBM at Trump
- PBBM sa petisyon na ideklarang unconstitutional ang 2025 national budget: "I guess they want the government to cease working" | Giit ng petitioners, labag sa Saligang Batas ang pagkakaroon ng mga blangko sa Bicam report ng 2025 budget
- Tamang paggamit ng automated counting machine, itinuturo sa mga botante sa ACM Roadshow ng Comelec
- Tapatan ng senatorial aspirants, mapapanood na bukas sa “Tanong ng Bayan: The GMA Senatorial Face-Off 2025”
- "MAKA" Season 2, mapapanood na simula bukas, Sabado, 4:45 pm sa GMA
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- Mahigit 20 bus drivers, natiketan dahil sa paglabag sa safety standards | SAICT: Gagawin nang regular ang roadworthiness check sa mga pampasaherong bus
- Panukalang P200 across-the-board na dagdag-sahod sa pribadong sektor, aprubado na sa komite sa Kamara | ECOP: Legislated wage hike, posibleng magdulot ng pagtaas ng presyo ng mga bilihin at pag-atras ng foreign investors
- Presyo ng asukal sa Blumentritt Market, hindi pa tumataas kahit nagmahal na ang presyo ng mga supplier
- Sugar Order No. 6, sinuspende ng Sugar Regulatory Administration dahil sa pangamba ng ilang grupo na tataas ang presyo ng asukal at iba pang produkto
- Ilang grupo, mag-ra-rally ngayong araw para isulong ang impeachment ni VP Duterte
- BRP Teresa Magbanua, patuloy na itinataboy ang mga barko ng China Coast Guard na nasa West Philippine Sea | DFA, kada linggo naghain ng diplomatic protest laban sa China noong 2024 | PBBM sa China: "Stop claiming our territory, stop harassing our fishermen" | Suspensiyon ng foreign aid at immigration policies ng Amerika, nakatakdang pag-usapan nina PBBM at Trump
- PBBM sa petisyon na ideklarang unconstitutional ang 2025 national budget: "I guess they want the government to cease working" | Giit ng petitioners, labag sa Saligang Batas ang pagkakaroon ng mga blangko sa Bicam report ng 2025 budget
- Tamang paggamit ng automated counting machine, itinuturo sa mga botante sa ACM Roadshow ng Comelec
- Tapatan ng senatorial aspirants, mapapanood na bukas sa “Tanong ng Bayan: The GMA Senatorial Face-Off 2025”
- "MAKA" Season 2, mapapanood na simula bukas, Sabado, 4:45 pm sa GMA
Unang Balita is the news segment of GMA Network's daily morning program, Unang Hirit. It's anchored by Arnold Clavio, Susan Enriquez, Ivan Mayrina, and Mariz Umali, and airs on GMA-7 Mondays to Fridays at 5:30 AM (PHL Time).
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00:00May I assure you that the shock was ordered. The operators of the buses were closed because they did not comply with the regulatory standards for safe travel.
00:21We have live news. This is Bea Pinlac.
00:25Bea?
00:27More than 20 bus drivers were arrested this morning because of their roadworthiness check in Quezon City.
00:41Expired or no fire extinguisher?
00:43The lights are not working, the windows are broken and the tires are dusty.
00:46Those are the usual violations of passenger buses that were arrested by the Special Action and Intelligence Committee on Transportation this morning.
00:55Less than 20 buses were parked and closed as of 6 a.m.
00:59Some of them may be issued a show-cause order.
01:03The operators to explain why their buses violated the regulatory standards.
01:09One of the buses was parked for less than a year and the handbrake did not work, according to the driver.
01:16The fire extinguisher was also used up and there was no early warning device.
01:20The roadworthiness checks for passenger buses will be more strict and regular.
01:26Some bus drivers and conductors understood why this investigation is needed to keep the roads safe.
01:35We need to make sure that our countrymen have a safe journey whenever they ride our public buses.
