Balitanghali: (Part 1) March 25, 2025

GMA Integrated News

-Operasyon ng LRT-1 Lunes hanggang Biyernes, 30 minutong extended simula bukas, March 26       -30 Pilipino na nasagip matapos gawing scammer sa Myanmar, nakauwi na/Pinoy na nasagip sa Myanmar, sinabing pinaparusahan sila kung hindi maka-quota sa scam hub/Identity theft, cryptocurrency at love scam, pinagawa sa mga Pinoy na ginawang tauhan sa scam hub/DMW: Iwasan ang "too good to be true" na alok na trabaho sa social media/Mga nasagip na Pinoy, may matatanggap na tulong mula sa gobyerno/ Mahigit 100 Pinoy na sumailalim din sa repatriation mula sa Myanmar, uuwi na rin bukas       -Chinese nationals, hinihinalang ilegal na nagtatrabaho sa ilang barko sa Manila anchorage area/3 barko sa ininspeksyon, wala umanong domestic shipping operation certificate; hindi rin gumagana ang CCTV       -INTERVIEW: DANA SANDOVAL, SPOKESPERSON, BUREAU OF IMMIGRATION       -WEATHER: Ilang bahay sa Maguindanao del Sur, nasira ng buhawi       -Alex Eala, pasok na sa quarterfinals ng Miami Open 2025 matapos umatras ang kalaban   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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00:00🎵 LRT Line 1 Theme Song 🎵

00:04Hot news, especially for the LRT Line 1 passengers.

00:10Their operating hours are extended from Monday to Friday.

00:14Starting tomorrow, March 26, the operation will be extended for 30 minutes per night.

00:19According to the LRT Line 1, the last train to Dr. Santos Station will arrive at 10.30pm for the northbound.

00:28For the southbound, the last trip will be at 10.45pm from Fernando Po Jr. or the former Roosevelt Station.

00:36According to the LRT Line 1, they arrived earlier than the stations because the ticket booths will close 5 minutes before the last trip.

00:44There is no change in the schedule of the first trip of the trains in the LRT Line 1.

00:48Aside from the LRT Line 1, the MRT-3 was the first to carry out extended operations yesterday.

00:53Their operating hours are extended from Monday to Friday.

00:59Some Filipinos who were in the GIF are now back in the Philippines after becoming scammers in Myanmar.

01:04One of them told us how they were victimized by human trafficking and were forced to leave the country.

01:10This is the news brought to you by Baw Malegre.

01:1530 Filipinos who were victimized by human trafficking in Myanmar are now back in the Philippines.

01:20They were rescued from a scam hub in Miyawadi.

01:23One of the Filipinos who was repatriated made a fortune and shared his experience of being kidnapped by scammers.

01:29Usually, it is really hard there.

01:32They will promise you a high salary.

01:36When you get there, your salary will not be enough.

01:41If you are not able to reach the quota, they will make you pay by the day.

01:47There are times when you don't have a morning break.

01:50We work there for almost 17 hours.

01:53They use different names to scam.

01:56These are just a few of the different scams done to victims, including cryptocurrency and love scam.

02:01It is literally scamming.

02:03Our work is to pretend that we are rich guys or rich women.

02:10Then, you will get the client's trust.

02:13Once you get the client's trust, you will force them to invest in your platform.

02:17Victims who recruited them from the Philippines to Myanmar are known on social media.

02:22They said they had a lot of stopovers.

02:24They went to Hong Kong and Thailand before arriving in Myanmar.

02:28The soldiers of the military government of Myanmar had a chance to raid their office.

02:33That's why they had a chance to escape.

02:36According to our government, it is too good to be true for children to be on social media.

02:41You will receive a message on social media.

02:43Once you receive the message, you will be able to talk to someone.

02:47They will not tell you their real name.

02:49Then, you will meet in a certain place.

02:51Then, they will arrange your documents so that you can travel.

02:55You will not pass through the back door of the Immigration Bureau.

03:00You will pass through Zamboanga or Palawan.

03:05Then, you will ride a boat.

03:07You will walk for a few days.

03:08It is a long journey.

03:10The government provided assistance to the repatriated Filipinos so that they can start a new life.

03:15In DMW and OWA, they will receive financial assistance.

03:19There are already 50,000 in DMW and 10,000 in OWA.

03:23Other than that, we will provide legal assistance that is very important.

03:27We also have an integration program.

03:29If they are looking for a good job here in our country, we can refer them.

03:35Tomorrow, there will be more than 100 Filipinos who joined the repatriation from Myanmar.

03:40The government will continue to investigate the possible connections in the Philippines

03:44of the syndicates that are running scamhubs.

03:48Ma'am Alagre reporting for GMA Integrating News.

03:52Three boats were discovered in Manila that did not have proper documents.

03:57Some of them were also ridden by Chinese nationals who were believed to be workers there.

04:02This is the news of Oscar Oida.

