00:00And I want to assure the public, especially the international community, that it is a very isolated case.
00:09I just had a talk with our regional director of police, General Wonky.
00:14And this is the first time this has happened to a tourist.
00:19Just to reiterate, this is really very isolated.
00:22And right now, the police are now on top of things.
00:27They don't have a place to sleep.
00:29And they are doing everything they can to solve it as soon as possible.
00:32Again, the Philippines is safe.
00:36Especially Buracay.
00:38This is the first time this has happened in so many years.
00:41But initially, sir, what is being reported?
00:44Because you could have been sexually molested.
00:47Well, what's in the newspaper, I just cannot give you much details right now.
00:55All that I can tell you is that the police are on top of this.
00:58I've been a DILG secretary before.
01:01Sometimes, even though I want to say what I know, I cannot because it might affect the investigation.
01:08But one thing I can assure you, from day one of this investigation,
01:13the police did not sleep at all.
01:16And it looks like the investigation is going well.
01:20Has the remains been returned to the country?
01:23I haven't asked that yet.
01:25But I'm sure, right now, it's probably still here.
01:28Is there a certain effect to this tourism arrival so far?
01:32Well, it's too early to tell, ma'am.
01:34That's why I would like to reiterate that as far as the police records are concerned,
01:39this is a very isolated case.
01:42I think it's even the first time that it has happened to a tourist.
01:45It's the first time.
01:46And I would like to put that on record.
01:47Because tourism is one of the strengths of our country.
01:52We condone, first of all, we condone the family.
01:56We really condone the family.
01:58We are one with the family here.
02:00And we are going to do our best to find this.
02:04This is what our police officer, General Wanki, is asking for.
02:08And I repeat, as far as the records of the police records are concerned,
02:15it's the first time that it has happened to a tourist in Iraq.
02:19It is very, very much isolated.
02:21So foreign tourists are very, very much safe coming to you?
02:24Yes, very much safe.
02:26You know, our country is very beautiful.
02:29The Filipinos are very kind.
02:31We are happy.
02:33There's one thing that we can be proud of, our hospitality.
02:38That's all.
02:40It's quite unfortunate that this happened.
02:43But again, the police are trying their best to solve this as soon as possible.
02:48Okay.
02:49Next question.
02:51What is the most important thing that you have learned from this experience?
02:56What is the most important thing that you have learned from this experience?
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