Saksi Part 1: Maricel Soriano, humarap sa pagdinig ng Senado; Heat index; Na-trap sa hukay

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00:00PIDEA documents were spread on social media by an actress. She doesn't know anything about this.

00:26The former PIDEA agent who signed the documents doesn't even remember the name of the informant.

00:32Witness Chino Gaston.

00:37I don't know anything.

00:39This is what the actress, Maricel Soriano, gave to the DE when she faced the Senate Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs.

00:46This is the proof of her name and President Bongbong Marcos' involvement in spreading confidential PIDEA documents on social media.

00:56This is the first time that I received an invitation to face the Senate.

01:02I'm nervous and scared.

01:05To be honest, it's not clear to me why I was invited to the hearing.

01:10I'm just wondering because all the domestic agents here said that the information was not verified, Mr. Morales.

01:19One of the questions asked to Soriano was if she owns the condominium unit mentioned in the Umanoy Pre-Operations Report of 2012.

01:28Ma'am, do you think there's any truth in the viral documents that are related to your name?

01:41First of all, I don't know anything about the documents. I don't know anything.

01:47Do you have a property in Rockville? Are you the owner of the unit?

01:53Is that yours?

01:54Yes. Until 2012, I sold it. I'm not there anymore.

02:02The allegation against Soriano was also raised by some former housemates.

02:07Two former household workers who lodged a complaint of serious physical injury against Maricel Soriano

02:14stated that they decided to flee from the actress' condominium unit also because of her alleged cocaine use.

02:23What can you say about this news?

02:25That's not true.

02:27Is it true that you have two housemates who left?

02:34Yes, because they kidnapped me.

02:36Is it true that you hit them?

02:38How can I hit them?

02:41The committee called Soriano to clarify the allegations of the former PDEA agent, Jonathan Morales,

02:47who signed the documents and retrieved the information from an informant in 2012.

02:53He also faced a hearing earlier.

02:56Educate me. How can you mention the name of the President, the name of Maricel Soriano and other persons?

03:03Your Honor, this is the confidential informant that I obtained a statement.

03:09Who is this confidential informant?

03:12I don't remember, Your Honor.

03:14Son of a gunman.

03:16What you're saying came from an informant.

03:19Now, you're answering me.

03:22Don't you remember who your informant is?

03:27Am I correct? Don't you remember?

03:29Your Honor.

03:30You're just hitting people.

03:32I'm trying to remember the name of the person.

03:36Some senators doubted Morales' credibility.

03:39The document didn't come from him.

03:41It came from an informant that he didn't want to name.

03:44How can that be? It's not first-hand information.

03:49But Senator Bato de la Rosa has a different opinion.

03:52Soriano admitted that he was the owner of a condo that was targeted by PDEA operations.

04:01It adds credence to the claim of Morales that he did it.

04:06He admitted that Maricel was the subject.

04:11And also, Politician Bongbong Marcos.

04:15Both of them were the subject.

04:17The address of the unit is the same unit.

04:20Maricel admitted that the unit belongs to him.

04:23So that gives credence to the pre-op that Morales did.

04:27It is a mortal sin to lose your confidential informant

04:33because you will lose your credibility to your confidential informant.

04:38I know. This is just my doubt. This is my opinion.

04:42He's just hiding the name.

04:45He didn't want to say it because he felt sorry for the informant.

04:49De la Rosa also believes that there is a real document.

04:53Senator de la Rosa clarified that there is no political connection

04:56and that the problem of illegal drugs and the risk of confidential documents

05:01is the real reason behind the hearing of his committee.

05:05PDEA has previously denied that there is such a document.

05:08President Marcos was the first to deny the use of his name in the PDEA documents.

05:15For GNA Integrated News, I am Chino Gaston, your witness.

05:21The worst is over.

05:24Even though it is still possible for the country to have a high heat index in May,

05:28this is not the same as what happened in April.

05:32According to the forecast, Ivan Mayrina is a witness.

05:35Under the trees, outside the windows, a kind of firefly flew in the aurora.

05:43The students are on their own.

05:46The heat went down and there was no electricity in the school according to the principal.

05:50In Aglipay, Quirino, they will not plant anything.

05:55Their crops are dry, corn and bananas.

05:58The effect of El Nino is bad.

06:00There is no food for wild animals because the grass is dry.

