FACT CHECK: Contrary to claim, media reported on ex-president Duterte’s visit...
Claim: Mainstream media did not report former president Rodrigo Duterte’s October 29 visit to landslide victims in Talisay, Batangas. Rating: FALSE Why we fact-checked this: The claim can be found in...
View ArticleFACT CHECK: Personnel recruitment ads posted by unauthorized page – PH Coast...
Claim: The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and the Coast Guard Human Resource Management Command (CGHRMC) published several posts across multiple Facebook pages saying that they are hiring personnel....
View ArticleShould you stay up? A guide for Filipinos on 2024 US elections voting hours,...
MANILA, Philippines – The impact of the results of the tight presidential race between Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump will go far beyond the borders of the United...
View ArticleHow BDO is supporting infrastructure projects to fuel PH’s economic growth
BDO Unibank Inc. (BDO) continues to help drive economic progress through strategic investments in the development of critical infrastructure, particularly in mass transportation and energy sectors....
View ArticleInstant impact: Dwight Ramos returns from injury, helps Hokkaido sweep Kiefer...
MANILA, Philippines – Gilas Pilipinas star Dwight Ramos showed no signs of rust in his return to play as he helped the Levanga Hokkaido complete a weekend sweep of Kiefer Ravena and the Yokohama...
View ArticleEscudero wants BARMM elections deferred to 2026
MANILA, Philippines – Senate President Chiz Escudero on Monday, November 4, formalized his resolution seeking to postpone the 2025 parliamentary elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim...
View Article[DECODED] Corruption, inflation, education are top of mind for voters – Nerve...
(Editor’s note: This is the first of three stories on results from The Nerve’s survey exploring voter trends in the lead-up to the 2025 national and local elections.) MANILA, Philippines – Corruption,...
View Article[Rappler’s Best] It takes a woman
Lest we forget what happened a week ago today: Rodrigo Duterte, cocky and vile as ever, was needled to exasperation by the only senator who stared down the foul-mouthed ex-president who expressed zero...
View ArticleReality check? Marcos admits flood control infra ‘not enough’
Less than four months after President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. delivered his third State of the Nation Address where he reported more than 5,500 flood control projects constructed, the President now says...
View ArticleFACT CHECK: ‘BFP job application’ post contains fake links
Claim: The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) is hiring for 4,000 vacancies in the agency. The Facebook post provides three links where the public can allegedly send their job application and their...
View ArticleTIMELINE: Michael Yang and Lin Weixiong’s Philippine enterprise
MANILA, Philippines – Michael Yang is a Chinese businessman so influential he managed to become presidential economic adviser during the time of Rodrigo Duterte. Through him, or at least according to...
View ArticleAfter pandemic deals, Pharmally bosses buy P1-B Dubai properties
(Done in partnership with the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project) Michael Yang, the former presidential economic adviser of Rodrigo Duterte, co-owned a multi-million-dollar property in...
View ArticleIN PHOTOS: Harris, Trump final campaign stops in 2024 presidential race
MANILA, Philippines – Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump capped off what had been an exhilarating and dramatic campaign season with stops across battleground state...
View ArticleIN PHOTOS: Lady Gaga, Ricky Martin, Oprah, other celebrities show support at...
MANILA, Philippines – Vice President Kamala Harris and former US president Donald Trump are pulling out all the stops campaigning across Pennsylvania and other battleground states, ahead of the US...
View ArticleLIVE UPDATES: Kamala Harris vs Donald Trump — the 2024 US presidential elections
Millions of Americans are coming out to vote in person on November 5 (late November 5 to early November 6 in the Philippines) for their next president in what polls indicate to be another close US...
View Article‘Fabricated’ receipts in Sara Duterte’s confidential funds flagged
MANILA, Philippines – House lawmakers on Tuesday, November 5, flagged “fabricated” acknowledgment receipts (ARs) related to the use of confidential funds by Vice President Sara Duterte’s office,...
View ArticleRallying Lyceum, Arellano boost NCAA Final Four bid, oust San Sebastian, JRU
MANILA, Philippines – A huge rumble has ensued below the top two spots in the NCAA Season 100 men’s basketball tournament as Lyceum and Arellano continued to make great strides in their roads to the...
View ArticleGermany arrests 8 suspected members of right-wing group plotting revolt
BERLIN, Germany – German police have arrested eight suspected members of a right-wing militant group driven by racist ideology and conspiracy theories who had been training in warfare for the downfall...
View ArticleCorrections: November 2024
This is Rappler’s corrections page for November 2024. Please read the Editor’s Note in each of these reports: [In This Economy] Update on the Philippine economy Malacanang wants assets of 7 companies...
View ArticleLIVE UPDATES: Filing period for certificates of candidacy for BARMM positions
Mindanao is divided into six administrative regions, including the predominantly Muslim Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). The region has long struggled with underdevelopment,...
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