MMA ace Charlie Ratcliff earns second PH gold in Asian Youth Games
SAKHIR, Bahrain – Mixed martial arts ace Charlie Ratcliff needed just a little over a minute to win the Philippines’ second gold medal in the Asian Youth Games. The 16-year-old from Negros Occidental...
View ArticleLa Salle stifles UST for 2nd seed share; Adamson keeps UE winless
MANILA, Philippines – La Salle fended off a late UST surge to zoom to its third straight win, 86-77, and grab a share of the second seed to open its UAAP Season 88 men’s basketball second-round run on...
View ArticleLouvre transfers jewels to Bank of France after heist – report
PARIS, France – The Louvre has transferred some of its most precious jewels to the Bank of France, according to French radio RTL, after an audacious daylight heist last week exposed the famed museum’s...
View ArticleExplaining Joel Villanueva’s Ombudsman dismissal
MANILA, Philippines – Former ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales, in 2016, ordered the dismissal of Senator Joel Villanueva over the pork barrel case. Why was Villanueva spared from the dismissal? Can...
View ArticleLIVE UPDATES: Marcos in Malaysia for ASEAN Summit, chairmanship turnover
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. flies to Kuala Lumpur to attend the 47th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit and Related Summits from Sunday, October 26, to Tuesday, October 28. In...
View ArticleWesley So lands 2nd, bags P2.5 million in US Chess Championship
MANILA, Philippines – Super Grandmaster Wesley So settled for second place behind Fabiano Caruana in the 2025 US Chess Championship on Friday, October 24 (Saturday, October 25, Philippine time), but...
View ArticleChris Brown in court for latest hearing over assault charge
LONDON, United Kingdom – US singer Chris Brown made a surprise appearance in a London court on Friday for a hearing ahead of his trial next year on charges of attacking a music producer in a London...
View ArticleUS, China seek to avoid trade war escalation, salvage Trump-Xi meeting in...
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – Top economic officials from the US and China ended their first day of talks in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday, October 25, with a Treasury spokesperson describing them as “very...
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Ombudsman Remulla to reinvestigate drug war deaths under Duterte
MANILA, Philippines – Newly installed Ombudsman Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla said his office will launch a reinvestigation into the war on drugs cases under International Criminal Court (ICC)...
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Filipino designers reinvent runway with food, fashion
MANILA, Philippines – Striking, bold, luxurious. Three Filipino designers turned chocolate into couture at the recent Philippine Fashion Week x Toblerone runway show at the Ayala Museum. The show,...
View ArticleIn the Public Square: Plunder vs Duterte, Bong Go — go or no go?
Former senator Antonio “Sonny” Trillanes IV on Tuesday, October 21, refiled a plunder complaint against ex-president Rodrigo Duterte, incumbent senator Bong Go, and several others. The first time he...
View ArticleFilipino poomsae pair conquers self-doubt en route to Asian Youth Games medals
SAKHIR, Bahrain – Taekwondo jins Kristen Aguila and Aeden Cereño both overcame self-doubt as they aided the Philippines’ cause in the Asian Youth Games with a pair of poomsae medals. Aguila clinched...
View ArticleRappler Recap: Enrile cleared in all pork barrel cases
MANILA, Philippines – Former senator Juan Ponce Enrile, now the chief presidential legal counsel of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., has been acquitted in all of his pork barrel cases. The...
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Dinner and darts: PH’s first Dave & Buster’s brings ‘eatertainment’ to...
MANILA, Philippines – Filipino families have always gravitated toward shared spaces — from weekend mall trips to long meals and hours of conversation in their favorite restaurant. These habits are...
View ArticleWorld View with Marites Vitug: DFA chief Lazaro on navigating ASEAN leadership
Bookmark this page to catch the discussion on Friday, October 24, at 6 pm MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines is set to assume the chairmanship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)...
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[OPINION] A republic made for the United Nations
The Philippines had yet to regain full independence in 1945, but our diplomats were already helping shape the new world order that year. In San Francisco, where the Charter of the United Nations was...
View ArticleCarlos Yulo bags floor exercise bronze as Jake Jarman rules world championships
Carlos Yulo returned to his medal ways in the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships as he snagged bronze in the men’s floor exercise on Friday, October 24, in Jakarta, Indonesia. Yulo, an Olympic...
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What’s Torre doing in a Liberal Party event?
Is the cop behind the high-profile arrests of an infamous doomsday preacher and a former Philippine president gunning for a 2028 run? It’s a question that hangs in the air as former Philippine...
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Smart welcomes newest iPhone with its biggest nationwide midnight launch
Editor’s note: This press release is sponsored by Smart Communications, Inc. and was handled by BrandRap, the sales and marketing arm of Rappler. No member of the news and editorial team participated...
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[Pitik Bulag] Editorial Cartoons of the Week (October 18 to 24)
Cartoonist Zach, October 20, 2025 Isang Tasang Kape, October 22, 2025 From Our Archives [Pitik Bulag] Editorial Cartoons of the Week (October 11 to 17) Christean Dave Dela Peña, October 11, 2025...
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