06:04In the middle of the heat, they are still sunbathing in Boracay.

06:08While in Davao City, in the parks, students and families are doing activities.

06:16Twenty places in the country recorded a danger level of heat index today.

06:20The highest temperature is 47 degrees Celsius in Dagupan City, Pangasinan.

06:26In the middle of the hot afternoon, in Carmen, Cotabato yesterday, it rained heavily.

06:31Our place is destroyed.

06:34The rain is also heavy in Coronadal City last night, followed by Easter Leaks.

06:39According to the forecast, the heat index in the country is still high for the next few days.

06:45But the experience of April will not be the same.

06:49We can still experience areas with high discomfort levels, but not that many areas.

06:55Local thunderstorms are also possible in the second half of May.

06:59In the second half, there are areas that are still hot, but mostly, we will experience more local thunderstorm activity.

07:06Even though without El Nino, it will happen if the rain is near.

07:11But before the rain comes, more than 100 residents of Santa Barbara, Pangasinan,

07:16are hoping for drinking water in Bukalmuna.

07:19It's likely that there will be no more water coming out of the wells in their area.

07:23Christian went out to take a look.

07:26This flowing, sir.

07:29There are a lot of people waiting.

07:32They are lining up here.

07:36They are short of water.

07:39The water supply to the river systems in Pangasinan continues,

07:42according to the Agno River Basin Flood Forecasting and Warning Center.

07:45It includes Agno River, Sinukalan River, and Kayanga River.

07:4940 million Filipinos do not have a formal water supply

07:52or are dependent on the Bukal, Sapa, and Tubig Ulan.

07:55They are being targeted by President Bongbong Marcos

07:58at the Water Resources Management Office under the DINR

08:01in Pulong, Malacanang earlier.

08:03Many of those communities are in the small islands

08:06of the Moro Autonomous Region and Muslim in Danau, or BARMM.

08:10That's why the immediate solution is seen,

08:12desalination, or the process of filtering salt water

08:15to make it a clean drinking water.

08:18Modular or small desalination systems are planned

08:21in the mentioned priority, the 65 island barangays.

08:24As of now, the DINR is talking to suppliers from Israel,

08:28Netherlands, or Singapore for this.

08:30We have what are called as modular desalination systems.

08:35It's as big as a container van.

08:37It can provide water to up to around 500 families

08:44in each and every desalination plant.

08:47It depends on the number of people serving,

08:50but roughly 5 to 8 million pesos per plant.

08:55For the upcoming rainy season,

08:57the Department of Public Works and Highways

08:59in Pulong will present their plans

09:01to respond to the floods,

09:03especially near Laniña, where a president

09:06will save a lot of water to be used

09:09during the dry season.

09:11Many of the flood control projects

09:13that we'll be implementing,

09:15we will have to coordinate with the National Irrigation Administration

09:18or the water supply for structures

09:24or water impounding dams to be specific,

09:28that we will integrate it into the flood control programs

09:32that the department will be undertaking.

09:34For GMA Integrated News,

09:36I'm Ivan Mejrina, your Saksi.

09:40Four men are in Lima after being trapped

09:42in a tunnel in Bambang, Nueva Vizcaya.

09:44One of them is a barangay officer

09:47who was the first to respond to the incident.

09:49Let's watch.

09:57The government and private rescue teams

09:59joined forces

10:01to rescue four men trapped

10:03in a tunnel in Bambang, Nueva Vizcaya.

10:10But they were killed

10:12when they were thrown from a cliff

10:14that is 10 meters deep,

10:16the barangay officers were the first

10:18to respond to the trapped men.

10:38Before the rescuers arrived,

10:40the resident, Marlon Siopon,

10:42tried to catch the trapped men.

10:44The trapped men, according to Siopon,

10:46he tied himself with a rope

10:48before going down the tunnel.

10:50But when he reached the tunnel,

10:52he smelled something strange

10:54and suddenly fainted.

10:56I fell down.

10:58I didn't know what to do.

11:00Suddenly, I fell down.

11:02I tied myself with a rope.

11:04I didn't know what to do.

11:06He just recovered his consciousness

11:08for a few minutes

11:10after he was taken out of the tunnel.

11:12The victims were unable to move

11:14because of the methane gas inside the tunnel

11:16and because of the lack of oxygen.

11:18The investigation is ongoing.

