Unang Balita sa Unang Hirit: MARCH 17, 2025 [HD]

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Narito ang mga nangungunang balita ngayong March 17, 2025  - (6 am Mariz) Ilang OFW, pumunta sa labas ng Scheveningen Prison bilang suporta kay FPRRD | Atty. Roque: Pangalan ni British-Israeli lawyer Atty. Nicholas Kaufman, isinumite sa ICC para maging abogado ni FPRRD | Legal team ni FPRRD, kukuwestiyunin ang hurisdiksiyon ng ICC bago ang confirmation of charges hearing sa Sept. 23 | Atty. Joel Butuyan: Kailangan mapatunayan sa paglilitis na systematic at ginawang polisiya ang pagpatay noong may drug war  - VP Duterte, nabisita na si FPRRD sa detention center; FPRRD, hinimok ang Bise na umuwi na sa Pilipinas  - Mga tagasuporta ni FPRRD, nagtipon-tipon sa iba't ibang bahagi ng bansa  - Ilang senatorial candidate, patuloy na nangangampanya para sa Eleksyon 2025  - Pope Francis, nakiisa sa Sunday mass sa ospital; unang larawan niyang inilabas ng Vatican simula nang maospital | Mga Katoliko, nagpakita ng iba't ibang paraan ng pagsuporta sa Santo Papa  - Presyo ng isda, inaasahang tataas pa habang papalapit ang Holy Week | BFAR: Presyo ng isda, inaasahang bababa kapag tag-init na | Ilang nagtitinda ng isda, hindi raw kayang magbaba ng presyo dahil kaunti ang supply  - Customers, natuwa sa nakaambang refund ng Meralco na sisimulan sa Abril | Meralco: P19.9B refund dahil sa sobrang singil ng distribution charges noong July 2022-Dec. 2024, inaprubahan ng ERC  - Paolo Contis at Beauty Gonzalez, bibida sa isang pelikula  - Bianca Umali, dumalo sa Philippine Book Festival 2025; Tausug delicacies, tampok din sa event | Bianca Umali, excited na sa airing ng mega-series na Encantadia Chronicles: Sang'gre  - Vlogger Bretman Rock, nagbabakasyon sa El Nido, Palawa  Unang Balita is the news segment of GMA Network's daily morning program, Unang Hirit. It's anchored by Arnold Clavio, Susan Enriquez, Ivan Mayrina, and Mariz Umali, and airs on GMA-7 Mondays to Fridays at 5:30 AM (PHL Time)  For more videos from Unang Balita, visit http://www.gmanetwork.com/unangbalita. For Kapuso abroad, subscribe to GMA Pinoy TV (http://www.gmapinoytv.com/) for GMA programs.

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00:00The Netherlands needs overseas Filipino workers to show support to former President Rodrigo Duterte.

00:20A lawyer explained what the prosecution needs to do to prove the accusations of crimes against humanity.

00:27And live from The Hague, we have our first reporter, Marie Zubani.

00:32Marie.

00:37Hurray, Ivan! Good evening from The Hague.

00:41It's already past 11 o'clock in the night here in the Netherlands.

00:44It's already past 6 o'clock in the morning in the Philippines.

00:47Today, the field of former President Rodrigo Duterte helped to unify his legal team that is defending him

00:55in his complaint here in the International Criminal Court.

00:59And his legal team wants to get rid of the complaint filed against the former president of crimes against humanity

01:07before the next hearing in September 23.

01:11When we arrived here yesterday, we saw that the supporters of the former president did not come

01:21to express their love for the former president.

01:27Some OFWs from France became emotional when they came here to the Scheveningen Prison

01:33to show their support to former President Rodrigo Duterte.

01:36They are eagerly waiting outside the prison.

01:39They are not afraid of the cold.

01:41They know that they will not be able to see him, but this is their simple way to show their support and love for him.

01:48Hopefully, this will be seen by the International Criminal Court.

01:51We know that we will not be able to see our father, but we need to support him because we love him very much.

01:59Earlier, they also visited the ICC and went to the church to light a candle

02:04and to pray for Duterte.

02:06They will return on March 23 to attend the Malawakang Rally.

02:10Duterte's funeral will also be held on March 28.

02:14The ICC can hear the voices of the Filipinos.

02:18Because you don't know, there are so many Filipinos for Duterte.

