Is Sara Duterte unaware of BPI accounts with father Rodrigo?
The defense team also distances the Vice President from the insurance policies linked to her
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Can I survive an action-packed day with the vivo V80 Lite – sans the power bank?
Let’s see how far its 10,000mAh battery can take us!
‘Put people before platforms,’ Coloma reminds 33rd National PR Congress delegates
This year's summit centered on the role of communication professionals in building a culture of trust
Stay alert online: Join anti-scam community forum in Laguna
Want to stay scam-ready? Join #ScamAlert: Maging Wais, Maging Ligtas in San Pedro, Laguna, on October 19 to learn practical ways to recognize, avoid, and report online and financial scams.
Nation
‘Pattern of concealment’ in Sara, Rodrigo Duterte’s manager’s cheques? | The wRap
Today’s headlines: Sara Duterte, Leandro Leviste, GCash
Sara, Rodrigo Duterte hid P96M through unutilized manager’s checks — prosecution
Senator-judge Vicente “Tito” Sotto III claims the practice is called 'tinikling' in banking circles
DepEd set to roll out ARAL for mathematics
Grades 1 to 10 students assessed to be ‘not proficient’ or ‘low proficient’ in numeracy are the target participants of the ARAL Mathematics program
With finality: COA affirms disallowance of Sara Duterte’s P73-M confi funds
COA's disallowance covers OVP's P69.78-million spending for rewards, and P3.5-million spending for the purchase of tables, chairs, desktops, computers, and printers
FACT CHECK: Video of Baste Duterte calling out Benny Abante dozing off is AI-generated
Davao City Mayor Sebastian Duterte did not make the remark; it was impeachment court presiding officer Francis ‘Chiz’ Escudero who noticed that Manila 6th District Representative Benny Abante was dozing off
Agnés Callamard returns to Manila for Rappler’s Social Good Summit
The prominent French human rights expert, who former president Rodrigo Duterte once threatened to slap, is coming back to the Philippines for the first time since the lifting of a Duterte-era travel ban
Leandro Leviste ordered arrested by Makati City court
Leviste faces a warrant over alleged violation of the Public Service Act. The bail is set at P72,000.
Business
Anyare? Villars’ AllHome, AllDay confirm store closures
From a peak of 72 stores two years ago, AllHome is down to 34 stores, while the store count of AllDay drops from 40 to 13, as of September 2026
[In This Economy] Cesar Virata, technocrat who helped finance a dictatorship
How should we remember a capable technocrat who helped keep such a government going?
On day one, rush for GCash IPO shares briefly trips up trading systems
'I heard some platforms went down because of the traffic. That’s a good problem for all of us, right?' Mynt president and CEO Martha Sazon tells a room full of potential GCash investors hours after the public offer…
Unemployment eases to 5.3% in August 2026 as agriculture adds jobs
Manufacturing continues to weaken as employment in the sector further fell to 3.16 million in August from 3.43 million in July
LIST: Duterte-Carpio bank accounts, balances detailed in impeachment trial
Here is a summary of the banks testifying on the Duterte-Carpio money trail as prosecutors try to determine whether year-end account balances line up with what was declared in the Vice President's SALNs
World
Nobel chemistry prize goes to pair who solved mystery of ‘mirror image’ molecules
This year's prize was awarded for discoveries that showed how chemical reactions can be driven to favor a single molecular mirror image, work that has been key for chemists who design reactions for the manufacture of…
Climate summit calls for stronger action to curb global warming
'As global temperature increases approach 1.5C and we face strong El Nino conditions, we reiterate that every fraction of a degree of warming accelerates the impacts of climate change and increases the risk of…
Californians blast Trump remark that Iran could ‘take out’ Los Angeles, San Diego
California officials, including Governor Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, criticize Trump's remarks as dangerous and potentially compromising to public safety
Technology
Underground AI cybercrime tools surge in 2026
AI is making phishing, voice scams, identity fraud, and malware development cheaper and easier to scale, while lowering the technical barrier for cybercriminals
France’s Mistral launches AI model it says outperforms some Chinese rivals
Mistral Large 4 will be made publicly available on October 27
Sports
PSC steps in as Asian Tour’s 108th Philippine Open dangles $1 million
The Philippine Sports Commission helps salvage Asia's oldest national golf championship as Filipino golfer Miguel Tabuena headlines the local cast
Entertainment
Ferdinand Marcos Jr. unplugged: Why the President needs music
'I’ve come to the conclusion that my life was lived with a soundtrack. When I hear a song, I remember when I first heard it, what I was doing, how I was feeling. Every big event in my life there was an accompanying…
Opinion
[DECODED] What a fake Duterte tells us about our bigger AI problem
Disinformation spreads rapidly because it’s becoming easier and cheaper to create fakes, while the systems behind them are outpacing the safeguards meant to mitigate the risks
[Vantage Point] Is Del Monte in default? The debt behind the label
The sheer consumer power of the Philippine franchise is precisely why nervous financiers continue to sit at the bargaining table
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