News: Kerwin Espinosa willing to testify before ICC

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Kerwin Espinosa willing to testify before ICC

October 7, 2024

PETS AND PLANTS Churchgoers at Malate Church line up on Sunday to have their pets and plants blessed as they commemorate last Friday's Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, patron saint of animals and the environment. - RICHARD A. REYES

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NEWS

Kerwin Espinosa willing to testify before ICC

Confessed drug lord Rolan "Kerwin" Espinosa can be a material witness in the investigation by the International Criminal Court (ICC) into the drug war of the previous administration if he can directly link former President Rodrigo Duterte and the Philippine National Police, especially its former chief and now Sen. Ronald dela Rosa, to the extrajudicial killings (EJKs) during that time.

By Dempsey Reyes, Joey A. Gabieta, Germelina Lacorte and Jeannette I. Andrade

NEWS

A look into Metro's disrupted flood control program

The Metro Manila Flood Management Master Plan of 2012 remains far from complete more than a decade later in just the first of its three-part program. The project team cites underfunding and procurement complications as among the reasons hindering flood control. Meanwhile, the operation of existing pumping stations is hampered by the onslaught of trash and the need for rehabilitation.

By Krixia Subingsubing

REGIONS

Cordillera youths denounce wars through forebears' dances

BAGUIO CITY—Amid the current global turmoil, Cordillera youths who reside in this city performed their forebears' community dances to denounce wars during the 12th staging of the annual Gong Festival at Burnham Park on Sunday.

By Vincent Cabreza

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OPINION

How emotions shape votes

What is important to remember is that politicians are not driven by the same emotional impulses that define voters. During elections, they are strategically and singularly focused on one thing: Winning. And to win, many candidates will not hesitate to do whatever it takes, including exploiting the emotions that drive us.

By Eleanor Pinugu

INQUIRER PLUS-EXCLUSIVE

Hamas attack aftermath: Gazans wonder how to deal with rubble

KHAN YOUNIS, GAZA—In the ruins of his two-story home, 11-year-old Mohammed gathers chunks of the fallen roof into a broken pail and pounds them into gravel which his father will use to make gravestones for victims of the Gaza war.

By Reuters

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