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00:03 Tourists are now visiting Cavite with a new eco-farm.
00:08 It's spacious and beautiful.
00:10 It's perfect for a summer picnic.
00:13 But it has a dark past.
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00:25 There's a new tourist attraction in Naing, Cavite.
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00:34 It has a 1,600-square-meter swimming pool surrounded by cottages.
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00:46 You can ride an ATV here.
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00:54 And go on a rope adventure.
00:56 It's our first time here, but me and my kids really enjoyed doing it.
01:00 If in other countries, there's a cable car, here, there's a cable jeep.
01:06 Exciting!
01:07 [Laughs]
01:08 It's fun.
01:09 Good.
01:10 [Laughs]
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01:13 You can also go on a zip line.
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01:17 It's like I'm flying.
01:18 My soul is leaving there.
01:20 [Laughs]
01:21 And a zip bike.
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01:24 It's so fun.
01:25 [Laughs]
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01:28 You can also cross the 160-meter skywalk hanging bridge with tempered glass in the middle.
01:34 It's really amazing.
01:37 It feels safe.
01:39 Exciting.
01:40 Try their crystal kayak, go-kart pedal, and glamping.
01:47 Oh, we're in Balawan.
01:53 All of this is in this shamless hectare eco-farm resort,
01:57 a product of the sweat and tears of the civil engineer, Jun Ducat, and his wife, Marisa.
02:05 Welcome to the paradise of Jun Quirote.
02:08 Welcome!
02:10 We started with the construction of bricks.
02:12 A company was throwing them inside the economic zone.
02:16 He said, "Let's make plant backs and designs for modular houses."
02:20 So we exhibited there, and our construction company continued.
02:24 I worked hard for more than 10 years.
02:27 I built this again.
02:28 I sold other properties.
02:30 We put it here to fix the resort.
02:33 Jun really came from a poor, big Manila, and third, from seven siblings.
02:39 When I was young, in Bluewood Street, we were just poor.
02:43 My father was an airbrush painter.
02:46 My mother was a plain housewife.
02:49 I was very old.
02:50 I was only 30 cents.
02:52 I was only seven years old.
02:53 I was selling tomatoes in the market.
02:56 Sometimes, I was selling pineapple.
02:59 I was selling it.
03:00 Jun's parents had a hard time raising them,
03:04 so he worked hard until he finished civil engineering.
03:09 When he was able to live comfortably,
03:12 Jun built the Musmos Day Care Center in Parola, Manila.
03:17 The hardship I experienced while studying,
03:19 that's what I felt.
03:21 That's why I have the Musmos Day Care Center.
03:24 The students study free uniforms, free shoes, free school supplies,
03:30 and sometimes, I get paid.
03:32 But our resort owner has gone through something dark.
03:38 Let's update on the hostage crisis in Manila.
03:46 The standoff in Bonifacio Shrine is still going on.
03:49 The hostage crisis is still going on.
03:51 It's been 17 years since the incident happened.
03:55 On the morning of March 28, 2007,
03:58 Jun's students and three teachers were hoisted in front of Bonifacio.
04:14 When we were about to graduate,
04:16 I saw the parents and students,
04:20 their intention to finish.
04:22 Most of the parents or children,
04:25 they don't have breakfast, they don't have clothes.
04:27 Maybe I should have helped them
04:30 through a cruel method.
04:33 Don't be angry with me
04:36 for the lies and the truth.
04:40 If the youth has an education,
04:44 they will have discipline.
04:47 They won't be divided,
04:49 they won't be single.
04:51 If there is, you will understand me.
04:53 One of the students who was hoisted
04:57 was a 7-year-old boy named Zain Hon.
05:00 I know we will have a field trip.
05:02 So I was excited for those days.
05:04 We stopped in front of City Hall in Manila.
05:07 I saw that they have weapons,
05:11 bombs, and Sir Jun Ducat was carrying a gun.
05:15 The armed hostage takers,
05:18 who were with them since the beginning of the trip,
05:21 one of them is the owner of the daycare center
05:25 in Parola Tundo, Jun Ducat,
05:28 with another man, Ogie Carbonell.
05:32 I also felt scared.
05:34 I was angry, "You're the one who's going to get eaten,
05:36 you're the one who's going to hostage my grandson?"
05:38 If I saw him, I might have kicked him.
05:40 That's ugly, you're going to get my grandson.
05:42 To calm the kids down,
05:46 they were accompanied by their teacher,
05:49 one of them, Marie.
05:51 Lord, what happened?
05:52 Why is this happening?
05:53 If we know this is an outing,
05:54 why did we come here?
05:55 Teacher Marie was with her four children
05:58 who were supposed to go on an excursion.
06:02 I also saw the police guns
06:05 from the bus window.
06:07 Sir Jun Ducat was shot.
06:09 Ramon is the father of one of the children
06:12 who was hostaged, Angelica.
06:14 How are you now?
06:15 I'm just thinking about how long they'll be there.
06:18 You saw him earlier, he was laughing.
06:20 How did you feel earlier?
06:22 I couldn't stop laughing, I cried.
06:24 Teacher Marie also gave Jun a chance
06:28 to get out of the bus and escape.
06:31 Whoever wanted to get out, they did.
06:33 We were asked, but no one wanted to get out.
06:35 Around 1 p.m.,
06:39 Zinehon was forced to get out of the bus
06:41 because of his grandson's fever.
06:43 My head ached, my temperature went up.
06:47 I was just thankful that my grandson was sick.
06:50 I was so worried because he was in the country.
