00:00There are a lot of hot issues in the House and Senate this year.
00:05As part of the unforgettable series of listening,
00:09we will be talking to the former Mayor of Mambantarlac, Alice Guo.
00:12We will return to that in Part 2 of 2024 Highlights
00:17with Namela Las Moras and Daniel Manalastas.
00:30In the Senate, there was a lot of attention on the left and right investigations
00:37such as POGO, War on Drugs, and many others.
00:40And who can forget the series of listening of the Senate to Alice Guo
00:44which is linked to POGO, becoming a Chinese spy, and other illegal activities.
00:50Where was your house when you were born?
00:53Your Honor, I don't know anymore.
00:56We also know that your registration of birth was delayed.
01:02How many years ago did you register your birth?
01:06Your Honor, I don't remember now. It's okay, I'll check.
01:11It started with the mystery that the Senators cut off her identity
01:16from the documents of her identity to the documents of her property.
01:22It came to the point that Guo went abroad.
01:25And the Senators made it clear that it was information about her family
01:29and possible accomplices to the alleged illegal activities.
01:34Are you Guo Huaping?
01:37Your Honor, I don't confirm.
01:40There was a case that I was accused of.
01:43I will answer to the court.
01:45As far as I know, I am Alice Guo.
01:48Mayor Alice Guo, who is actually Guo Huaping,
01:53is not a real Filipino. She is a Huad or Peking Filipino.
01:57Another thing that the Senate is waiting for this year is the investigation of Pastor Apollo Quiboloy
02:03where the pastor faced the Senators in front of the allegations against him.
02:08The murders of the 2nd Metro Davao Signal Battalion or the Security Department,
02:16did Quiboloy order the murders of the former KOJC members?
02:22Yes, because they told us that it was Simon.
02:27That is a lie and if that is an accusation,
02:35I request the accuser to file a case against me.
02:40They invented that.
02:42The former President Rodrigo Duterte will not forget the first time
02:48after the former President was accused of investigating a prison of the Congress to defend his war on drugs.
02:55So, thank you for making that record.
02:57I don't care about the criminals, where they want to go.
03:02Well, Mr. Chair, for the record.
03:05You make your own history in this planet.
03:10Yes, Mr. Chair.
03:11What they want to happen is that they will go to hell and we will meet there.
03:18We will go there.
03:20Well, I don't have the ambition to go to hell.
03:23Senators, sometimes, the heat is inevitable.
03:28Like Senator Alan Peter Cayetano and Senator Nancy Binay.
03:32Even the controversy of the new Senate building.
03:35DTWH, is the amount of P23 billion exceeding your documents?
03:41There is none, Mr. Chair.
03:42Order, order, order.
03:44Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
03:45There is no such thing as P23 billion in DTWH.
03:49Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
03:51I don't have any issue.
03:53You have an interview.
03:56Maybe this is Makati Taguig.
03:59You didn't change the question on the radio.
04:02They are all the same question.
04:04It's obvious that you gave the question.
04:06What does it have to do with Taguig?
04:09How can you give questions to the media, Mr. Chairman?
04:13Maybe you are the one who gave the questions to the judges.
04:18So, ma'am, what are you telling me?
04:20You said that someone is behind you.
04:22Then you are accusing of attempted murder.
04:24Who is behind you?
04:26I don't know anything about that.
04:27On the other hand, the House Squad Committee,
04:32which is in charge of the issue of illegal pogos, illegal drugs,
04:36and ex-judicial killings during the administration, also intervened.
04:40This is where the former PCSO General Manager, Rojina Garma,
04:44revealed the ex-President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs reward system.
04:50As the former President,
04:52she personally faced a joint panel hearing
04:55and even appealed to the International Criminal Court.
04:59Give me the money. I will go to the ICC.
05:02I will investigate there.
05:04They are taking too long.
05:06I'm asking the ICC to hurry up.
05:11And if possible, they can come here and start the investigation tomorrow.
05:18This issue has been left hanging for so many years.
05:22It's been a long time, ma'am.
05:23I might die and they won't be able to investigate me.
05:26And if I am found guilty,
05:28I will go to prison and rot there for all time.
05:32The House Committee on Good Government and Public Accountability
05:38also heard the confidential facts of the offices of Vice President Sara Duterte.
05:43There was also tension in the House of Representatives
05:45because of this,
05:46when one of the former Vice Presidents tried to move to the Women's Correctional Facility,
05:52but the committee insisted,
05:54We will just follow the protocols,
05:58maybe the problem won't be this big.
06:02Before the year ended,
06:04another super committee was formed by the House Committee on Good Government and Public Accountability.
06:09This is related to different issues in food,
06:12especially in lowering the price of rice.
06:17The role of the Legislature in our society is important.
06:22That's why the leaders of the two branches of the Congress
06:26will continue to work hard and serve every Filipino.
06:30I am Daniel Manalastas.
06:33I am Mel Alice Moras,
06:35and this is Highlights 2024 for the new Philippines.
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