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00:00Almost none of the items were burned in the Barangay Bagong Pag-asa in Quezon City earlier.
00:06The fire reached the third alarm which lasted for more than an hour before the fire was declared out.
00:12Ma'am Gonzales was the one who rang the alarm.
00:20Ruby and her newborn child seemed to have woken up from a nightmare.
00:24The residents of Barangay Bagong Pag-asa in Quezon City were the ones who were hit by the fire at 2 p.m.
00:31None of the items were saved.
00:33I couldn't take it anymore. The rain stopped.
00:36The fire spread so fast that I couldn't get anything.
00:40I only got my baby's clothes. I only got my child's clothes.
00:45I don't know why I was able to save him. I was just holding him like that.
00:49It was still raining but the fire spread quickly to the houses and adjacent commercial establishments.
00:55Edgar was traveling by jeep with his young child when he heard that something was burned.
01:01His child was crying because he didn't get a single school item, not even his school card.
01:07It's a good thing that I'm with him because if I'm left behind, I might get burned.
01:11None of our clothes were saved.
01:13None of them?
01:13Not even one.
01:14Not even one, ma'am?
01:16He only has a birth certificate.
01:18The other residents each have their own belongings.
01:21There were also those who were carrying their belongings to help in extinguishing the fire.
01:26Meanwhile, the North Avenue area where the fire trucks were placed was closed.
01:31The firefighters responded quickly because the National Headquarters of the Bureau of Fire Protection was right in front of the burned area.
01:39There was a fire truck in front of us.
01:40The people from the barangay also helped.
01:44They were helping with the bucket relay.
01:47After more than an hour, the fire was declared out.
01:50According to the BFP, no one was hurt or burned.
01:53As of now, it is still unknown how many families were affected.
01:56In front of us, there's a commercial area.
01:58There's a bakery.
02:00There are shops.
02:01At the back, there are ISF presidential offices.
02:03We still haven't been investigated.
02:09For GMA Integrated News, Ma'am Gonzales was there for 24 hours.
02:15It's only right to file a petition in the Supreme Court to urge the Senate to start the impeachment process of Vice President Sara Duterte, according to an expert.
02:24But she also thinks that it's a waste of time to give it to the court.
02:28Why? Do you know why?
02:30Ma'am Gonzales will tell you.
02:34While the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte is taking a long time in the Senate,
02:39political instability is on the rise, according to constitutional law expert Atty. Domingo Cayoza.
02:45He is in favor of filing a petition for a mandate in the Supreme Court to urge the Senate to start the impeachment trial.
02:54The petition was filed by the former Special Government Council of the Presidential Commission on Good Government or PCGG, Catalino Generilio, Jr.
03:01It doesn't need to be finished, but at least it should start because they still have three to four months.
03:06The language of our Constitution is clear, forthwith, the trial will start if they are accepted.
03:14It means there will be no delay.
03:16They are using legal doubts or issues.
03:20In fact, it seems that their main reason is that the re-electionists need money, while others are afraid of the backlash of black voters.
03:32Cayoza said that now that the Senators have a copy of the Articles of Impeachment, VP Duterte should also have a copy of it.
03:41In the Constitution, the deadline is clear. It's just 10 days.
03:44Give it to him so that he can answer. Let's find out what his answer is.
03:48They just need to start properly. It's unfair to the Vice President in a way because the complaint is already on the website.
03:56It's already in the public domain, but the other party hasn't formally answered yet.
04:02So what's happening is that there are trolls and their own interviews in the media.
04:06But in Cayoza's view, the Supreme Court gave the mandamus petition as an excuse for the separation of powers of the judicature and legislature.
04:15The Supreme Court doesn't want a constitutional crisis.
04:18The Supreme Court doesn't care much because that's what we call separation of powers and political question.
04:27When will it start? It is the wisdom of the elected Senators and respect for a co-equal branch of government.
04:37Retired Associate Justice Antonio Carpio said earlier that he did not agree with the petition.