01:47If we see a violation, we will immediately close it.
01:51If not, we will issue a show-cause order to the LTO and LTFRB.
01:58We are in danger.
02:00Don't let the compressor run out of air.
02:06If we run out of air, we will stop.
02:11The buses can't handle it anymore.
02:13Since there are many accidents happening in our roads, we are now trying to avoid them.
02:20Before we allow our drivers and conductors to travel,
02:23we need to make sure that the papers and the vehicle that they will use for their journey are in good condition.
02:33Some buses travel without a signal light.
02:37There are many other buses that don't have it.
02:40This is the right thing to do.
02:43Igan, please remind passengers to pay attention to the buses they ride.
02:49You can contact the buses' social media pages if there is a violation of their regulatory standards.
02:57That is the first news from Quezon City.
03:00Beya Pinlac for GMA Integrated News.
03:05The Labor Group approved the approval of the Committee of the Chamber of Commerce
03:09for the payment of P200 to workers in the private sector.
03:14Some groups of employers will be affected.
03:17Here's the first news, Tina Panganiban Perez.
03:21Payment! Payment! Payment!
03:25One law! One law!
03:27The House Committee on Labor and Employment has approved the payment for the P200 daily minimum legislated wage hike
03:35for all workers in the private sector.
03:38This happened one day after several labor groups and congressmen
03:44discussed this issue with Speaker Martin Romaldes.
03:48The current daily minimum wage in NCR is P645.
03:53It is stated in the bill that all employers in the private sector,
03:58whether agricultural or non-agricultural,
04:01and in terms of capital and number of employees,
04:04must pay P200 in additional wages.
04:08Those who violate the law will be fined P50,000 up to P100,000
04:13and will be jailed for two to four years.
04:16Those four hearings lasted for more than eight months.
04:21We need to give the right opportunity to all workers,
04:26to all groups of leaders, investors, employers, workers, and our government.
04:38But according to the Employers Confederation of the Philippines,
04:42the benefits will be limited.
04:45It is also possible for the price of products and services to increase.
04:50When the minimum wage is approved as a legislated wage hike,
04:54only 16 percent of the P52 million are benefitted.
05:00The other 84 percent, many of them are in the informal sector,
05:06many of them have no employers.
05:09That's a remedy.
05:11Their price will increase if the market can afford it or if people will be reduced.
05:17It is also possible for foreign businessmen to go to other countries
05:21because of the different policies of the government.
05:24People are disappointed.
05:26Investors are afraid.
05:28They know that we have a policy.
05:30If we suddenly decrease the wage,
05:33we will be unpredictable.
05:35Investors are afraid of us.
05:37The hearing is being held for hours,
05:41because only a few days are left
05:44before the session on February 7 is adjourned
05:47to prepare for the campaign period of the election of 2025.
05:51To speed up the approval of the hearing,
05:54some congressmen are calling on the President to issue an urgent certificate.
05:59This is the first news.
06:01Tina Panganiban-Perez for GMA Integrated News.
06:05Let's check the price of sugar.
06:08Suppliers are increasing their prices.
06:11Live from the Blue Man Trade Market in Manila,
06:14I have a reporter, James Agustin.
06:17James.
06:22Good morning.
06:23As I have already mentioned,
06:24sugar is being sold here in Blue Man Trade Market in Manila.
06:28Suppliers are increasing their prices.
06:31They are still able to do it.
06:32That's why they are not increasing their prices.
06:34If the price of sugar increases,
06:37it will affect not only those who sell it,
06:39but also other businessmen,
06:41such as those who sell sweets and taho.
06:48Manoel's taho is for sale,
06:50especially if he is not saving on adding arnival.
06:53He is using black sugar to make arnival.
06:56At present, the price of sugar is not increasing.
06:59If it increases,
07:01he will be forced to adjust.
07:03We adjust it in a glass.
07:05We use 8 oz for 10 pesos.
07:08We make it 5 oz.
