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01:27Good afternoon and welcome to Beyond the Headlines.
01:30I'm DJ Moises and today's conversation is brought to us by Coffee First.
01:36Today, we look deeper and think better about questions behind stories making the news.
01:42First, Article 1 of the impeachment trial.
01:45What does the evidence really show? And where is the line between questionable accounting and proven wrongdoing?
01:54Second, Sandro Marcos' revelation about the 2022 Marcos-Doterte alliance.
02:01Why are we hearing these details now? And what do they tell us about the political negotiations that shaped the
02:092022 election?
02:12And third, the flooding in Luzon.
02:15After billions have been allocated to flood control projects, why do communities remain so vulnerable?
02:22Let's begin with the impeachment trial. Specifically, Article 1.
02:29Do questionable documents or audit findings automatically prove that public funds were misused?
02:37Article 1 concerns P612.5 million in confidential funds, P500 million for the office of the vice president,
02:48and P112.5 million for the Department of Education.
02:55Two former land bank branch managers, Violeta Constantino, formerly the Shaw Boulevard branch manager,
03:03and Ninita Composano, formerly the DepEd branch manager, testified about unusually large cash withdrawals,
03:12including P125 million transactions.
03:16The four P125 million office of the vice president, cash withdrawals, total P500 million.
03:29Former land bank branch manager, Violeta Constantino, described the four transactions as unusual,
03:38while importantly saying they were not necessarily suspicious.
03:43The prosecution then subpoenaed COA personnel Roderick Wamil,
03:49a former COA state auditor assigned to the Intelligence and Confidential Funds Audit Office.
03:57The trial continued with questions about COA's auditing and confidential funds
04:02and the documentation submitted to support expenditures.
04:07The prosecution's theory is essentially that confidentiality does not mean exemption from accountability.
04:17Are the documents and liquidation records sufficient to establish that the funds were actually used for legitimate confidential operations?
04:27The defense's argument is that COA evidence is significant,
04:32but a COA finding is not automatically proof of an impeachable offense.
04:39The defense argued that COA identifying deficiencies, questionable documentation,
04:46or amounts requiring clarification does not by itself establish that the money was stolen,
04:54misappropriated, or personally benefited the vice president.
05:00So, we decided here in Beyond the Headlines to actually delay our commentary specific to Article 1.
05:09Among the four articles of impeachment, at least if we look at the schedule,
05:16Article 1 will have the longest exposure if we call it that way.
05:22And my commentary, again, I'll issue a disclaimer that I am not a lawyer.
05:31So, I represent everyday Cebuanos or everyday Filipinos following the impeachment trial.
05:38As we know by now, the impeachment is not only a legal proceeding or constitutional proceeding for that matter.
05:49It's also political.
05:51So, part of the reason why it's shown in public,
05:56it's because this also concerns public perception on how the trial is going,
06:02and eventually for the public to also come up with our own decision
06:09whether the vice president truly committed an impeachable offense.
06:15So, that said, let me begin the usual conversation that we had in the past
06:23by highlighting what I think were the prosecution's strongest points,
06:27and then I'll move towards the defense, what I think the defense's strongest points,
06:34and then we'll tie it or we'll tie the discussion from there.
06:38And just like in the past, if we also have lawyers reviewing,
06:43and if you have specific comments about the legal aspects of what I'm saying,
06:50feel free also to make your comments and to also ask questions for our viewers
06:54and engage in those conversations in the comment section.
06:58And we will do our best to go through each one of them just in case there will be,
07:02and then we'll also comment on these as necessary.
07:08So, let me start with what I think were the strongest points of the prosecution.
07:13So, I think the strongest point in my view is for the testimony concerning large cash withdrawals.
07:24If we're talking about 125 million peso withdrawal and then done four times,
07:33I will have to say, as a person watching the proceeding, it did bother me.
07:41Ako, pagyug ko nakagunit, 124, 125 million in my lifetime.
07:46I've not even seen one.
07:48So, for an everyday Filipinos, this is a large amount.
07:53And then, if done, at least from what we saw on the first few days of the impeachment trial,
08:01if done four times, it's really worth noting.
08:05So, I will have to say that the prosecution in that matter was able to raise the urgency for us
08:15to look more closely
08:16because 125 million peso withdrawal done in succession is unusual.
08:25If I have to say, Ibaro, the term of the land bank manager who described those transactions.
