00:00In the more than 300 members of the House of Representatives or CAMRA, 20% of them are considered to be party-list representatives.
00:15Based on the 1987 Constitution, they should have an integrated sector of society,
00:20such as workers, the poor, indigenous cultural communities, women, youth, and others.
00:28But after almost three decades, there was a change following the Supreme Court's decision.
00:34The nominee of a running party-list does not need to come from the same sector.
00:40He can also be a nominee as long as he is a member of a party-list or an organization
00:44or has a track record of advocacy for the chosen sector that he will represent.
00:49According to the election watchdog group Contra Daya,
00:52more than half of the 156 candidate groups in the 2025 election do not belong to the poor or marginalized sector.
01:03More than 25% of party-list members have a nominee from the political dynasty.
01:0925% have connections in large businesses.
01:14Some nominees also have connections with the police or military.
01:18There are also those with dubious advocacy or are involved in cases of treason.
01:27It's a big number to be worried about.
01:29In fact, I can even argue that even if it's just one, the political clan, it's still a big issue
01:35because our party-list system should only be for the marginalized and underrepresented.
01:41Scrutiny measures on who, which party-list to accredit.
01:46I hope that the commissioners are also thinking about that.
01:50According to the election watchdog group, they are already tightening their grip.
01:52But they are already holding their hands because of the Supreme Court's decision and party-list law.
02:01That's why we have a period where a person, a group, a registered voter
02:07can file a petition to deny due course or cancel a nomination.
02:13Unfortunately, we still don't have an anti-political dynasty law in the Philippines.
02:20Despite the broken party-list system, we should still remember this election 2025
02:25that its original intention is to be the voice of the marginalized and underrepresented.
02:32This is the GMA Regional TV News.
02:37Breaking news in Visayas and Mindanao from GMA Regional TV.
02:41A 3-year-old boy was injured after he was hit by a car in Cotabato City.
02:46Sara, what happened?
02:48Rafi, the boy was hit by a pickup truck.
02:51His parents admitted that they were not able to cross the road with their son.
02:58That and other hot news brought to you by Sairil Chavez of GMA Regional TV.
03:06As you can see, that red pickup truck passed by Barangay Rosary Heights 3 in Cotabato City.
03:13A few moments later, a boy suddenly appeared and crossed the road.
03:19He climbed up and got under the car.
03:22The pickup truck did not stop and he still ran.
03:26According to the police investigation, the boy was injured and is still in the hospital.
03:32According to the parents, they were not able to cross the road with their son.
03:37The driver of the pickup truck who promised to pay for the medical expenses to the victim,
03:43did not say anything.
03:45The victim's 18-year-old son, who drowned in a river in Brangay Puntud in Cagayan de Oro City,
03:51was not alive when he arrived.
03:54According to the victim's mother, she finally saw the son drinking on the side of the road near their house.
04:03According to the police, they are still verifying the information.
04:08According to the police, they are still verifying the information.
04:12The victim and his girlfriend tried to escape before they jumped into the river.
04:18The police are still trying to get the testimony of the escaped ex-girlfriend
04:24who was also with the lovers when the incident happened.
04:29A police staff sergeant who has been working in General Santos City for almost 10 years was arrested in the Entrapment Operation.
04:39According to the police investigation, the suspect was charged after the wife of a prisoner asked for P10,000
04:48in exchange for a quick process to free her husband.
04:52The suspect did not comment on the alleged charges.
04:57Cyril Chavez of GMA Regional TV reporting for GMA Integrated News.
05:06The riding-in-tandem who was involved in the kidnapping of a senior citizen in Cebu City was arrested.
05:14According to the investigation, the victim was walking on the side of the road when the crime happened.
05:20After being reported to the police, the suspects were immediately arrested.
05:24They got their money back but their pendants were gone.
05:29The police also recovered the motorcycle used in the crime, a gun, bullets, and a pocketknife.
05:36The suspects refused to give the money and confiscated it.
05:41Maybe the names for their baby boy are already on the minds of the soon-to-be parents, Megan Young and Mikael Daez.
06:03On TikTok, they shared the moments while thinking of potential names for their child.
06:09Mikael shared the references of basketball players such as Yanis Antetokounmpo, Russell Westbrook, and Jordan Clarkson.
06:19Megan shared the names of K-pop stars such as BTS member Jin and Hoshi of SEVENTEEN.
06:26Why not Mikael Jr.?
06:29Let's look forward to the final name soon!
06:39Thank you for watching!
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