04:08How many regularities were discovered by the inspectors,

04:11the Philippine Coast Guard, Bureau of Immigration, Maritime Industry Authority,

04:16DOLEP and National Intelligence Coordinating Agency

04:19in the three boats anchored in the Manila Anchorage area on March 20?

04:24One of them is the disappearance of eight Chinese crew members

04:28that were based on the vessel calendar as of March 19 were riding.

04:33But when the boat was inspected, these were no longer there.

04:36That's what we want to keep in mind if there are any other intentions of these foreign nationals

04:45aside from being part of the crew and operating in reclamation operation in Manila Bay.

04:52This is what we are checking and finding out.

04:55We are helping the agencies involved here.

04:58It was also discovered that the ship was not equipped with a domestic shipping operation certificate

05:03and its CCTVs were not working.

05:06In another ship, a Chinese national was believed to be working as a crew

05:13that was not followed by the regulations of the marina.

05:17If the vessel is a Philippine registered vessel or a bare boat charter

05:23which is a temporary registered in the Philippines,

05:26it is required to be strictly Filipino crew.

05:31In another ship, there were 12 Chinese nationals who did not meet their alien employment permit.

05:38They said they will explain to the owners of the ship.

05:42If we found out that there are violations to marina rules and regulations,

05:47definitely we will call the owners and we will issue appropriate showcase orders to them.

05:53And they have to explain.

05:55Because if this is a Philippine flag, they have to explain to us why are you employing those foreign nationals.

06:01Where in fact you are not allowed to.

06:03So that's the basic premise that we will do.

06:06We still have to wait for the final report.

06:08We tried to get permission from DOLE about this.

06:11But they said they will not give a comment while the investigation is underway.

06:17Oscar Oida reporting for GMA Integrated News.

06:22Regarding the rescue of Filipinos from a scam hub in Myanmar,

06:26ships with Chinese crew that does not have proper papers and other issues,

06:31let's talk to Bureau of Immigration Spokesperson, Dana Sandoval.

06:34Good morning and welcome to Balitang Hali.

06:37Good morning.

06:39What efforts are being made by the Bureau of Immigration to protect our countrymen

06:44from possible human trafficking like the Filipinos who are in Myanmar?

06:49Yes. Here in our borders, we're making sure that we implement strict departure formalities

06:56so that we can intercept if there are attempts of our countrymen who left the country to work illegally.

07:04There are some scam hubs abroad, but we cannot avoid that there are really people who are leaving and working there

07:15in the guise of being regular tourists.

07:17That's why one thing that we are really doing is we're ensuring that we are releasing all the stories

07:23and information about this syndicate.

07:29The BI was the first one to issue a warning against this syndicate.

07:34We saw that it's growing.

07:36After the President declared a pogo ban, it looks like there are operations of such scam hubs that are operating abroad.

07:46That's why we're sending a warning to our countrymen.

07:49The initial three who were repatriated and released, we heard that they left through the backdoor.

07:58They risked everything. They boarded a boat. It's a very dangerous route.

08:03Then they transferred from country to country just to be abused in their work.

08:11We are also in the media. We are releasing such stories to be a warning to our countrymen.

08:17But can this information reach them?

08:20I think it's more of some of our countrymen are risking because of the good offers that these companies are giving.

08:29If you will notice, those who are repatriated and victims are not the usual victims of human trafficking.

08:37They are not informed, they are not well-informed, they are not social media savvy.

08:42Those who are victims of human trafficking are those who graduated from college, those who studied in good schools, have good history.

08:51As you can see, some have traveled and some are on vacation.

08:54But they are tempted to agree to such offers because their offers are good.

09:02From what we heard, the first offers go as much as $800 a month with free board and lodging, free food and free travel.

09:13It's very enticing for young urban professionals.

09:17But we want the word to be out that this is not real and this is a scam that is victimizing and hurting the countrymen.

09:28It's important to highlight that this type of job that has a high salary, especially in the region,

09:34it should be compared with the going rate in the region.

09:38If it's too high, don't believe it.

09:41You mentioned the backdoor.

09:44This topic has been discussed for a long time, right?

09:46But why is it that until now, there are still a lot of criminals there?

09:49Well, this area is not covered by immigration.

09:53This is being monitored by local government units and policemen in the area.

09:59But we have been raising this concern because we can see that our countrymen are repatriating.

10:07They are saying that they went through the backdoor.

10:10I think this needs a whole-of-government approach.

10:12We are thankful to the Interagency Council Against Trafficking.

10:16Last September, they initiated a study about these areas that are considered vulnerable in our country and can be used for illegal crossings.

10:26They have recommendations from government agencies that need to make efforts to ensure the security of the areas,

10:38the wide areas where the criminals are.

10:41This should be monitored and not used for illegal crossings.

10:46Let's wait and see if there is action, especially from the LGOs regarding those recommendations.

10:50The BIA that inspected the three ships anchored in the Manila Anchorage area on March 20 is different.

10:57Has their investigation been established?

