Unang Balita sa Unang Hirit: October 12, 2023 [HD]

GMA Integrated News

Narito ang mga nangungunang balita ngayong Huwebes, October 12, 2023:  Mga alegasyon tungkol sa korapsyon umano sa LTFRB, binawi ni Tumbado | Ilang transport group, itinuturo si Tumbado na nangikil umano sa kanila | Mar Valbuena ng Manibela, magsasampa ng reklamo laban kay DOTr Sec. Bautista dahil sa umano’y pagbabanta sa kaniya Panayam kay Saleh Mohammad, Palestine Ambassador To The Philippines Dating Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte, dinepensahan si VP Sara kaugnay sa confidential funds | Dating Pangulong Duterte, hinamon ang Kongreso na mag-liquidate ng mga gastusin | House secretary-general Velasco: Pasado sa audit ng COA ang House of Representatives | Senate Secretary Bantug: Walang confidential funds ang Senado ngayong taon | Pagtanggal sa confidential funds ng DICT, tinututulan ng isang senador | P10.7-billion budget ng Office of the President sa 2024, lusot na sa Senate Committee on Finance Dating Sen. Lacson, sinabing may mga pulis na nagsisilbing escort sa mga POGO operator Ilang lugar sa Davao, Cotabato, at Iloilo, binaha Emergency government, bubuuin ng Israel sa gitna ng giyera | Egypt, nakikipag-ugnayan sa ibang bansa para sa pagpapadala ng tulong sa gaza strip | Supply ng pagkain, tubig, at iba pang pangangailangan sa Gaza, kulang na Gabby Concepcion, naghahanda para sa reunion concert nila ni Sharon Cuneta | Gabby Concepcion, bibida sa “Stolen Life" kasama sina Carla Abellana at Beauty Gonzales Hiling ng ilang tsuper, huwag nang ituloy ang PUV modernization program Abot sa 65-kilo na hot meat, kinumpiska ng mga awtoridad | Tindero ng hot meat, inaming wala siyang sapat na kaalaman sa mga requirement sa pagtitinda ng baboy  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).  For more videos from Unang Balita, visit http://www.gmanetwork.com/unangbalita. For Kapuso abroad, subscribe to GMA Pinoy TV (http://www.gmapinoytv.com/) for GMA programs.  #GMAIntegratedNews #KapusoStream #GMANetwork

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00:00 [Music]

00:04 [Music]

00:11 Good morning. Here are the first news of GMA Integrated News.

00:16 Jeff Tombado has returned his statement on Monday about the corruption of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board or LTFRB.

00:27 In his affidavit of recantation, Tombado said that his statements were unintentional and misguided.

00:34 He said that it was just a result of impulse, irrational thinking, and poor decision making.

00:40 But he insisted that there are problems in the LTFRB that should be investigated.

00:46 In order to get his revenge, Tombado asked for a pardon from suspended LTFRB chairman Teofilo Guadis III, Department of Transportation, and Office of the President.

00:57 Some transport groups, Tombado is the one who is asking for a pardon from them.

01:02 The lawyers of Transportation Secretary Jaime Bautista are already studying a possible case against Tombado and Mar Valbuena,

01:11 a group of Manibela, which Tombado was with in Prescon this Monday. Bautista also talked to Tombado.

01:17 He said that he did not say that I am involved in this corruption.

01:25 He also did not say that Malacanang and the congressmen are involved in this corruption.

01:32 That's what he said to me. And he said that this is just a work of Mar Valbuena.

01:39 I am possible to file a case against him because his accusations are too much, there is no evidence.

01:47 - Who are you? - Mar Valbuena.

01:50 Why didn't they talk to the whistleblower? And why are we the ones he's trying to get?

01:56 Valbuena is now being accused of PNP-CIDG because of his corruption and Bautista's threat.

02:08 Guadis is being explained by the DOTR.

02:10 This Sunday, the DOTR will issue a decision on Guadis.

02:15 Meanwhile, the war between Hamas group and Israeli forces is continuing.

02:22 Thousands of civilians are being arrested, even though there are a lot of Filipinos.

02:27 We will talk about that later this morning.

02:29 Palestinian Ambassador to the Philippines, Saleh Mohamed.

02:32 Ambassador, good morning.

02:34 Good morning, good morning, Iban.

02:37 Ambassador, there are Filipinos living in the Gaza Strip and some of them, according to our Department of Foreign Affairs, have requested repatriation.

02:45 Is there a way to get them out safely?

02:48 Thank you very much for asking this question.

02:53 Yes, I read the statement by DFA and I read also the arrangement made there through the Philippine Embassy in Amman, which covers Palestine, including Gaza.

03:05 There are 137 Filipinos living in Gaza.

