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00:00We will all be together.
00:08Saksi!
00:15The impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte has been highlighted in the camera.
00:19As one of the reasons why the complainants were criticized,
00:22they violated the confidential funds and the protection of the life of President Bobong Marcos.
00:28Saksi! It's Chino Gaston.
00:34Sixteen complainants from civil society and religious groups
00:38filed an impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte
00:42in the office of the House Secretary General.
00:44Among them is former Secretary Ging Deles,
00:47who served in the Cabinet of President Noy Noy Aquino,
00:51his nephew Aquino, Kiko Aquino D.,
00:54running priest Father Robert Reyes,
00:56and the victims of extrajudicial killings during the Duterte administration.
01:02The loyalty of our civil society leaders is to the people.
01:08This is the responsibility of our institution.
01:12They have to give this complaint a fair chance and a fair day in court.
01:18This is a very important process
01:21and I'm sure the complaint merits the lower house and upper house to make time.
01:28The grounds of impeachment included
01:31culpable violation of the Constitution and graft and corruption,
01:35bribery, betrayal of the public trust, and other high crimes.
01:39There are 24 articles of impeachment,
01:42including the confidential funds of the office of the Vice President
01:47and of the Department of Education,
01:49including V.P. Sara,
01:51bribery,
01:53or embezzlement of laptop and other electronic devices in the DepEd,
01:59and their violation of the confidential and intelligence funds
02:05in her three terms as the Mayor of Davao City.
02:08The responsibility of the Duterte family for various crimes was also mentioned.
02:14And V.P. Sara's negligence in the life of the President
02:18in her Zoom Press Con on November 23,
02:21was included in the betrayal of public trust and high crimes.
02:24Among the articles are the misuse, the failure to account,
02:30the intel and confidential funds of both the office of the Vice President
02:36and also of the Department of Education.
02:42There are also grounds like her threats, her rants.
02:51There is also an article about her involvement also
02:56in the extrajudicial killings during her term as Mayor of Davao City.
03:03According to the House Secretary General,
03:05they will investigate the complaint based on the allegations
03:09of the impeachment process and will bring it to the House Speaker.
03:13The last session of the House will be held on December 21 before they will adjourn.
03:17We have 10 days to accommodate, 10 session days.
03:22So if we file it now, it's not enough.
03:26Because it's only 9 session days.
03:29Sen. Dania believes that the limited time of the House of Representatives
03:34is not just a hindrance to the impeachment.
03:37This impeachment complaint is important to start the real step process
03:45towards holding the Vice President accountable.
03:48We just need to remember one thing, if not now, when will it be?
03:53It's a good thing that VP Saras will take care of the life of President Marcos,
03:57First Lady Liza Marcos and House Speaker Martin Romualdez.
04:01The NBI ordered their investigation on December 11
04:05after the Vice President did not return last week.
04:08The NBI sent an OVP to Mandaluyong earlier,
04:13the new office to send VP Sara.
04:16We are still trying to get the Vice President's statement
04:20on the impeachment complaint and the new office of the NBI.
04:24For GMA Integrated News, I'm Chino Gaston, your witness.
04:29One-third of congressmen need to vote for impeachment to be endorsed by the Senate.
04:35The impeachment complaint filed against Vice President Sara Duterte
04:39will first go to the House Committee on Justice to investigate if it has a sufficient basis.
04:44The committee has 60 days to issue a report and recommendation to vote in the House of Representatives.
04:50If it passes the House of Representatives, there will be an impeachment trial in the Senate.
04:55Two-thirds of senators need to vote to convict the official who filed the impeachment complaint.
05:01And if a Vice President leaves the office through impeachment,
05:05the President will nominate a replacement from the members of the Senate and House of Representatives.
05:10In the separate votes of the Senate and House of Representatives,
05:13the President should be able to get a majority vote
05:16for the official who can sit in the office.
05:19In the history of the Philippines, no Vice President has ever been impeached.
05:24But when former President Joseph Estrada left the office,
05:27he was replaced by Vice President Gloria Arroyo.
05:31And in this way, Arroyo was chosen as Senator Teofisto Gingona.
05:38President Bongbong Marcos called for the Russian submarine
05:42that was spotted in the canopy of Occidental Mindoro.
05:45According to some experts,
05:48it might have a message that's why it was spotted while in the Exclusive Economic Zone of the Philippines.
05:54Van Myrina witnessed this.
06:0080 nautical miles from Cape Calavite in Occidental Mindoro,
06:04the Philippine Navy spotted something unusual on Wednesday.
06:08Inside the Exclusive Economic Zone of the Philippines,
06:10the Russian attack submarine, the UFA-490, was spotted.
06:14All of that's very concerning.
06:15Any intrusion into the West Philippine Sea of our AEC,
06:19one of our baselines, is very worrisome.
06:23So, yes, it's just another one.
06:26The Philippine Navy sent a ship, a plane, to go to the submarine,
06:30which is a diesel electric attack vessel.
06:32The Philippine Navy radio-challenged the ship to know the situation.
