For chefs Joanna Ledesma and Jeremaine Sze, success is on the menu — but so is learning
Food entrepreneurs Joanna Ledesma and Jeremaine Sze head back to the classroom, proving that even successful chefs still have more to learn
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Top stories
Lean Alejandro and climate justice: Why Lidy Nacpil now believes in living for a cause
A key lesson from our time as Martial Law babies is top of mind for Lidy in the battle for climate justice: You have to keep pushing — even when the odds seem overwhelming.
PMA’s first female summa cum laude takes command of cadets
Nearly three decades after becoming the Philippine Military Academy's first female summa cum laude, Colonel Leah Lorenzo Santiago returns to help shape the next generation of military leaders
[Two Pronged] Fighting an erection problem by sleeping with a woman?
Our letter sender writes, 'I sometimes lose my erection when I do that with a man. I really want to try having sex with a woman, but I’m afraid that I might also lose my erection with her.'
Nation
Everything wrong with the BSKE postponement
Watch this video to learn how repeated election delays affect Filipino voters
Super Typhoon Champi to enter PAR on October 20
As of Sunday morning, October 18, Super Typhoon Champi is located 2,090 kilometers east of southeastern Luzon, still outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility
Dubai visa scam leaves hundreds of OFWs in financial, legal woes
Dubai authorities eye Interpol assistance after a massive freelance visa fraud scheme swindled an estimated 400 OFWs
Regions
When the Cordillera danced down Session Road
The Festival of Festivals turns Session Road into a showcase of the region’s diverse cultural traditions
World
Zelenskyy criticizes Trump’s waiver of sanctions on Russia as ‘wrong’
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says US President Donald Trump's latest action emboldens Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Sports
5 Questions with NBA insider Brian Windhorst
Find out Windhorst’s biggest scoop and hottest NBA take in this quick-fire interview with Rappler!
How world No. 1 Anna Leigh Waters balances life and pickleball
Anna Leigh Waters, the world’s top-ranked pickleball player, visits the Philippines and encourages fans of the country’s fast-growing sport to commit to improving, ‘whether it works out professionally or not’
Entertainment
What makes a story film festival-worthy?
While local films at Puregold's CinePanalo do what they do best by making audiences laugh, grieve, remember, and feel, the festival actively seeks out stories rarely told on screen
Opinion
[Inside the Newsroom] China’s envoy: Sounds like a threat, walks like a threat
The reality on the ground and at sea is that a 'peace-loving' China can still inflict harm — economically and physically
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