Marcos won't block ICC if Duterte wants to be investigated

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Here are today’s headlines – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:

- Marcos says he will not block ICC if ex-president Duterte wants to be investigated
- At House probe, Duterte loses cool after Trillanes alleges suspicious bank deposits
- Indonesian president says he will safeguard sovereignty in South China Sea
- Hello, Love, Again' breaks first-day box office record with P85-M opening
- Grassroots boost: Obiena set for PH return to launch new pole vault facility

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00:00Today on Rappler

00:15President Marcos Jr. says his administration won't block the ICC if former President Duterte

00:20wants to be investigated.

00:22Former President Rodrigo Duterte loses his cool after former Senator Trillanes alleges

00:26drug money was funneled into his bank accounts.

00:29We will always safeguard our sovereignty, Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto says

00:34of the South China Sea.

00:35Alden Richards and Katharine Bernardu-Starrer, Hello, Love Again, breaks the box office record

00:40on opening day.

00:42And E.J.

00:43Obiena launches a pole vault facility in Lawag, Ilocos Norte.

00:48President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. says his administration won't block the ICC if former President Rodrigo

00:54Duterte wants to be investigated for his alleged crimes against humanity during his war on

00:59drugs campaign.

01:00If he agrees to talk to the ICC, it's up to him, we don't have a choice.

01:11Marcos' remarks follow a marathon congressional hearing on Wednesday, during which Duterte

01:15refused to apologize for his role in the bloodshed and taunted the ICC to start its investigation.

01:21I'm asking the ICC to hurry up, and if possible, they can come here and start the investigation

01:30tomorrow.

01:31Baka mamatay na ako, hindi na nila ako ma-investigate.

01:34Duterte unilaterally withdrew the Philippines as a member of the ICC in 2019, when it started

01:39a preliminary examination into the drug war killings.

01:44Former President Rodrigo Duterte loses his temper during the House of Representatives

01:48squad committee probe into the war on drugs.

01:51This after former Senator Sonny Trillanes revived allegations that suspicious funds

01:56were funneled into his family's bank accounts.

01:58Will the former president be okay that if we draft the waiver now, will you be fine

02:03with that, Mr. President?

02:06Trillanes was a resource person at the hearing.

02:11He presented bank documents allegedly belonging to the Duterte family, showing 2.4 billion

02:16pesos was supposedly deposited to Duterte's bank account from 2011 to 2015.

02:22In 2016, Trillanes dared Duterte to sign a bank secrecy waiver after alleging Duterte's

02:27campaign contributor deposited 120 million pesos to the Duterte family's bank accounts.

02:33The former president refused.

02:35Following the commotion, Duterte apologized for his behavior.

02:41Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto says he would always safeguard our sovereignty

02:45when asked about the South China Sea.

02:47Prabowo adds, we respect all powers, but tells reporters, partnerships are better than conflicts.

02:53Prabowo's comments come after the foreign ministry stressed that Indonesia does not

02:56recognize China's claims over the South China Sea, despite signing a maritime deal with

03:01Beijing last weekend.

03:03The deal indicated they had reached common understanding on joint development in areas

03:07of overlapping claims.

03:09That wording sparked concern in Indonesia, which could be interpreted as a change in

03:13Jakarta's stance as a non-claimant state.

03:16Beijing has long clashed with Southeast Asian nations over the South China Sea, which it

03:20claims almost in its entirety.

03:22Prabowo, on his first trip since taking office, met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing

03:28on the weekend and with U.S. President Joe Biden in Washington the day before.

03:34Hello Love Again, starring Alden Richards and Catherine Bernardo, breaks the record

03:38for the opening day box office for a local film.

03:41It earns Php 85 million on its November 13 debut.

03:52Its prequel, Hello Love Goodbye, held a previous record with Php 34 million on its opening

03:57day in 2019.

03:58It was also a box office record holder for a local film after it earned Php 880 million.

04:04The film was upended by Ding Dong Dantes and Marian Rivera's Rewind in 2024 with Php 889

04:11Hello Love Again is expected to have a long run in the cinemas.

04:16EJ Obiena and his team are launching a pole vault facility in Lawag, Ilocos Norte on November

04:2222, giving the grassroots a shot in the arm.

04:25This comes just two months after his camp donated three pole vault pits to different

04:29venues around the country.

04:31Obiena writes on social media,

04:33My dream is, the Philippines being a global force in pole vault doesn't end with me.

04:37It continues on for generations to follow.

04:40He is set to fly back to the Philippines to grace the ribbon-cutting ceremony of the facility

04:44and will hold a coaching seminar and a pole vault clinic.

04:48He adds the Lawag venue is just the first of many pole vault facilities he plans to

04:52build with his team.

04:53After cutting his season short due to a back injury, the Filipino pole vaulter hopes to

04:58redeem himself next year after he dropped fourth in the world rankings.

05:04And that's today's wrap.

05:05I'm Cara Oliver.

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