00:00Live from the GMA Network Center, this is 24 Horas.
00:12Good evening, Luzon Visayas and Mindanao.
00:19The Agriculture Department is concerned
00:21about the danger of the imported vegetables and products
00:28that did not pass their inspection.
00:31There are cases like this in a market in Pasay,
00:34which is why the DA is consulting
00:37with other agencies to investigate its origin.
00:40This is Bernadette Reyes.
00:42Tiger chili, garlic sticks, and Chinese yam.
00:49Just by the name of it, you can find it in a few markets
00:53in Cartimore Market in Pasay.
00:55But aside from that,
00:56some buyers said that it's embarrassing
00:59to buy vegetables here in Cartimore Market.
01:01Aside from being clean,
01:02there are a lot of different vegetables here,
01:04just like this tiger chili,
01:07which is like the largest long pepper.
01:09But according to the Department of Agriculture,
01:11it's dangerous to eat these vegetables.
01:15It's big, but we don't eat it.
01:17Why?
01:18We're afraid because we don't know what they do with it.
01:23If you're from another country,
01:25what do you have?
01:26Why do they prescribe the good ones?
01:29According to Agriculture Secretary Francisco Chula Uriel Jr.,
01:33it's probably smuggled that they sell different vegetables
01:36and it's not safe to eat them.
01:38They were not issued with sanitary and phytosanitary import clearance
01:42by the Bureau of Plant Industry.
01:44I don't remember that the BPI has issued SPSICs for those types.
01:51They don't have a health certificate.
01:54So that is actually dangerous.
01:56We don't know if it's high in heavy metals.
01:58We don't know if it's rejected.
02:01If it has a pesticide content,
02:04the fertilizer used,
02:07it's not harmful to humans.
02:10According to the DA,
02:11it's possible that the sellers don't know that these are smuggled,
02:15but it's important for them to cooperate
02:17to find the source of the vegetables.
02:20We only know that we got it from Divisoria.
02:23We're just selling it here.
02:25We will coordinate with the DA and DTI
02:28on the sanctions that we can give them.
02:34The DA and DTI will also help the Bureau of Customs
02:37to find the source of the vegetables.
02:40Meanwhile, from Php 58,
02:42there is a plan to lower the maximum suggested retail price
02:46or the highest sale of imported rice
02:49to Php 55 on February 5.
02:52After that, they will try to lower it to Php 49.
02:56By March 1,
02:58hopefully, we will break Php 50 to Php 49 MSRP.
03:02As long as world prices remain as is today.
03:06For GMA Integrated News,
03:08Bernadette Reyes,
03:10NAKA TUTOK 24 HORAS.
03:12Emotions were overflowing
03:15when the 17 Filipino crews
03:18were reunited with their families
03:20after they were released by the Hoti group
03:22and returned to the Philippines.
03:24Jamie Santos,
03:26NAKA TUTOK.
03:28In high spirits,
03:30the 17 seafarers arrived in the country last night.
03:34They were brought to Yemen in November 2023
03:37and were released.
03:39They were hugged and kissed by their families.
03:44When the ceasefire happened in Gaza,
03:47immediately, they talked to the Hotis,
03:50sent the plane to collect our seafarers.
03:55Immediately, we booked them for this flight.
03:58So now, we are happy that they are here.
04:00This is a very important topic for our president.
04:03You will remember,
04:05in December 2023,
04:08he canceled his trip to the UAE for the COP
04:14because it was just weeks after this.
04:18They will receive financial assistance,
04:20psychosocial intervention,
04:22scholarship, and livelihood.
04:24But the assistance won't end here.
04:26We will continue to provide the necessary assistance
04:33through our action fund,
04:34our humanitarian assistance,
04:36as the days unfold.
04:38The Department of Transportation also promised
04:40that their seaman's books will be renewed.
04:43After they return,
04:45they will be reunited with their families.
04:47After having a good rest or vacation,
04:51they can go back to work.
04:54The seafarers will stay in Metro Manila
04:57for medical procedures
04:59before being delivered to their respective provinces.
05:02Some of them are symptomatic for some infections.
05:05Not serious,
05:06but a lot of things can happen in 428 days.
05:10We don't even know if they had access to medical services
05:13while they were in captivity.
05:15They are not visibly in pain or anything.
05:18For JMA Integrated News,
05:20I'm Jamie Santos,
05:21and this is 24 Hours.
05:24The AFP confirmed the transfer to a secret location in the Philippines
05:29of the American Typhoon Missile Launcher.
05:31China allowed the Philippines to stay in the country.
05:36Chino Gaston also confirmed this.
05:43China has no right to prevent the Philippines
05:47from staying in the Philippines
05:49of the American Typhoon Medium-Range Capability Missile Launcher.
05:53The Armed Forces of the Philippines
05:55was the first to deploy a missile ship in China.
