Balitanghali: (Part 1) March 19, 2025

GMA Integrated News

-British-Israeli lawyer Atty. Nicholas Kaufman, nabisita na si FPRRD/ British-Israeli lawyer Atty. Nicholas Kaufman kay FPRRD: "I'm very confident that he'll be acquitted"/Pagbuo sa defense team ni FPRRD sa ICC, inaasahang aabutin ng isang linggo/Dating Exec. Sec. Medialdea, dinala sa ospital matapos sumama ang pakiramdam/Assets ng akusadong nililitis ng ICC, puwedeng ipa-freeze; ipambabayad bilang danyos sa mga biktima kung mahatulang guilty/ICC-accredited lawyer Atty. Andres: Kailangan ng kooperasyon ng Pilipinas sakaling magkaroon ng freeze order mula sa ICC/Malacañang: Anti-Money Laundering Council ang bahala sakaling ipa-freeze ng ICC ang assets ni FPRRD/Pambayad ng danyos sa mga biktima, puwedeng kunin sa trust fund ng ICC kung hindi sapat ang assets ng nahatulang guilty       -Edgar Matobato at Arturo Lascañas na nasa kustodiya na umano ng ICC, posibleng maging testigo sa trial ni FPRRD       -WEATHER: Amihan, patuloy na nakaaapekto sa Luzon; Easterlies naman sa Visayas at Mindanao       -2-anyos na batang na-trap sa kotseng aksidenteng na-lock, nasagip       -3, sugatan sa pagsalpok ng truck sa isa pang truck       -Bureau of Immigration: Atty. Roque, posibleng dumaan din sa Tawi-Tawi palabas ng Pilipinas gaya ni Alice Guo/ Malacañang, itinangging may political persecution vs. Roque na mag-a-apply ng asylum sa The Netherlands       -DOJ, tatayong kinatawan ng gobyerno kaugnay sa inihaing habeas corpus petitions ng magkakapatid na Duterte   Balitanghali is the daily noontime newscast of GTV anchored by Raffy Tima and Connie Sison. It airs Mondays to Fridays at 11:00 AM (PHL Time). For more videos from Balitanghali, visit http://www.gmanews.tv/balitanghali.  #GMAIntegratedNews #GMANetwork #KapusoStream  Breaking news and stories from the Philippines and abroad: GMA Integrated News Portal: http://www.gmanews.tv Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/gmanews TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@gmanews Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/gmanews Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/gmanews  GMA Network Kapuso programs on GMA Pinoy TV: https://gmapinoytv.com/subscribe

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00:00The International Criminal Court is now in session.

00:08Rodrigo Roa Duterte.

00:19Former President Rodrigo Duterte and his lawyer,

00:24Attorney Nicholas Kaufman,

00:26are now talking in the Netherlands.

00:29Kaufman hopes that Duterte will be acquitted

00:31of the crimes against humanity

00:33in the International Criminal Court.

00:35It is possible to freeze the assets of the former president

00:38if the litigation continues.

00:40But according to his former Chief Presidential Legal Counsel,

00:43there is no legal basis for that.

00:45From the heart of the Netherlands,

00:47this is the news of Maris Umal.

00:53Former President Rodrigo Duterte

00:56was arrested in the Scriveningen Prison

00:58by his lawyer in the ICC,

01:00British-Israeli lawyer,

01:02Attorney Nicholas Kaufman.

01:04They talked for two hours.

01:06According to Kaufman,

01:08he hopes that Duterte will be acquitted

01:10of the charges against the former president.

01:26They will file petitions

01:28before the confirmation of charges hearing

01:30on September 23.

01:57As a senior counsel who has experience in the ICC,

02:00he will help to form a defense team.

02:02This will take more than a week.

02:05He is in the ICC

02:06if Kaufman will be confirmed as a lawyer.

02:09He also talked to Vice President Sara Duterte.

02:12Duterte should also be visited

02:14by the former Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea

02:16before 9 in the morning in the Netherlands.