11:00As of now, we are still collecting the records of the individuals that we were able to name there.

11:07We might be able to release information about this in the next few days.

11:12But definitely, if these foreign nationals are there and they are working there,

11:17it looks like there is a violation.

11:19As mentioned by other agencies, if it's a local flag, foreign nationals should not work there.

11:28Foreign nationals, if they have a work visa here, they have an alien employment permit.

11:33That is company-specific.

11:35If they are assigned to a company or they are working there, that is the petitioner of their visa,

11:41they can only be seen working there.

11:44If they render services outside the company that petitioned them,

11:50that is considered a violation and could be a reason for them to revoke their visas.

11:56When it comes to the deportation of former POGO bosses or workers,

12:00it is said that there is a stopover for their flight.

12:03Sometimes, it is said that the plane ticket is their own expense.

12:06Is the situation still the same?

12:08Is there still no direct flight to their final destination?

12:11Yes. Actually, sir, the cost for deportation, for the ticket, is shouldered by the deportee himself.

12:18Because the Philippine government should not issue a fund for expenses, for deportation.

12:25But the deportee himself should be the one to spend it.

12:28If not him, his embassy will provide assistance.

12:32Part of the requirement is for them to submit a ticket, an outbound ticket.

12:37Through the discussions with the Senate as well as our Board of Commissioners,

12:43we saw that it's also important to tighten the deportation.

12:49While our goal, the goal of the Philippine government is to ensure that they are out of the country,

12:55they are blacklisted, part of our efforts to protect our neighbors in the ASEAN region

13:05is to ensure that other ASEAN countries will not use them to further expand these online gaming companies

13:17and these scam hubs to our neighbors in the country.

13:21And of course, they will arrive at their final destination.

13:23If it's China, they will be charged and will be even more imprisoned, right?

13:26We will go to Atty. Harry Roque, whom we last saw in the Netherlands.

13:30The Congress is looking for him. Is there anything the Bureau of Immigration can do to bring him back to the country?

13:36As of now, legally, there's nothing because he doesn't have a hold departure order, he doesn't have a warrant of arrest.

13:42What we have is the immigration lookout bulletin that requires the immigration to monitor his whereabouts.

13:51But apart from that, he's not here right now.

13:54But if there's any kind of order against him, we will put it in our system so we can have efforts to intercept him if he comes to us.

14:06Finally, Senator Bato de la Rosa is one of the names in the application for warrant of arrest in the ICC because of his involvement in the drug war.

14:15Do we have information about him?

14:17He said that he will be charged if he's arrested by the ICC.

14:21At this moment, we haven't received any formal information about ICC, any warrant of arrest in relation to this.

14:31But we are monitoring if there's any need.

14:35But this will be implemented by our policemen.

14:39But immigration is ready to support the actions of our national government on this one.

14:47And again, when you mentioned the backdoor, you're saying that the LGU has a big role here if you will monitor it.

14:52That's right.

14:53Thank you very much for your time on Balitang Hali.

14:55Thank you. Good morning.

14:57Bureau of Immigration Spokesperson, Dana Sandoval.

14:59Some parts of Maguindanao, Dalsur were raided by Buhawi this weekend.

15:08In Dato Salibo, not less than 10 houses were damaged in two barangays.

15:14The local government promised to help those who were raided.

15:17Buhawi also believes that some houses were damaged by Sheriff Saidona Mustafa.

15:24Strong winds accompanied by heavy rain.

15:28No one was injured in the incident.

15:31The bad weather in Maguindanao and some parts of Mindanao is the effect of the Intertropical Convergence Zone

15:38or the collision of the wind from the Northern and Southern Hemisphere.

15:44The ITZZ will again bring rain to a large part of Mindanao this Tuesday, according to the forecast.

15:50In the next few hours, several parts of the country will experience heavy to intense rain in some places

15:57that could cause floods or landslides.

16:00The chance of rain here in Metro Manila is low based on the rainfall forecast of Metro Weather.

16:05Despite that, some of us are still alert to the intense heat and storm.

16:11The heat index in Dagupan, Pangasinan could reach the danger level of 43 degrees Celsius.

16:18While it is 42 degrees Celsius in Pilica, Marines Sur,

16:21the possible heat index here in Metro Manila could remain at the extreme caution level.

16:2838 degrees Celsius in Pasay, while 36 degrees Celsius here in Quezon City.

16:33To avoid heat cramps, heat exhaustion or heat stroke,

16:36wear fresh or comfortable clothes, avoid sunlight and drink water frequently.

16:49In the quarterfinals of the Miami Open 2025, the Filipino tennis player Alex Iala

16:55finished in the round of 16 of his opponent and the number 10 seed, Paula Badosa of Spain.

17:01According to the Women's Tennis Association, Badosa withdrew from the match due to her lower back injury.

17:07The next opponent of Iala will win the match between the number 2 seed, Iga Siwotek

17:12and the number 22 seed, Elena Svitolina.

17:18For more UN videos visit www.un.org

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