00:00 Classes were cancelled in a school in Cavite after four students fell in a septic tank.
00:07 One of them died. Mark Salazar witnessed it.
00:10 The family of Grade 5 pupil, Crizel Ronario, is now in mourning.
00:18 His mother is not surprised that he was disgraced to have a child who entered the school yesterday.
00:25 I was sent to the school because there was an emergency.
00:30 When I went to the school, the ambulance brought my child to a nearby hospital.
00:38 When I arrived there, the teachers told me that my child is no longer there.
00:43 According to the police, Crizel and three other students were sitting on top of the black pit of the elementary school in Alfonso Cavite.
00:52 But suddenly, the septic tank exploded and the children fell on the ground.
00:57 This happened yesterday at 12.30.
01:01 The victim was eating.
01:07 Then, the place where they were sitting, it was like a rock.
01:14 Then, the water poured down to the septic tank that was dry for a long time.
01:23 According to the police, one of the victims died in the treatment.
01:28 The debris of the other children fell on the children.
01:35 The three children were injured.
01:44 They were outpatient.
01:46 We went to Sinalo Elementary School to talk to the principal, but we were not able to reach him.
01:53 According to the police, they cancelled the class because of the trauma that the students suffered.
01:58 We also sent a message to the DepEd Alfonso District to get their statement, but they did not respond.
02:05 It was an accident. It was not on their will.
02:09 Did you talk to the principal of the school?
02:12 Not yet, sir. We are waiting for their statement, if ever, sir.
02:20 We will talk to them. Maybe the family, sir. We will talk to them, sir.
02:25 I don't know if we will complain. I haven't thought about how my children will be.
02:35 We just want to be helped.
02:42 For GMA Integrated News, I am Mark Salazar, your witness.
02:50 The PISO exchange rate against the dollar rose to the P58 level.
02:55 The PISO exchange rate was closed at P58.27, which is lower than the PISO exchange rate at P57.90 yesterday.
03:03 The PISO exchange rate also rose to the P58 level against the dollar in November 2022.
03:07 The continued strength of the dollar is due to the delayed rate cuts of the U.S. Federal Reserve.
03:18 Sardora Riza Contevero was charged with a case of embezzlement
03:21 by a company in another country where the same company is the one who embezzled the money,
03:25 Mayor Alice Guo.
03:27 She was followed by the House of Representatives where she was denied her SPSA
03:31 and some aspects of her identity were clarified.
03:35 Maris Umal is a witness.
03:37 Your Honor, I don't remember her.
03:44 This is the answer of Mayor Alice Guo to the question of the Senators about the details of her identity.
03:50 She clarified it in the statement released on her social media page.
03:54 The Mayor also asked for a clarification in a statement posted online.
03:58 She said she was almost blank whenever she faced the Senators.
04:02 The questions in the Senate hearing about her identity were traumatic
04:07 because it will refresh the wound of her identity.
04:10 She was the daughter of her father in their house.
04:14 She was left by her real mother when she was a child.
04:17 She was raised and hid in a hog farm.
04:20 She was avoided from things that would give her her identity.
04:24 That is the reason why she has almost no experience of being an adult.
04:28 She was a true home tutor and she did not have a formal education diploma.
04:34 She only asked for her mother's name when she was a teenager to register her birth.
04:41 She avoided asking questions because she did not want her 70-year-old father to be involved in the issue.
04:47 In both statements, Guo stated that she was involved in the raid on Bamban.
04:53 She did not ask for protection or was behind this illegal operation.
04:57 She was not a spy of any country.
05:00 She was a true Filipino.
05:04 As a mayor, she did not receive any warning about the illegal operations of Pogo before the raid.
05:11 But she was told that it was licensed and that Pagcor has an office in Pogo Compound.
05:16 Pagcor has the responsibility to red flag or suppress any kind of raid.
05:21 She also gave her duties to the people so she allowed the construction of Pogo Hub.
05:27 But Pogo Compound was already built before she became a mayor in 2022.
05:32 She was even listed as a company that applied for a permit in the municipality in September 2020.
05:38 Senator Arisa Ontiveros is now an incorporator of Pogo in Bamban
05:43 based on the documents that were submitted in the Securities and Exchange Commission or SEC in 2019.
05:49 The Chinese, Zhang Ruijin, and the Dominican, Bao Yeng Lin,
05:55 were convicted last month after being involved in the largest money laundering case in Singapore.
06:01 Bao Yeng is also facing charges.
06:05 Mayor Guo will call for the NAPLCOM as part of the process of removing the authority of the local police
06:14 to study if this act has a basis.
06:17 They expect the NAPLCOM decision to be released this week.
06:21 Even the Philippine National Police is now investigating the case.
06:25 We are also investigating if the local police of Bamban, Tarlac,
06:33 have been negligent in monitoring the illegal activities of Pogo-related businesses.
06:42 According to Pagcor, only a few floors of a house in Bawfu Compound are licensed to them
06:48 and not the entire compound.
06:50 Pagcor cannot say if there are other parts of the compound that operate as Pogo Hub.
06:56 For GIMP, I'm Maris Umali. Saksi!
07:00 The cigarette burning is the result of a fire that broke out in a car in the IA Terminal 3 parking lot this April
07:09 based on the investigation of the Bureau of Fire Protection.
07:12 Because of this, the BFP considered that the accident happened and no case has been recommended regarding this.
07:18 However, the movement in the parking area was suspicious and the fire started.
07:22 GMA Integrated News tried to get the statement of the Philippine Skylanders International Incorporated
07:27 or PSI, which is running the terminal, but they were not authorized to speak to them.
