All-women contest shapes up for General Santos mayoralty
GENERAL SANTOS, Philippines – General Santos City will see an all-women, three-cornered contest in next year’s elections, featuring a political veteran, a reelectionist, and a political neophyte vying...
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Pasay scam hub ‘fooled Pagcor,’ has links to ‘powerful Filipinos’– PAOCC
MANILA, Philippines – The love scam hub near the World Trade Center recently busted in Pasay City lied to the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (Pagcor), and was possibly helped by “powerful...
View Article[Rappler’s Best] An anarchy of families
First, a moment of remembrance. It’s been a year since Hamas raided Israel, killing more than a thousand people and taking around 240 hostages. The retaliation from Israel has been savage and...
View ArticleSouthwest monsoon season over for 2024, says PAGASA
MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines’ southwest monsoon or habagat season is over, the weather bureau announced on Monday, October 7. “Recent analyses showed a significant weakening of the southwest...
View ArticleBusinesswoman Rose Nono Lin linked to Pharmally runs for QC representative
MANILA, Philippines – Businesswoman Rose Nono Lin, who is linked to the controversy over the shady pandemic contractor Pharmally, filed her certificate of candidacy (COC) for Quezon City 5th District...
View ArticlePhilippines launches naval drills with allies as regional tensions simmer
SUBIC, Philippines – The armed forces of the Philippines, the United States and four other countries began joint naval exercises off the coast of the Philippines’ northern Luzon island facing Taiwan...
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FACT CHECK: Video of Israel ‘attack’ on Iran is just game simulation
Claim: Fifteen Israeli A-10 jets have dropped bombs on Iran in retaliation for the latter’s missile attacks on October 1, 2024. Rating: FALSE Why we fact-checked this: The Facebook reel containing the...
View ArticleJonvic Remulla, Athena Tolentino drop reelection bids as Cavite gov, VG
CAVITE, Philippines – Cavite Governor Juanito Victor “Jonvic” Remulla Jr. and Vice Governor Athena Tolentino are dropping their reelection bids, widely believed to be a preparation for Remulla’s...
View ArticleCase of 2 Filipino caregivers who abandoned work in Korea dubbed ‘isolated’
MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines and South Korea have called “isolated” an incident involving two Filipino caregivers who reportedly ran away from their work and were arrested in Busan, the...
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Mainstreaming Internet Governance in the Asia-Pacific Region: Where Does...
Last August, I had the privilege of attending two significant events in Taiwan: the Asia Pacific School of Internet Governance (APSIG) 2024 at the National Taiwan University, and the Asia Pacific...
View Article2024 Nobel Prize in Physics goes to machine learning pioneers
STOCKHOLM, Sweden – US scientist John Hopfield and British-Canadian Geoffrey Hinton won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics for discoveries and inventions that laid the foundation for machine learning,...
View ArticleWillie Revillame runs for senator
MANILA, Philippines – Popular variety show host Willie Revillame has been a perennial inclusion in pre-election surveys on possible senatorial bets, but it still came as a surprise when he finally...
View ArticleView from Manila: Hwanyeonghamnida to the Philippines’ newest strategic partner
MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines kicked off what will be a jam-packed week in diplomacy and defense with a new partner in the middle of an “increasingly complex geopolitical and economic...
View ArticleCardiac champs: San Beda edges misfiring Mapua in thriller OT finals rematch,...
MANILA, Philippines – Championship-caliber composure always sets apart those who are ready to contend and those who are not. San Beda proved just that to Mapua in their first encounter since the NCAA...
View ArticleWATCH: ‘Some women sense a call to priesthood,’ says delegate at Vatican summit
MANILA, Philippines – The ordination of women in the Catholic Church remained a hot topic at a historic Vatican summit, even if Pope Francis had assigned a study group to separately examine the issue....
View ArticleGame schedule, results, standings: NCAA Season 100 men’s basketball tournament
MANILA, Philippines – Philippine collegiate sports enters a year of celebration in 2024 as the NCAA, the “Grand Old League,” reaches its 100th season. The NCAA promises an action-packed calendar...
View ArticleUP’s Francis Lopez on controversial La Salle issue: Archers ‘made it personal’
MANILA, Philippines – Social media is rife with online detectives in the last two days as the UP-La Salle coaches’ commotion that marred their UAAP finals rematch continues to pervade headlines...
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Police get backlash for enlisting ‘dead’ textbook scam suspect in Alice Guo...
MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine police’s intelligence group got backlash at the Senate on Tuesday, October 8, for enlisting as an asset a woman named “Jessica Francisco” to intercede in the...
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Thousands watch Singapore’s last horse race, after 181 years
SINGAPORE – After more than a 180-year history, horse racing in Singapore has come to an end. The city-state’s Singapore Turf Club held its final horse race in front of a 10,000-strong crowd on...
View Article[WATCH] Rappler Live Jam: Cast of ‘Bar Boys: A New Musical’
MANILA, Philippines – Lawyers and law students, this one’s for you! The cast of Bar Boys: A New Musical is heading to Rappler Live Jam on Wednesday, October 9. Based on the 2017 film by Kip Oebanda,...
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