COP29: 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 ArticleTyphoon Nika: Track, wind signals, rainfall warnings, latest news
Typhoon Nika (Toraji), the Philippines’ 14th tropical cyclone for 2024, is bringing fierce winds and moderate to torrential rain to parts of Luzon. Nika made landfall in Aurora on Monday morning,...
View ArticleTwo days before first suspension anniversary, UE’s Precious Momowei gets new...
MANILA, Philippines – UE star center Precious Momowei just can’t catch a break. Two years to the day of his first controversial suspension that disqualified him from UAAP men’s basketball awards, the...
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New Zealand offers national apology to people abused in care
New Zealand offered a historic national apology on Tuesday, November 12, to victims and families of hundreds of thousands of young people and vulnerable adults who were subjected to physical and...
View ArticlePhilippines says it’s under pressure from China to cede claims in South China...
CANBERRA, Australia – China is putting ever-greater pressure on the Philippines to cede its sovereign rights in the South China Sea, Secretary of National Defense Gilberto Teodoro said on Tuesday,...
View ArticleCagayan de Oro air base remains under AFP control despite being an EDCA site
CAGAYAN DE ORO, Philippines – Despite its designation as one of the sites covered by the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) between the Philippines and the United States, Cagayan de Oro’s...
View ArticleVictor Wembanyama drops 34-14 double-double, 6 threes in Spurs’ rout of Kings
Victor Wembanyama amassed 34 points and 14 rebounds to lead the San Antonio Spurs to a 116-96 win on Monday night (Tuesday, November 12, Manila time) over the visiting Sacramento Kings. Sacramento was...
View ArticleEx-cop Royina Garma, who confirmed Duterte’s death squad, arrested in US
MANILA, Philippines – Retired police colonel Royina Garma, the whistleblower of the House Quad Committee who accused former president Rodrigo Duterte of implementing a reward system for drug war...
View ArticleHouse cancels November 13 quad comm hearing, but Duterte vows to show up in...
MANILA, Philippines – The House committee probing drug war killings that took place during the administration of Rodrigo Duterte canceled its 11th day of inquiry scheduled Wednesday, November 13, as...
View Article[WATCH] Inside Track: Pharmally executives bought P1-B properties in Dubai
While Filipinos were suffering during the COVID-19 pandemic, two Chinese businessmen with ties to Pharmally Pharmaceutical, former president Rodrigo Duterte’s favorite pandemic contractors, were able...
View ArticleGlobal CO2 emissions to hit record high in 2024, report says
BAKU, Azerbaijan – Global carbon dioxide emissions, including those from burning fossil fuels, are set to hit a record high this year, pulling the world further off course from averting more...
View ArticleTrump names Elon Musk to role leading government efficiency drive
US President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday, November 12, named Elon Musk to a role aimed at creating a more efficient government, handing even more influence to the world’s richest man who donated...
View ArticleSteph Curry, Warriors trump former ‘Splash Brother’ Klay Thompson, Mavs
Stephen Curry spoiled Klay Thompson’s return to San Francisco with a game-high 37 points, including 12 straight in a late flurry that lifted the Golden State Warriors to a 120-117 victory over the...
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Face to face, kin of victims tell Duterte: ‘Your drug war robbed us of our...
MANILA, Philippines – Facing Rodrigo Duterte for the first time on Wednesday, November 13, families of drug war victims shared how his vaunted campaign not only robbed them of their loved ones but...
View ArticleJohn Krasinski named People magazine’s ‘sexiest man alive’
Actor and director John Krasinski was named People magazine’s “sexiest man alive” for 2024 on Wednesday, taking over the mantle from Grey’s Anatomy actor Patrick Dempsey. “Just immediate blackout,...
View ArticleEXPLAINER: Why are countries fighting over climate finance at COP29?
BAKU, Azerbaijan – The main task for nearly 200 countries at the UN’s COP29 climate summit is to broker a deal that ensures up to trillions of dollars in financing for climate projects worldwide. Here...
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FACT CHECK: 4Ps payout schedule circulating online is unofficial, with fake...
Claim: Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) beneficiaries can see their payout schedule through links provided in a Facebook post. Rating: FALSE Why we fact-checked this: The Facebook post with...
View ArticleIn The Public Square: What to expect from the second Trump administration
The results of the US presidential election took many by surprise — including possibly Donald Trump himself. There will be time to study what happened, or didn’t happen, but we urgently need to...
View ArticleDuterte admits police reward for ‘crimes solved,’ but withholds source of fund
MANILA, Philippines – Former president Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday, November 13, effectively admitted to a House panel the reward system in his war on drugs but claimed the “for the boys” tip is not...
View ArticleLucky 13: Donovan Mitchell, Cavaliers remain perfect as 76ers can’t keep up
Darius Garland scored 25 points and Donovan Mitchell took over down the stretch as the Cleveland Cavaliers remained undefeated with a 114-106 road victory over the short-handed Philadelphia 76ers on...
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