08:33The other thing also, which I find the strongest, is confidentiality does not also mean that these funds will have
08:44to go unaccounted.
08:47This is also one of the cleanest arguments in my view that the prosecution was able to surface.
08:56Because in the proceedings, it's already clear to me as an everyday Filipino that while the money was intended for
09:08confidential purposes,
09:11but at the end of the day, the money is still public money.
09:15So, that means whatever reporting, whatever auditing requirements will have to be satisfied.
09:26They may not exactly reveal the identity or the exact activity that these amounts were allocated
09:38because, again, these are confidential, but at least it should be established
09:44that proper accounting and auditing, proper accounting was made and auditing compliance were met.
09:54So, for me, that's a clean argument also that the prosecution was able to clearly establish.
10:02And then, let's go to the paper trail or the document trail because it looks like this is what the
10:11season two is about.
10:13It's following through the trail of documents such as receipts, dates, signature, supporting documents.
10:23And for me, at least in my opinion, there is a damaging impact the more they uncover withdrawals
10:35and the lack of clarity on whether the reporting requirements and the auditing requirements were actually met.
10:49And for me, the more the prosecution will uncover these documentation gaps,
10:58I also think that it's also creating doubt on the minds of the everyday Filipinos or viewers such as myself.
11:09And this one brings me also to the strength of the defense.
11:14Weird, no, after just telling you that this can be damaging, but I'm also now moving towards what I thought
11:22this is also the strength of what the defense is actually holding.
11:28Because if we are to look at the document trail, at least from what we are seeing until last week,
11:39because by the way, today there is no impeachment trial because of some weather conditions in the National Capital Region
11:48and Luzon.
11:49But at least from what we saw yesterday since the start of Article 1,
11:53while they were able to present the document trail,
11:59that they did not succeed, at least for now, that a wrongdoing, specifically a misappropriation was made,
12:14and then whether the money actually went to the pocket of the vice president.
12:19I'll create an analogy, no, just for, and I'm sorry if this is a lay analogy,
12:25but again, this is a representation of an everyday Filipino.
12:29It's also like,
12:30it's also like, it's a lot of expense reports that we also meet in our private corporate practice,
12:35because it's not like, it's a lot of expenses if they happen to be the money of the company.
12:41And there really are cases that the, if we just look at this objectively,
12:49there really are cases in which there are gaps in the expense report.
12:54So normally what happens in that process is we question those reports,
12:58or we also, and, or we withhold further requests for funding of that particular department.
13:08So we just stop short at questioning.
13:11But we don't immediately assume nga,
13:13uy na ay gap, gikawat ni.
13:16No, we don't do that.
13:17Or, i-withhold lang na to,
13:20ang disbursement of funds,
13:22further release of funding,
13:23because wala pa nila na comply ang previous,
13:25but we don't say nga,
13:27atong gi-withhold kay gikawat nila.
13:29So, we're just looking at certain gaps,
13:32but not yet establishing that it was really a misappropriation
13:39and whether it really went to the pocket of the person.
13:44And I think that's where the defense is also coming strong, no?
13:49Because they acknowledge that in the case of the withdrawal,
13:53they really transpired, no?
13:55So, a withdrawal in four successions of 125 million peso each really happened.
14:03But, as of this time,
14:06it's still unknown, no?
14:08Whether these 105 million are actually just gaps in reporting,
14:13or wala lang na klaro o expense or report ang expense,
14:21or are these really misappropriation?
14:25Meaning, kanang questionable yun to nga mga transactions,
14:28and that ni-sulod yun to siya sa pocket to the vice president.
14:32As we speak, the defense was good in terms of establishing the difference, no?
14:38Of a gap in reporting and a misconduct, no?
14:43So, that remains to be seen, no?
14:46But kung sa defense pa,
14:49maayo ang pagka-set up sa defense also to make that distinction clear
14:54to an everyday person like me.
14:57Now, because, at least from what I'm seeing,
15:01the COA findings, of course,
15:04they need to be examined carefully, no?
15:08But, a COA observation or finding and a deficiency
15:16and then a disallowance, again, are different, no?
15:21They don't necessarily constitute as proof
15:24that the money was actually stolen, no?
15:28So, another analogy that I can use is
15:32think about the COA findings as a red flag.
15:36The red flag will tell us to look more closely.