02:19But according to the Embassy of the Philippines there,

02:22while at the reception counter,

02:24Medialdea's feelings were hurt.

02:26That's why he called a medic.

02:28He also called an ambulance

02:30that he brought to Medialdea's hospital.

02:32Medialdea's hospital was accompanied

02:34by one of his close relatives.

02:36Whoever is held guilty by the ICC

02:38is responsible for paying the victims.

02:41And while the case of a suspect is still rolling,

02:44he has the right to freeze

02:46his assets or property.

02:48Based on the ICC website,

02:50the Office of the President

02:52will collect financial information

02:54from a suspect

02:56at the beginning of the hearing.

02:58If the warrant of arrest

03:00or summons to appear is issued,

03:02a request for identification,

03:04tracing, and freezing

03:06of the suspect's properties

03:08can also be issued.

03:10The registry,

03:12or what the non-judicial functions of the ICC do,

03:14is responsible for finding

03:16and recovering the assets of the accused.

03:18And it will ask for the help

03:20of the state and intergovernmental organizations

03:22to recover those assets.

03:24According to one of the Filipino lawyers

03:26on the list of counsel of the ICC,

03:28there is a complication

03:30if the country is not in compliance with the Rome Statute

03:32where they will ask

03:34to freeze the assets of the accused.

03:36These assets, when it's in the Philippines,

03:38it needs the cooperation

03:40of the Philippine domestic authorities.

03:42If it's outside, if it's not a non-state party,

03:44it's not obligated

03:46to cooperate

03:48under the Rome Statute.

03:50But if the government has a political will,

03:52there is still a legal way

03:54to implement the freeze if the ICC asks for it.

03:56Palacio said,

03:58If there is an issue

04:00or the ICC will issue an order,

04:02we will teach it,

04:04we will give it

04:06to the appropriate authority if needed.

04:08The former Chief Presidential Legal Counsel,

04:10Salvador Panelo,

04:12has no legal basis for the freeze order

04:14and will not freeze it

04:16because the former President is poor.

04:18In the last SAL-N issued to the public

04:20in 2017,

04:22there is a net worth of more than P28 million

04:24to the former President.

04:26His last SAL-N were not published.

04:28According to the ICC,

04:30sometimes the accumulated assets of the accused

04:32do not suffice because of the scope of the incident

04:34to the men.

04:36But the court has a trust fund

04:38that can be used for various kinds of support

04:40for the victims.

04:42From The Hague, the Netherlands,

04:44here is the latest news for GM Integrated News.

04:48Two former members of the Davao Death Squad

04:50may have witnessed

04:52the crimes against humanity case

04:54against former President Rodrigo Duterte.

04:56They are Edgar Matubato

04:58and former Davao police officer

05:00Arturo Lascañas.

05:02Matubato, a self-confessed hitman,

05:04was convicted in a Senate hearing in 2016

05:06for his murder from 1998 to 2013.

05:10He was one of the first members

05:12of the Lambada Boys,

05:14formerly known as Davao Death Squad,

05:16led by Duterte when he was the mayor of Davao.

05:20Lascañas was the team leader

05:22of Davao Death Squad.

05:24Because of his fear,

05:26Lascañas denied Matubato's testimony

05:28in 2016.

05:30But in 2017, he pleaded

05:32to confirm the killing of DDS

05:34under Duterte's first order.

05:36Lascañas said

05:38they were given up to P100,000

05:40Duterte said

05:42Matubato was lying

05:44that he did not personally know him.

05:46Lascañas was called

05:48a storyteller

05:50and he is a liar.

05:52But in his testimony in the Senate hearing

05:54in October,

05:56the former President said

06:10My Death Squad

06:14Death Squad

06:16But not the police

06:20They are also the gangsters

06:24The other gangsters

06:26I ordered to kill them

06:28because if you don't kill them

06:30I will kill you now

06:32In the report of the New York Times

06:34in 2017,

06:36Lascañas was in the custody of the ICC.

