00:00Controversial personality and just dismissed DPWH Assistant 1st Bulacan District Engineer
00:06Bryce Hernandez just had his worst fears unfold today in his return to the Senate for questioning
00:12and detention.
00:13And the agreed Senators he accused of receiving kickbacks wasted no time to raise hell in
00:19their interpolations, even as former Senate Blue Ribbon Chair echoed his plea for the
00:24SKIA's entry into the WPP as we hear this report.
00:30Bryce Hernandez, the controversial former DPWH engineer, is back at the Senate detention
00:36facility, as confirmed by Senate President Tito Soto's office after being detained in Pasay
00:43City Jail. But members of the minority bloc questioned this move.
00:48Bakit parang naging Senate VIP itong si Assistant B.E. Bryce na pinag-usapan na sa
00:54Senado at meron pong motion na in-approve ng buong Senado na sa Pasay City Jail pero
01:02walang konsultasyon ay nandito na ulit.
01:05Paano siyang nasunod sa PNP custodial? Paano siyang nasunod sa Pasay City Jail?
01:11Puro ayaw niya nga yun eh. Diba? So it's a maling opinion.
01:16Well, of course, it's opinion. It's their opinion. But my opinion is that we're just following the procedures.
01:27Meanwhile, some Senators who were tagged by Hernandez during the House investigation
01:32took the floor and expressed their ill feelings toward Hernandez.
01:37Some of them expressed their willingness to sign a waiver to open their bank accounts.
01:43Doon po sa simbahan ng JIL Church.
01:47Mr. President, hindi ko po alam kung anong mararamdaman nyo kung nasa sapatos ko po kayo.
01:52Kahit po si Satanas. Kahit po si Satanas, hindi papayad doon sa script niya.
01:56Tatanggap ka ng suhal sa simbahan.
02:00Tapos kung ano yung sabihin niya, yun ang masusunod.
02:03Doon ako sa PNP custodial. Doon ako sa Senado ngayon.
02:06Nagbago na isip ko. And then susunod po tayo. Mahirap hulunokin yun.
02:10Nung si Bryce Hernandez na, nagbangget ng dalawang Senador.
02:14Front page na kagad kami.
02:17Kahit hindi, kahit hindi totoo yung sinasabi niya.
02:21Na walang basihan.
02:2430% commission daw.
02:25I'm sorry. Strike that from the, strike out from the record.
02:31Ako, I'm open to any investigation.
02:33In fact, Mr. President, ngayon pa lang kahit hindi, hindi pa nagkocomment sa mung
02:37Blue Ribbon Committee ni Sen. Laxon.
02:40Ngayon pa lang, I'm willing to sign a new waiver to open my bank accounts.
02:44We have been consistent ever since.
02:46In fact, we have a bill for government officials na dapat nakawaive yun.
02:51I was just elected as committee on box chair and pass it.
02:57Sir, for the record, you're open.
03:00Definitely ever since. Ever since I'm open.
03:03Meanwhile, Sen. Rodante Marcoleta defended his move to recommend the diskayas to be placed
03:08under witness protection program.
03:11Wala pong sino sa amin ang pwedeng mag-judge. Not even the Senate President.
03:15Ako nga, pwede akong magsabi na baka sa iyong may pagkukulang ba't niya dinadyansi.
03:23Sapagkat alam ko, yung mga diskaya, kalaban ang pamangki niya sa politika.
03:28Ay, hindi. That is completely false.
03:31Sapagkat wala sa lugar.
03:35Paano mong gagawin yung witness protection program?
03:38Magkakaroon ng immunity yung billion-billion ang minakaw sa gobyerno, allegedly.
03:43Paano mong gagawin yun? Napos, ayaw iso ulit?
03:47Ayun ang requirement para maging isang witness protection witness na WPP ka?
03:55Kailangan, ano?
03:56Senators from the minority block meanwhile confronted Senate President Tito Soto
04:01even his personal opinions during the past interviews.
04:05But Soto answered them all.
04:07Ngayon po, yung sinasabing abogado ka nga, hindi ka naman magaling mag-imbestiga.
04:12Hindi ko po alam kung sino po yung tinutukoy ninyo.
04:16Sapagkat narinig din po kayo sa inyong mga interviews.
04:23Ang gusto ninyo, awayin ko yung House of Representatives on day one, mamatay sila sa sama ng loob.
04:31So, malungkot lang ko doon dalawang punto, Mr. President.
04:35Unang-una yung mamatay sila sa sama ng loob.
04:39Kami, Mr. President, hindi mo po kami mapatay sa sama ng loob?
04:42When I said, mamatay sila sa sama ng loob, we were addressing the trolls.
04:47Because it was the trolls who were saying something to that effect.
04:53Na misunderstood nila completely.
04:55My opinion, as aired, kung hindi nyo nagustuhan, eh, pagpasensya nyo ako.
05:02Kung hindi nyo nagustuhan yung mga sinabi ko, na opinion ko.
05:05Pero I never mentioned names.
05:07When I said, baka na-edit, tama yung sinabi ni Senator Pangilinan, eh.
05:14Iba yung thinking, eh.
05:15But kagad, bakit kaisipin nyo kagad na pinapa-edit ko yung apidabit?
05:20Hindi ba? Hindi, eh.
05:22So, and when I say those things, you should not feel alluded to.
05:29Wala naman akong binanggit na pangalan, eh.
05:31Di ba? And then yung tinatanong, binanggit yung tungkol sa Blue Ribbon, being a lawyer,
05:39does not have anything to do with Senator Marcoleta.
05:42It was a question by the public.
05:44Despite the minority bloc being active on the floor on checking the majority's move,
05:49they were granted committee chairmanship, including the Committee on Banks,
05:53Civil Service, Public Information, and more.
05:56Daniel Manalastas from the National TV for A New and Better Philippines.