06:36He said that it came from exercises,
06:41with the Royal Malaysian Navy in Kota Kinabalu in Malaysia.
06:47And on the way, it will return to its naval base in Vladivostok.
06:52And he said that he was just waiting for the weather to get better.
06:57That's why it surfaced.
06:59That same afternoon, the ship left for Russia.
07:03It was escorted by the Philippine Navy until it reached our AEC.
07:07The AEC is still a part of the High Seas.
07:09So, any ship can pass through there,
07:13as long as it's not loitering,
07:15or it's not taking natural resources,
07:19or it's doing something wrong,
07:23like, for example, conducting a marine scientific survey.
07:27According to the Reuters,
07:28this is also one of the quietest types of submarines,
07:31the Kilo-class submarine in the UFA-490.
07:35It's armed with torpedoes and missiles,
07:37according to the Russian news agency TASS.
07:39On November 25,
07:40it had military exercises in Russia and Malaysia,
07:43in the South China Sea,
07:44and with a natural submarine.
07:46According to their experts,
07:47the route to this base is correct,
07:50based on what the crew said,
07:51that it will return to Vladivostok, Russia.
07:54The government also said that the submarine is in the High Seas,
07:59so it can pass through there.
08:01However,
08:02no one said that it might have a message,
08:05so it was shown while in the EEZ of the Philippines.
08:09But it's likely that the target of the message is not the Philippines.
08:12Submarines are surfaced when it is being used as a signaling tool.
08:17It means that you have a message
08:19that you want to convey to a specific target audience.
08:23The most likely target audience would be the United States.
08:28We're here,
08:29we can cause trouble here if we want to.
08:31The message is likely for the Philippines, America, and Japan.
08:34According to the security analyst,
08:36Professor Renato Di Castro.
08:38We know that Russia and China have a so-called strategic alignment.
08:43They are giving support to each other,
08:46especially of course,
08:47they say that they are challenging the rule-based international order
08:52led by the United States and its allies.
08:55According to a former Philippine Navy officer,
08:59possibly there is a mechanical problem,
09:01that's why the submarine rose.
09:02The only possibility that I can see
09:05is that they have a medical emergency
09:07or they have a machinery derangement.
09:10Their machine was damaged,
09:12that's why they surfaced.
09:13Of course,
09:14they won't say it freely
09:15because it will reflect on their operational readiness.
09:19They say that the time is urgent.
09:21The reason why it rose.
09:23It's like we're being fooled by the reason.
09:25Because submarines are not affected by surface weather.
09:28For GMA Integrated News,
09:30I'm Ivan Merina, your witness.
09:37The Department of Agriculture is assisting
09:39to allocate half rice to all food in the country
09:42to avoid wasting rice.
09:45This issue was discussed by Bernadette Reyes
09:48in Barangay Saksi Online.
09:53For many Filipinos, rice is life.
09:56That's why in restaurants and restaurants,
09:58rice cannot be left out of the menu.
10:01But even though this is what most people eat,
10:03it is still wasted and not eaten up.
10:07In this food,
10:08a plastic full of rice is wasted every day.
10:12In everyday food,
10:14there is at least half rice,
10:19or sometimes one full.
10:21Based on one study,
10:22more than six and a half grams,
10:24or more than a spoonful of rice,
10:26is wasted by a Filipino every day.
10:29And if combined,
10:31it will reach 255,000 metric tons of rice
10:34in a whole year,
10:35or equivalent to more than 5 million bags.
10:38If we combine it with all the population during that year,
10:42it can feed 2.79 million Filipinos for a year.
10:46I get angry when it's not eaten up.
10:48I said, if you're going to eat it,
10:49eat what you can finish.
10:51To avoid food wastage,
10:53the Department of Agriculture supports
10:55the program to have half rice serving
10:58in restaurants and restaurants like this.
11:01The Secretary wants to revive the bill
11:03that offers half rice.
11:06For example,
11:07the 255,000 metric tons at P43 per kilo,
11:13that will translate to about P3.6 billion worth of rice.
11:20Annually.
11:21So that's a big fund.
11:23According to PhilRice,
11:24there are 47 local ordinances now
11:26regarding the sale of half rice to the whole country.
11:29They say it should be a nationwide target.
11:31Government agencies can first and foremost
11:34have an executive order
11:36to promote the sale of half rice
11:38to the whole country.
11:40We asked our online supporters
11:42if they are in favor of this.
11:44One person said they are in favor
11:45because half a serving of rice is enough
11:48and asked for more if it's not enough.
11:50Another person is in favor,
11:52especially with fast food chains.
11:54Another person commented that
11:55the price of rice should go down,
11:57not the serving of rice.
11:59And another person said
12:00that the life of farmers should be prioritized.
12:03They also said that there are a lot of people
12:05who don't want to plant rice.
12:06It's just right for your taste,
12:08not too much.
12:09Most restaurants leave a lot of rice.
12:11It's a waste.
12:12Food waste.
12:13For GMA Integrated News,
12:15Bernadette Reyes,
12:16your witness.