07:10If you adjust it,
07:11who will buy it if the taho is already sweet?
07:14That's what you need,
07:15the arnival.
07:16Without arnival,
07:17how can you buy your soup?
07:19At Rodalyn's place,
07:21he sells sweets,
07:22such as nata de coco for 25 pesos,
07:25beans and mung beans for 30 pesos,
07:27garbanzos for 35 pesos,
07:29kaong for 40 pesos,
07:31and makapuno for 60 pesos.
07:33He is not raising the price yet.
07:35Even if it is halved,
07:36he is already raising the price of sugar.
07:38We reduced the price of sugar
07:40so that we can remain at the same price.
07:44It's okay for us even if it's just a little.
07:47As long as we earn the same.
07:49At Blumentritt Market in Manila,
07:51you can buy 1 kilo of white sugar for 85 pesos.
07:54The washed sugar or segunda is 75 pesos per kilo.
07:58There is also light brown sugar
08:00that is usually used to cook bananas and sweet potatoes,
08:0470 pesos per kilo.
08:06The golden brown sugar is 85 pesos
08:09while the black sugar is 95 pesos.
08:12The sellers say that they have already paid
08:14for their supply this January.
08:16Despite that,
08:17they have not yet raised the price
08:19because they are still able to earn.
08:21The price of our sugar has increased a little
08:25but we did not raise it
08:27because we can still afford to pay our previous price.
08:30Maybe if we can't afford it,
08:32we will raise the price of our sugar
08:36because we also repackaged it.
08:43Meanwhile,
08:44the sellers of sugar are hoping
08:46that they will not raise the price that much
08:49because they say that their sales will plummet
08:51if that happens.
08:52That is the first news from Manila.
08:54This is James Agustin for Gemma's Integrated News.
09:00The Sugar Order No. 6 was first approved by the SRA
09:13that requires additional requirements
09:15for the raising of sugar alternatives.
09:19According to the SRA,
09:20some groups are worried that the price of sugar
09:23will possibly drop
09:25if the price of other products increases.
09:28The SRA chief, Pablo Ascona,
09:30called this speculative
09:32because the order has not yet been implemented.
09:35It is expected that the Department of Agriculture
09:37will issue a statement regarding this.
09:40Police have watched the EDSA People Power Monument
09:43where a rally will be held
09:45to call for the impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte.
09:49Live from EDSA,
09:51I am Jomer Apesto.
09:54Jomer.
09:57Good morning.
09:58The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority
10:02or MMDA is warning motorists
10:04to avoid the EDSA People Power Monument in Quezon City.
10:08This is followed by a large-scale protest
10:11by some groups
10:12to call for the impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte.
10:17The people of the Quezon City Police District
10:21in the White Plains have already been watched.
10:23This is to ensure the safety of the area.
10:25This is followed by a large-scale protest this morning.
10:28According to the National Capital Region Police Office,
10:30more than 2,000 police were deployed here today.
10:34In addition, more than 1,000 police were on standby.
10:37According to the group,
10:38it is expected that up to 6,000 to 7,000 people
10:42will be involved in their activities.
10:44According to the group,
10:45it is expected that their call for the action
10:48of their impeachment complaints
10:50against the second president of the past few months
10:52will reach the Congress.
10:54Remember that in December,
10:55VP Sara said that she is ready to face
10:58the impeachment complaints against her.
11:00According to the group,
11:01their program will start later at 9 a.m.
11:04They will start at a mass.
11:06It is possible that their program will last until 12 p.m.
11:11As of now, the traffic is still loose
11:13in the White Plains.
11:15But according to the group,
11:17they will start assembling at 7.30 a.m.
11:20So expect heavy traffic in the area.
11:23But aside from the EDSA People Power Monument,
11:26there will also be a protest later at 2 p.m.
11:29in the EDSA Shrine area.
11:31That is why motorists are being warned
11:33to look for an alternative route.