07:33 PSI said that they will answer the price of the cigarette for the burned cars.
07:39 The RICE Tarification Law was amended and the last reading of the camera was on the buttons 231, 3 and 1.
07:46 One of the reasons for this is to return the power to sell rice to the market to lower its price to the National Food Authority.
07:54 The President of the Philippines, Panucala, must pass this before it can be sent to President Marcos for signature.
08:01 Two answers to the crash of a Cessna plane in San Fernando City, La Union.
08:06 A test flight was being conducted by a pilot of a so-called aircraft with a student pilot of a crashed airplane.
08:12 It is still unknown if it was a human or mechanical error.
08:16 To avoid the spread of oil from the aircraft's crash, the PCG spread an oil spill boom.
08:21 The owner of the Cessna plane has not yet been released.
08:24 For GMA Integrated News, Joseph Morong, your witness.
08:27 The son of the Mayor of Santa Ilocos Sur was killed.
08:32 He was driving a big bike in a SUV.
08:35 He was shot dead by a two-year-old boy in a truck and a tricycle in Calaciao, Pangasinan.
08:42 CJTorida of GMA Regional TV, One North Central Luzon, your witness.
08:47 The SUV was hit by a CCTV and was being dropped off on a road in Santa Ilocos Sur.
08:55 Later, the big bike came and hit the SUV.
09:01 Jerome Jesus Beno IV, a barangay chairman and the son of the Mayor of the town, was the only victim.
09:07 He did not notice the collision with the SUV.
09:11 It was a head-on collision.
09:15 His body was a bit bruised.
09:18 That was probably the reason why he was killed.
09:22 It was a painful experience.
09:26 I am a youngster and a future public servant.
09:31 I am thankful to everyone who is helping us.
09:36 The Beno family decided not to file a case against the SUV driver.
09:41 In Calaciao, Pangasinan, a truck collided with a tricycle.
09:46 In a cellphone video, the tricycle drivers were seen injured.
09:50 The two-year-old boy was lying on the road.
09:54 He was tried to be taken to the hospital but was dead on arrival.
09:57 The tricycle driver was injured five times.
10:00 It was very painful because the tricycle drivers were all taken to the hospital and some were killed.
10:09 The tricycle driver was hit. I don't know who is to blame.
10:14 According to the police, the tricycle driver, who is the father of the victim, overtook the vehicle.
10:19 A truck from Calaciao arrived. The tricycle driver did not control the vehicle.
10:28 The tricycle driver collided with the vehicle.
10:30 It was a face-to-face collision. He hit the vehicle.
10:35 The family of the victim refused to give a statement.
10:38 The family of the victim and the truck driver agreed to talk.
10:42 The tricycle driver was taken to the hospital.
10:49 The tricycle driver was saved.
10:52 The tricycle driver was taken to the hospital.
10:59 I was on the National Highway and I was trying to cross the highway.
11:04 I was supposed to cross the highway and go to the outer lane.
11:09 I was sure that I was going to cross the highway.
11:15 For GMA Integrated News, I am Jay Torrida of GMA Regional TV, One North Central Luzon.
11:22 Your "Saksi".
11:23 It is not yet raining but the garbage collected from the river Pasig is already full.
11:29 The year has already started according to the MMDA.
11:32 And because of the amount of garbage in some places, Pasig River Ferry Service is allowed to pass through.
11:37 "Saksi", this is Dano Tinkrungco.
11:39 Because of the amount of garbage in Pasig River, the ferry boat trip from PUP Station to Loton in Manila was almost stopped earlier this morning.
11:52 The trip was almost not possible by the two ferry boats, especially because the garbage was floating in the LSE.
11:58 Their boat overheated because of the garbage they were passing through.
12:05 I dispatched two available boats from our Kapitan Top Yard to follow the passengers.
12:12 If the two boats overheat, we will be able to transfer from Valenzuela Station to Pinacuatan Station.
12:20 Three trash skimmers carried the garbage but they were unable to carry the amount of garbage that was floating in the river.
12:26 According to Pasig River Ferry Service, this is the thickest garbage in the bay of their ferries since the rain started.
12:34 The trips are supposed to be suspended but there are passengers who need to be carried.
12:39 We were forced to cross Loton Station.
12:43 It's good that the passengers arrived but the ferry was running slowly.
12:51 Now, when we returned, it was like that again.
12:55 Our trip was long. Instead of two hours, we reached three hours.
13:00 Sometimes, the garbage was passing through so we stopped.
13:04 Our trip was longer.
13:06 The MMDA issued a notice about the garbage in Pasig River,
13:10 and also a notice to the public to be responsible for throwing garbage.
13:14 They said that the river is regularly cleaned and that it has been rehabilitated for decades due to the garbage problem.
13:21 But since the year started, the MMDA said that 151 cubic meters or 53 tons of garbage were collected along Pasig River.
13:32 Around 4 p.m., the river was cleared in the Lambingan Station in Santa Ana, Manila.
13:39 They avoided throwing garbage in the river because it causes delay when the ferry boat is traveling.
13:51 And then, the river is smelly.
13:55 When the water is low, the garbage is released.
13:59 The smell of the river is coming out so it's smelly.
14:03 This January, the government launched a project to revive Pasig River.
14:09 It aims to serve as a green corridor for the river and to have a safe walkway and bikeway around it,
14:15 as well as parks and commercial establishments.
14:18 For GMA Integrated News, I'm Donna Tingcung, your "Saksi."
14:22 My fellow Filipinos, let's be "Saksi" together.
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