00:00In related news, Elias Totoy is steadily making his case as a credible whistleblower and state witness on this whodunit case that has captured the mind of a nation.
00:10His uncanny recollection on where the bodies were supposedly dumped on Taal Lake has yielded multiple sacks of what is believed to be human remains.
00:17RSI Amirapuentes took his team to Taal Lake for the dive operations and he filed this report.
00:23We observed the first day of diving operations by the Philippine Coast Guard or PCG here in Taal Lake all day.
00:29At exactly 7.45 this morning, the PCG began their first diving operation in this part of Taal Lake in Laurel, Batangas.
00:37It started in Barangay Balakilong where they also recently recovered bone remains inside the sack yesterday.
00:43Three groups consisting of 7 to 8 PCG members dived earlier this morning.
00:47They focused their search on an area 100 to 270 meters from shore.
00:52Past 10 a.m., the PCG dive returned to the surface.
00:54Past 2 p.m. this afternoon, 8 technical divers from the PCG dive again.
01:00Together with PTV News, we crossed Taal Lake.
01:03The places we visited were based on the information given by alias Totoy regarding where the missing cockfighters were dumped.
01:10We traveled for almost 10 minutes from Laurel, Batangas, Fishport.
01:13Once we reached the exact location, the technical divers of the PCG immediately went underwater.
01:19According to the PCG, they found two sacks submerged in Taal Lake.
01:23When we returned to shore, we were met by the families of the missing cockfighters.
01:27They were reluctant to talk to the media.
01:30Nani Mariselle could barely speak and remain quiet.
01:33She is the matter of the youngest among the missing cockfighters.
01:39The sacks recovered from Taal Lake were immediately turned over to Soko for forensic investigation.
01:51The PCG explained why they initially reported four sacks but were only able to retrieve two.
02:16Kasi yung situation sa bottom, sa sobrang labo ng lugar, ng ilalib, yung nakikita ng divers,
02:27minsan dahil you're using their hands lang, at linalapit pa talaga nila yung kanilang sarili dun sa ano,
02:35hindi mo siya actually mabibilang kagad unless otherwise ma-iahon mo na siya.
02:41So pag in-account mo siya, nakala mo ginsan dalawa.
02:45But pag pinotally in-extract mo na, from it sa yung pagkakabaon niya, kasi may burak na, e, isa lang pala.
02:53The two sacks that were found were a significant distance apart.
02:57The water depth where one sack was three was 70 feet and 50 feet for the other.
03:02Explanation provided why four were initially mentioned.
03:05Divers went down to a depth of 72 feet with a strong undercurrents below.
03:10The PCG did not answer questions regarding the contents of the sacks.
03:13It is still going to be determined ng SOCO.
03:18I cannot say anything about that kasi sila yung nag-take charge kagad.
03:23The PCG promised to dive into a lake daily, but they still cannot say until when,
03:28as the exact number of missing cackfighters is still unknown.
03:32Isaiah Mira Fuentes from the National TV Network for a new and better Philippines.
