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methods na we have allowed more

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Hello, everyone.

It's Monday, March 13 here in Manila.

I'm Karen Davila giving you the head start for the day.

We start the week.

Our guests today.

First, we discuss the heightened security measures

in Negros Oriental following the murder

of Governor Roel Begamo

with Major Senon Pancita III

of the Joint Task Force Negros.

And later on,

Jefferson Chua of Greenpeace Philippines

will be joining us as we talk about the impact

of the worsening oil spill in Oriental Mindoro.

Is the government working fast enough

to contain the oil spill?

First, the headlines.

Today's big stories.

House Speaker Martin Romualdez

wants a probe into the absence

of Negros Oriental Governor Roel Begamo's

police escorts on the day of his killing.

The Philippine military deploys more troops

to Negros Oriental

as the hunt continues

for the suspects in Begamo's murder.

And members of the Japanese Coast Guard

arrive in Oriental Mindoro

to help in oil spill containment efforts.

Filipino House Speaker Martin Romualdez

seeks a congressional inquiry

into alleged security lapses

on the day Negros Oriental Governor

Roel Begamo was killed.

Romualdez wants to determine

if there was failure

to provide enough security

for the slain official.

He points out the absence

of Begamo's five police escorts

on March 4,

the day he was gunned down.

Now, on hot copy this morning,

Philippine authorities beef up security measures

in Negros Oriental

as the manhunt continues

for the remaining suspects

in Governor Begamo's killing.

Jose Carretero reports.

This is just one of the checkpoints

in Poblacion Village in Sibulantao, Negros Oriental,

organized by the newly created

Joint Task Force Negros.

The task force will be responsible

for law enforcement operations,

specifically for the province.

It is composed of both police

and law enforcement.

Authorities are advising locals

to expect tighter security

as other law enforcement elements

hunt down other suspects

in Begamo's murder.

Some residents and motorists

welcome the heightened security.

In the meantime,

other task force was also created

that will deal with other aspects

of the Begamo killing.

Special Task Force Begamo

is headed by Interior Secretary

Benjamin Abalos Jr.

and it was organized under the orders

of President Marcos

as part of initiatives to restore

the confidence in government

and peace of mind of the people of Negros.

In the meantime,

task force Negros will also be augmented

by more troops coming from two brigades

and six battalions already assigned in the island.

One of their main focus

is to dismantle private armed groups

involved in the Begamo murder.

We deployed the forces

where they will most likely

go and run.

And we know

that it is not only

the 10 involved.

There are also

support elements

that help

in their hiding and running.

Other elite soldiers

will also be deployed to the province

including the Light Reaction Company

Special Action Force.

The demonstration of our forces

here is both for

to build up the confidence

of future witnesses

at the same time

to enforce the law to the fullest.

The directive of

our President

is to give justice

to Governor Begamo

as soon as possible time.

For now, Defense Senior Undersecretary

Carlito Galvez Jr. says

there's no need to declare

a state of emergency in the province.

What we are doing here

is called His Verbal Order

to call out the Armed Forces

to perform tasks

to support

actively the law enforcement

that is being done here in Negros.

Pamplona Mayor Janice Degamo,

widow of slain Governor, is thankful

for government's swift action.

She is, however, convinced

her husband's death was politically motivated.

The mayor notes the attack

came just two weeks after the Supreme Court

decision upholding Governor

Degamo's win over rival

pride Henry Tevez in 2022.

She also says the violence

could have been prevented if only

authorities listened to their appeal

to address the rising lawlessness

in the province.

I think it was the frustration

of the election that

led them to do that. If you have seen

their guns and ammunition,

maybe the military lost.

Before all of this happened,

long before the

2022 election,

the victims

of murder,

land grabbing, etc.

I was the one who wrote

to the Senate on their behalf.

There was a resolution

that was not taken up.

If it was noticed

immediately,

it could have been prevented.

Jose Carretero,

IBS-CBN News.

to Negros. What is the mandate

of your team?

Yes, ma'am.

Actually, the light reaction company

that was deployed to

the island of Negros as announced

by the Secretary of National Defense

Carlito Velvez last

Saturday is

part of the augmentation of

the forces that we have here

in this island.