11:36And that is the first news from Quezon City.
11:39I am Jomer Apresto for GMA Integrated News.
11:43President Bongbong Marcos will be challenged in China.
11:46He will stop the harassment in the West Philippine Sea
11:49and he will return the Typhoon Mesal System of America.
11:52In the meantime,
11:53the exclusive ceramic zone of the Philippines
11:55is still inside the ships of the China Coast Guard.
11:58Here is my first news.
12:03This is China Coast Guard,
12:05Messor 3304.
12:07The so-called award for South China Sea arbitration
12:10is illegal and invalid.
12:12This is a radio challenge of the ships of the China Coast Guard
12:15to BRP Teresa Magbanua of the Philippine Coast Guard.
12:18You are advised that you are currently sailing
12:20within a Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone,
12:23approximately 102 nautical miles southwest
12:25of Caponis Point, Zambales, Philippines.
12:28According to the PCG,
12:29their ships are still being radio challenged
12:32by the ships of China
12:34that have been circling for almost a month
12:36and are approaching Zambales.
12:38There are four CCG ships
12:40that are circling in Bajo de Bacinloc or Scarborough Shoal
12:43with their monster ship.
12:45BRP Teresa Magbanua is monitoring them alone
12:48and is sailing with the ships of China.
12:50On January 13,
12:52the National Maritime Council said
12:54that the Philippine has already initiated a diplomatic protest
12:56in favor of the remaining ships and helicopters of China
12:59in the Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone.
13:02Less than a week after this,
13:04two incidents of harassment were recorded by the PCG.
13:07On January 24,
13:08the Marine Scientific Survey and Sand Sampling of the B-4
13:12in Sandy Cay in the West Philippine Sea
13:14were not continued due to harassment of CCG ships
13:17and helicopters of the People's Liberation Army Navy of China.
13:23On January 25,
13:25the BRP Cabra of the PCG in Zambales
13:27used a Long Range Acoustic Device or LRAD.
13:30Although according to the China Coast Guard,
13:32their ships do not have LRAD.
13:34Aside from that,
13:35there were other incidents of harassing of CCG ships,
13:40water cannons,
13:41and other harassments last year.
13:56President Bongbong Marcos of China has a challenge.
14:02Stop claiming our territory.
14:04Stop harassing our fishermen
14:06and let them have a living.
14:08Stop ramming our boats.
14:10Stop water cannoning our people.
14:14Stop firing lasers at us.
14:18And stop your aggressive and coercive behavior.
14:21And I'll return the typhoon missiles.
14:25Stop what they're doing.
14:26I'll take all of that back.
14:28This was said by President Marcos
14:29when he was asked about China's condemnation
14:31of the US' Typhoon Missile System in the Philippines.
14:34China has repeatedly lied
14:36about the Typhoon Missile System
14:38that can send Tomahawk Missiles
14:40to China and Russia from the Philippines.
14:55China has yet to make a statement about this.
14:57The biggest ally of the Philippines
14:59in the West Philippine Sea is America.
15:01The President confirmed
15:03the US President Donald Trump's request
15:05as well as the possible discussion
15:07of the new immigration policy of America
15:09where hundreds of thousands of Filipinos are affected.
15:21The President also plans to implement
15:23the finance freeze implemented by America
15:25to all of its foreign aid,
15:27especially to the agencies of the US government.
15:32This is the first news.
15:34Ivan Meirina for GMA Integrated News.
15:38The government's destabilization
15:40is what President Marcos is seeing
15:42as a motive for the Supreme Court's petition
15:45to declare the 2025 National Budget unconstitutional.
15:51We shut down everything.
15:53I guess that's what they want.
15:55They want the government to cease working
15:57so they can continue with their destabilization.
16:02The President has ordered the Office of the Solicitor General
16:05to defend the National Budget.
16:08According to the former Executive Secretary of the President
16:10and one of the petitioners, Atty. Vic Rodriguez,
16:13the government will not stop
16:15in declaring the 2025 budget unconstitutional.
