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00:00The Chinese Coast Guard's monster ship, Zambales,
00:03also left its position in the Kapones-Zambales area.
00:06But it was replaced by another CCG vessel
00:09that was part of the Radio Challenge of the Philippine Navy.
00:12Here's JP Saryano.
00:16China Coast Guard Vessel 3304.
00:20This is Philippine Coast Guard Vessel BRP Gabriela Silang.
00:24This is a radio challenge of the Philippine Coast Guard
00:27to China Coast Guard Vessel 3304.
00:30You do not possess any legal authority
00:33to patrol inside the Philippines' exclusive economic zone.
00:37You are directed to depart immediately.
00:40The Chinese ship was spotted earlier this morning,
00:4460 nautical miles from the coastline of the Kapones-Zambales.
00:48The China Coast Guard immediately responded.
00:51This is China Coast Guard Vessel 3304.
00:53Patrolling in the sea area under the jurisdiction
00:57of the People's Republic of China.
00:59The so-called award for the South China Sea
01:03arbitration is illegal and invalid.
01:06China neither accepts nor recognizes it.
01:10CCG Vessel 3304 returned to the position
01:14of the aforementioned monster ship, CCG Vessel 5901,
01:19which has been circling around the exclusive economic zone
01:24or EEZ of the Philippines for more than two weeks.
01:26According to the PCG, until earlier this morning,
01:30the Chinese monster ship was monitored
01:33that is moving away from the coastal area of the Kapones-Zambales
01:37and will go to the direction of Bajo de Masinlok or Scarborough Shore,
01:42which is still a part of the EEZ of the Philippines.
01:46They are slowly moving.
01:48Sometimes they have a speed of 2 knots, sometimes 4 knots.
01:53So they are not just floating in one place.
01:57They are moving.
01:58That's obviously illegal.
02:00Again, they are not exercising freedom of navigation
02:04in our exclusive economic zone.
02:06Last Thursday, at the bilateral consultation mechanism
02:10or BCM of China and the Philippines,
02:12the Department of Foreign Affairs brought this issue
02:16to the officials of China.
02:18As far as the Coast Guard is concerned,
02:21this is the most effective thing we are doing right now.
02:25We are not increasing tensions.
02:27We are not fighting.
02:30And we are continuing to defend that the West Philippine Sea,
02:34what our exclusive economic zone is doing
02:38in the Kapones-Zambales,
02:41is ours and there is no reason for China to violate it.
02:46This weekend was held in the West Philippine Sea
02:49in the area of Palawan,
02:51the first Maritime Cooperative Activity or MCA
02:54of the Armed Forces of the Philippines
02:57and the United States Indo-Pacific Command this year.
03:00They plan to increase or elevate this activity.
03:04According to the AFP,
03:06they will add activities
03:08such as more advanced training scenarios.
03:11They will also expand participation
03:13through the addition of assets
03:16and the existence of other member states.
03:20China also announced
03:22that they made a Multiple Combat Readiness Patrol
03:26in the area of Bajo de Maceblo.
03:29In 2016, the UN Arbitral Tribunal
03:34ruled that China's involvement in the entire West Philippine Sea,
03:38including Bajo de Maceblo,
03:40which is considered by the government of the Philippines
03:43as a part of the territory of the country
03:45and within the exclusive economic zone or EEZ of the Philippines.
03:50For GMA Integrated News,
03:53I am JP Soriano,
03:55your Saksi.
03:57President Bongbong Marcos will veto
04:00the Senate Bill 1979
04:02of the Adolescent Pregnancy Act of 2023
04:05if he does not amend a provision that he has been assigned.
04:09However, Senator Arisa Ontiveros
04:12does not consider the provision addressed by the President.
04:15Saksi, this is Ivan Mayrina.
04:20If this is to stop the multiplication of children,
04:23President Bongbong Marcos has no objection
04:26to the proposed Comprehensive Sexuality Education or CSE
04:29passed by the Senate Bill 1979
04:31or the Prevention of Adolescent Pregnancy Act of 2023.
04:35It is important for the youth to know their bodies
04:38and the adverse effects of breastfeeding
04:41and breastfeeding
04:43if they are underage.
04:45However, he read something in the bill
04:47that he did not like.
04:49I was shocked and I was appalled
04:52by some of the elements of that.
04:58Because this is all this woke
05:03that they are trying to bring into our system.
05:06You will teach four-year-olds how to masturbate.
05:12That every child has the right
05:15to try different sexualities.
05:20This is ridiculous.
05:22It is abhorrent.
05:24It is a travesty of what sexual and sex education should be
05:29to the children.
05:30If this bill is passed in that form,
05:34I guarantee all parents, teachers, and children
05:39I will immediately veto it.
05:42We continue to clarify to him
05:44where the President read the provisions he mentioned.
05:47Because based on the copy of Senate Bill 1979,
05:50there are no such provisions.
05:51According to this act,
05:54Mr. President, with all due respect,
05:57it is clear that there is nothing in the bill
05:59even the word masturbation.
06:02There is also no such thing as try different sexualities.
06:05CSE contains the very same things you support.
06:09Teaching kids anatomy,
06:11the consequences of early pregnancy.
06:13That is what we are also advocating.
06:16The President's teachings,
06:18like the earlier provisions,
06:21like the former Supreme Court Chief Justice Lourdes Sereno
06:24and the group Project Dalisay.
06:26In Section 6 of the controversial bill,
06:29comprehensive sexuality is included in the school curriculum,
06:33in the guidance of deaf ed and international standards.
06:37Regarding Sereno,
06:38there are only two international standards in sexuality education,
06:41the WHO and UNESCO.
06:44There are two international documents
06:47and when you read those international documents,
06:50what are the basic principles?