03:07 They are just like us, living as also Palestinians.

03:11 They are married to Palestinian citizens with their children.

03:15 We can coordinate in our best ways to see if they want to be repatriated individually or a group.

03:25 This needs a collective work, actually, a collective effort between us, the Philippine government,

03:34 also the government of Israel, and also the government of Egypt.

03:37 Yes, but realistically, Ambassador, given the current situation now in the Gaza Strip, is it at all possible to get them out safely?

03:44 Unfortunately, you know, you are a media man, Mr. Iban.

03:49 You know, you see the scenes of destruction resulting from the Israeli warplanes, war machines, are really tragic and terrifying.

04:01 There is no safe place left in Gaza.

04:05 Gaza is a very small and tiny strip of land with the most densely populated area on earth, more than 2 million people.

04:16 Most of them are refugees living there.

04:20 So I am not sure that safety is really, but I believe that what is applicable to all people, including Palestinians, Filipinos, and other foreign nationals,

04:32 we have the same faith.

04:34 It's very unfortunate that this war has gone mad.

04:39 The message of right to the State of Israel to defend itself has been wrongly read.

04:48 You understand me? And they have been unleashed, madly unleashed.

04:53 And you see the number of casualties among the civilians are uncountable.

05:01 They are actually rising by minutes.

05:04 So this is the real situation on the ground right now.

05:07 Besides, it's fully besieged from all borders, sea, land, and air.

05:15 Ambassador, you mentioned there are 2 million people in the Gaza Strip, where food, water, and other supplies for the people have been cut off.

05:24 How are they coping and how will they survive?

05:26 I really don't know. We just pray that they can manage to survive.

05:31 This question should be actually asked to the Israeli ambassador, how we can just survive that.

05:36 To Israel.

05:38 Are there talks for at least a humanitarian corridor?

05:42 How can they leave more than 2 people without water, without food, without medical supplies?

05:48 This is just like a massacre, a genocide is taking place on the ground.

05:54 Against an unarmed civilian population.

05:59 Are there talks, Ambassador, for at least a humanitarian corridor to bring in food, water, basic necessities?

06:06 Not yet.

06:09 We are trying through the United Nations so far, nobody could succeed through international mediators.

06:16 Israel's occupying power are insisting that the full closure of the Gaza Strip.

06:22 Gaza Strip, by the way, is just 41 kilometers long and less than 15 kilometers wide.

06:30 Can you imagine this amount of ammunition drop over Gaza?

06:34 Right.

06:37 That is indeed unfortunate, Ambassador, and our hearts go out for all the civilian casualties in Palestine.

06:44 And as you said, they are increasing by the minute.

06:47 We all pray that the violence will end soon. What is your appeal to the international community?

06:52 Thank you so much.

06:54 My appeal to the international community, including international world leaders,

07:02 who gave a wrong message to Israel in the beginning, just on Saturday and Sunday,

07:07 that they understand the right and they support the right of Israel to the victims itself.

07:12 Yes, okay, they were right, but see, the wrongly read message resulted in a massacre, in a genocide.

07:19 This is just like a hidden agenda, it's an ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people from Gaza.

07:28 So please review this message. Look at those people who are getting killed.

07:34 They are innocent people. So far, we don't know about the militants,

07:39 but we know that more than 1,300 civilian innocents killed,

07:45 apart from more than 5,000 so far injured.

07:52 So, the bank of targets with the Israeli military are all civilians,

07:59 as you see from the live cable coming from Gaza.

08:04 Salih Muhammad, Ambassador of the State of Palestine to the Philippines,

08:09 thank you very much, sir, for joining us this morning.

08:12 Thank you very much for having me. Thank you so much.

08:15 The committee approved the 10.7 billion pesos budget of the Office of the President for 2024,

08:22 and that includes 4.56 billion pesos of confidential and intelligence funds.

08:27 In the House of Representatives, Speaker Martin Romualdez answered the challenge of former President Duterte

08:32 to liquidate the expenses.

08:34 We have first news, Ma'am Gonzales.

08:41 Before the camera removed the confidential funds, the Office of the Vice President and four other agencies,

08:46 the discussion on this is heated.

08:48 Former President Rodrigo Duterte was defended by his son, Vice President Sara Duterte.

08:54 He was shown by VP Sara the plan in the fund.

08:57 According to the former president, he ordered the visa to be used in the UNIPMT and required the ROTC.

09:03 He ordered his son to direct the intel fund to prepare the minds of Filipinos for insurgency or to be sick.

09:10 But he did not detail how he will do it, based on the plan seen by the former president.

09:15 At the same time of defending his son, the former president challenged the liquidation.

