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00:30the thunderstorms that hit Metro Manila earlier.
00:35Yesterday afternoon,
00:37a group of people returned home from a tragedy
00:39on a tour to Calinga.
00:42Their van fell into a ravine in Mountain Province.
00:46Five people were killed and seven were injured.
00:49Darlene Cai was the one who was hit.
00:54This van was wrecked and crashed when it fell into a ravine
00:57that is 50 meters deep and fell into a river last night
01:02in Barangay Poblacion in Dangga, Mountain Province.
01:05The driver and four passengers were dead on the spot.
01:08She was the one who was injured and was rushed to the hospital.
01:11The rescue workers, BNP, BFP, LGU and residents
01:17helped the victims to get down from the river and get up.
01:20According to the first investigation of the PNP Cordillera Administrative Region,
01:23the van was driven by 12 tourists, a tour coordinator and a driver.
01:28The van was going to Buscalan, Calinga, a famous tourist spot.
01:31They came from other places but they were convinced that they were in Manila.
01:38Their purpose is to visit the famous Apu Mangun.
01:44For now, we still cannot identify what really happened.
01:49The road is not slippery because it didn't rain.
01:53The area is cemented.
01:56However, our investigators noticed that there was a metal scratch on the road.
02:03The police also found out that the van's wheels were flat.
02:06It looks like the car was flat.
02:11The driver didn't control the car and that's why it fell.
02:17That's the theory for now.
02:20The family of the van driver, Vance Hernandez Jr., is in peace.
02:25According to his wife, it looks like he had a nightmare before the tragedy.
02:30I had a nightmare last night.
02:32I didn't want to wake them up.
02:34I had a nightmare that the van fell into the river.
02:37I was with them.
02:39I suddenly woke up.
02:42I was nervous.
02:44That's what happened.
02:45His wife is used to travel there.
02:48He goes to the mountains weekly.
02:51It's weekly. He's been there for three years.
02:54It's been three years.
02:57So he's really used to the road.
03:00Yes. That's why I was wondering how it happened.
03:04They own a van that is rented by a travel agency for joiner's tour.
03:09I hope he's happy where he is.
03:12We love him so much.
03:15I can do it.
03:18I will do my best for my children.
03:23GMA Integrated News continues to collect information from the Travel and Tours Agency
03:27but they are not yet responding to texts or calls.
03:30According to PNP, the van has a franchise as a tourist transport service.
03:34For GMA Integrated News, Darlene Cai, Nakatotok 24 Hours.
03:39The two Filipinos who were at the gate of the authority
03:42were brought to Cambodia to become a love scammer.
03:46The victims experience pain when the quota for the scam is not met.
03:52Nakatotok's John Consulta Exclusive.
04:02That's the emotional encounter that took place this morning in Naiya
04:06when his mother brought the Filipinos to Cambodia
04:09along with another Filipino.
04:10They were escorted to the Philippine Embassy in Cambodia
04:13from where they were brought to their scam farm.
04:16We are very thankful to the Embassy of Cambodia
04:20especially to DOJ and KFJS for providing us with a way
04:25to be safe from the human trafficking that we brought to Cambodia.
04:30The rescue operation was initiated
04:32after the victim's video was sent to GMA Integrated News
04:36while he was in prison in a scam farm.
04:37He was promised a job at a call center in Thailand
04:41with a salary of 1,000 U.S. dollars.
04:43But he was brought to Cambodia and became a love scammer
04:47and was even tortured.
04:49They don't want us to go home.
04:51They said they will kill us if we tell you
04:57that the people up there are in the triad or syndicate.
05:02They said it's a syndicate.
05:06Please help my family.
05:09I don't want to go home.
05:11Aside from the beating on his back,
05:13he was also given an injection on his hand
05:15if the quota of the victims abroad does not reach their modus.
05:20They gave me an injection.
05:22Why did they give you an injection?
05:24Because I didn't get scammed that day.
05:26He became more persecuted when he was targeted
05:29by the OFWs in Saudi Arabia.
05:32It hurts.
05:34But I will not give up.
05:36I will do it because they are hurting me.
05:38We will not give up on them.
05:40After bringing Jessica Soe to the Interagency Council
05:44Against Trafficking or IACAT
05:46and the Department of Foreign Affairs,
05:48she was safely brought home to the Philippines.
05:50My son is here.
05:52Thank you very much to GMA7
05:56for bringing us to IACAT.
05:59There is light now.
06:01We were helped by you.
06:03Under the interview of Immigration,
06:05NBI and IACAT,
06:07our countrymen who are in Cambodia
06:09to backtrack the authorities
06:11on how they were recruited as scammers
06:13by our countrymen abroad.
06:15For GMA Integrated News,
06:17John Consulta,
06:1924 Hours.
06:22The NBI visited a plant in Bulacan
06:25owned by Chinese.
06:26They visited tons and tons of chemicals
06:29as ingredients for making bombs.
06:32Darlene Khan was there.
06:37Under the search warrant,
06:39the NBI entered this plant in Marilao, Bulacan.
06:42There are people here who are using bombs
06:45to make explosives.
06:47They found 20 tons of finished product
06:50called sodium tungstate.
06:52Sodium tungstate also has military applications
06:54especially for artillery and missiles.
06:59The workers at the plant said
07:01the chemicals are ready for export
07:03to China and America.
07:05They also discovered other chemicals
07:07like nitric acid,
07:09which is also used to make bombs.
07:11We saw a lot of tungstate,
07:15nitric acid,
07:18just to make bombs.
07:20This is scary.
07:21It might go to the hands of the enemy.
07:24They're registered to manufacture metal alloys.
07:29The chemicals we saw,
07:31according to our chemist,
07:33are industrially not related
07:35to the manufacturing business of the plant.
07:37The NBI said it took three months
07:39before they visited the plant
07:41to find out if it was owned by Chinese nationals.
07:45They will investigate
07:47how the plant was registered.
07:49Our initial findings,
07:51the corporation is owned by five Chinese,
07:56which is a biological power.
07:59It needs Filipino ownership.
08:03The chemicals in the plant are hazardous
08:06and could have a negative effect
08:08on Filipinos who have been working
08:10in the WALARO protection facility
08:12for seven years.
08:14They are not using face masks.
08:18They told me earlier
08:20that when they work inside,
08:22they have to wear a T-shirt.
08:24And that is very dangerous.
08:26According to the Library of Medicine of the USA,
08:29sodium tungstate
08:31is category 4 toxicity.
08:33It's the most toxic form of tungstate.
08:35And when it's hit,
08:37it will produce sodium oxide,
08:39which is highly toxic if inhaled.
08:41Three Chinese nationals
08:43have been arrested.
08:45They have yet to be released.
08:47They will also be investigated
08:49by the laboratory and the so-called chemists
08:51for the GMA Integrated Noobs.
08:53Darlene, you have 24 hours.
08:55A small rollback in oil
08:57is possible next week.
08:59According to Uni Oil,
09:01the company expects
09:0310 to 37 percent reduction
09:05in each liter of diesel.
09:07For gasoline,
09:09there may be an increase of 10 percent
09:11per liter or no increase in price.
09:13According to the U.S. Department of the Environment,
09:15the price of gasoline and diesel
09:17while for kerosene
09:19may increase or decrease
09:21by 20 cents
09:23due to the possible effects
09:25of the global trade
09:27announced by US President Donald Trump.