Warriors overcome Stephen Curry’s injury to beat Raptors
Draymond Green scored 21 points, Jimmy Butler III had a triple-double, and Golden State beat the Toronto Raptors, 117-114, on Thursday, March 20 (Friday, March 21, Manila time), in San Francisco...
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FACT CHECK: US gov’t sanctions on ICC not a response to Duterte arrest
Claim: US President Donald Trump imposed sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC) in response to the arrest of former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte. Rating: FALSE Why we fact-checked...
View ArticleKirsty Coventry becomes 1st woman and 1st African to lead International...
PYLOS, Greece – Kirsty Coventry smashed through the International Olympic Committee’s glass ceiling on Thursday, March 20 (Friday, March 21, Manila time), to become the organization’s first female and...
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Bato in The Hague? If ICC issues new arrest warrant, how long will it take?
Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa is scrambling for assurances of protection as he desperately seeks to shield himself from the long reach of the International Criminal Court (ICC). The former national...
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Marcos’ comms chief: Gov’t must not lose West PH Sea, ‘like what happened in...
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s new communications secretary delivered an impassioned speech about the need to fight for the country’s sovereign rights over the West Philippine Sea, but in the...
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Bookstore removes money envelopes from ‘election materials’ promo
Bad news for vote buyers looking to source materials for their campaigns — you’ll have to look a little harder inside a certain major bookstore for money envelopes you might need, since they’re no...
View ArticleFilm ‘Coco 2’ in development at Disney and Pixar studios
LOS ANGELES, USA – Animation studios Disney and Pixar are developing the film Coco 2, which is slated to release in 2029, Disney’s CEO Bob Iger announced during the company’s annual shareholder...
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Blast intensifies fire at Russian oil depot struck by Ukraine
MOSCOW, Russia – An explosion rocked an oil depot in Russia’s Krasnodar region where firefighters are trying to extinguish a blaze that broke out after a Ukrainian drone attack earlier this week,...
View Article[DASH of SAS] The mothers left to grieve by Duterte’s drug war
Sarah Celiz was hunched over, scrubbing clothes clean when her granddaughter, Shane, came rushing to her, tears in her eyes.“Mama, mama! Inaresto na si Duterte!” said Almarie. (Mama, Duterte has been...
View ArticleHarry Roque’s asylum claim stands on shaky ground
On March 17, 2025, former presidential spokesperson Harry Roque declared that he was in the process of claiming asylum in the Netherlands. He expressed confidence that he would be able to prove that...
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Terror’s ghost: ‘El Mahusay’ stages horrors of Duterte’s war on drugs
ALBAY, Philippines – From jubilant games to brutal reality, El Mahusay, a Bicol adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus, shattered into a harrowing portrayal of the Philippines’...
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Where light meets glass: Ramon Orlina’s ethereal sculptures illuminate Tagaytay
MANILA, Philippines — The decision to bring Ramon Orlina’s glass sculptures to Anya Resort Tagaytay wasn’t just spontaneous — it was almost too easy. For the Father of Philippine Glass Sculpture, the...
View Article[OPINION] A Church co-opted: Duterte and the Davao archbishop
The archbishop of Davao, Romulo Valles, recently released a pastoral letter regarding the arrest and transport of former president Rodrigo Duterte to The Hague. While it is the prerogative of Valles...
View ArticleKevin Durant drops 42 points as Suns take down Cavaliers
Kevin Durant scored 42 points, including a clutch three-pointer that helped snuff out a late Cleveland rally, as the host Phoenix Suns scored their third straight win with a 123-112 defeat of the...
View ArticleWATCH: Can Alyansa bets genuinely push for land use bill with Villar on slate?
MANILA, Philippines – The senatorial bets of Alyansa para sa Bagong Pilipinas have promised to support the land use bill if they get elected to the upper chamber, but how can they ensure that it’s not...
View ArticleCone in awe of ‘warrior’ Brownlee for fighting through injury
MANILA, Philippines – At this point of his PBA career, Barangay Ginebra import Justin Brownlee still does things that amaze head coach Tim Cone. Cone marveled at Brownlee’s doggedness for fighting...
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Forest frontline: The Kabulnan Watershed
The heat generated by the urban jungle — a forest of concrete buildings filled with the cacophony of churning machines and shrouded in a haze of pollutants — can make us forget the sounds, scents, and...
View ArticleIsrael strikes Lebanon in response to cross-border rocket fire
Israeli artillery and airstrikes hit south Lebanon on Saturday, March 22, after Israel said it had intercepted rockets fired from across the border, a clash endangering a shaky truce that ended a...
View ArticleHamas says Israeli airstrike killed its political leader in southern Gaza
CAIRO, Egypt – An Israeli airstrike in southern Gaza’s Khan Younis killed Hamas political leader Salah al-Bardaweel on Sunday, March 23, Hamas officials said, as residents reported an escalation in...
View Article[NEIGHBORS] Pangasinan radio is thriving, and it’s making me sentimental
“Neighbors” is Rappler People section’s space for community and human interest stories told in a personal way. Being a ’90s kid, I would recall taking jeepney or bus rides to another town, and...
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