15:39But we don't say nga, ah, there's a red flag.
15:42The person is guilty already of such, di ba?
15:45It's a red flag, meaning look more closely.
15:48So, as of this time,
15:50the defense was also strong when it comes to that, no?
15:54These are actual withdrawals,
15:58and then they're unusual.
15:59So, yes, it merits that we need to look more closely.
16:03But were they stolen?
16:06Well, these are not proof, no?
16:08Nga, nga, nga, nga, stolen siya.
16:09Or, did this go to the pocket of the vice president?
16:13It's also not clear.
16:15It's not established as of this time.
16:18So, and then finally,
16:21murag, wala sa dilagi dispute, no?
16:24So, that the money actually left land bank, no?
16:27They did not dispute that.
16:30But another analogy na po na akong use,
16:31is if we liken it to the package,
16:34yes, the package left the company.
16:37But who received it?
16:39We do not know.
16:40What happened to the package?
16:42We do not know also, no?
16:45So, the defense was also clear when it comes to that.
16:49Nga, yes, ni gawas ang money,
16:51but who received it?
16:53Were they misappropriated, no?
16:56Or did they go to the pocket of people,
16:59like the vice president, for example?
17:01That is yet to be seen, no?
17:05But I also like the defense
17:06because they are able to allow me
17:08to make a distinction of documentation gaps
17:14and actual misuse of funds, no?
17:22Or whether the fund is actually stolen
17:24by the vice president or people close to her.
17:27So, I think by now,
17:29the most important distinction
17:31that kita nga mga everyday viewers
17:34will have to look more closely
17:36as we continue with Article 1
17:38is no longer about whether
17:41the confidential fund was properly documented.
17:46It's worth looking closely, no?
17:50Whether they are properly documented
17:53or whether there is a gap in the documentation.
17:56But I think the defining moment here,
17:58actually, is this question.
18:00Was the funds actually stolen?
18:03Or was the fund actually misused?
18:07As of this time,
18:08at least from an everyday person,
18:10that part, not yet established, no?
18:14Because these two are different questions.
18:17They're not the same.
18:18So, at least I'll have to honor
18:20both the prosecution and the defense,
18:22because they are also educating everyday
18:26and everyday Filipinos such as myself, no?
18:32So, the focus again is not just inadequate documentation,
18:36but the focus now is,
18:39was there a misuse of public money, no?
18:43Were they stolen?
18:45And did they go to the pocket of the vice president?
18:49So, now let's move to,
18:51speaking of pockets, no?
18:52Let's move to our second story.
18:55And this time,
18:57on the reveal that transpired over the weekend.
19:00So, on August 6, 2026,
19:04House Majority Floor Leader
19:06and Ilocos Norte Representative
19:09Ferdinand Alexander Sandro Marcos
19:12revealed that an official of the Duterte administration
19:16agreed to support his father,
19:18then-presidential candidate Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in 2022
19:24in exchange for the right to handpick
19:27the next executive secretary,
19:30house speaker,
19:31and other key officials.
19:34The revelation followed a question
19:37about the fallout of the UNI team
19:39of Marcos Jr. and Vice President
19:42Sara Duterte's tandem,
19:44which the lawmakers said
19:46was due to power struggle, no?
19:50So, just brief commentary on this, no?
19:55So, actually,
19:59na-curious said ko, no?
20:00About what transpired in the negotiation.
20:03And by the way,
20:04the report, or his report,
20:06actually did not say that it,
20:07murag na, na-kuan ako, no?
20:09Na-kuan ako because of the impeachment trial,
20:11the demarcation of the,
20:13of whether it really,
20:15it was really,
20:16our then-president Rodrigo Duterte himself.
20:19But if I look at,
20:20at least from his account,
20:21he did not speak directly,
20:23or they did not speak directly
20:25to the former president.
20:26But the three officials that they met,
20:29which is linked to the president.
20:31So, I hope by now,
20:32we can also create that distinction.
20:35So, they met three officials.
20:37One of them, according to him,
20:38is still a sitting official, no?
20:41In the current administration.
20:42And yes,
20:44it also created curiosity on my side.
20:47And my interest on this,
20:49is I know that it's common, no?
20:51For, for, for, for,
20:55that they,
20:55they call that horse trading, no?
20:57And I call that force trading.
20:59So, I know that for a tandem
21:01to actually be formed, no?
