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Here are today's headlines – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:
- Would you believe, drug war ‘architect’ Dela Rosa to launch own probe inviting Duterte?
- FACT CHECK: Apollo Quiboloy's cases in US not yet dismissed
- Georgia reports record turnout as early voting begins in US battleground state
- K-pop star calls for better treatment of artists at parliamentary hearing
- Victoria's Secret Fashion Show returns for 2024 edition

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00:00Today on Rappler
00:13Senator Ronald Bato de la Rosa says he plans to open a probe into former President Rodrigo
00:17Duterte's drug war, which he himself implemented.
00:21A post on social media platform X falsely claims Apollo Kibuloy's cases in the United
00:25States had been dismissed.
00:28Voters in Georgia turn out in record numbers as the battleground state opens early voting
00:32for the November 5 presidential election.
00:35New Jeans member Hani makes an emotional appeal before the South Korean parliament for better
00:39treatment of the K-pop industry's artists.
00:43And the Victoria's Secret fashion show hits the runway after a five-year hiatus.
00:49Senator Ronald Bato de la Rosa says he plans to open a probe into former President Rodrigo
00:53Duterte's drug war, which he himself implemented.
00:57This after retired police colonel Roina Garma directly implicated Duterte in drug war killings
01:02during a hearing by the House Quad Committee.
01:05As Duterte's first police chief, de la Rosa authorized and oversaw the drug war's first
01:09salvo.
01:10He says there's a better chance of Duterte attending his probe because the former president
01:14is more comfortable with the Senate than with the House.
01:17Besides de la Rosa, Duterte's closest aide Bong Goh is also a senator, and he earlier
01:22said he would launch a Senate probe into the drug war.
01:25De la Rosa is under investigation by the International Criminal Court for alleged crimes
01:29against humanity in the drug war and in other extrajudicial killings in Davao City when
01:33Duterte was mayor.
01:37A post on social media platform X falsely claims Apolo Kibuloy's cases in the United
01:41States had been dismissed.
01:43It cites an October 10 post from the official SMNI News X account stating a US court dismissed
01:49human trafficking, forced labor, and money laundering cases against a KOJC leader.
01:54What the KOJC leader SMNI refers to is not Kibuloy, but Marisa Duenas, one of Kibuloy's
01:59co-accused in some of his cases.
02:02Duenas entered into a plea deal on October 7 in the US.
02:05She pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud the US government in exchange for a reduction
02:09in her sentence.
02:11She has been identified as an administrator of KOJC's operations and a human resource
02:15manager in the US.
02:17The US Federal Bureau of Investigation still lists Kibuloy among its most wanted.
02:24Voters in Georgia turn out in record numbers as the battleground state opened early voting
02:28for the November 5 presidential election.
02:31State officials say Tuesday, October 15, at least 252,000 voters cast ballots at early
02:37voting sites as of 4 p.m. EDT.
02:40This is nearly double the 136,000 who participated in the first day of early voting in 2020.
02:46Georgia is one of the seven battleground states expected to play a decisive role in the election
02:51between Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump.
02:54Early voting, either in person or by mail, has become increasingly popular with US voters.
03:00University of Florida's Election Lab reports nearly one in seven voters cast their ballots
03:04ahead of Election Day in 2020.
03:07Election Lab also says nationwide, 5.5 million Americans already voted this year.
03:12But by contrast, 27 million people had cast their ballots at this point in 2020.
03:19K-pop star Hani of the group New Genes makes an emotional appeal before the South Korean
03:23parliament for better treatment of the industry's artists.
03:26The 20-year-old Vietnamese-Australian singer tells parliament Tuesday, October 15, she
03:31hopes K-pop trainees are spared from the workplace bullying she experienced.
03:35Complaints of high pressure and bullying have hounded the K-pop industry for years, sparking
03:40calls for companies to better protect their artists.
03:43New Genes is in the middle of a clash between executives of its parent label HYBE and the
03:47former CEO of its subsidiary Adore, which manages the group.
03:51Hani tells the parliament's labor committee a series of actions at the workplace made
03:55the group feel they were hated by the company.
03:58Adore CEO Kim Joo-young tells the hearing she is reviewing the situation but has yet
04:02to find proof to establish Hani's claims.
04:05A former Adore CEO earlier accused HYBE of sabotaging New Genes.
04:11After over five years off the runway, the Victoria's Secret fashion show returns for
04:15a 2024 edition on Wednesday, October 16 Manila time in New York City.
04:20Several big names grace the fashion show, including Gigi Hadid, Bella Hadid, Irina Shayk,
04:25Tyra Banks, and Taylor Hill, among others.
04:28Other famed models of the brand also make a comeback on the runway.
04:33The fashion show also features an all-woman lineup of performers for the first time.
04:38South African artist Tyla, Blackpink member and solo artist Lisa, and American music icon
04:42Cher performed their hit songs on the runway.
04:46In an interview with American website Today, model Mayowa Nicholas says the 2024 edition
04:50of the major fashion show is, quote, all about celebrating women.
04:56And that's today's wrap.
04:57I'm JC Gotinga.
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