00:00Live from the GMA Network Center,
00:0420 years have passed, 24 hours.
00:11Good evening, Paul Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao.
00:14A barangay hall in Arayat, Pampanga, was hit by a bullet.
00:20The captain himself was there.
00:23Politics is one of the motives of the police in crime
00:26because the victim was planning to run away as a Vice-Mayor in the upcoming election.
00:31His loved ones are eager to open up their lives,
00:34even if they are in danger.
00:37And June Veneracion was there.
00:42Last night at 8 p.m., the car stopped in front of the barangay hall of Lakyus in Arayat, Pampanga.
00:51The driver in the back got off first,
00:53who was hit by a bullet.
00:55The gunman was still aiming at the door of the barangay hall.
00:59His companion, who was firing from the plane, followed him.
01:03The gunman walked away while the residents outside were running around.
01:08The captain of Barangay Lakyus, Mel Lumbang, was the one who fired the gun.
01:14Because the captain is a barangay captain,
01:17his motive is that politics is one of the motives.
01:22His plan is based on the people there.
01:25It's like the Vice-Mayor is running away in the upcoming election.
01:29Captain Mel Lumbang was sitting in the chair when the gunman fired.
01:34You can still see in their barangay hall
01:37the bullets left by the so-called M16 rifle
01:42that was used by the gunman.
01:44According to the victim's family,
01:46six bullets were hit in the back,
01:49three in the front.
01:51They were not taken to the hospital,
01:52but they were brought back to life there.
01:55According to the victim's family,
01:57their neighbors noticed that there are people who don't look familiar.
02:02They saw them passing by the barangay hall before the gunman fired.
02:06Here, politics is very important.
02:11Whenever the election period ends,
02:14that's what happens here in our town.
02:16It's not just me, my son and my mother who are being brought here,
02:23but the whole barangay.
02:26Until this afternoon,
02:28several bullets from the M16 rifle were found around the barangay hall.
02:32The barangay of Captain Lumbang is in a state of shock.
02:36I was hit here by a gun.
02:38I was cut here.
02:42People are crying because they don't respect the captain of the barangay.
02:48Before he was killed,
02:49according to the victim's family,
02:51Captain Lumbang was saved from two ambushes in 1999 and 2001.
02:57A special investigation task group was formed to investigate the case.
03:01Based on our investigation,
03:04the three bodyguards of Captain East were retaliated.
03:10According to the area, the gunman was hit.
03:15For GMA Integrated News,
03:18June Veneration, 24 hours.
03:21Several motorcycles and cars were hit by a car without a brake.
03:25A jeepney.
03:26In Teresa Rizal, EJ Gomez was hit.
03:29Exclusive.
03:31The jeepney was hit by a car without a brake.
03:35There were many bullets.
03:37A motorcycle was hit by an L300 van.
03:40Around the area,
03:42another vehicle was hit.
03:44It was a passenger jeepney
03:46that was hit by a car without a brake in Mayiba, Teresa Rizal, on Thursday night.
03:51According to the police,
03:53the 42-year-old driver was out of control when the vehicle was driven down the road.
03:58The two motorcycles were hit first,
04:01followed by an L300 van and a car.
04:05Because it was out of control,
04:06it went straight to Roman Road
04:10where another vehicle was hit
04:14that was parked in a convenience store.
04:19It still went straight and another motorcycle was hit
04:23that came from the opposite direction.
04:25When the jeepney arrived,
04:27there were many vehicles.
04:29The jeepney just stopped at the back of a truck.
04:32This is the L300 van that was hit by a passenger jeepney.
04:37Many vehicles were hit.
04:38The windows were broken.
04:40The back and the left side were damaged.
04:44The first part of the jeepney was hit by an accident.
04:48The driver and passengers did not receive major injuries.
04:52The jeepney driver immediately fixed the jeepney to the victims of the accident.
04:57The jeepney driver did not make a statement.
04:59For GMA Integrated News,
05:01EJ Gomez,
05:0224 hours have passed.
05:06Good news!
05:07The employees of the government have reached out
05:11for the first payment of the additional salary.
05:13Now, the Budget Department has issued a statement
05:17for its implementation.
05:19Ivan Mayrina has reached out.
05:24The Department of Budget and Management issued today
05:27the budget circular
05:28detailing the first tranche or the first drop of the salary
05:31to the government officials.
05:33We have also sent the guidelines to our national government agencies
05:37so that they can start the computation of the adjustments.
05:41The salary of the civilian government personnel
05:44in the executive branch,
05:45in the legislative or congress and senate,
05:48and judiciary or courts,
05:50constitutional commissions,
05:52GOCC,
05:53and local governments is not included.
05:55Police and soldiers are not included
05:57because they have their own salary structure.
05:59Within four years, from 2024 to 2027,
06:03the government officials will receive a higher salary,
06:06depending on the salary grade or rank.
06:09A teacher who is below the salary grade 11,
06:12for example,
06:13currently receives P27,000 every month,
06:16after the first tranche this year,
06:18will receive P1,512.
06:22A new P1,512 will be added in 2025.
06:26P1,681 in 2026
06:29and P1,682 in the last tranche in 2027.
06:33If we sum up, after four years,
06:36the salary of a teacher will increase to more than P6,000.
06:40Aside from the salary increase,
06:42the government officials also expect
06:44a medical allowance of P7,000 every year
06:47per employee,
06:48which is still part of the additional benefit.
06:51The first drop of the salary was effective on January 1, 2024
06:55for national agencies.
06:57That's why it's retroactive
06:58or will chase the expected higher salary from January.
07:02For local governments,
07:03they need to issue an ordinance
07:05to make it effective.
07:07They set aside P36 billion for the higher salary this year.
