Best yet: Jalen Green, rolling Rockets pick up 6th win in 7 games
Jalen Green scored a season-high 37 points as the Houston Rockets rolled to a 135-119 victory over the visiting Washington Wizards on Thursday, March 14 (Friday, March 15, Manila time) for their sixth...
View Article[WATCH] Dahas Project, the team that continues to count drug war victims
MANILA, Philippines – Former president Rodrigo Duterte left an indelible mark in the country’s human rights history for the wrong reasons. Under his war on drugs led by the Philippine National Police,...
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Jade Castro on warrantless arrest: ‘It’s been happening, it will happen again’
As an acclaimed film director, Jade Castro is familiar with bizarre things that usually happen in a movie plot. Little did he know that his life would be as shocking as some of the films he had...
View ArticleHamas issues ceasefire proposal detailing exchange of hostages, prisoners
DUBAI, UAE – Hamas has presented a Gaza ceasefire proposal to mediators and the US which includes the release of Israeli hostages in exchange for freedom for Palestinian prisoners, 100 of whom are...
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Bohol provincial gov’t looking into 2 other tourist attractions built on...
BOHOL, Philippines – After the closure of Captain’s Peak Resort, the provincial government of Bohol said it would also look into other questionable structures built on Chocolate Hills, starting with...
View ArticleMaria Ressa receives UMD’s inaugural Maria Ressa Prize for Courage in Journalism
MANILA, Philippines – Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Rappler CEO Maria Ressa recounted her experiences with journalism and the courage required by the profession, highlighting the importance of...
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UP alliance stands against ‘DiliMall’ shopping center, university...
MANILA, Philippines – Six years after the University of the Philippines (UP) Shopping Center in the Diliman campus burned down, various sectors of the UP community launched an alliance against what it...
View Article‘Squid Game’ actor O Yeong-su gets suspended sentence in sexual harassment case
SEOUL, South Korea – South Korean actor O Yeong-su, who starred in the first season of the hit Netflix series Squid Game, was convicted on Friday on charges of sexual harassment and handed a suspended...
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Hontiveros rejects Quiboloy’s reasons, pushes for arrest order
CAGAYAN DE ORO, Philippines – Senator Risa Hontiveros pushed for a Senate order to arrest embattled Davao-based preacher Apollo Quiboloy as he continued to reject a Senate panel’s summons to answer...
View ArticleLakers host Warriors as both cling to play-in status
The Golden State Warriors and Los Angeles Lakers will meet Saturday, March 16 (Sunday, March 17, Manila time) in Los Angeles with both looking to further secure their status as top 10 teams in the...
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Menu, prices: Malaysia’s Secret Recipe is back, opens new branch in Makati City
MANILA, Philippines – Seeing Secret Recipe in Manila a decade ago wasn’t a fever dream of yours – the famous Malaysian cake shop and restaurant was here sometime ago but closed. It has since reopened...
View ArticleMarcos eyes stronger PH-US-Japan ties as Beijing decries Manila’s ‘provocations’
MANILA, Philippines – President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. hopes to “strengthen the cooperation” between the Philippines, United States, and Japan as China amps up its rhetoric against Manila over the South...
View Article[WATCH] A tour of Sagbayan Peak amid Chocolate Hills resort controversy
BOHOL, Philippines – Rappler Visayas reporter John Sitchon takes a quick tour of Sagbayan Peak in Sagbayan town, Bohol – a tourist attraction only 10 minutes away from the controversial Captain’s Peak...
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The Green Report: Biking 120 kilometers to tell a story
MANILA, Philippines – Filipinos living in Metro Manila have had to grapple with harrowing commute experiences for years, no thanks to car-centric policies and the lack of an efficient public...
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Berry spectacular! La Trinidad’s float parade shines at 42nd Strawberry Festival
BAGUIO, Philippines – The streets of La Trinidad in Benguet turned into a berry-themed runway, where strawberries weren’t just picked – they paraded. The valley’s 42nd Strawberry Festival is in full...
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Ex-BuCor official, suspect in Percy Lapid killing, dies
BAGUIO CITY, Philippines – A former Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) official tagged in the assassination of broadcaster Percival “Percy Lapid” Mabasa had died, local police confirmed. Former BuCor...
View Article‘Pinoy Aquaman’ sets eyes on Capiz open water swim record
CAGAYAN DE ORO, Philippines – Endurance swimmer Ingemar Macarine, dubbed as the “Pinoy Aquaman,” will attempt to set a record as the first to swim unassisted in open water from Olotayan Island to...
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At least 2,000 residents in Angeles City flee after violent demolition
ANGELES, Philippines – At least 2,000 residents of Sitio Balubad in this city were forced to flee in the last four days following the violent demolition last March 12 at the 73-hectare disputed land...
View ArticleKurt Barbosa, Filipino jins fall short of Olympic berths in Asian taekwondo...
MANILA, Philippines – Tokyo Olympian Kurt Barbosa and three other Filipino taekwondo jins fell short of prized Paris Games berths in the World Taekwondo Asian Qualification Tournament in Tai’an,...
View ArticleIvorian Olympian Maxine Esteban ‘praying’ PH fencers make it to Paris
MANILA, Philippines – Maxine Esteban made history as the first homegrown Filipino female fencer to clinch an Olympic berth. But this time, the glory of reaching the world’s biggest sporting stage...
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