21:03At least I'm not into politics,
21:05or I just represent,
21:05I'm just an ordinary Filipino.
21:07But I know that it's not just
21:08a tandem of personalities.
21:09But there are a lot of negotiations
21:11that also happened underneath, no?
21:13And what we're just seeing is
21:15a, a, a united,
21:18a united or a tandem
21:19for, for that matter.
21:21But I am not also surprised
21:23that there are deals underneath.
21:25What I'm just hoping,
21:26for these deals to continue,
21:28what I'm just hoping that ultimately,
21:30this should benefit
21:31the Filipino people, no?
21:32And not just the ambitions
21:33of those people
21:35creating these alliances, no?
21:39And, and the other thing also is
21:41as we now have mastered
21:43through the impeachment proceeding,
21:45one person's account
21:46does not necessarily mean
21:48that this is really the truth, no?
21:50Because as we speak,
21:51this is just from,
21:53from representative, no?
21:57Sandro Marcos.
21:59And, and as they say, di ba,
22:00at least there are three versions
22:01of the story.
22:02The, the version of person A,
22:04the version of person B,
22:06and then the truth.
22:08But now this is just one account.
22:09So for me, it's just,
22:11sige, I will not call it noise.
22:13Sige, it's just a headline,
22:15a clickbait.
22:15But there's really not much
22:17underneath, no?
22:18For us to really
22:19kind of come to a conclusion.
22:22And then the bigger question here
22:23is also on the timing,
22:25Murabag.
22:26Is this really,
22:27because this happened
22:28four years, no?
22:30After 2022 tandem.
22:32So, Murabag,
22:33what is this for?
22:34Is this truly to understand
22:36what happened in the past?
22:37Or is this already
22:38a positioning for 2028?
22:41So, okay.
22:42Sige.
22:42Noted.
22:44Representative Sandro Marcos.
22:45Now let's move
22:46to our final story.
22:48Yes.
22:48Final story.
22:50So,
22:50the southwest monsoon,
22:52Habagat,
22:53brought prolonged
22:54heavy rains
22:55across Luzon
22:57over the past
22:58several days.
23:00Metro Manila
23:01and parts of
23:02central Luzon,
23:04southern Luzon,
23:06western Luzon,
23:07experienced flooding
23:08with some areas
23:10placed under
23:11a red or orange
23:13rainfall warnings.
23:15Pagasa warned
23:16that some areas
23:17could receive
23:17more than
23:18200 millimeters
23:20of rain
23:21while tropical depression
23:23may may
23:23also enhance
23:24the monsoon.
23:25Some areas
23:26effectively receive
23:27more than a week's
23:29worth of
23:29August rainfall
23:30in such a short
23:32period.
23:33So, on the phone
23:34is our friend
23:36from Pagasa
23:37and he will
23:38give us
23:39his update
23:40also on
23:41what happened
23:42and what we
23:43can expect
23:43as well
23:44in the coming
23:45days.
23:45So,
23:48hello.
23:50By the way,
23:51I'll just have
23:52to be honest.
23:52I think the viewers
23:53by now have already
23:54seen that I don't
23:55know exactly
23:55who in Pagasa
23:57that I'm talking.
23:58So, good afternoon.
23:59We have
23:59Anna Dumdum.
24:00Anna, good afternoon.
24:03Hello,
24:04Mayong
24:05Hapon.
24:06Sige,
24:06Mayong Hapon,
24:07Anna.
24:07And by the way,
24:08this is DJ.
24:09So, can you
24:10walk us
24:11through
24:12about
24:13what happened
24:14last week
24:15and then
24:16your forecast
24:17also
24:18of
24:18what we will
24:19be seeing
24:20this week?
24:23Ah,
24:23what happened
24:24last week?
24:25So far,
24:25last week,
24:26if there is
24:28Central
24:29Visayas,
24:30there is no
24:31affected
24:32the significant
24:33rain.
24:35And
24:35except for
24:37the Western
24:37Visayas.
24:38So,
24:39here on
24:39Panay Island
24:40and Negros
24:41Island region.
24:42But now,
24:42it's moving
24:43weather.
24:44So,
24:45Karun is
24:46we have
24:47before we
24:48move to
24:49Karun,
24:50Sige,
24:50I'll
24:50move to
24:51the
24:51context.