06:38Matubato was also written by

06:40the New York Times of another country

06:42using another name

06:44with the help of a private organization.

06:46In the testimony of ICC Assistant to Counsel

06:48Atty. Cristina Conti,

06:50Matubato is now in the custody

06:52of the ICC.

06:58The cold weather continues

07:00in some parts of the country

07:02because of the return of the cold.

07:04This Wednesday,

07:06the lowest temperature

07:08was 15 degrees Celsius in La Trinidad, Benguet.

07:1015.4 degrees Celsius

07:12in Baguio City

07:14while 22.6 degrees Celsius

07:16here in Quezon City.

07:18According to the forecast,

07:20the whole Luzon is still affected

07:22while the easterlies in Visayas and Mindanao

07:24are affected.

07:26The easterlies are experiencing

07:28hot and humid weather

07:30in some parts of the country.

07:32According to the forecast,

07:34the heat index will be

07:3637 degrees Celsius in Poron and Puerto Princesa

07:38in Palawan

07:40and Zamboanga City.

07:42The heat index

07:44will be 37 degrees Celsius

07:46in Zamboanga City

07:48while 36 degrees Celsius

07:50here in Quezon City.

07:56This is the GMA Regional TV News.

08:00Hot news from Luzon

08:02brought to you by GMA Regional TV.

08:04A child in Lawag City

08:06was trapped in his car.

08:08Chris,

08:10how is the child's condition?

08:12Connie,

08:14the two-year-old

08:16is in good condition.

08:18Using a stone,

08:20the police broke the mirror

08:22in the back door of the car.

08:24According to the child's guardian,

08:26he left the child in the car

08:28with the aircon on.

08:30The car was locked.

08:32He asked for help from the police.

08:34Possibly, the child played

08:36with the keys of the car.

08:38The child was in the car

08:40for almost an hour.

08:44A truck collided with another truck

08:46in Asingan, Pagasinan.

08:48You can see the impact of the truck

08:50on the road

08:52of Barangay Dupac.

08:54When it reached the intersection,

08:56another truck suddenly collided

08:58with another truck.

09:00The truck overturned

09:02and the front part of another truck

09:04was broken.

09:06Two drivers and a pedestrian

09:08were immediately taken to the hospital.

09:10According to the police,

09:12both sides have already talked.

09:16The International Criminal Court

09:18is now in session.

09:20Rodrigo Roa Lutel.

09:29Just like Alice Goh,

09:31it is possible that the Philippines

09:33also went through the same situation

09:35as the former Presidential Spokesperson,

09:37Attorney Harry Roque.

09:39The Bureau of Integration explained

09:41in a Senate hearing yesterday

09:43that Roque went through the same situation

09:45last September 2.

09:47He arrived in the United Arab Emirates

09:49on September 4

09:51based on the confirmation

09:53of the Philippine Embassy there.

09:55Last week, Roque was seen

09:57arresting former President Duterte.

09:59Roque plans to apply for asylum

10:01in the Netherlands.

10:03According to him,

10:05Roque only has an application.

10:07He said that he should be proven

10:09for political persecution

10:11or imprisonment here in the Philippines

10:13in order to be given asylum.

10:15It is a matter of how it will happen

10:17if there is a lot of evidence against Roque.

10:21The Department of Justice

10:23is the body of the government

10:25that approved the habeas corpus petitions

10:27of the children of the former President

10:29Rodrigo Duterte

10:31in order to bring him back to the Philippines.

10:33The Office of the Solicitor General

10:35also refused

10:37the government's petition.

10:39Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulia

10:41also confirmed

10:43that they have already commented

10:45on the petitions

10:47but he refused to detail it.

10:49Before this, the OSG said

10:51in their Manifestation of Recusal

10:53that they will not be

10:55an effective body

10:57because of their position that

10:59the International Criminal Court

11:01in the Philippines has no jurisdiction.

11:03They also said that the justice system

11:05in the country is already working.

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