02:25For now, the former Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea is the only one

02:29who is formally standing as a lawyer for the former president.

02:32Attorney Harry Roque said that he already talked to the British-Israeli lawyer Nicholas Kaufman,

02:37who is one of the people they named in the ICC to become Duterte's counsel.

02:42I have confirmed who is the counsel.

02:44The only one who was recognized by the court is Attorney Bingbong Medialdea.

02:48I don't know because until now, we still don't have permission to enter the detention facility.

02:53We talked to Attorney Kaufman and we are still waiting.

02:58Based on the website of Kaufman's law firm,

03:01he became the prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia

03:05and the International Criminal Court in The Hague.

03:08Roque said that they are planning to question the ICC's jurisdiction

03:12before the next hearing on September 23.

03:16VP Sara and I are preparing for the next hearing a year from now.

03:20And everything that we expected to happen, in fact, happened.

03:23So we have a contingency for everything that has happened.

03:27On September 23, the confirmation of charges hearing was held

03:30to find out if there is sufficient evidence that shows that there are substantial grounds

03:34that the accusations were made by the suspect.

03:37Based on the arrest warrant of the ICC to Duterte,

03:39there are reasonable grounds to believe that Duterte is responsible

03:43as an indirect co-perpetrator for crimes against humanity.

03:47According to the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency,

03:49more than 6,000 were killed during the war against drugs by Duterte.

03:53According to the Commission on Human Rights, it reached 27,000.

03:57More than 8,000, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.

04:01In the complaint filed against Duterte in the ICC Pre-Trial Chamber,

04:05it was found that less than 24 people were killed

04:09from 2016 to 2019 during the war on drugs by the Duterte administration.

04:13And less than 11 people were killed from 2011 to 2016

04:17by the Davao Death Squad.

04:19According to one of the five Philippine ICC-accredited lawyers,

04:23Attorney Joel Ruiz Butuyan,

04:25the purpose of the ICC trial was not to prove all the deaths.

04:29He just needed to show the prosecution

04:32if the deaths were systematic and made by the police

04:35as a solution to illegal drugs,

04:37and if the deaths will be justified.

04:40It was widespread and systematic.

04:42They will present sample incidents

04:46that will prove that it was made by the police

04:49to kill as a solution to illegal drugs.

04:52The prosecutor will give former President Duterte

04:55the evidence to use against him in the trial.

04:59It's a great privilege for him because in the Philippines,

05:02there's nothing like that.

05:03The trial will be very fair.

05:05Roque said he did not leave the Netherlands

05:07when former President Duterte was not with him.

05:10For now, Vice President Sara Duterte

05:12was given permission to visit the former president.

05:15Let's go.

05:20Meanwhile, Ivan,

05:21not only supporters are protesting.

05:26In fact, tomorrow, on Monday, here in the Netherlands,

05:31there will be a strong protest

05:34by those who support the families of victims

05:40of humanoid extrajudicial killings in our country.

05:44Maris, what's the latest from VP Sara?

05:46Will she visit former President Duterte today?

05:53You know, Ivan,

05:54since Vice President Sara Duterte showed up

05:59in the first appearance hearing of former President Rodrigo Duterte in the ICC,

06:04she faced her supporters,

06:07including her father's supporters,

06:09and she also answered the questions of the media

06:12that Vice President Sara Duterte was not seen again

06:16and she was not contacted.

06:18Even Attorney Harry Roque told us

06:21that she was not contacted by Vice President Sara Duterte.

06:26But the vice president has a daily pass

06:30to visit her father.

06:33We don't have confirmation that she uses it every day,

06:36but I believe it is safe to assume

06:38that it is possible that she regularly visits her father

06:42to maximize her daily pass, Ivan.

06:46And when will Maris arrive

06:48to the other children of former President Duterte in the Netherlands?

06:51And when they arrive, will they also have the daily pass

06:54because they are immediate family members?

06:58Yes.

06:59Ivan,

07:00the members of the Duterte family in the Philippines

07:05are still waiting for their Schengen Visa

07:08to be able to visit here.

07:09So it will really depend on the embassy

07:12to grant their Schengen Visa

07:14on when they will be able to visit here in The Hague.

07:17But what the former president told his son,

07:21the vice president,

07:23is that she has already returned to the Philippines

07:27because she needs to fulfill her responsibilities

07:31as the vice president.