24:52While
24:52the ones
24:53hitting
24:53the ones
24:54that are
24:55on the
24:56headlines
24:56were the
24:57floods
24:57also that
24:58happened
24:58in Lozano.
24:59But as
25:00we know
25:00also locally,
25:01at least
25:01in Cebu,
25:02we've also
25:03seen cases
25:04of
25:05flooding
25:06and
25:08maybe
25:09you have
25:09the data
25:10or you
25:10don't,
25:11but I
25:12will just
25:12have to
25:12ask about
25:13last week.
25:14If we
25:15are to
25:15compare the
25:16period
25:16last week
25:18and that
25:19of also
25:20last year,
25:21are we
25:21in a
25:22conclusion
25:22na the
25:23amount
25:24of rainfall
25:24this year
25:26is truly
25:27heavier
25:29compared
25:30to the
25:30amount
25:31of rainfall
25:32that we
25:32experienced
25:33in the
25:33past?
25:36As to
25:37the amount
25:38of rainfall,
25:40if
25:41this month
25:43for the
25:44month to
25:45date
25:45nga
25:45nareceive
25:46na
25:46rainfall
25:46is
25:48the
25:49total
25:49is
25:50since
25:51August
25:515.1
25:53millimeters,
25:55we are
25:56still way
25:57below
25:57normal
25:57for
25:57August
25:58compared
25:59to our
26:00climatological
26:00normal.
26:02But
26:02the
26:03month
26:03of
26:04July,
26:06we have
26:06near
26:07normal.
26:07So
26:07as you
26:08notice,
26:09katung
26:09July,
26:09dito
26:09na
26:10nga
26:11local
26:11sa
26:11response,
26:12nga
26:13siyang
26:13idum-dum
26:13na nga
26:14every
26:14afternoon.
26:15But
26:16still,
26:17wala pa
26:17jim
26:17siya
26:17ni
26:18la
26:18pas
26:18sa to
26:19ang
26:20climate
26:21anthology
26:22na
26:22rainfall
26:22amount.
26:24So, before to move forward, what you are saying actually, Anna, and correct me if I'm wrong if kalangsayop akong
26:32pagsabot, but what you are saying is,
26:34ang katong nakita na ito nga rainfall in July, o ganing nakita na ito karoon in August, di pa ni
26:42sila, wapad ni sila ni Lapas, no?
26:44For us to actually consider na abnormal na ni sila nga rainfall, this is extraordinary already compared to what we've
26:52been seeing in the past years.
26:54Wala pa sila ni Abut, Anna, nga point?
26:58Yes, sir. You're right, sir.
27:00So, our July, we are above normal slightly, but still considered near normal.
27:08And then, sa August, so far, medyo ni-dry, so far, wala.
27:14Wala, wala, wala, wala, so far, is way below normal pata sa itong expected rain.
27:24So, before to move, Anna, allow me lang to at least have a conversation with our audience, no?
27:32And I'll leave, di nilang tika ipacomment kay kabalusad ko nga, this is out of your scope.
27:37But what I'm just saying, and I'm now addressing the viewers, Anna, not necessarily you.
27:42And then what I'm saying actually is, kung nakita na itong rainfall in the past are still what we considered
27:48normal ba through the years.
27:50So, kaning mga flooding that we are seeing are not caused by unusual or abnormal amount of rainfall, no?
28:00So, Murag, it's false for us to ipasangil na ito ni sa weather ang kaning flooding.
28:05Okay, per the account of pag-asa, naapani siya sa what's considered as a normal range.
28:13Sige, let's continue, Anna, for the succeeding weeks na, or days.
28:19Yes, sir. For the succeeding days, at least for Cebu, Central Pisayas, Cebu and Bohol, we'll experience more or less,
28:28but same weather pattern as today na.
28:32Less ang chance na, or low chance na itong magkaulan-ulan tao or kaning significant rainfall.
28:40But then, we will, we can feel na medyo na-enhance dyan ang habagat sa mana medyo breezy.
28:47And then, so, ito lang gina-advisean po ang katong mga tagmayang manalagat, and ito mga na yung mga island
28:55trips or island hopping,
28:56especially mga small boats na risky siya, kaya pasiwol, itong waves can be moderate to rough.
29:05So, mga na siya for, at least for the, until early next week, siya itong weather pattern.
29:11Sige, thank you very much, Anna, for joining us today.
29:16You're welcome, sir. Good to find out.