Well, of course,

it has been mentioned in your report

that we have six battalions,

two brigades in the whole island

of Negros, not just in Negros

Oriental.

However, we are also looking

into the other side of Negros

which is Negros Occidental.

We have

reasons to believe that

this can spill over to

the other parts of Negros

Island.

However, the

11th Infantry Battalion that we have

that is based in

Barangay Salab,

Seattle, Negros Oriental

should be

augmented by

other battalions

taken from the

five other battalions here.

They are deployed on the ground

while the light reaction

company will be

a standby force

because they are highly

skilled, highly technical

people

skilled

in warfighting that can

be deployed anytime.

They are specialized

in close quarter battle

that should there

be reports already,

should there be targets that can

be zeroed in by the different

units that we have deployed

on the ground, this light reaction company

can easily

go to the target and execute

the mission very swiftly.

There is no doubt that the men

sent are highly qualified.

In fact, members of this

50-man light reaction company

were involved in the battle

of Marawi. What does this

mean? Are we sending also a

signal that what happened in

Negros is not just a

police matter anymore? By

sending the military, are we

also saying that the police

can no longer handle the peace

order in Negros?

Ma'am, actually, what is

happening now in

Negros is

where we are

fully aware, members of the Armed Forces

of the Philippines, that we are only

doing a support mission

to the Philippine National Police.

The current situation

prevents us

doing the

police works,

the police operation. We are not vested

with the power. However,

we are making available

all our capabilities

to the Philippine

National Police and to our efforts

in general so that we

can have an easy resolution to the

case. Of course,

we need

the Philippine National Police here

in Negros. However,

there are things

that only the AFP

can specialize.

For example, the Light Reaction

Company. They are

good in close quarter battle.

We have to take note also

that one of the suspects

apprehended is a former member

of the Light Reaction Company.

Therefore, we have to

employ the same

or even better people

in terms of skills

to address the situation.

That's why we have here the Light Reaction

Company. Of course, we

are fully aware

that these are

police matters

in which the PNP should

be the one really to

enforce the full force of the

law.

Major, who is handling

the investigation? Is it right

to say that it's still the PNP

or is already

the task force, members

of your group already involved

in the investigation of the case?

Ma'am, actually,

if we have to go back

to day one, we have

a lot of efforts. We have this

task force, the GAMO. We have this

special investigation

task group. There are

other efforts even

on the legal and investigative

side, even in the pursuit

side of the operations.

The special

task force,

joint task force, is

created for us to fuse

those efforts.

Well, of course,

we acknowledge that we have

different tasks from

the ground. However, someone

has to make the

compass in order for

us to hit our target.

There are things

also that goes beyond

the investigation

that needs to be pursued

by the pursuing elements

or from the pursuing elements

to the investigation and even

to the legal aspects of

what we are doing

here. So, someone has to

stand there. As of now,

the special joint task force

is led by

Brigadier General

Marion Cizon of the 3rd Infantry

Division. It's all because

that the support system that we

are employing here in Negros

is

a good number

of that is coming from our side.

Okay. Now,

four of the suspected

gunmen are clearly

former members of the military.

That's correct, Major?

Yes.

It is correct

that

even to those

that we are pursuing, we still

believe that some of

them might have

been trained in the armed forces

of the Philippines.

What information do you have?

Is this an organized group

that has been operating

for different,

let's say, different

assignments or

were they just formed

to actually

allegedly kill

Governor Degamo

or have they been operating

already as an organization?

As of now,

Ma'am, actually, we are

getting into the four

more perpetrators.

The mastermind

to the incident

to the Pamplona massacre

is still at large.

And we believe

that he was sold.

I'm curious. Is the

mastermind believed to

also be a former member of the military?

We

believe, Ma'am,

based on the description, based on the

training,

there is somehow

a reason for us to believe

that he is a

former member

of the

Philippine Army Elite also.

And how many gunmen or

suspects are still at large?

Based

on how we have

reviewed the CCTV

or the footages

that are in the venue,

a total of

ten people stormed

the place of

Governor Degamo.

Six are already accounted

and we are pursuing the four.