07:33But what Vice President Sara told us,

07:36what Attorney Harry Roque told us,

07:38is that she will not leave until there is no next of kin

07:41to visit her here.

07:43So they are also waiting

07:44on when her siblings and other members of the Duterte family

07:47will arrive here in The Hague.

07:50And to your other question,

07:52if they will be able to get a daily pass,

07:54well, of course, they will apply for that.

07:57And because they are immediate family,

08:00there is a high possibility that they will be given a daily pass

08:04so that they can also visit

08:06and maximize their time here in The Hague

08:09to be with their father.

08:11Maris,

08:12you mentioned that the former president's camp

08:14will help when his legal team will be finalized.

08:18That is what we are still waiting for, Ivan.

08:21Because what Attorney Harry Roque told us

08:24when we talked to him this morning,

08:26is that they will help today.

08:29But when we called him again

08:32to ask for confirmation about this legal team,

08:36he said that he will not comment.

08:40He said that he wants to finalize first

08:45and as a form of respect or courtesy

08:48to his fellow members,

08:50he wants to complete this first

08:54before he gives his statement to the media.

08:56Ivan?

08:57Maris, just for our viewers,

09:00it's almost midnight there.

09:02What is the temperature there right now?

09:04It seems like it's very cold.

09:09Yes, it's very cold.

09:10Actually, it's 6 degrees Celsius

09:13but it feels like 4 degrees.

09:15The temperature here is very cold.

09:19You know, we are a bit cold.

09:22Even in the air-conditioned studio,

09:25we are freezing.

09:26What more?

09:27But we can handle it.

09:28Stay warm.

09:29Thank you very much.

09:30Take care.

09:31Maris Umali, live from The Hague,

09:32in the Netherlands.

09:34Kapuson,

09:35Vice President Sara Duterte visited

09:38her father,

09:39former President Rodrigo Duterte,

09:41who is currently detained

09:42in the Scriveningen Prison

09:44here in The Hague,

09:45in the Netherlands.

09:49Former Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque

09:52himself confirmed this.

09:54The former President's son

09:56said that he has returned to the Philippines.

09:58He also asked for socks and slippers

10:01for the elderly Duterte.

10:02The Vice President is expected to return to the Philippines

10:05once the other members of the Duterte family

10:08return to the Philippines.

10:12Rallies were held in other parts of the country

10:14by former President Rodrigo Duterte's supporters.

10:18In the house of the Consulate in Cebu,

10:20there was a candlelight prayer rally.

10:22There were also those who said,

10:23bring him home.

10:25Those who gathered in Karkar City.

10:29Those who signed a Solidarity Wall

10:32for the former President,

10:33Sogod,

10:34Southern Leyte.

10:36There were also those who gathered

10:38in Tagbilaran Bohol,

10:41General Santos City,

10:43Parang Maguindanao del Norte.

10:46There were also those who gathered

10:47in other parts of the country,

10:48such as Malolos, Bulacan,

10:51and some parts of Isabela.

10:53There was also a prayer rally

10:55in Liwasang Bonifacio in Manila.

11:07Atty. Angelo de Alban

11:10talked to the families

11:11with neurodevelopmental disabilities.

11:14Senator Bong Go talked to them

11:16to pray for the former President Duterte.

11:18He said that during the celebration

11:20of Dabao Day,

11:21which was also hosted by Philip Salvador.

11:23Social services and livelihood

11:25were discussed by Lodi de Guzman in Cavite.

11:28Kiko Pangilinan discussed the importance

11:30of food security and agriculture.

11:33Ariel Quirubin discussed

11:35the importance of maritime defense.

11:38Benjer Abalos helped

11:39with the special housing package

11:41for the OFWs.

11:43Bama Kino helped with the small business

11:45when it was expensive to buy.

11:48We continue to follow

11:49the campaign of running senators

11:51in the election of 2025.

11:53This is the first news,

11:54Dano Tincunco for GMA Integrated News.

11:59A large part of Barang Lamisa yesterday,

12:01Pope Francis,

12:02was taken to the chapel

12:03of Gemelli Hospital

12:04while in front of the altar.

12:06That is the first image of the Pope

12:08that the Vatican released

12:09from his hospital this February

12:11due to double pneumonia.