05:59The presence of their ships,
06:01who are also missile capable,
06:03are also highly dangerous.
06:05They also have artificial islands
06:07in the South China Sea,
06:10all together,
06:11which are militarized and missile capable.
06:15It is our inherent right
06:16to build our capabilities accordingly.
06:18And how we do that is we modernize,
06:19we strengthen our alliances.
06:21The AFP confirmed that the Typhoon Launcher
06:23was transferred to a secret location
06:26which is a part of their habit
06:28of deploying it to different locations.
06:31Depending on which missile they will use,
06:34the Missile Launcher can hit any part of the EEZ of the Philippines
06:38and some parts of Southern China near the sea.
06:42We have to look into the possibility
06:44of being able to deploy salient assets
06:47to salient locations as well.
06:49According to a security analyst,
06:51China is worried about the effect of the launchers
06:54on its plan to invade Taiwan.
06:56Those launchers would complicate
06:59Chinese naval and amphibious operations
07:02because they could target any Chinese ships
07:05when they approach Taiwan.
07:07Again, this is a case of Chinese hypocrisy
07:10and double standard.
07:11I can have thousands of missiles,
07:14but you only have launchers.
07:15You can't say that.
07:18The AFP said before
07:20that the Typhoon Missile Launcher
07:22will only be used for joint military exercises
07:24and not to fight any country.
07:27For GMA Integrated News,
07:29Chino Gaston, 24 Hours.
07:33Congress and not the Executive
07:36should explain to the white people
07:40in the BICAM Report of the 2025 National Budget
07:43according to Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin.
07:47The BICAM Report is different
07:49from the General Appropriations Bill
07:52passed by the President,
07:54even though it is one of the processes
07:56of the budget.
07:57Ivan Mayrena is right.
08:02We will not be responsible for this.
08:05This was answered by Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin
08:08amidst the controversy
08:09about the white people
08:11in the BICAM Report of the 2025 National Budget.
08:15Bersamin said,
08:16Congress and not the Executive
08:18should explain to the white people.
08:20There is a lack in that
08:22because it is a BICAM Report.
08:24We have nothing to do with the BICAM Report.
08:27We only have to do with the finished product
08:31signed by the President,
08:34not the blank check.
08:36The so-called defective BICAM Report
08:38ratified by the Congress
08:40is based on the General Appropriations Bill
08:43and passed by the President,
08:44which is under the 2025 General Appropriations Act
08:48or the National Budget.
08:49Budget Secretary Amena Pangandaman said,
08:52there are no defective BICAMs
08:53in their copy of the General Appropriations Bill.
08:56So the defective BICAMs
09:01are the only ones who can fill the blank check.
09:06If the BICAM Report has defective BICAMs,
09:09it should be approved and ratified.
09:12This is wrong,
09:13said Professor Dan Gatmaitan
09:15of the University of the Philippines College of Law
09:17who teaches Constitutional Law.
09:19He said, after the ratification,
09:21nothing should be added or reduced
09:24and the BICAM Report should be included
09:26in the Enrolled Bill submitted to the President.
09:29After the BICAM,
09:30the insertions and appropriations are done.
09:34You can't change it anymore.
09:36They can do typos and forms to make it consistent,
09:40but adding value to the blank appropriations,
09:44that cannot be done.
09:46That should be agreed upon by both houses.
09:51The BICAM Report said,
09:53they are breaking the Supreme Court.
09:55That's why there were arguments
09:56to stop the implementation of the 2025 Budget.
10:00But Bersamin believes,
10:01that sometimes the Supreme Court serves as the Chief Justice
10:03and this will not happen.
10:05I cannot understand
10:06if the Supreme Court will have that tendency
10:10to put a stop to it,
10:11even if any of those challengers will ask for a TRO.
10:16Because the government must function,
10:18must be run.
10:20Now, they will say,
10:21fall back on the re-enacted Budget.
10:24But the re-enacted Budget can come only
10:27when there is a finding that it has been vetoed
10:30or the Supreme Court has nullified
10:34the present Budget.
10:36But that is yet to be in the end of the year
10:40or maybe when this resolution of these challenges
10:43will have been delivered.
10:44For GMA Integrated News,
10:46Ivan Mejrina for 24 Hours.
10:50The Justice Department admitted
10:51that this is the first time in the Philippines
10:54that the International Criminal Court or ICC
10:58has investigated Duterte-Dragoire.
11:01And DOJ and ICC are trying to resolve this issue.
11:05Salima Refrang was there.
11:10I'm asking the ICC to hurry up.
11:13Come here and start the investigation tomorrow.
11:17If that's what the PRRD wants,
11:20we will not be held back by the ICC.
11:24We will not help them.
11:27Just two months after the following statement,
11:30former President Rodrigo Duterte
11:32and President Bongbong Marcos
11:34admitted by Justice Secretary Boeing Rimulya
11:37that there are foreign entities
11:39in the country that are being investigated
11:40by the International Criminal Court or ICC.