However, it is clear also

that these ten

are not just

operating on their own. They have

tentacles of violence. They have

support systems that we have

to look into. The

guidance actually to us or the directive

to us is very clear that

we have to get the perpetrators,

we have to dismantle

the private armed groups,

its support system,

and the tentacles and its tentacles

because they really cannot

operate that big or that large

if they don't have good

support systems. And also,

the third instruction to us is to secure

the witnesses and secure

the people of Negros.

Major,

may tanong ko lang.

Has one of the

suspects already admitted

who hired them?

Who is the mastermind?

Are they linked

to a politician?

Actually, ma'am,

we are trying to put

in the pieces of

information that they have been given.

In fact,

it is a

highly sophisticated mission on their part.

There are layers

employed

along the way. However,

it really points to someone

big, to someone

powerful, and

that's why

if we can get into the

one who lead the 10-man team

that stormed the house of Governor Digamo,

and I think there will be a clear picture

of where

our somehow hypothesis

to the situation.

Okay. Have one of the

suspects named the mastermind?

There were implications

that

there is no direct.

Through this,

there is no direct. However,

there were links

of people, and it

has to pass through several levels.

That's why we have to

pursue on this level.

We have to investigate the different

levels so that we can really

get through

who really instructed

or who really is the architect

of all of this.

Did one of the suspects give more

information in terms of, for example,

how much they were

to be paid?

As of now, ma'am,

we are not yet

in the final

position

or information

because the one

who hired them, because apparently

these people are not from Negros or Vietnam.

Most of them are from Mindanao.

But the one

who is in charge of the operation

is still at large, and he

has somehow a direct connection

to the people, and he is the one

who is making

a connivance with

those people that we are talking

about, the big and the powerful

people that we are talking about.

Do you believe that the other

suspects have left Negros Island

or they're still there?

We have

reasons to believe that they are still here.

That's why we have employed

a large number of

troops to the 21

strategic areas that

we have identified,

specifically because we

want to constrict the movement

of these individuals.

We cannot allow them

to leave Negros. The 21

areas include

seaports, airports,

and all strategic areas

where we

can

capture these people

or these individuals. These are the

part of the 10 perpetrators.

Now, Major Pancito,

in previous administrations,

there's already been an effort

to actually dismantle private

armies. It's quite surprising

that you'd have

a 10-man team. Of course, this would

be bigger than 10 men, but

a 10-man team, all

armed, enter a governor's

house and kill him

and also others around

him. I think a total

of eight have been

killed in

that incident.

It also shows that

the dismantling of private

armies, is it right to

say that

it wasn't as successful as

what was publicized in the past?

Or were they dismantled

and then afterwards, with no

follow-through, there was

a resurgence of private armies

again?

Of course, ma'am.

That can

be a conclusion that

we can draw, but

the fact

remains that there are

people, taking for example,

we have to accept this, in our organization,

there were dismissed

members of the organization

that can be easily harmed,

killed, in fact,

by

wealthy

people, and they

can easily be organized.

I

would still love to assume

that we've been

successful in crippling

the private armed groups

in the past.

For this specific

purpose, they might have been pulled in

for a specific mission, and because

of, maybe for economic

reasons or financial reasons,

these people

were enticed

to do this because

of money.

That's why, on our

part in the Armed Forces of the Philippines,

we are really serious

in accounting those

former members of the military

who can't be used, who can

be

taken advantage by

those people

in power, and who

has the will to execute

such things like this.

Now, what has

changed in Negros

with the presence of your elite team?

Are barricades set up?

Is entering the island more difficult?

Exiting the island?

No, ma'am.

Actually, we

somehow have been

conscious that there

should be no change in terms

of the lives of the people

in and out of

Negros Island, and that's what

we are protecting. Actually,

there is only an increased number of

troops. It's all because

we want to protect the peace in

Negros Island, and

the

people still have the liberty.

Only

there may be

inconveniences also on their part

by

talking with them.

These measures that we

are doing, these are

acceptable measures to the people

because it is

the Negrans.

It was them who really

would want also to end

once and for all the violence

that has been happening in the island

of Negros.

On that note, was

a deadline given to you? Is there

a target date, Major

Apansito, for

the elite team?

Actually,

according to the guidance of the

General Headquarters,

it should be as soon as possible.

