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FACT 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...
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After 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...
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IN 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...
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IN 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...
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‘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...
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Hey stupid, it wasn’t just the economy. It was inflation
US presidential elections are all about “the economy, stupid,” said Bill Clinton’s strategist James Carville in 1992. And for American voters who cared more about the economy than other issues — and...
View ArticleSan Beda scores payback win over EAC, nears Final Four; Mapua extends streak
MANILA, Philippines – San Beda made sure not to leave anything to chance. After a shocking loss to Emilio Aguinaldo College in the first round, the San Beda Red Lions bullied their way to a 30-point...
View ArticleMarcos congratulates Trump, hopes for ‘unshakeable alliance’ as ‘force for...
MANILA, Philippines – Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Wednesday, November 6, congratulated projected US presidential race winner Donald Trump, Malacañang said in a statement. “President...
View ArticleRappler Talk: BARMM stays on track for 2025 elections amid Congress delay...
The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) is pressing on with preparations for its 2025 parliamentary elections, despite proposals in both the Senate and House to push the election...
View ArticleTrump’s impending return to White House brings criminal cases to a halt
WASHINGTON, USA — Donald Trump‘s claimed US presidential election victory on Wednesday will essentially end the criminal cases brought against him, at least for the four years he occupies the White...
View ArticlePope Francis pays house visit to veteran Italian abortion rights advocate
VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis on Tuesday, November 5, paid a home visit to Emma Bonino, a veteran politician who successfully campaigned in the 1970s to legalize abortion in Italy, bringing her a...
View ArticleDOJ puts 7 Sara Duterte staff on immigration lookout
MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that it had placed seven Office of the Vice President (OVP) personnel on its immigration lookout bulletin order (ILBO) following a...
View ArticleUnemployment drops further in September 2024, but underemployment rises
MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines’ unemployment rate dropped for the second straight month to 3.7% in September 2024, but the underemployment rate rose to 11.9%, indicating the need for...
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FACT CHECK: Hypertension ‘cure’ ad used face manipulation, AI-generated audio
Claim: Veteran journalist Jessica Soho reported about a cure for hypertension allegedly developed by Manila Doctors Hospital internist-cardiologist Dr. Anthony Leachon and cardiologists from Harvard...
View ArticleFaith 101: What is Christian nationalism?
This article was produced with assistance from Rai, the new Rappler AI chatbot that provides information based on Rappler articles. Information from Rai was vetted and contextualized by Rappler’s...
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