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FACT CHECK: Supreme Court did not file charges vs Marcos
Claim: The Supreme Court (SC) has filed charges against President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. Rating: FALSE Why we fact-checked this: The TikTok video bearing the claim was posted on November 20 by an...
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Is Coco Martin going to endorse the new Pinoy-made Toyota Tamaraw?
MANILA, Philippines – Will actor Coco Martin be the face of the Philippine-made Next Generation Toyota Tamaraw? Toyota Motors Philippines (TMP) teased the Next Gen Toyota Tamaraw endorser on its...
View Article[Walang Pasok] Class suspensions, Monday, December 2, 2024
MANILA, Philippines – Some areas suspended classes for Monday, December 2, due to the effects of rain from the shear line. This list will be updated once local or national authorities make...
View ArticleTitle over MVP: Escamis focused on helping Mapua end decades-long wait for...
MANILA, Philippines – School honor carries more weight than personal glory for Mapua ace Clint Escamis. Escamis said he doesn’t mind losing his bid for back-to-back MVP awards as he placed greater...
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[Only IN Hollywood] How a crucial Filipino role in ‘Conclave’ was switched to...
LOS ANGELES – How did a crucial Filipino character in Conclave, a thrilling fiction drama on the secret process to elect a new Pope and widely bruited as one of the best picture contenders in this...
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What’s your GOTY? ‘Final Fantasy VII Rebirth’ vs. ‘Metaphor ReFantazio’
MANILA, Philippines – In about two weeks, one of the top award-giving bodies in videogames, The Game Awards, hands out its trophies. And certainly, the Game of the Year (GOTY) prize is the most...
View ArticleCity of San Fernando in Pampanga shifts to sustainable parol this year
PAMPANGA, Philippines – ‘Tis that season again and the streets of the self-styled Christmas capital of the Philippines, the City of San Fernando in Pampanga, are again all aglow with yuletide...
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[Two Pronged] School counselor seeks advice on handling cases of self-harm
Rappler’s Life and Style section runs an advice column by couple Jeremy Baer and clinical psychologist Dr. Margarita Holmes. Jeremy has a master’s degree in law from Oxford University. A banker of 37...
View ArticleTop EU officials visit Ukraine in show of solidarity
KYIV, Ukraine – European Council President Antonio Costa and Kaja Kallas, the EU’s foreign policy chief, arrived in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on Sunday, December 1, using the first day in their new...
View Article[REFLECTION] An evangelical take: Gratitude is key to a meaningful Advent
We just celebrated Thanksgiving here in the States, when — on a Thursday to be exact — the “firehose of news across the country is getting turned off for a brief moment of calm,” as journalist Isaac...
View ArticleOVP travel expenses more than double in Sara Duterte’s first full year
MANILA, Philippines – The travel expenses of the Office of the Vice President (OVP) more than doubled to P42.58 million in 2023, the first full year of Sara Duterte in position. In 2022, the first...
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Not all displaced POGO workers seen to find desired work by Dec 31 – DOLE
MANILA, Philippines – Not all of the tens of thousands of displaced Philippine offshore gaming operator (POGO) and Internet Gaming Licensee (IGL) workers are seen to get the jobs they want after the...
View ArticleYnot, Benilde hope to limit Escamis, force sudden death vs Mapua
MANILA, Philippines – The St. Benilde Blazers had one key goal heading into the NCAA Season 100 men’s basketball finals against the Mapua Cardinals – limit Clint Escamis’ scoring production. However,...
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[Rappler’s Best] Impeaching Christmas
The cold Christmas breeze has set in, making our mornings more pleasant even as the feud between the Marcos and Duterte camps reaches a boiling point. If things turn out as planned, the first volley...
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Island-wide blackout hits Siargao in Surigao del Norte
The whole island of Siargao lost electricity at 4 am Monday, December 1, and residents and business owners in this tourism haven are worried the blackout could last more than a week. It was only on...
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[Ashoka] Environment and human rights defender Tony La Viña’s memoir is for...
This piece is published by Ashoka Philippines through Rappler’s Lighthouse. Last November 29, attendees filled the Leong Hall of Ateneo de Manila University to celebrate the launch of Attorney Antonio...
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View from Manila: The AFP declares war on… trolls
HONOLULU, USA — As tensions between the Marcos administration and its one-time member, Vice President Sara Duterte, heightened, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) was waging its own battle...
View ArticleBaltazar dominates as Pampanga crushes Quezon to open MPBL finals in Dubai
MANILA, Philippines – Justine Baltazar produced a near-triple-double effort as Pampanga coasted to an 88-71 win over Quezon in Game 1 of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League National Finals at...
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In fight vs illegal fishing, Canada’s air asset an ‘eye-opener’– BFAR official
MANILA, Philippines – The use of a Canadian air asset to find operators of illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing in Philippine waters sped up and expanded detection of violators for the...
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After the rescue comes the harder part of survival
Two groups of people ran to meet Elmer Balbero as he came out of the airport that day. One was a group of reporters. Another was his wife and two daughters he had not seen in seven years. The...
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