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Animal rescuers care for LA fire evacuees – dogs, donkeys, horses
CALIFORNIA, USA – The pitbull mix arrived at Pasadena Humane covered in ash, his paw pads ulcerated from walking on fire debris, his lungs choked with smoke. A good Samaritan found the dog lying in...
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FACT CHECK: PBA legend Jimmy Alapag is not head coach of Sacramento Kings
Claim: Jimmy Alapag, a former Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) player, is the head coach of the NBA team Sacramento Kings. Rating: FALSE Why we fact-checked this: The claim can be found in a...
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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...
View ArticleLassiter, Perez rain clutch threes, hand Magnolia 6th close loss of conference
MANILA, Philippines – For the sixth time in the 2025 PBA Commissioner’s Cup, Magnolia found itself at the losing end of a thriller as San Miguel eked out a late 85-78 escape at the Ynares Center in...
View ArticleBatangas governor laments national gov’t inaction in managing Taal protected...
BATANGAS, Philippines – It has been 5 years since the last eruption of Taal volcano that resulted in 39 deaths, affected thousands of residents and left billions worth of damages in the province of...
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Respect Iglesia ni Cristo protesters, Malacañang orders agencies
MANILA, Philippines – Malacañang ordered government agencies on Monday morning, January 13, to respect the right of Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) protesters to mount a peaceful assembly as they hold a...
View ArticleLos Angeles races to contain wildfires before severe winds return
LOS ANGELES, USA – Firefighters raced to contain the frontiers of two Los Angeles wildfires that burned for the sixth straight day on Sunday, January 12, taking advantage of a brief respite in...
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Chavit Singson withdraws from Senate race due to health reasons
MANILA, Philippines – Former Ilocos Sur governor Chavit Singson announced on Sunday, January 12, that he was withdrawing from the 2025 Senate race due to health reasons. Singson, hospitalized due to...
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[EDITORIAL] Saan pupunta ang basura kapag wala nang basurero? Sa feed mo
Ano ba ang fact-checkers? Sa totoo lang, basurero sila. Sabi ng Rappler tech writer na si Victor Barreiro Jr: “As a job, the act of fact-checking is wading through the muck of human reality to try...
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At 62, Demi Moore finally feels ‘liberated’ from her own self
LOS ANGELES, USA – Showered with praise for her performance in the body horror film The Substance, Demi Moore recalled how one comment struck her — and it neither came from the media nor the movie...
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Marcos ‘confident’ in US-Philippine-Japan ties as Biden bids goodbye to White...
MANILA, Philippines – Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said Monday, January 13, that he was “confident” that Washington, Tokyo, and Manila would “continue working together to enhance and...
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1.2M hectares of forest land up for private investment, reforestation in 2025...
MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine government is set to open 1.2 million hectares of forest land for private investment and reforestation, after the Department of Environment and Natural Resources...
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Before the PH, Alice Guo’s ‘big boss’ invested in Cyprus to get the shady...
Done in partnership with the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) Chinese national Huang Zhiyang, the alleged “big boss” behind Alice Guo who has been linked to two raided scam...
View ArticleDreadlocked Indian ascetics take holy dip in Hindu Kumbh festival
PRAYAGRAJ, India – Scores of naked Hindu ascetics smeared in holy ash charged into the water of holy rivers in northern India on Tuesday, dreadlocks flying, during the first ‘royal bath’ of the Maha...
View ArticleEx-TNT star Mikey Williams joins Cousins, Blatche, Kouame in stacked SGA for...
MANILA, Philippines – Former PBA Finals Most Valuable Player Mikey Williams returns to the country to reinforce a Strong Group Athletics (SGA) squad looking to win the 34th Dubai International...
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Cebu archdiocese taps governor in filing graft complaints vs National Museum...
CEBU CITY, Philippines – Cebu Archbishop Jose S. Palma issued Sunday, January 12, a special power of attorney (SPA) authorizing Governor Gwendolyn Garcia to represent the Archdiocese of Cebu in its...
View ArticleBalanced Spurs surge past Lakers with 24-point blowout in both teams’ return...
Devin Vassell, Stephon Castle and Victor Wembanyama each scored 23 points as the visiting San Antonio Spurs ended a three-game losing streak with a 126-102 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on...
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Sining Filipina 2025 art competition is now open for entries
Calling all Filipina artists! Sining Filipina, one of the Philippines’ first nationwide, all-women art competition, is back! Taking on the theme “Her Earth, Her Future,” the competition’s 2025 edition...
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