12:13The feelings of the support

12:15of the Catholics were different.

12:18The children gathered outside the hospital

12:20to join the hug of hope.

12:24Some dancers danced the cha of tango,

12:27which is the favorite dance of the Pope.

12:30Before the Rome Marathon starts,

12:33which was won by 30,000 runners,

12:36we will have 42 seconds of silence

12:38for Pope Francis.

12:43The price of some kinds of fish is low.

12:46Let's check the price of fish

12:47in the market in Manila

12:48before we add to cart.

12:49In the first news live

12:51from Bea Pindac.

12:53Bea.

12:57How much can we buy

12:59here in the labor market

13:00because of the high price of fish?

13:02It's funny here,

13:03it's good that Galunggong,

13:04Bangus and Tilapia are expensive.

13:06It is also possible that the price

13:08of this will increase

13:09as the Holy Week approaches.

13:14Monday to Monday,

13:15it's a headache and headache

13:16to go to the market of Virgie.

13:18The Tilapia he bought

13:20that he will prepare

13:21for his family today,

13:22it needs to be reduced

13:24because of the high price of fish.

13:27Some buyers are also afraid

13:28that cooking or reselling fish

13:30is a way to make a living.

13:33In the labor market in Manila,

13:34Galunggong can be bought

13:36for Php 280 per kilo

13:38and Php 220 for a kilo of Bangus

13:42and Php 160 for Tilapia.

13:45According to the Bureau of Fisheries

13:46and Aquatic Resources,

13:48the price of fish is expected to be low

13:50especially in the hot season

13:51and because the major fishing grounds

13:53in the country are open.

13:55The BFAR says

13:56the supply is sufficient

13:57and the price of fish is stable.

13:59But according to some fish vendors,

14:01they still can't lower their prices.

14:06We expect that it will still go down.

14:09Maybe there are other factors

14:11because in the past few months,

14:13we still feel the heat

14:15in other places.

14:18So if it's like this,

14:20the fishing activities

14:22of our fishermen will decrease.

14:25They are decreasing

14:27because they can't afford it.

14:29It's too much.

14:32It's really decreasing.

14:35That's why we buy

14:37because it's cheaper.

14:39In the past, it was only Php 100.

14:41Now, it's double.

14:44You can buy a lot of fish for Php 500.

14:47Now, it's just Php 10.

14:49We have to adjust.

14:51We have to calculate

14:52if we will grow it or not.

14:54It's expensive to buy.

14:55We have nothing to do.

14:56We have to save.

15:03Some of the fish vendors

15:06that we talked to

15:07are worried that

15:08their sales will go down

15:10if the price of fish goes up.

15:13The buyers are insisting

15:15that if there's no choice

15:16but to raise the price,

15:17it should be less.

15:19And that's the first news

15:20from Manila,

15:21Bea Pinlot

15:22for GMA Integrated News.

15:25Starting next month,

15:26Meralco's customers

15:28will receive a refund

15:30of Php 20 billion

15:32for the distribution charges.

15:35That's the first news

15:36from Mob Gonzalez.

15:40Php 6,000 per month

15:42is the average bill

15:43in Andria's currency.

15:45He is very thankful

15:46for the planned refund

15:47of Meralco

15:48that will start in April.

15:50That's a big deal.

15:52For daily purchases,

15:54for markets like rice,

15:58vegetables,

16:00According to the ERC,

16:01or Energy Regulatory Commission,

16:03Php 20 billion

16:05is the total amount

16:06that they need to refund

16:07to customers

16:08for the excessive distribution charges

16:10from July 2022

16:12until December 2024.

16:14The Energy Regulatory Commission

16:16has already issued an order

16:18for Meralco to refund

16:20this amount of Php 19.95 billion

16:24starting in April.

16:26It will last for 36 months

16:29or 3 years

16:31starting in April.

16:33It's normal for there to be

16:34an excess or lack thereof.

16:36There's a gap of maybe 2 weeks

16:38before they can read the metro

16:41because in real time,

16:44if you consume it,

16:45you have to pay for it.

16:46There's a natural cycle

16:48of over and under.

16:51There's something like that.

16:53But this delay of a year,

16:55it shouldn't be this long.

16:59The utility refund

17:01is almost Php 12 per kilowatt hour.