But on our end, we are

looking at a timeline that maybe we

can solve this in maybe

one or two weeks already

as the elites continue to come in,

as the information is continuously

coming in, and with the help of

the populace, with the help of the right

people giving information to us.

I think

the closure

to the Pamplona Massacre

is really near

its end.

On that note, Major Sen. Apansito,

the third of the Joint Task Force

Negros, thank you for joining me

today. Thank you,

Madam Karen, and to all your viewers, thank you

for having me also in your program.

We're going to take a quick break.

Head Start will be right back.

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Welcome back to Head Start. The mayor of Polatown in Oriental Mindoro appeals for more aid as the oil spill continues.

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... Sobrang lawak po talaga noong takot noong tumutulong na oil spill. Totally po talaga in advice ng DNR wala po talagang pwede pumunta sa atin. Sobrang affected po lahat ng fisher folks. Tumataas na po yung presyo ng ating mga karne, yung mga gulay tumataas po yung presyo. Sobrang anlaki na po ng problema mo namin."

... Oil spill booms earlier plays on the river failed to stop oil from seeping."

... Kasiligan River is home to a vast mangrove forest and fish sanctuary. It is also a non-tourist destination."

... The Philippine Coast Guard has reached out to the United States asking for help in containing the oil spill."

... Philippine Coast Guard Admiral Artemio Manalo Abu says government is willing to accept any form of assistance. Abu adds they need more remote-operated vehicles that could reach down 400 meters."

... Kung anong turno may bigay nila, the like of response equipment and everything. Kung ano nga sabot ng kanilang kakayahan na may bigay sa atin na alam naman nila na kailangan. They know it pretty well kung ano yung ating kailangan sa mga panonito. More experience and the knowledge about addressing the issue. It's just a matter of making it known to them that we are asking assistance from them."

... So far Japan has answered the call for help. An eight-man team from Tokyo has arrived in Manila on Friday."

... We are here to make every effort to give assistance to Philippine authorities in tackling the disaster. We are determined to make our every effort to combat this disaster to mitigate the impact and save the ocean."

... Aside from Japan, the Philippine Coast Guard is also expecting assistance from South Korea. Quick action is needed in this unfolding environment disaster as the oil spill spreads further. Reports say oil spill has reached the coastal community of Kaluya in the province of Antique, which is 188 kilometers from Oriental Mindoro. The town of Taytay in Palawan has also reported the presence of oil.

The local government of Palawan says emergency measures are in place.

... Dennis Datu, ABS-CBN News, Oriental Mindoro.

... It's already expanded 188 kilometers off the source. It's now in Antique. Based on your experience, and not just that, but any data that you've gathered, just how wide and how expansive has the spill been?

... Based on our satellite imagery from our mapping team in Greenpeace International, we have seen as of March 8, so medyo matagal na, around 6.2 kilometers worth of oil that is continually being spilled. This is equivalent to around 1,000 football fields.

So we can imagine how big that is. And with the spread and the current projections of UPMSI, we can assure that the spill is ongoing. The seepage has not stopped. And we're really racing against time to plug the spill because it's around 800,000 liters.

... And with the projections around 1,000 barrels a day, we will see na mauubos yung 800,000 na yan which will put it way beyond the Guimaras oil spill which is considered the worst in Philippine history.

... We're seeing people already doing the cleanup, but then plugging the leak is now the key. Why haven't they done it yet?

... But also the integrity of the ship. The longer that the ship is there unplugged, this will endanger more the integrity of the ship which could cause more spillage which is why we're really at a race against time to plug that.

... And experts from Japan have arrived? Do they have the expertise for this?

... So we need more information on that so that the public may know that there is hope for plugging this spill.

... More than just actually the cleanup is the plugging of the leak. Does the ship, based on the Greenpeace experience, does the ship need to be brought out of the water? Does it have to be made afloat?

... From the experience in Guimaras, what was extracted was really the barrels of the oil. That is essential to ensure that no oil is spilled further. So that's the most important thing that needs to be extracted.

... Which increases the risk of more spillage again.

... And you mentioned there are 800,000 litres underwater, tama ito? Is this more than actually what was contained in the Guimaras spill?

