Here are today’s headlines – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:
- Duterte admits to inducing suspects to ‘fight’ so cops can kill them
- No remorse, Duterte says ‘only I will go to jail’ for killings
- Quiboloy evasive as Senate plays disturbing audio file: ‘Only the Son can use you’
- SWS: 37% of adult Filipinos say their quality of life improved in last 12 months
- 'Mamatay na kayong lahat': UST coach Pido Jarencio hits back on critics
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00:00Today on Rappler
00:13Former President Rodrigo Duterte says he instructed policemen to encourage criminals to fight
00:17back so they can have an excuse to kill.
00:20Former President Duterte says he takes full legal responsibility for police actions during
00:24his war on drugs.
00:26An alleged audiophile of Apolo Kibuloy is played in the Senate where he tells women
00:30only the sun can use you.
00:3237 percent of Filipinos say their quality of life improved.
00:36And USC coach Pido Harentia lashes back at bashers.
00:41Under oath, former President Rodrigo Duterte tells the Senate that he had ordered police
00:45under him to encourage suspects to fight back so they have an excuse to kill.
00:50Duterte says this while being asked about the existence of the alleged Davao death squad,
01:10which he initially denied.
01:11He then says all police generals at the hearing all led death squads because they've killed
01:15in the line of duty.
01:17Former Police Chief Vicente Danao, who allegedly led his own squad of assassins, says Duterte
01:21was only joking, clarifying Duterte never instructed him to kill anyone.
01:26Opposition Senator Issa Ontiveros asked Duterte one more time if he had really meant what
01:31he said.
01:43Former President Rodrigo Duterte says he takes full legal responsibility for police actions
01:47during his war on drugs, saying he acted for the good of the country without apologies.
02:12Former Police Colonel Royina Garma said in the House Quad Committee hearing last week
02:16the Davao template was used in the national campaign against illegal drugs.
02:20The Davao template refers to an alleged system of rewards for police to kill.
02:24Taking the lead of Senator Bato de la Rosa, police generals who served under the Duterte
02:28administration deny the existence of a policy of killing.
02:32Duterte also says police killings were only made in self-defense.
02:42A disturbing audio file was played during a Senate committee hearing last week on Apollo
02:46Kibuloy's abuse allegations.
02:48The voice, which even Kibuloy admitted sounded like him, said,
02:52"...only the son can use you, no one else.
02:54That is his will."
02:55The recording was meant for pastorals, handpicked women in the Kingdom of Jesus Christ, or KOJC,
03:00groomed to serve Kibuloy.
03:02Kibuloy calls himself the chosen son of God.
03:05Former pastorals also testified how Kibuloy manipulated the women into believing that
03:09physical intimacy with him was a pathway to divine favor.
03:13But Kibuloy said the recording needs to be authenticated, suggesting it might be AI-generated.
03:18When questioned about the alleged training of an armed militia called the Angel of Death
03:22that silenced disobeying members, Kibuloy invoked his right against self-incrimination.
03:27Kibuloy faces charges of sexual abuse of a minor, child abuse, and qualified trafficking
03:32in two courts.
03:35A Social Weather Station survey reveals 37 percent of adult Filipinos say their quality
03:40of life has improved in the last 12 months.
03:43The survey, conducted between September 14 to 23, also says 24 percent say their lives
03:48got worse and 38 percent say it stayed the same.
03:52The SWS refers to those who said their lives have improved as gainers.
03:56In terms of key areas, the net gainers scored the highest in Balanced Luzon at plus 22,
04:01then followed by Mindanao at plus 13, Metro Manila at plus 6, and the Visayas at negative
04:062.
04:07But net gainers in Metro Manila fell from plus 16 to plus 6, then in the Visayas from
04:12plus 1 to negative 2.
04:16USC Growling Tigers head coach Pido Harencio hits back at bashers following the team's
04:20success at arresting their three-game slide.
04:23Harencio says,
04:24I have so many bashers.
04:26I love you all.
04:27I hope you all die.
04:28The Tigers turned back the FEU Tamarau 79-70 in the UAAP Season 87 Men's Basketball Tournament
04:35on Sunday, October 27.
04:37Before their win against FEU, the Tigers lost five of their last six games.
04:42Harencio also laments the declining numbers of Tigers fans who attended their past two
04:46games.
04:47The Tigers still have three games remaining on their schedule.
04:50He adds,
04:51It's a do-or-die mindset for us in these last games.
04:55And that's today's wrap.
04:56I'm Kara Oliver.
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