04:43Based on the Constitution, only the Senate has the power to hear and make decisions on all impeachment cases.
04:50Only when there is a grave abuse of discretion can the Supreme Court come in, just like during the time of the impeachment of Davide.
05:00It's up to the President to call a special session. You can't just give a mandamus.
05:05We asked Vice President Sara Duterte and Senate President Chase Escudero for a comment, but they have yet to respond.
05:12But Escudero said earlier that he doesn't think a special session for impeachment is necessary.
05:18Instead, the first thing his legal team said was the impeachment.
05:23For GMA Integrated News, Mav Gonzalez rang the bell for 24 hours.
05:28This week, the LTFRB will also start the petition of a group of drivers for P15, the minimum fare in a jeep, from the current P13.
05:39Nico Juae rang the bell.
05:41MANGGLEN IS PAYING 700 PESOS PER DAY TO HIS FAMILY FROM THE PURCHASE OF THE JEEPNEY.
05:50IT'S NEVER ENOUGH, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO THE PURCHASES, ESPECIALLY THE DIESEL.
05:56The diesel price has gone up. It's gone up again. If it goes down, it's just Pesos. It's gone up to Pesos.
06:02So if the high-passage plan continues, it's likely that he will pay more to his family.
06:08If it goes in, it's okay. For P700, P800, especially if the P15 goes down, it's P1,000.
06:16On February 19, the LTFRB will have a hearing on the plan to make P15 the minimum fare in a jeep from the current P13.
06:26The pending of 2023, the board gave a provisional increase. But at that time, the fuel was high, so they asked for P17.
06:38But the original that was filed in 2022 is P15.
06:42On October 2023, the LTFRB approved the increase in the minimum fare of public utility jeepneys from P12 to P13.
06:52For modern jeeps, from P14 to P15.
06:56So for the drivers, it's time to increase the fare in a jeep.
07:00It's a good thing that it's P15 because the diesel is high now.
07:05It's okay because the gas is too high.
07:08For me, it's too heavy. I've been in a jeep many times.
07:13The Alliance of Transport Operators and Drivers Association of the Philippines or ALTODAP clarified that
07:19one of the petitioners of the high-passage plan
07:21We're asking for a provisional increase because if it goes down, we can easily lower the provisional increase for the driver so it will be enough.
07:32If there's a provisional increase, it will be easier for them to lower the fare.
07:37They talked to other petitioners like ACTO and PASANGMASDA.
07:41It depends on the high price of oil that will be the reason for lowering the fare.
07:47They understand that their passengers, like them, also have a hard time with the high prices.
07:53But hopefully, they will understand.
07:55Especially with the high prices of oil, like what happened on Tuesday.
08:00For GMA Integrated News, I'm Nico Juahe.
08:03Tune in for 24 hours.
08:05Four weather systems are causing rain in the country.
08:10According to the forecast, it will be rainy season with rain in Batanes and Babuyan Islands.
08:17It will be sheer line with scattered rain and isolated thunderstorms in mainland Cagayan, Isabela, Apayao, and Aurora.
08:26There will be scattered rain and thunderstorms in some parts of Mindanao and Palawan in the ITCZ or Intertropical Conversion Zone.
08:35Parts of the country will experience heavy rain and thunderstorms in Metro Manila and other parts of the country due to the Easter Leaks.
08:42According to the rainfall forecast of Metro Weather,
08:44it is possible to experience light to intense rains tomorrow in Northern, Central, and Southern Luzon.
08:50Light to intense rains can also be experienced in Central and Western Visayas, as well as in a large part of Mindanao.
08:58It is also possible to experience heavy rain in Metro Manila tomorrow.
09:04The volcano Taal erupted again at 8 a.m.
09:08According to PHIVOX, the minor phreatic eruption lasted for four minutes.
09:12It reached a height of 900 meters.
09:16Before that, a minor phreatic eruption was also recorded in the volcano at 9 p.m.
09:22The alert level 1 was still high in the Taal Volcano.
09:26Not just one, but three ships of the China Coast Guard were spotted this morning near El Nido in Palawan, according to a maritime expert.
