How Malabon waste workers keep afloat the sinking city
MANILA, Philippines – As mountains of garbage aggravate the dreary waterworld that is flood-prone Malabon, waste workers strive to retrieve the sinking city from surging floods and create more...
View ArticleKelly Williams poignant about sons missing latest PBA title run with TNT
MANILA, Philippines – Most of the TNT Tropang Giga players celebrated their title romp in the PBA Governors’ Cup with their loved ones. Veteran guard Jayson Castro received his Finals MVP trophy — the...
View ArticleSearch continues for missing Kristine flood victim in Naga City
NAGA CITY, Camarines Sur – More than two weeks have already passed since Severe Tropical Storm Kristine left the Bicol region, but for Leslie Ann Realizan-Poyaoan, the storm’s impact still lingers....
View ArticleUN: Climate finance is not charity
MANILA, Philippines – The United Nations’ climate chief opened the 29th Conference of Parties (COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan with an impassioned plea to dispel the notion that climate finance is charity....
View ArticleVatican unveils AI services for St. Peter’s Basilica ahead of Jubilee
VATICAN CITY – The Vatican launched on Monday, November 11, new artificial intelligence-enabled services for St Peter’s Basilica, allowing virtual access to its Renaissance-era architectural treasures...
View ArticleTrump taps Stefanik to be UN Ambassador
WASHINGTON, USA – Donald Trump has chosen Republican Representative Elise Stefanik to serve as US ambassador to the United Nations, the president-elect said in a statement shared with Reuters on...
View ArticleSingapore charges man with stabbing priest during Mass
SINGAPORE – A Singaporean man was charged on Monday, November 11, with stabbing a Catholic priest celebrating a weekend Mass, court papers showed, but authorities said there was no evidence the attack...
View ArticleTrump picks former ICE director Tom Homan as US ‘border czar’
WASHINGTON, USA – Tom Homan, US president-elect Donald Trump’s incoming “border czar,” said on Monday, November 11, he would prioritize deporting immigrants in the United States illegally who posed...
View Article[Walang Pasok] Class suspensions, Wednesday, November 13, 2024
MANILA, Philippines – Some areas suspended classes for Wednesday, November 13, due to the approaching Severe Tropical Storm Ofel (Usagi) and the effects of Nika (Toraji), which pummeled Northern Luzon...
View ArticleTRANSCRIPT: Miss International 2024 Top 8 Q&A segment
MANILA, Philippines – The top 8 candidates of Miss International 2024 went head to head at the final question-and-answer round during the pageant’s coronation night on Tuesday, November 12, at the...
View ArticleLIVE UPDATES: Miss International 2024
The Philippines’ Angelica Lopez competes in the Miss International 2024 pageant on Tuesday, November 12, with the contest’s coronation night to stream online at 5 pm, Philippine time. The contest will...
View ArticleCOP29: UN Climate Change Conference agenda, latest news
Rappler is covering the United Nations Climate Change Conference or COP29 happening in Baku, Azerbaijan, from November 11 to 22, 2024. Azerbaijan is set to oversee the annual negotiations among nearly...
View ArticleEx-drug war cop Garma arrested in the U.S. | The wRap
Here are today’s headlines – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world: Ex-cop Royina Garma, who confirmed Duterte’s death squad, arrested in US Retired police colonel Royina Garma –...
View ArticleVintage Ara Galang lifts Chery past Leila Cruz, Capital1; Davison returns as...
MANILA, Philippines – Ara Galang turned back the clock in her first appearance for the 2024-2025 PVL All-Filipino Conference as the severely shorthanded Chery Tiggo Crossovers denied a five-set upset...
View ArticleJM Bravo returns as Lyceum overcomes EAC in NCAA Final Four chase; Perpetual...
MANILA, Philippines – Fueled by the return of their swingman JM Bravo, the Lyceum Pirates turned back the EAC Generals, 74-65, to secure at least a playoff for the last Final Four spot in the NCAA...
View Article1 dead, 2 missing as Cagayan struggles with flooding due to Nika
PAMPANGA, Philippines – One person has died, and two others remain missing in Cagayan in the aftermath of Severe Tropical Storm Nika, Governor Manuel Mamba confirmed on Tuesday, November 12. The two...
View ArticleTrump’s day 1: Deportations, border wall, scrapping Biden humanitarian programs
WASHINGTON, USA – Donald Trump is expected to take a slew of executive actions on his first day as president to ramp up immigration enforcement and roll back signature Biden legal entry programs, a...
View ArticleAlso-ran Arellano crushes Letran’s Final Four hopes; CSB, Mapua stay tied on top
MANILA, Philippines – The Letran Knights saw their Final Four hopes in the NCAA Season 100 men’s basketball tournament come to a heartbreaking end after falling to the also-ran Arellano Chiefs in a...
View ArticleCagayan, Isabela to see torrential rain as Typhoon Ofel strengthens
MANILA, Philippines – Typhoon Ofel (Usagi) intensified over the Philippine Sea early Wednesday evening, November 13, with its maximum sustained winds increasing from 120 kilometers per hour to 130...
View ArticleDisruptor role: Eliminated Ateneo escapes UE, steepens Warriors’ rocky Final...
MANILA, Philippines – With nothing to play for but pride, the also-ran Ateneo Blue Eagles further complicated UE’s UAAP Season 87 men’s basketball Final Four search after forging a 71-67 escape of the...
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