06:52That sexuality education
06:55shall be given to children
06:58as early and as comprehensively as possible.
07:03What are the other principles?
07:07The children have the right to sex.
07:11As you can see in UNESCO,
07:15the children are being taught how to negotiate
07:19and the decision when, how and with whom to have sex.
07:23What Sereno said was first guessed by Tiveros.
07:27CSE says that the basis of the bill
07:30is the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Law
07:33and there is no need to follow the international standards.
07:37The President promised to veto the law
07:40if it is passed.
07:41In this version, Tiveros said,
07:44I am willing to accept amendments to refine the bill
07:48so we can steer it to passage.
07:50For GMA Integrated News,
07:52I am Vanmey Rina,
07:53your Saksay.
07:56Just a few hours after TikTok ban was implemented in America,
07:59its service returned immediately.
08:01And if there is a ban in the Philippines,
08:04how will this affect our countrymen?
08:07Saksay, Niko Wahe.
08:15After the shutdown on January 19,
08:18other users are using the TikTok app again.
08:21After the announcement of President-elect Donald Trump
08:24that he will give a 90-day reprieve to TikTok.
08:27But what is the reason why the US passed a law
08:31to shut down the TikTok application?
08:34First, the owner of TikTok is a Chinese firm
08:37that may have an issue with data privacy.
08:41Because a social media platform like TikTok
08:45is spreading personal information, personal data.
08:50And China has a national security law
08:55where all companies,
08:58tech companies in particular,
09:01if their government needs the information
09:04held by these platforms
09:06in the interest of their national security.
09:10And second,
09:11it is against the national security of America.
09:14Aside from being controlled by the Chinese government,
09:18the personal data of US citizens, US users,
09:22can also be used,
09:24because of the popularity of TikTok,
09:27that platform can be used to spread propaganda.
09:32If TikTok was banned in the Philippines,
09:34it is likely that the content creator Sarah was affected.
09:38Half of her day is spent on Tiktok.
09:42She also earns from Tiktok.
09:44So if TikTok is banned in the Philippines,
09:46it has a big impact on Sarah's income.
09:49It's big.
09:50Maybe almost half.
09:52In my brand deals in a month,
09:54sometimes it can reach 5 to 6 digits a month.
09:59So if it's gone,
10:01the 6 digits can only be 5 digits.
10:05Abby is an ER nurse.
10:07TikTok is also the most commonly used online platform.
10:10I consume Tiktok maybe in the morning,
10:13when I wake up,
10:14and the work hasn't started yet.
10:16Aside from being a nurse,
10:18Abby is also a content creator
10:20and earns from brands that endorse online.
10:23If you endorse a brand,
10:25you can see more content on Tiktok
10:30compared to other social media.
10:33And if TikTok is banned in the country?
10:36I think its biggest impact, of course,
10:40would be on those people who rely on Tiktok as a platform
10:46to provide them either their sole source of income
10:51or at least supplementary income.
10:53So that's where it has the biggest impact.
10:58But is it possible for TikTok to be banned in the Philippines
11:02where there are 49.09 million users
11:05according to the data of the advertising resources of ByteDance
11:09that owns TikTok?
11:11As of January 2024, that's the data.
11:14We are the 8th most TikTok users in the world.
11:19It's the same here.
11:20The personal data of Filipinos
11:22is processed by a Chinese-based company.
11:25In the same way,
11:27if they want to use it to manipulate opinions,
11:32to influence the views of Americans using TikTok.
11:38For now, we have a data privacy law that can be protected
11:42in case there is a data privacy issue
11:44by social media companies like TikTok.
11:47But what's lacking is a strong and effective enforcement
11:52of these laws.
11:53This is what ByteDance said first
11:55that they have no connection to the government of China.
11:58For GMA Integrated News,
12:00Nikuhahe is your witness.
12:03Former Quezon City Mayor Herbert Bautista
12:05and former City Administrator Aldrin Puña
12:08were found guilty of a project in City Hall in 2019.
12:15According to Bautista's lawyers,
12:17their client is innocent.
12:20Mark Salazar is your witness.
12:26Former Quezon City Mayor Herbert Bautista
12:29was emotional when he read the ruling
12:31in Sandigan Bayan Special 7th Division.
12:34The court said,
12:35Bautista is guilty beyond reasonable doubt
12:38and his former City Administrator Aldrin Puña
12:42is guilty of violating the Anti-Graft Law
12:44under the Online Occupational Permitting and Tracking System
12:49of Quezon City Hall in 2019.
12:52Bautista is the former artist
12:54who became the mayor of Quezon City
12:56from 2010 to 2019.
12:59The P32.1 million project during Bautista's time
13:03was paid without an appropriation ordinance
13:06by the city council
13:07and was paid in full,
13:09even though the project is not yet complete.
13:11As punishment, Sandigan Bayan ordered
13:14Bautista and Puña to be jailed
13:16for not less than six years and one month
13:19and not more than ten years.
13:21They were also charged with perpetual disqualification
13:25to serve or serve in the government.
13:28GMA Integrated News tried
13:30to get Bautista and Puña
13:32to give their statement
13:33while leaving Sandigan Bayan,
13:35but they refused.
13:36In one statement,
13:37Bautista's lawyers insisted
13:40that they were saddened
13:41by the decision of Sandigan Bayan.
13:43Their client is innocent
13:45and there was no violation.
13:47Not a single cent went to Bautista
13:50from the project.
13:52No one was left behind,
13:54not even the Quezon City government,
13:56because the city is looking forward to this.
13:59They are preparing to appeal the decision.
14:02Meanwhile, under the Professional Liberty
14:05or remaining free,
14:07Bautista and Puña,
14:08while appealing the decision.
14:10For GMA Integrated News,
14:13I am Mark Salazar,
14:15your witness.