FULL LIST: Winners, Cinemalaya 2024
MANILA, Philippines – The Cinemalaya Film Festival concluded its 2024 edition with its annual awards night, Sunday, August 11. Tumandok, a docu-fiction film that tracks the life of “a 16-year-old...
View ArticleTicket prices: BINI’s ‘Grand BINIverse’ concert
MANILA, Philippines – Eyyyy! Are you ready Blooms? ABS-CBN’s Star Music released the ticket prices and selling dates for BINI’s highly anticipated Grand BINIverse concert on Sunday, August 11. BINI...
View Article[Two Pronged] We’re a lesbian couple planning to move in. How do we tell our...
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 ArticlePhilippines basks in all-time best Olympic performance
MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines marked 100 years of participation in the Summer Olympics with its all-time best campaign. Powered by gymnastics ace Carlos Yulo and boxing standouts Nesthy...
View ArticleUS survives French fright to win gold in Olympic women’s hoops thriller
PARIS, France –The United States won a 67-66 thriller over France in the women’s basketball final on Sunday, August 11, claiming a historic eighth consecutive Olympic crown while denying the host the...
View ArticleItaly crushes US to bag Olympic women’s volleyball gold
PARIS, France – Top-ranked Italy dominated the United States to win the Olympic women’s volleyball final on Sunday, August 11, crushing the defending champions in straight sets to claim their first...
View ArticleCarlos Yulo, Aira Villegas lead PH to Olympic finish line as Paris Games end
MANILA, Philippines – Gymnast Carlos Yulo and boxer Aira Villegas proudly carried the Philippine flag as the Paris Olympics came to a close at the Stade de France on Sunday, August 11 (Monday, August...
View ArticleTom Cruise leaps into action as Los Angeles takes on Olympic mission
PARIS, France – Hollywood’s top gun Tom Cruise rappelled from the roof of the Stade de France into the Paris Games closing ceremony on Sunday, August 11, before speeding off with the Olympic flag in a...
View Article[OPINION] How about we stop telling students they need to pass?
There has been a lot of discussion lately revolving around the grades that students receive in our schools. The questions being raised usually center around whether we have lowered the standards so...
View ArticleBritain’s Tom Daley announces retirement after Paris Olympics silver
Britain’s five-time Olympic diving medalist Tom Daley is retiring from the sport, he said on Monday, August 12, as he returned from the Paris Games where he won silver in the men’s synchronized...
View ArticleMarcos calls China’s actions ‘illegal and reckless’| The wRap
Here are today’s headlines – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world: Philippines says actions of China air force ‘illegal, reckless’ The Philippines criticizes China’s air force after...
View Article[Rappler’s Best] When a commission acts ‘like a bull’
You must have heard the best news that we’ve had in eight years: the Court of Appeals (CA) granting Rappler’s appeal to nullify an “illegal” shutdown order that the Securities and Exchange Commission...
View ArticleKamala Harris’ moments in the Philippines
Kamala Harris’ visit to the Philippines in November 2022 was memorable for a host of reasons. She visited Palawan, the province bordering the West Philippine Sea, becoming the highest-ranking US...
View ArticleFBI investigating after Trump campaign says it was hacked by Iran
WASHINGTON, USA – The US FBI said on Monday, August 12, it was investigating after Donald Trump’s presidential campaign said its internal communications were hacked and the campaign blamed the Iranian...
View ArticleEx-TRC deputy Dennis Cunanan guilty in pork scam
MANILA, Philippines – The Sandiganbayan found Dennis Cunanan, former deputy director general of the defunct Technology Resource Center (TRC) guilty of pork barrel scam-related charges on Thursday,...
View ArticleElon Musk interview of Trump starts after technical issues
WASHINGTON, USA – Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s interview with billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk finally got underway on Musk’s social media platform X on Monday evening, August...
View ArticleCOA upholds disallowance of ex-Nasugbu officials’ P1-M Canada trip expenses
MANILA, Philippines – The Commission on Audit (COA) has upheld its notice of notice of disallowance (ND) against the P1.11 million in expenses of former officials of Nasugbu, Batangas, for a week-long...
View ArticleFormer North Luzon Tollways workers lose P171-M claim vs PNCC
MANILA, Philippines – Former workers of the defunct North Luzon Tollways (NLTW) have lost their compensation claim against the Philippine National Construction Corporation totaling around P171...
View ArticleCarlos Yulo receives P20 million from Marcos’ office as all PH Olympians...
MANILA, Philippines – Gymnastics star Carlos Yulo received a cash windfall that the Philippines’ first Olympic double gold medalist deserves. Yulo, 24, got rewarded P20 million from the Office of the...
View Article[WATCH] Inside Track: Is PNP cleansing ranks of Duterte men?
When former president Rodrigo Duterte was in power, Police Colonel Lito Patay was once the “big man” of Metro Manila. In July 2016, Patay was assigned and took control of Police Station 6 in Quezon...
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