17:03The return to residential customers

17:04is bigger,

17:06more than Php 20 per kilowatt hour

17:08equivalent to a Php 40 refund

17:10if the consumption is up to

17:12Php 20 per kilowatt hour

17:13in a month.

17:14This can be seen in the bill

17:15on the separate line

17:16for the AWAT refund.

17:18Meralco will apply

17:19for another refund scheme

17:21if they can compute

17:22the actual weighted average tariff

17:24or AWAT

17:25for January to June 2025.

17:27Meralco said

17:28this will help

17:29especially since it will enter

17:31when the consumption of electricity

17:32will be stronger.

17:34The refund is not connected

17:35to the Php 26 rate hike

17:37of Meralco this month.

17:39This is the first news.

17:40Mav Gonzales

17:41for GMA Integrated News.

17:49This Monday morning,

17:50we will be joining

17:51a project that won

17:52the hearts of stars

17:53Paolo Contis and Beauty Gonzales.

17:55Paolo and Beauty

17:56will be releasing a movie.

17:58There are no details yet

17:59as of now

18:00who else will be

18:01in the movie.

18:02Isn't that them?

18:03No, it's just them.

18:04The first team up

18:05is going crazy online.

18:08Listen to this.

18:09Beauty Contis.

18:10So good, so good.

18:11For now,

18:12Paolo will be watching

18:13Bubble Gang

18:14and Batang Riles

18:15while Beauty

18:16will be watching

18:17Jimmy Afternoon Prime

18:18Princess of City Jam.

18:20She will be trending

18:21your hashtag.

18:22For sure.

18:23That's a love team.

18:25And Kapuso Prime

18:26Gem Bianca Omali

18:27is excited

18:28because of the upcoming

18:29airing of

18:30Encantadia Chronicles Sangre.

18:31Before that,

18:32Bianca went to

18:33Philippine Book Festival

18:342025

18:35and announced

18:36that she is a certified

18:37bookworm.

18:38Nelson Calas

18:39has the first girl.

18:44In her happy place,

18:45Bianca Omali

18:46went to

18:47Philippine Book Festival

18:482025.

18:49Bianca is a certified

18:50bookworm

18:51that's why

18:52she's happy

18:53at the bookfest

18:54where the

18:55Filipino authored books

18:56were showcased.

18:58I can say that

18:59my life is like a book.

19:01And to be here

19:02and to see my fellow

19:03readers and critics

19:04also,

19:06I'm excited to know

19:07what their interests are

19:09and also

19:10to have the chance

19:11to read in front of them.

19:13Bianca read

19:14Simigoy Ang Batang Tausug,

19:16the first children's book

19:18about the food

19:19of our fellow Filipinos.

19:21There was also

19:22a cooking demonstration

19:24to introduce

19:25the Tausug delicacies.

19:27Bianca said that

19:28this is close to her heart

19:30because the beauty

19:31of Mindanao

19:32is so dear to her

19:33since she became

19:34a fan of

19:35the Kapuso series

19:36in Haya.

19:38It is refreshing

19:40and it is

19:42boastworthy

19:44to have a book

19:45about their culture,

19:46about their food,

19:47about the color

19:48of their life.

19:49Bianca can't contain

19:51her excitement

19:52because the airing

19:54of their mega-series

19:56Encantadia Chronicles Sangre

19:57is nearing.

19:59The viewers will

20:00love her role

20:02as Terra.

20:04I can't wait

20:05for them to understand

20:07that this is the time

20:09for Sangre

20:11because this is

20:12what it looks like.

20:14This is the effort

20:15of the blood and sweat

20:16of the people

20:17who create Sangre.

20:19This is the first news

20:21from Nelson Canlas

20:22for GMA Integrated News.

20:25Meanwhile,

20:26we were watched

20:27by an influencer

20:28and blogger

20:29Bretman Rock

20:30on his vacation

20:31here in the country.

20:32Is he here?

20:33I don't know.

20:34Bretman said

20:35he's in El Nido

20:36in Palawan.

20:37He also showed

20:38a breathtaking view

20:39from his hotel room.

20:40Look at that.

20:41Bretman finished

20:42his Proud Morena Beauty

20:44while taking a bath

20:45in the pool.

20:46Bretman was also happy

20:47when he was called

20:49by a dog

20:50on the beach.

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