00:00Together, we will be the winners!
00:13The PhilHealth and Finance Departments will follow the Supreme Court's order
00:17to stop transferring the remaining unused funds of PhilHealth to the National Treasury.
00:23But the previous funds that were transferred are not yet complete.
00:27Here's Sally Marefran.
00:33Almost Php 10 billion.
00:35That's how big the fund that PhilHealth is not using is.
00:39That's why the Department of Finance will transfer it again to the Bureau of Treasury
00:43under the Visa of the Department Circular 003-2024.
00:48This is in accordance with the General Appropriations Act for 2024
00:52to fund the unprogrammed appropriations or the approved projects
00:57but it is not yet determined where the funds will be collected.
01:00This is in accordance with the rules of some health reform
01:03and anti-corruption advocates and budget analysts.
01:06But according to the Finance Department and PhilHealth,
01:09this step is legal.
01:11And since May, PhilHealth has already transferred Php 60 billion to the National Treasury.
01:17These are the lessons from the transfer to the Supreme Court that fell.
01:21And today, the Temporary Restraining Order or TRO was issued by the Supreme Court
01:26that will stop the transfer of the government of the unused funds of PhilHealth
01:32to the various projects of the government.
01:35The result of this is the remaining funds that have not yet been transferred.
01:39The TRO is effective immediately.
01:41The TRO is just really to prevent the further transfer of more funds
01:45from PhilHealth to the National Treasury.
01:47The TRO will not include the return of the transferred funds
01:51even though it is in accordance with the request of the petitioners.
01:54They include the group of Isang Bayan, Bayan Muna,
01:57and the group of Medical Professionals and Concerned Citizens
02:00and the Senate Minority Leader Coco Pimentel.
02:03The petitions of the groups questioning the constitutionality
02:07or in accordance with the Constitution of the transfer of the unused PhilHealth funds
02:11were also included in the TRO.
02:14The oral arguments for this were established on January 14, 2025.
02:18The Supreme Court gave 10 days for the respondents to comment
02:22as leaders of the Finance Department, Congress, and PhilHealth.
02:26According to PhilHealth, this will follow the decision of the Supreme Court.
02:30They were still able to provide health protection
02:33through better benefit package and availment policy.
02:37The Finance Department, according to Secretary Ralph Recto,
02:41was also quick to respond.
02:43They were also prepared to face the oral arguments
02:46to clarify the issues.
02:48The Office of the Solicitor General, on the other hand,
02:51embodied the respondents.
02:53The TRO was respected by the Supreme Court.
02:56In the name of the petitioner of Isang Bayan,
02:58he thanked Retired Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio
03:02and said,
03:03this is salvation for the millions of the most poor Filipinos
03:08who only rely on PhilHealth.
03:10Independent Health Reform Advocate Dr. Tony Leachon
03:14also approved the decision of the Supreme Court.
03:17They were hoping to get back the transfer of funds
03:20when the Supreme Court made the decision.
03:23For GMA Integrated News, I am Salima Rafra, your witness.
03:30Former actor John Wayne Sase was arrested
03:33for the murder of a man in Pasig City.
03:36Witness, CMU Sumangi.
03:43The man in Barangay Sagad, Pasig City,
03:46was bleeding profusely from his head
03:49last night at 7 p.m.
03:51Four bullets hit the victim,
03:53who was identified as Lionel Eugenio,
03:56who was immediately killed.
03:58The suspect is the former actor John Wayne Sase.
04:01Papa was supposed to take him to the BGC
04:04to get him serviced.
04:06I was just surprised.
04:08That's what happened.
04:10I was in a rage.
04:12It was so painful.
04:15The suspect ran away,
04:16and was later found in a hotel in Pasig.
04:19In the CCTV footage
04:21given by Pasig Police to GMA Integrated News,
04:24undercover police were seen in the lobby.
04:27Later, the suspect came out
04:29and the police interrogated him.
04:32The police had a lead
04:34who posted the suspect's social media account
04:37a few hours after the crime.
04:39It seemed like he was being forced to post,
04:42but what shocked him
04:44was the background of his picture
04:46on the hotel's wall.
04:48According to the investigation,
04:50the two used to be friends,
04:52but they had an affair.
04:54The suspect then went missing.
04:56I had an affair with my family.
04:58I was being harassed,
05:00and that was the last thing he did.
05:02He talked to me.
05:04He said,
05:05one more time.
05:07I felt like he was up to something bad.
05:10The motive is an old personal grudge.
05:14There are grave threats in each one.
05:17That's the motive.