06:53 The hostage drama lasted until the night.
06:59 The parents who were in Liwasang Bonifacio
07:02 lit candles.
07:04 Communication is the most important thing here.
07:06 We should remember to be calm
07:08 and talk normally.
07:11 Let's not complain or fight.
07:14 Let the authorities know.
07:16 Don't be afraid.
07:18 Let them handle it.
07:19 There are experts here,
07:21 the so-called hostage negotiation experts.
07:24 The demand is the welfare of the children and their families.
07:28 Number one, the education of the children.
07:30 Second, the livelihood and the house.
07:33 I listened to what he said.
07:37 Until 7 p.m.,
07:40 the long negotiation of the authorities
07:43 with the hostage takers was over.
07:45 Jun was able to get his hands on the bus.
07:49 It's like the children are still kissing.
07:51 Yes, one by one.
07:52 Because those children are in the daycare center.
07:56 Mr. Ducat owns the daycare center.
07:58 It's free for the children.
08:00 He doesn't take it for granted.
08:02 And he surrendered to the authorities.
08:06 My dear, the hostage crisis in Manila is over.
08:11 They were brought to the Manila Police District.
08:14 They were charged with many cases
08:21 such as serious illegal detention,
08:23 illegal possession of firearms and explosives,
08:27 and child abuse.
08:28 Did you not blame them for what you did?
08:31 Even if they were looking for my money,
08:34 I would just let the people know what to do.
08:38 So you are defending what you did?
08:40 And the weapons they brought.
08:44 First, we never pointed a gun at the authorities, at the children.
08:49 I am asking for justice in a way
08:53 to expose the lack of government support for the children.
09:01 To the people who are judging that I did wrong,
09:07 why didn't they go to the squatter areas?
09:10 Do you think I'm like you?
09:13 Do you think I'm going to pay attention to a peaceful way?
09:21 The children were immediately brought to the Manila Hospital.
09:28 Ramon was not forgiven by his son Angelica when he was in the bus.
09:34 What can you tell us?
09:36 I don't want to pay attention to what you did.
09:42 Angelica is now 23 years old.
09:45 She lives with her son in Pandic, Bulacan.
09:49 We thought we were all going to die
09:52 because Sergio was holding a grenade.
09:55 The left hand, was that a grenade he was holding?
09:58 It looks like it.
10:00 It looks like there's a plaster.
10:02 It looks like his hand has a plaster.
10:04 I just remember what happened to my son.
10:07 We didn't know what to do.
10:10 As a parent, I was afraid and nervous
10:14 that Sergio would explode inside the bus.
10:18 I was angry because why did he use the children?
10:21 Maybe he could have used other methods.
10:23 He even raped the children.
10:26 Jun was imprisoned until the end.
10:30 He will face violation of the revised penal code, Article 267.
10:34 This is the serious illegal detention if there is a violation,
10:37 it is a violation of the Penal Code.
10:40 This is a punishment of a life sentence.
10:42 But because none of the victims filed a complaint against them,
10:47 a year and a half after Jun was released from prison,
10:52 I was charged with negative 15 million pesos.
10:55 All my equipment was sold.
10:57 Some of my properties were sold to support my fight.
11:02 until he built his own construction company.
11:06 When I was released, I was still their target.
11:09 Because when I was contracting with them,
11:12 we didn't have a project that didn't reach the time frame.
11:16 Thanks to Jun's hard work and his wife Marisa,
11:22 they were able to found Eco Farm Resort in Cavite.
11:25 We have made hundreds of millions of investment here.
11:27 We have a covenant, we swear to our family
11:30 that we will make a big hospital out of half of the income
11:35 that is free of charge, doctor and medicine for my fellow countrymen who are in need.
11:40 Sir Ducat said, "Thank you, you are not leaving me.
11:43 Even if you are like this to me, you are not leaving me."
11:46 Every March 28, we have a gathering.
11:50 We celebrate our anniversary.
11:52 We are happy to visit him because we also see that he is doing something good.
11:57 [Cheering]
12:00 They also visited Jun.
12:07 Is this done?
12:13 Sir, a little bit more.
12:14 We know you, right?
12:17 Where are you now?
12:19 We are now in Pandibula.
12:22 The wounds of yesterday, in their case, seemed to be pierced by time.
12:28 I have full trust in him that he has someone who is fighting for him.
12:31 He is kind.
12:32 We are also thankful to him for helping us when we were in Manila.
12:37 We did not totally forget him because he is still there.
12:41 It's just that we miss him every anniversary, but that's okay for us.
12:45 We will hug him, the kids will bless him.
12:50 It's almost abnormal to be close to a hostage taker.
12:53 Of course, they have given a lot of help for the education of their children.
12:58 Second, this is called blind following.
13:02 Mr. Ducat is a hero in their opinion.
13:05 He is like Stockholm Syndrome.
13:07 Victims of hostage taking become close to their hostage taker.
13:12 But the difference here is that they did not become close to the hostage taker during the incident.
13:19 We need to choose a legal method.
13:23 And hostage taking is never acceptable, whether in the eyes of the law or in the eyes of ordinary people.
13:30 Paradise is the love of God.
13:33 Someday, I will believe that there is a potential to give a lot of work.
13:39 That's why I am preparing for the resort.
13:41 Just wait for tomorrow.
13:45 John Ducat is a proof that a person who makes a mistake can rise.
13:50 The youth will have discipline.
13:54 I just hope that the people who are fighting do not have to surrender to violence.
14:01 The people who are being punished should be heard and acted upon.
14:06 And they should not surrender to violence.
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