11:43He said to the International News Agency Reuters.
11:46He knows this because of the human rights community
11:50that is in touch with the ICC.
11:52He also said that it is possible for them to talk to the ICC
11:56and there are people who are involved in this.
11:59There are particular points where cooperation is possible
12:03but it needs to be clarified that it is not yet in Italy.
12:07Rimulya said that cooperation is possible
12:10in the International Tribunal under the law.
12:13When the palace was built,
12:15the opinion of the Philippines did not change
12:17that in 2018, the Rome Statue was destroyed
12:20or the treaty that was being formed in the ICC.
12:23The position is that we are no longer in the jurisdiction of the ICC.
12:27But that does not necessarily mean,
12:29because of what I just said,
12:31that does not necessarily mean that the order of the ICC
12:36enforced through the Interpol is to be ignored.
12:41Interpol makes the request to us for the arrest
12:44or delivery of the custody of a person subject to ICC jurisdiction.
12:50We will respond favorably or positively.
12:55Even though the ICC is not a part of it,
12:57the Philippines is still a member of the Interpol
13:00and we have been helping them before.
13:02It cannot be said that since the ICC requested you to come to us,
13:09we will not ignore you.
13:12If we are the ones who will request to the Interpol,
13:14we will also not be ignored.
13:16Many victims of the drug war who went to the ICC
13:20were convicted by the Rome Statue of cooperation
13:24even though the Philippines withdrew.
13:26The writing of Article 127 of the Rome Statute
13:30where we were previously signed,
13:32what it says there is that when you exit,
13:35it means that you will just be forgotten.
13:38You still have something to do.
13:40According to the former Chief Presidential Legal Counsel,
13:43Attorney Salvador Panelo,
13:44those who are against drugs should resign
13:48because President Marcos said that it will not help the ICC in any way.
13:53However, the President also said last year
13:56that it is possible to help the Interpol.
14:00As Secretary Remula explained before,
14:04we have obligations to the Interpol
14:07and we have to live up to those obligations.
14:11As of now, the ICC Prosecutor is still investigating
14:14the crimes against humanity committed by the former President Duterte
14:18from November 1, 2011 to March 16, 2019
14:22or one day before the Philippines effectively withdrew from the Rome Statute.
14:27This includes the drug war of Duterte in Davao
14:31when he was still the Mayor of Davao.
14:33For the GMA Integrated News, I'm Fran,
14:37for 24 Hours.
14:43Good evening, Kapuso!
14:44From Pitsenyor to Jalabera.
14:47The Princess of the City Jail stars are already in Iloilo
14:50celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the Dinagyang Festival.
14:54The other Kapuso stars who will celebrate are
14:57Ichichika and Dilara Santiago.
15:03The Princess of the City Jail stars,
15:08Sai, Will Ashley, and Dennis Lorel, arrived early at the airport
15:13for their flight to Iloilo
15:16to be part of the celebration of the Dinagyang Festival.
15:21They are part of the Kapuso Mall Show in Iloilo.
15:25It's really funny, Tito Lorel,
15:26because there are a lot of us,
15:28the fans of Sophie,
15:29the team Jolly,
15:30who are messaging me now
15:32that finally, we will see each other in Iloilo.
15:34I'm happy, Tito Lorel, to be part of the Dinagyang Festival
15:38because it's my first time going to Iloilo
15:41and it's also one of the things that makes me happy.
15:45For us, actually,
15:46to see our loyal Kapuso viewers.
15:49I'm with the young, hunky guys for you,
15:52for the girls out there.
15:53Of course, I'm the only aunt there.
15:55But we will still enjoy, I promise.
15:57The cast of the Princess of the City Jail,
16:01who promoted the series,
16:03is even more inspired because of the good support they get from the viewers.
16:08It's only our first week here,
16:10but there are so many people who support us.
16:12It's really overwhelming.
16:14We are very thankful that our Kapuso viewers accepted us.
16:17I was so nervous to come back again.
16:19Of course, my character is different here.
16:22So, I'm just thankful that you're watching
16:25and you guys are having fun watching my character.
16:27Tomorrow, Team Lolong of Naruro Madrid,
16:31Paul Salas,
16:32and Shaira Diaz will be celebrating in a mall
16:36At the Iloilo Festival,
16:38Team My Ilonggo Girl,
16:41Jillian Ward,
16:42Yaser Marta,
16:43and Michael Sager.
16:45And on Sunday, January 26,
16:48GMA Regional TV and Synergy will bring
16:51the special coverage of Dinagyang Festival 2025.
16:57It will be live-streamed on the GMA Regional TV website
17:02and will be updated on the social media pages of GMA Regional TV,
17:07GMA Regional TV News,
17:09and GMA Integrated News.
17:12Lar Santiago updated on the showbiz happening.
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