09:20 He said it is a liquidation to let the country know that the most corrupt institution in the country is the Congress

09:25 because the use of pork barrel funds is not limited according to the former president Duterte.

09:30 He mentioned to House Speaker Martin Romualdez that the congressmen are being fed up.

09:36 The expenses of the camera should be audited because the speaker will run for president.

09:40 Even the Office of the President asked how much is being spent.

09:44 The House Speaker Martin Romualdez answered that the camera was audited by COA.

09:48 The camera also does not have a confidential or intelligence fund according to the Secretary General of the camera.

09:53 The expenses of it are also regularly audited and always open to the Commission on Audit.

09:58 Based on the COA report of October 2, there are no disallowances, notice of suspension or notice of charge of the camera.

10:05 That's why it was passed in the audit.

10:06 The Senate also denied that they have no confidential funds this year.

10:10 According to the Senate Secretary, there are extraordinary and miscellaneous expenses

10:15 that are used for meetings, seminars and other activities of the Senate.

10:19 The Senate Committee on Finance also said that it is also audited by COA.

10:23 And even though there was an allocation of confidential funds to the former leaders of the Senate,

10:28 they did not spend it and returned it to the country.

10:33 President Soto did not use it.

10:36 So maybe it's just a standby. They just want to have a standby.

10:40 But they did not see the need. That's possible.

10:43 The Senate Committee also denied that the camera plan was not yet done deal or teak.

10:47 They transferred more than P1 billion Pesos in the confidential fund of the civilian agencies

10:52 to the agencies and programs to protect the West Philippine Sea.

10:57 A Senator denies the removal of the camera from the confidential funds of the Department of Information and Communications Technology

11:03 because it is a necessary tool against cybercrimes.

11:06 A Senator of the Confi and Intel Funds also wants to give the NBI Cybercrime Division.

11:11 The Office of the Ombudsman said that they will lower the confidential funds of the 51 million Pesos

11:18 for 2024.

11:20 The Office of the Solicitor General, Department of Foreign Affairs

11:25 and Department of Migrant Workers do not need confidential funds.

11:28 The Senate Committee quickly approved the proposed 10.7 billion Pesos 2024 budget of the Office of the President.

11:36 There are 4.56 billion Pesos of confidential and intelligence funds.

11:40 That is even before the Senate Minority Leader cut the budget

11:43 because the Office of the President is a civilian agency

11:46 and the intelligence should be allowed to specialists.

11:50 The Committee on Finance explained,

11:53 "Do we want to elect the President if he said that it is necessary?

11:56 There are many things that even me as a Senator, I don't know.

12:00 Because the President is the only one who receives intelligence.

12:04 He is the only one who knows. He has something that we don't know."

12:06 This is the first news.

12:08 Mav Gonzales for GMA Integrated News.

12:10 The PNP Highway Patrol Group is investigating the escort of some police officers to the POGO operators.

12:16 This was the statement of former Senator Ping Lackson in his social media account.

12:21 Maybe this is the reason why many expensive vehicles are still passing even though the traffic is heavy.

12:27 HPG asked the public to report to them the police officers who are escorting.

12:33 It is possible that you will be accused of escorting if you get the number of the motorcycle.

12:39 The province was heavily rained on and they were attacked.

12:49 In Marber, Davao del Sur, a part of the Tulay Foundation was given

12:54 when the water in the river was overflowing due to the heavy rain.

12:57 No one was hurt.

12:59 Five barangays were affected by the flood.

13:01 Some students helped to save a motorcycle that was trapped in the flood.

13:07 They were able to cross the motorcycle.

13:09 They were sent home early.

13:13 The students in Makilala, Cotabato yesterday, were affected by the flood

13:19 because of the bad weather.

13:21 A Tulay was damaged due to the water in the river.

13:23 Some parts of Iloilo were flooded.

13:26 More than 200 families were rescued.

13:29 The flood in Mindanao and Iloilo is the effect of the low pressure area, according to the Pag-asa.

13:35 In the middle of the war, the Israeli Emergency Government will be formed.

13:42 This was agreed upon by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,

13:46 former Defense Chief and Centralist Opposition Leader Benny Gantz.

13:50 The two officials and the Defense Minister of Israel will be in the War Cabinet.

13:54 Meanwhile, Egypt is asking America and other countries to send aid to Gaza Strip.

14:01 Because the supply of water and food there is insufficient.

14:06 Last Monday, Israel announced a total blockade or ban on the delivery of food, medical supplies,

14:12 oil products and electricity supplies to Gaza Strip.

14:16 #CareerGoals is still the season actor Gabby Concepcion.

14:22 Busy in preparing the actor's heart for their grand reunion concert,

14:27 Sharon Coneta's "Dear Heart" is extra special because they will be accompanied by their daughter, Casey.