11:20The victims' relatives

11:22have not yet been released.

11:24In Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija,

11:26three people were killed

11:28in the collision of three vehicles.

11:30According to the police,

11:32the road was hit by a tricycle

11:34when it hit the back

11:36of the next SUV.

11:38The tricycle driver lost control

11:40and was hit by a truck.

11:42Three tricycle drivers,

11:44including two soldiers, were killed.

11:46One of their companions

11:48who was recovering from the hospital

11:50was saved.

11:52The SUV driver and truck driver

11:54are under police custody

11:56and are facing charges.

11:58A motorcycle fell into the canal

12:00in Dolores Abra.

12:02A 15-year-old male rider was killed

12:04while he was injured.

12:06According to the police,

12:09the tricycle driver overshoot the canal.

12:11The motorcycle fell into the canal

12:13when it hit the back of the next SUV.

12:15The tricycle driver lost control

12:17and was hit by a truck.

12:19A 15-year-old male rider was killed

12:21while he was injured.

12:23A 15-year-old male rider was killed

12:25while he was injured.

12:27The victims were also drinking alcohol

12:29and were not wearing helmets.

12:31For GMA Integrated News,

12:33Ian Cruz is your witness.

12:35The Department of Foreign Affairs

12:37has not approved any proposal

12:39by any Cabinet official

12:41regarding the Ayungin.

12:43The only person capable

12:45of approving such agreements

12:47is the President.

12:49J.P. Soriano is your witness.

12:55When it comes to the relationship

12:57between the West Philippine Sea

12:59and the South China Sea,

13:01only the President can approve

13:03or authorize any agreement

13:05by the Department of Foreign Affairs.

13:07In China's statement,

13:09they said that they had an internal understanding

13:11when they met

13:13in September 2023

13:15at the Special Envoy of the President

13:17in Beijing

13:19to discuss the management

13:21of the Ayungin shore.

13:23China also said that it was approved

13:25by the leader of the country

13:27and was able to complete

13:29a resupply mission

13:31according to the understanding

13:33but the current Special Envoy

13:35of the President to China

13:37and Special Concerns

13:39is the Philippine Ambassador

13:41to the United Kingdom, Teddy Boy Luxin.

13:43He was appointed in August 2023.

13:45Luxin also participated

13:47in a resupply mission

13:49on October 4, 2023

13:51in the Ayungin shore.

13:53Luxin has not yet responded

13:55to our texts and emails.

13:57But just now,

13:59the Department of Foreign Affairs

14:01approved any document,

14:03record, or agreement

14:05as stated by China

14:07and it can confirm

14:09that the Marcos Administration

14:11has no official cabinet

14:13that agreed to any Chinese proposal

14:15related to the Ayungin shore.

14:17Before this,

14:19China has approved

14:21a new model

14:23for resupply missions

14:25through the Diplomatic Channel

14:27and AFP-WESCO

14:30that was approved

14:32by the Chain Command

14:34together with the Defense Secretary

14:36and National Security Advisor.

14:38We are trying to get the commander

14:40of WESCO, Vice Admiral Alberto Carlos

14:42to speak

14:44but the first thing the Armed Forces

14:46spokesman said was that he is on leave

14:48and he did not say when he will be back.

14:50But just yesterday,

14:52the Assumption of Command Ceremony

14:54was held in Palawan

14:56and Rear Admiral Alfonso Torres Jr.

14:58was the acting commander of WESCO.

15:00AFP cannot say

15:02if Carlos will be back

15:04and if he is still the commander of WESCO.

15:06The Defense Department

15:08and National Security Council

15:10refused to approve

15:12the new model for resupply

15:14according to the Philippine Coast Guard.

15:16They are misleading

15:18the Filipino people.

15:20They are actually justifying

15:22their illegal activities

15:24and of course,

15:26their aggression

15:28in the West Philippine Sea.

15:30Let's not believe

15:32the lies of the Chinese Embassy.

15:34The Philippine Coast Guard is blaming

15:36China for the destruction

15:38of the rich seas in the case of

15:401, 2, and 3.

15:42They are the closest here,

15:44aside from the Philippines.

15:46It's very easy for them to have access

15:48in these areas.

15:50Our marine scientists

15:52even flew PLA Navy Helicopters.

15:54For GMA Integrated News,

15:56I'm JP Soriano.

15:58Saksi!

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