07:12What the President said
07:14is to ensure that whatever adjustment that we do,
07:17it makes it competitive versus the private rates,
07:21the market rates in the private sector.
07:24So we try our best to make it competitive.
07:28For GMA Integrated News,
07:30Ivan Mejrina for Tutok, 24 Hours.
07:34There will be a big-time rollback.
07:36Some oil companies will start tomorrow.
07:38But along with that announcement,
07:40Meralco will have to implement an additional draft
07:44this month.
07:45Let's find out how far Maki Pulido will go.
07:50Because it's raining and it's not hot anymore,
07:53the generation charge is expected to go down
07:55and hopefully, it will result in a lower electricity bill.
07:59The generation charge went down for the month of August.
08:02But because the bill for the transmission charge
08:05of the National Grid Corporation went up,
08:07there's still a 3 cent per kilowatt hour increase
08:10in the August billing of Meralco.
08:12That's an additional 7 pesos
08:14for those consuming 200 kilowatt hours per month
08:17and an additional 10 to 16 pesos
08:19for those consuming more than 200 kilowatt hours per month.
08:22The increase in the transmission charge
08:24is due to the purchase of reserve electricity by the NGCP.
08:27For this month, the ancillary service charges
08:30increased by more than 50 percent.
08:33Because the additional charge for the transmission charge
08:35is not enough,
08:36Edna always receives a disconnection notice.
08:39It's hard because when the payment ends,
08:42the payment is not complete.
08:45If there's a bill, it's a debt again.
08:49Some are expecting an additional disconnection
08:52for the next few months
08:53because the NGCP still has non-disconnecting transmission charges.
08:56There's also an effect on the generation charge
08:58for the price of electricity for the two plants
09:01that Meralco purchased.
09:03We still don't know how much and when it will be paid
09:07because the Energy Regulatory Commission is still waiting for a decision.
09:10Just now, Meralco has already prepared the customers.
09:14If the ERC approves the payment,
09:17it will be affected as an increase in the generation charge.
09:20If there's an increase in the price of electricity,
09:22there will be a decrease in the price of oil starting tomorrow.
09:25The rollback for gas is 2 pesos and 45 centavos per liter,
09:291 peso and 90 centavos for diesel,
09:31and 2 pesos and 40 centavos for kerosene.
09:34One of the reasons is the decrease in the amount of oil
09:37being imported by China due to the slowdown of its economy.
09:40It's been five weeks since the last rollback.
09:43Let's manage our expectations.
09:45But some of the drivers we talked to didn't believe in the rollback.
09:49It's just nonsense.
09:51They're going to do a rollback.
09:53It's been a week.
09:54They're going up again.
09:56It's even higher than the previous price.
09:59There's nothing.
10:00You'll be surprised.
10:01In a month, it's going to be higher again.
10:03What should be understood is that the Department of Energy
10:06is importing net importers or all kinds of oil from the Philippines.
10:09That's why it will only follow the price set by the international market.
10:13For GMA Integrated News,
10:14Macky Pulido was questioned for 24 hours.
10:18The special treatment given by the authorities to the driver
10:22who counter-flowed to EDSA busway this July was questioned.
10:25Instead of being taken to the precinct,
10:27the driver was taken to his condo.
10:30Jonathan Andal was questioned.
10:35Am I driving?
10:37This is a counter-flow.
10:38I don't know how to drive.
10:41It's been two weeks since this car counter-flowed to EDSA busway in Guadalupe.
10:46That's why the bus and an ambulance were delayed.
10:49But until now, some congressmen are wondering
10:52why the driver who was taken by the authorities to his condo in Taguig
10:57was still not charged instead of being taken to the precinct.
11:00This man was given special treatment.
11:05He was even taken to the BGC.
11:07Definitely, we are not giving him special treatment.
11:12We made a mistake.
11:14We apologize for that, Mr. Chairman.
11:16He should have been taken to the police station.
11:20He should have been left there.
11:21That's why he really needs retraining.
11:25Retraining is essential here.
11:28According to the MMDA,
11:29the driver was charged with reckless driving and illegal counter-flow.
11:33But they were not deputized
11:34to file a complaint of driving under the influence of alcohol.
11:38Moreover, the result of the breath analyzer test is needed for this.
11:41The only thing that can be done is the Police and Land Transportation Office or LTO.
11:46According to the Transportation Department,
11:48there will be no LTO when the incident happened.
11:50But the police arrived immediately.
11:53The problem is that he was not arrested.
11:56And the police did not charge the driver with the breath analyzer test
12:00even though he already smelled alcohol and admitted that it came from drugs.
12:03Our enforcers said that there was a counter-flow and that he looked like he was drinking.
12:07But the police asked if the driver was resisting.
12:13And they said that the conversation was not good.
12:17But the police said that he was not resisting.
12:21So, you can handle that.
12:23Based on what we heard,
12:24the driver's name was not included in the vehicle,
12:27but his mother's.
12:29When the LTO went to his mother's address,
12:31based on the Certificate of Registration of the vehicle,
12:34they did not see a house but only a vacant lot.
12:38Of course, there is a problem with the LTO.
12:40Right?
12:41Yes.
12:42Because the documents were falsified.
12:44The LTO said that they were given an explanation by the driver of the vehicle
12:48and it was submitted for resolution.
12:50For GMA Integrated News,
12:52Jonathan Andal, Katutok, 24 Hours.
12:56The 12-year-old woman who was found dead and bruised in Santiago City, Isabela, was taken to the hospital.
13:07According to the police,
13:08the victim was dead for almost two days
13:11before her body was found in Palak Road yesterday afternoon.
13:16It is possible that the victim was tied up
13:19before he was killed by a stone and wood hammer.
13:23The police also arrested the suspect
13:25who claimed that he committed the crime
13:28because the victim bullied him before.
13:33He is facing charges.