05:20Sase was hit with a murder complaint.
05:23Pasig Police recovered a murder weapon,
05:26a .45 caliber pistol.
05:28The victim and suspect
05:30are now on the Pasig Police drug watch list.
05:33For GMA Integrated News,
05:35I'm Emil Sumangin,
05:37your witness.
05:40The 13-year-old man in Cebu City
05:42was killed in a gunfight.
05:44While the victim and his friends
05:46were eating,
05:47two men came to the third floor
05:49of a building
05:51and shot the victim.
05:53The victim even jumped,
05:55but he was shot again.
05:57One of the motives of the police
05:59is the involvement of the victim
06:01in illegal drugs.
06:03Justice is the cry of the victim's mother.
06:10Breaking news,
06:11145 people have been killed
06:14and 115 people are missing
06:17following the severed roads
06:19of Baguio-Christine and Baguio-Leon.
06:22Aside from that,
06:23a problem in a large part of Bicol
06:25is the lack of oil supply
06:27and the road construction is still in progress.
06:30I'm your witness, Ian Cruz.
06:35Some gas stations in Legazpi, Albay
06:37have been closed for a week
06:39due to the lack of oil supply in Baguio-Christine.
06:41When it was reported that there is oil supply,
06:43the gas station was shut down
06:45by motorists.
06:47In Bulan, Sonsugon,
06:49there is a gas station that sells
06:51up to 200 pesos of oil
06:53per customer
06:55so that more people can benefit.
06:57Many gas stations in Viracatan, Juanez
06:59are also closed
07:01because there is no supply.
07:03The reason why there is no supply
07:05is because the fuel trucks in Camarinesur
07:07are stuck in traffic
07:09because of the flood of Baguio-Christine.
07:11According to the Department of Energy,
07:1342 tankers
07:15with a load of 1 million liters
07:17of gasoline and diesel
07:19have entered Bicol.
07:21That's enough to load
07:2325,000 ambulances.
07:2511 tankers
07:27have also entered the region
07:29to load 22,000 LPG tanks.
07:31Each tank
07:33is enough
07:35for two
07:37to three weeks of consumption.
07:3956 gas stations
07:41are still not operational
07:43and the DOE is asking
07:45oil companies
07:47to return the supply.
07:49The 1 million liters
07:51that it brought
07:53can be added
07:55if the operation
07:57of 42 trucks continues.
07:59Our fuel tankers
08:01for gasoline and diesel
08:03and kerosene,
08:05once they deliver
08:07the product to their destination,
08:09they will be asked
08:11to return to
08:13Pasacao Depot
08:15and deliver
08:17to other
08:19retail outlets.
08:21For now, there are areas
08:23that are not properly
08:25maintained due to coastal areas
08:27from Oas, Albay
08:29to Libon.
08:31In Jovelar, more than 2,000
08:33are still in the evacuation center.
08:35Our barangay
08:37has two floors
08:39of houses.
08:41That's up to there.
08:43We haven't been able to go back yet
08:45because the bottles
08:47have been dumped.
08:49There are a lot of them.
08:51There are also
08:53smelly ones.
08:55In Minalabak, Camarines Sur,
08:57a family from GEMA Integrated News
08:59is being held in a pig pen.
09:01They are eating
09:03rotten rice.
09:05They are eating
09:07rotten rice.
09:09It smells bad.
09:11We should have
09:13someone to support us.
09:15In Bato,
09:1715 barangays are still flooded.
09:19Three are dead in the town.
09:21What is needed here
09:23is temporary
09:25materials
09:27for the totally damaged
09:29houses.
09:31We have more or less
09:331,500
09:35totally damaged.
09:37The municipality
09:39and the papers
09:41of the local civil registrar
09:43and the documents of the local
09:45Comelec office are all included.
09:47According to Comelec, 12 towns in Bicol
09:49reported that the equipment
09:51and documents were compromised
09:53There are places where
09:55our equipment was compromised.
09:57We are now in the process of
09:59reproducing
10:01those data.
10:03What we need to know is how
10:05the registrar and
10:07the ERB from
10:09July 15
10:11until September 30.
10:13The good thing is, before
10:15this happened,
10:17Christine sent us
10:19the minutes of the ERB hearing.
10:21So we know.
10:23Followed by Hurricane Christine,
10:25now comes Hurricane Leot.
10:27The strong rain
10:29in Tugeng Araw
10:31and Gonzaga
10:33in Cagayan is already felt.
10:35For GMA and Grain of News,
10:37Ian Cruz and Ian Yong, Saksi.
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