14:35 The new GMA, Afternoon Prime Series "Stolen Life" will be a world premiere in November.

14:40 Gabby will be accompanied by Carla Abellana and Beauty Gonzalez.

14:45 Gabby's support to the Gabaiguro Foundation, which helps teachers in the Philippines, is also non-stop.

14:52 This is close to Gabby's heart because her mother is also a teacher.

15:00 The PUV Modernization Program is about to be implemented and some drivers are asking for it.

15:05 We have live news, Bam Alegre.

15:08 Bam!

15:10 Good morning, while the LTFRB is facing a situation of corruption in their agency,

15:20 they have another mandate that needs to be fulfilled before the end of the year,

15:24 the modernization program of Jeepneys.

15:29 Before 2024, the LTFRB needs to implement the PUV Modernization Program.

15:35 In December 31, 2023, the government will issue a mandate to comply or become a member of cooperatives or corporations of public vehicles.

15:43 But if the group of Jeepney drivers in Tayuman Tondo will ask for it, they should not continue it.

15:48 It is better to have more because the new modern is more expensive than the old ones.

15:58 The new one is easy to break.

16:00 The old one is durable.

16:02 According to the Vanilamoh, the boundary system is broken and the drivers will be forced to work for 8 hours.

16:09 In return, they should receive a certain salary every month.

16:12 According to the PUV Modernization, Woody Caliongo, they are going through a hard time to earn more.

16:19 I don't want to continue it because we are poor. We are just earning.

16:26 Under the program, the vehicle must be compliant with the Euro 4 and Philippine National Standards.

16:30 It can also be LPG-powered, electric or hybrid.

16:33 It should also have a GPS, automated fare collection system and CCTV.

16:37 If the vehicle is over 15 years old, it cannot be registered.

16:41 The priority of this program is convenience and safety, according to the LTFRB, especially if it can solve the pollution.

16:47 But the drivers said that before this, they should fix the allegations of the road condition.

16:54 If there is an issue, they will have to look for a new vehicle.

16:58 It is hard for drivers like us, especially for operators who rely on such vehicles.

17:06 But if you buy a modern vehicle, instead of the boundary system, you will have to fix it.

17:13 In 2017, the PUV Modernization Program was launched.

17:23 The LTFRB is still not able to pass the deadline.

17:28 The LTFRB has not yet responded to the controversy.

17:31 This is the first news from Manila, Bam Alegre for GMA Integrated News.

17:35 Kilo kilo of pork without any red paper has been confiscated in Quezon City.

17:41 And we have the first live news. James Agustin. James.

17:49 Van, good morning. More than 60 kilos of Umuney hot meat is being sold in a market.

17:53 The authorities confiscated it here in Bagong Silangan, Quezon City.

17:58 The pork sold in Bagong Silangan, Quezon City, is already in a market.

18:06 The people of the Quezon City Veterinary Department were able to get it this morning.

18:10 The other meat is still in the bayou and will be released.

18:15 No meat inspection certificate can be seen in the market.

18:18 That's why the meat was fished weighing 65 kilos.

18:21 There are also indications that the meat is not from the slaughterhouse.

18:25 That's why it is considered as hot meat.

18:27 There is no inspection record.

18:30 There is no meat inspection certificate.

18:34 And the pork is very dirty.

18:36 So it is not from a legitimate body.

18:41 The QC vet has been in charge of the place for several weeks after receiving a complaint.

18:45 According to him, it is a slaughterhouse.

18:48 He has a lot here in Bagong Silangan where he slaughters.

18:53 And he brings his slaughter here.

18:56 Every ordinary day, he slaughters 2 heads of pork.

18:59 On Saturdays and Sundays, he can slaughter 4.

19:02 It is explained that he has been selling pork for 3 months and he just took it from the market.

19:07 I don't have enough information on what you are saying.

19:10 If that is the requirement, I can ask him.

19:14 Authorities remind that it is dangerous for the health of the consumer to eat hot meat.

19:19 It is often said that the illegal slaughter of pork increases during Christmas because of the high demand.

19:25 Food poisoning.

19:26 If you get sick, you will be stung and you will die.

19:30 When they buy meat, they always check the inspection certificate

19:35 to see if it is from a legitimate body.

19:39 The market is also a target for complaints against the Quezon City Veterinary Code and Meat Inspection Code of the Philippines.

19:45 Meanwhile, Ivan, another reminder from the authorities is that the consumers will have doubts

19:53 if they do not see a meat inspection certificate in the places, especially in the markets

19:59 because it is possible that the meat sold is not passed the correct inspection process.

20:06 For the latest news, from Quezon City, I am James Agustin for GMA Integrated News.

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