16:18It can operate using the reenacted budget
16:21or the same fund in 2024.
16:24They petitioned the Supreme Court
16:26to protect the national fund
16:28and to stop its unconstitutionalization.
16:31Rodriguez also petitioned
16:33Davao City 3rd District Rep. Isidro Ungab.
16:37They are against the law
16:40on the presence of whites
16:42in the Bicameral Conference Committee report
16:44on the 2025 budget.
16:46The House Appropriations Committee Acting Chairperson Stella Quimbo
16:50authorized the technical staff
16:52of the Senate and House Appropriations Committee
16:54to fix and correct any white people.
16:58President Bambang Marcos said
17:00that there are no white people
17:02in his General Appropriations Act.
17:07To avoid a delay in the election,
17:10Comelec is going around to teach the voters
17:13how to use the automated counting machine, ACM.
17:17Live from Dagupan City,
17:19here's CJ Torrida of GMA Regional TV.
17:23CJ.
17:25Comelec is continuously conducting activities,
17:29including AFP and PNP.
17:31In this election period,
17:32it is also included in the automated counting machine roadshow.
17:41Comelec is going around to teach the voters
17:44how to use the automated counting machine
17:47roadshow in Pangasinan.
17:49Aside from the roadshow,
17:50Comelec is going around to teach the voters
17:52how to use the automated counting machine, ACM.
17:54Almost 100% of the barangays in Pangasinan
17:56have been visited by Comelec,
17:58except for San Carlos City,
18:00which has more than 80 barangays.
18:02According to the election officer,
18:04they will also be finished.
18:06We allowed them to borrow the automated counting machine
18:11of the first to finish
18:13so that they can use it for 2 to 3 or 4 sessions per day.
18:19In Dagupan City,
18:21last Tuesday of January,
18:23the ACM roadshow was finished.
18:25In the remaining days before the deadline,
18:28Comelec is going to various associations,
18:31like OSCA,
18:32to teach them how to use the ACM.
18:35Schools are also being visited by Comelec.
18:39The ACM roadshow is a big deal for the students,
18:43especially since it's their first time
18:45to vote through the automated election.
18:47It's better to teach them now,
18:50so that it's easier for the voters to vote.
18:55According to Comelec,
18:56the ACM roadshow is no longer extended.
18:59A memo was issued by the Comelec Central Office
19:02to get the ACMs on February 1.
19:10Igan, according to the Pangasinan Police,
19:1220 people have been arrested
19:14for fighting the Comelec gun ban
19:17since the election period began.
19:19The Comelec and PNP has been coordinated
19:22to monitor the situation here in the province.
19:25Igan?
19:26Thank you very much, CJ Torrida of GMA Regional TV.
19:40Tomorrow is the first day of the Senate
19:43for the GMA Senatorial Face-Off 2025.
19:47Can you clarify,
19:49will you be accepted by the Fort Barren or not?
19:53Let's take a look at the brave question
19:55that will be thrown at the 12 senatorial aspirants
19:57who took part in the GMA Integrated News and Public Affairs.
20:01They will present their platforms and opinions
20:04on important issues
20:05with trusted and multi-awarded journalists
20:09like Jessica Soho, Vicky Morales, Emil Sumangil,
20:12P.R. Canghel, and Cara David.
20:14Stay tuned for the question of the people
20:16of the GMA Senatorial Face-Off 2025
20:18tomorrow at 9 p.m.
20:20on GMA and Simulcast on GMA Pinoy TV and DZBB.
20:25You can also watch the live stream
20:26on the official social media accounts
20:28of GMA Integrated News and GMA Public Affairs.
20:36We're back with the hit GMA Public Affairs
20:38youth-oriented show, Maka,
20:40with a brand new season.
20:48Welcome to Maka.
20:49That's just a teaser.
20:51It's already exciting to bring a new journey
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