29:18Sige.
29:18So, that was Anna Dumdum, siya weather specialist of Pag-asa.
29:25So, before I'll close, I'll just kanang comment on it, what I just said, okay?
29:31So, comment further.
29:34Di na na ko ito balikon.
29:34So, kung dili abnormal or extremely kanang heavy compared to what we've seen in the past, ang rainfall,
29:45and then frequent ang baha sa Cebu, then at least by now, kabalota nga, it's not because it was raining
29:52unusually.
29:53So, more or less, naani sa infrastructure na to.
29:57So, nga nung nagbaha ta, when the amount of rainfall is still what Pag-asa actually calls as normal through
30:07the years.
30:07So, kung mas nibaha ta this year compared to the previous years, then it's not because of the rain.
30:14That's just what I want to say.
30:16So, and before I'll also close, I'll also bring some observations lang po, which we get to pick online also
30:25from the experiences of those in Luzon in particular about the flooding.
30:30And there's also significant flooding in areas in Cebu, which I also find sad.
30:36And by the way, today, I just read also several minutes before we went live, na si Ombudsman Boyeng Rimulya,
30:44after all, is in Cebu as we speak.
30:47And part, at least from what was said on that account that I saw on Facebook, part of the reason
30:53is for him to examine also the flood control.
30:57And yes, the flood control projects in Cebu, because the president himself also made a pronouncement, man sad nga, there
31:07will be no more flooding in Cebu by next year.
31:11So, whether this will be part of the promises that he was not able to deliver, or whether that will
31:18be a promise that he will finally deliver, we are hoping for the best.
31:22So, as we speak, the Ombudsman is in Cebu.
31:25But for me, Manggud, Mona ang bothersome na ning flood garon, because di na Manggud na to siya ma-charge,
31:31at least in the case of Cebu, with the weather.
31:33So, unsa man niya siya, lack of infrastructure forecast, but not.
31:38Kaili man po siya, unusual.
31:40So, unsa din niya siya, kanang, this is just a problem that we're left unattended.
31:46No, Mona, ang abisan, the same amount nag-ihapon sa rainfall, nagkasamot, nagkagrabi ang baha.
31:53So, and I'm also saddened by this, and correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm not also along with waste
32:01management, no?
32:03Which, in my view, Cebu, local government is doing so poorly, in my view, ha?
32:11Along with that, traffic, doing so poorly also, in my view.
32:17And then, karun, i-add pa na to ang flooding, no?
32:20Nga nung nagkasamot naman nun ang problema.
32:22And I will have to say that, yes, these are problems that are compounded through the years, ba?
32:29Pero kung ang every executive na to will always have to blame it in the previous chuchuchu administration, then how
32:36can we move forward?
32:37And if I remember it correctly, appeal man ang tani sa mga campaign promises.
32:42And this administration, we already have its mid-year, no?
32:47O mga December this year, and at least on the three, no?
32:52Waste management, traffic, flooding.
32:56We're not hearing any long-term solution yet, no?
33:02Aside from tumblers, no?
33:03So, sige, maybe there's something behind this that we do not yet know.
33:09But I'm also kind of stating that I hope that the local executive would also become more transparent, ba?
33:15Kung kung sa mag-i-roadmap na to, ni, with respect to flooding, no?
33:18In this context.
33:19So that we get to see na, yes, we cannot solve the problem in three years, but at least something
33:24is being done.
33:25Because as we speak, it's getting worse.
33:28Even if the amount of rainfall is still normal, no?
33:33So, that's just what I have to say in this particular topic, no?
33:38So, we have three stories today, three different issues, but all of them remind us that what happens behind the
33:45headlines
33:46can have very real consequences for ordinary Filipinos, no?
33:52We have to continue then to look deeper and think better.
33:57And kami po sa media will do our best to follow through these stories para di ganitang makalimot.
34:03Okay?
34:04Okay.
34:04I think that's also a sad realization that we've been seeing, no?
34:10Natay pattern na di kayta maka-follow through na sa tungkol sa kadaghang issues.
34:16And so that's why I brought up the topic on waste management, on traffic and flooding,
34:20because basin makalimot na ba, basig mo.
34:23Musamer na sad, and then like what we did last summer, di napod na to ni Shalihukon.
34:29So, I'm DJ Moises.
34:31Shout out to Coffee First for supporting conversations that matter.
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