Trump spared jail at hush money sentencing, days before inauguration
NEW YORK, USA – United States President-elect Donald Trump will not go to jail or pay a fine over his criminal conviction stemming from hush money paid to a porn star, a judge ruled on Friday, January...
View ArticleLakers coach JJ Redick in shock after losing home to LA wildfires
LOS ANGELES, USA – Lakers head coach JJ Redick got emotional on Friday, January 10, while describing losing his family’s home in the Pacific Palisades to a ferocious wildfire that turned much of the...
View ArticleTraveling in 2025? Here’s how to become a ‘regenerative’ tourist
At the start of a new year, many of us contemplate resolutions aimed at self-improvement and a better lifestyle. It is also a time when many of us start thinking about holidays. But have you...
View ArticleTaduran’s stoppage of Shigeoka nominated for Upset of the Year
MANILA, Philippines – Pedro Taduran’s sensational stoppage of hometown icon Ginjiro Shigeoka on July 28 in Otsu, Japan, has been nominated for The Ring Magazine’s Upset of the Year and Comeback of the...
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Station Zero is Boracay’s more private and quiet side, where paradise feels...
MANILA, Philippines – While most Boracay tourists flock to the bustling shores of Stations 1 to 3, there’s a quieter, more secluded, and lesser-known enclave of the island that feels like a hidden...
View ArticleEumir Marcial alleges longstanding marital problems as wife goes for legal...
MANILA, Philippines – Filipino Olympic medalist boxer Eumir Marcial found himself on the ropes on Saturday, January 11, as news exploded about his alleged infidelity to his wife Princess the day...
View ArticlePhilippine volleyball picks up lessons from FIBA World Cup hosting
MANILA, Philippines — Two years after the successful hosting of the FIBA Basketball World Cup, the country will once again serve as home of another major sporting event — the FIVB Volleyball Men’s...
View ArticleZuckerberg vilifies fact-checkers at cost of democracy — Philippine...
MANILA, Philippines – Imagine a world without fact-checkers. Philippine fact-checking coalition #FactsFirstPH believes this kind of world has moved closer to becoming a reality with the decision of...
View ArticleLos Angeles wildfires spark insurance anxiety among victims
CALIFORNIA, USA – As Los Angeles construction worker Ivan De La Torre surveyed a landscape of smoking wreckage in fire-ravaged Altadena, a question nagged at him: how would insurance companies cover...
View ArticleThrillers galore: TNT, Phoenix earn 2-point squeakers over Converge, Rain or...
MANILA, Philippines – It was a night of great basketball at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium as TNT and Phoenix forged a pair of single-digit escapes against their respective foes Converge and Rain or Shine...
View ArticlePhilippines heightens security as election period for 2025 midterms begins
MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines entered a five-month-long election period on Sunday midnight, January 12, for the 2025 midterms vote on May 12, signaling the start of additional security...
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US gov’t report finds even 1 drink a day elevates cancer risk. Here’s an...
Many people use the new year to reflect on their relationship with alcohol. Just-released government guidelines are giving Americans another reason to consider a “dry January.” Over the past few...
View Article[HOMESTRETCH] New year knockout: Creative and combat arts in Baguio City
BAGUIO CITY, Philippines – In Baguio City, it is said that to be a warrior is to be an artist, and to be an artist is to be a warrior. It’s no secret that Baguio City is a sprawling space for artists...
View ArticleWin some, lose some: Quiambao injures ankle while Cagulangan impresses in KBL...
MANILA, Philippines – UAAP champion stars Kevin Quiambao and JD Cagulangan found themselves in contrasting places in their much-anticipated debuts in the Korean Basketball League (KBL). For Quiambao,...
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[Two Pronged] Big difference in sex drives, fantasies about other women
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 ArticleJamie Malonzo takes flight in Ginebra rout of Blackwater after 9-month layoff
MANILA, Philippines – After being grounded for nearly a year, Jamie Malonzo finally soars again for Barangay Ginebra in the 2025 PBA Commissioner’s Cup. Nine months removed from a tricky calf injury,...
View ArticleCOA to Baguio City: Explain P4.429 billion in time deposits
MANILA, Philippines – The Commission on Audit (COA) is asking the local government of Baguio City to explain the existence of time deposits and high yield savings accounts (HYSA) containing a total of...
View ArticleFilipinas reinforcements provide instant impact as PH thwarts Kuwait in AFC...
MANILA, Philippines – Katrina Guillou and Bella Flanigan delivered immediate boosts as the Philippines made quick work of Kuwait, 4-1, to kickstart the AFC Women’s Futsal Asian Cup qualifiers at the...
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5 rising OPM acts to look out for this 2025
MANILA, Philippines – Even as the local music scene continues to go through rapid changes, there’s one thing that we always seem to get more of every year: the emergence of promising new talent....
View Article[The Wide Shot] Making sense of Iglesia ni Cristo’s rally for peace
The nationwide Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) peace rally on Monday, January 13, brings me back to my first month as a Rappler reporter nearly 13 years ago. On February 28, 2012, I was assigned to cover the...
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