... In the Guimaras spill, the final figure was around 500,000 litres.

... So this is more? And technically this ship was carrying more?

... The ship in Guimaras was technically carrying more, 2.1 million, but it was plugged.

... But the leak reached 500,000. But so far are you able to measure now just how much the leakage is already? Is it 5,000 litres? Not yet?

... No, because the essential thing in this is really data from the Coast Guard because they're the ones who are there. We cannot ascertain from satellite imagery alone the extent of the oil spill kasi it might be thicker and it might be bigger.

... And we've seen how currents have moved and how coastal communities have tried to clean up the spill as well. So full accounting is essential and the urgency is very much needed by the government authorities to know the exact extent of the oil spill.

... Now let's talk about in terms of policy here. This isn't the first oil spill that we've seen through the years, of course the most famous being Exxon, but then locally you said Guimaras was the worst that we've had. But in terms of policy, what has Greenpeace been fighting for in terms of let's say actually transporting fuel?

... So first we have been calling for more stringent regulations to ensure...

... But what aren't we doing in the Philippines? Why did this happen again?

... That's also a good question and that's also one of the things that we are asking the government. Why does a ship being less than a year old sink right away off the waters of Mindoro? Does this mean that the hull wasn't double-hulled? Which is actually an important element to ensure the seaworthiness of the ships.

... So that needs to be questioned. Why did the ship sink so quickly? Does this mean that regulations were actually not followed in terms of these ships?

... And also these ships regularly ply areas that have a lot of critical and very sensitive marine protected areas. So why do we still have a lot of these accidents?

... And in fact Senator Tolentino in his speech rattled off a lot of maritime incidents in the past month affecting a lot of our marine protected areas. So we need to have clear policy guidelines to have these shipping lines avoid these marine protected areas.

... And what is the effect when it comes to our natural resources? We've seen the damage in Gibaras. Already we're seeing prices of basic commodities go up in the province of Mindoro. But if this is not contained, what are we seeing in terms of the destruction of our sea life and natural resources?

... which contains 60% of the total marine shorefish biodiversity of the world. It's basically the Amazon of the ocean. So we are seeing, we will be expecting huge economic impacts and ecosystem services impacts.

... The IP produces around Php12 billion in fish catch alone. And in terms of tourism, for example, the region generates around Php3.5 billion in tourism revenue. So the effects are far-reaching. But we see the worst effects in terms of biodiversity. It takes years for these areas to recover, especially mangroves and corals which is abundant in the area.

... And Pamalakaya is actually fearing that fish production will be down in the first and second quarter of the year as an effect of the oil spill. Do you see that as a possibility too? The effect will be that great?

Yes, definitely. Especially that this area provides a lot of fish catch. So we will be expecting this slow but steady effect in the prices of fish catch, which we will be feeling anytime soon because there's no clear timeline on disasters like these.

Yeah. Now, are the penalties, is it substantial for companies that actually destroy the environment? I mean, let's face it. Fine, there'll be criminal charges filed against, of course, the owner of the shipping line, but it will never equal to the recovery years and years and years, right? That's needed for our natural resources.

What kind of penalties is Greenpeace fighting for, for companies that actually degrade, well, specifically the marine resources?

Apart from, you know, the...

The criminal is a given, right? But then the point is they'll still be operating, they'll pay fines, but it doesn't change the fact they'll be back there, they're in business.

Yes, and this is really why the calls of Greenpeace are not just against the shipping lines who continue to pollute our marine environment, but the fossil fuel industry in general, no? One of the things that we haven't had any conversations in the public sphere regarding this disaster is who actually is the owner of the oil, no? Back in Timoras...

That's a good point. The owner of the oil, it has not yet been revealed. Only the owner of the ship, the company that is transporting the oil. Very good point.

Which is very interesting because back in Timoras, it was actually identified, no? Agad, to be Petron. And they paid close to, if I'm not mistaken, P120 million in compensations. But we also know that P120 million is not enough, especially in very sensitive areas.

So we should expect these companies to be pursued, no? We should demand reparations from them, especially in the rehabilitation of ecosystem services and marine protected areas, which takes years and which will take millions as well.