09:34He also pointed out that China is increasingly adhering to their 10-dash-line claim that is within our Exclusive Economic Zone.
09:43Jonathan Randall was there.
09:45This is how close the three ships of the China Coast Guard were this morning near El Nido, Palawan, just 35 nautical miles or 65 kilometers, according to an estimate and monitoring by a maritime security expert and former U.S. senior defense official, Ray Powell.
10:15So, you know, we're starting to see more and more of these intrusive patrols near Palawan.
10:45But they're not done yet.
10:47Last February 2, in Bolinao, Pangasinan, two ships of the Chinese Coast Guard were also spotted.
10:52But now, in Palawan, three ships were already sent.
10:56Usually, they go sort of one or maybe two at a time, so taking three ships is sending a particular message of strength.
11:03China's monster ship is no longer in the West Philippine Sea, according to Powell.
11:07But there are still some Chinese Coast Guard ships left here.
11:11One of them was pushed by the Philippine Coast Guard away from Zambales, 95 nautical miles from the province's inland coast.
11:18But it's still inside the EEZ or Exclusive Economic Zone of the Philippines.
11:22Your illegal activity will be reported to higher authorities. Over.
11:27China's ship was spotted by the BRP Cabra on the other side of the floodplains there,
11:33which reached five to eight floors.
11:36According to Powell, these are intrusive patrols by China that are not illegal.
11:42It's just aggressive, right?
11:44So, what the Philippines has tended to do is to send out a ship or a plane or something just to monitor it.
11:51But according to maritime law expert, Atty. J. Batong Bacal,
11:54the Philippines needs to convince other countries to take action against the United Nations.
12:00The UN is not taking much action because, first of all, it's over 160 member countries.
12:06And second, many of them were influenced by China.
12:11Their approach to the Coast Guard vessels is a threat.
12:16All of this means that they are showing that they are really stealing the sea,
12:22and they really want to subjugate it.
12:24Yesterday, Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio
12:31personally talked about how to strengthen the alliance of the Philippines and America
12:35to support Rubio's so-called destabilizing actions of China in the South China Sea.
12:40The Armed Forces of the Philippines, according to the Southern Theater Command of China,
12:45said that the Philippines is interfering in China's maritime rights when it joins patrols
12:50with the United States and Canada in the West Philippine Sea.
12:53The AFP said that the Philippines is not interfering.
12:56We are still trying to get the statement of the Chinese Embassy about this.
13:00For GMA Integrated News, Jonathan Andal, for 24 Hours.
13:06Hundreds of children in Manila have gathered as part of the celebration
13:10of the 30th anniversary of the Children's Museum.
13:13The museum's president is asking for a check-down to please the visitors.
13:18And from Manila, we have Katrina Pizzo.
13:23Katrina?
13:25Pia, hundreds of young people have gathered here in the city of Manila for the Children's parade.
13:35Garden-themed floats, streets, and young people holding flowers and leaves made from recycled materials.
13:45This is what can be seen in the Children's Parade that started at the National History Museum
13:51towards the Children's Museum.
13:53Up to 500 young people from different barangays in Manila are participating in the activity.
13:59This is part of the celebration of the 30th anniversary of the Children's Museum
14:05with the theme of Isla Pambata, or the unification of children from Luzon to Mindanao.
14:11They also aim to bring to the public the desire of young people to have a garden in the museum.
14:17It's all about coming together, children, and putting out there the need for a garden in Museo Pambata.
14:27It's all about the flora and the fauna, and trying to bring back nature into this space.
14:33It's good for the environment.
14:35It's good for the children to enjoy.
14:39We can play in the garden to make our bodies stronger.
14:45The environment, the plants, and the garden give us more happiness.
14:53It's like we're more exposed to nature.
14:56The program is full of singing and dancing.
15:04Pia, after the program, there will be interactive activities inside Museo Pambata.
15:11Here's the latest from Manila, Pia.
15:15Thank you very much, Katrina Son.