All right. On that note, I want to thank you for joining me today, Greenpeace Philippines campaigner Jefferson Chua. Thank you, sir.

Thank you, Ms. Karen.

We're gonna take another break. Head Start will be right back.

Thank you very much.

Thank you very much.

Thank you very much.

Mobility will be key to recovery because we have relaxed some of our quarantine methods and we have allowed more transportation to come out. That's going to prove to be better for demand. If we do follow the health protocols, the ability of people to move around will likely contribute better to growth.

Thank you very much.

Thank you very much.

Welcome back to Head Start. Diversity is set to take center stage with the expected announcement of NASA's crew for its missions to the moon. Take a look.

NASA knows how it will get astronauts back to the moon. But the agency doesn't know yet is who it will send. Among the contenders is astronaut Stan Love.

So everybody in the astronaut office has the background, the basic training and the qualifications to go do that mission. And so everybody's hoping that their name will get called.

The first missions to the moon could launch as early as 2024. Love says the crews will look different than those of the Apollo program during the 1960s and 70s.

We are going to broaden our demographics so it won't be just white guys on the moon.

Victor Glover could make history as the first person of color to reach the moon.

We make our boss's job actually challenging. We make his job hard because he's got to pick some of us. And I think all of us are ready, trained and capable of making this mission a success.

The initiative to ensure diversity in NASA's Artemis program was outlined in the Biden administration's $25 billion funding request to Congress for NASA for fiscal year 2022, which includes the moon missions.

Apollo had a twin sister, Artemis, and this is our generation. And so I think it's a fantastic thing.

Branielle Rodriguez works on the Orion capsule that will transport the astronauts. She is proud to participate in an historic project that will also bring the first woman to the moon.

I think it's important for all of us, right? Whether it is a man or a woman, I think it's fantastic. I think as an agency, as the nation, and even as the world, being able to show that we can explore as humans back to the surface of the moon is really what we need to go off and show and really be able to then set our presence to go beyond.

To do this once would feel like you're performing.

Danielle Bell teaches marketing and communications at Northwestern University. She focuses on issues of diversity and inclusion and welcomes NASA's initiative, which she hopes is permanent.

When they're transformative and not performative, that happens when the organization lives their values.

Women make up one third of the current group of 41 astronauts at NASA. Twelve are people of color. While 16 are experienced pilots, the rest are experts in fields such as geology, medicine, and engineering, bringing professional diversity to the core.

Bell says that makeup suggests that skin color or gender won't likely drive the decision on who goes first.

What I can appreciate about this mission is that it's not just about diversity. It's not just about representation. You've got an entire pool that is of diverse backgrounds.

People keep asking me, you know, is it meaningful to you that little black kids look up to you and say they want to be like you? I represent America. And little white kids, little Mexican kids, little Hispanic kids, little Iranian kids follow what we're doing because this is maybe one of the most recognizable symbols in the universe.

NASA is expected to announce the crew for Artemis 2, a mission that will orbit but not land on the moon, on April 3rd. Kane Fairbaugh, VOA News, Kennedy Space Center, Florida.

And before we go, the sixth installment in the Scream franchise arrives in theaters. Let's find out what our resident movie critic, Manny the Movie Guy, thinks of Hollywood's newest slasher film.

Hello. Let's play a game. You know you're like the 10th guy to try this, right? The serial slasher Scream franchise keeps getting better with this sixth installment. But there's never been one like me, Gale.

The location is new, but Ghostface is as menacing and unpredictable as ever.

Part satire, part dark comedy with a whodunit mystery twist, Scream 6 is grounded in family issues and the deep and twisted secrets we all keep.

You got a problem here, guy?

Most of the cast members from the last Scream return, leaving Woodsboro, California behind to start a fresh but bloody chapter in the Big Apple.

There's a relentlessness that is unique to this specific Ghostface.

Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillette return to film the sequel.

Actors founding members of the filmmaking collective Radio Silence know how to thrill the audience and give a great payoff.

Scream 6 is a bit violent, but it's a worthy successor of last year's Scream and one of the best entries of the franchise.

And for that, Scream 6 gets 3 out of 4 Scream Your Heart Away kisses.

I'm Manny the Movie Guy for ABS-CBN News.

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