Padilla to prosecution: ‘Bakit issue ‘yung pagpunta sa China?’
'Tinanong ko pa staff ko saan ako nagpunta dahil di ko matandaan. Problema po ba 'yun kung di mo matandaan kung saan ka nagpunta sa China?' Padilla asks
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Thursday, 12 November · 27 stories
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[READOUT] As Q3 GDP slows to 2.1%, what are businesses seeing?
Despite worsening economic figures, the country's biggest retailer and airline say demand is surprisingly resilient
FACT CHECK: Video of Nepal protest misrepresented as anti-Marcos rally
The original video posted on TikTok also shows that the crowd was not chanting Duterte’s name during the protest
FACT CHECK: PNP official did not say arresting Dela Rosa is ‘treachery’
Unrelated audio was superimposed on footage from an October 30 briefing to make it appear that PNP deputy chief Police Lieutenant General Wilson Joseph Lopez made the statement
FACT CHECK: Dela Rosa quote denying existence of arrest warrant is fake
The unsourced quote card contradicts the existence of an ICC warrant that has been public since May 2026. His lawyers have also asked the Supreme Court to block its implementation.
Nvidia board meets to decide CEO Huang’s future, source says
Jensen Huang's potential departure would leave a leadership vacuum at the roughly $4-trillion chipmaker he co-founded and built over more than three decades
Nation
Like a brother? Duterte’s defense witness has close ties to Mans Carpio
'Whether the Vice President and her spouse is leading a modest life. This is central to the allegation of unexplained wealth," says prosecutor Amando Virgil Ligutan
EDSA bus lane opened to ASEAN delegates during summit
The MMDA expects traffic to start this weekend before the summit as people affected by the 5-day break starting Saturday may want to travel to their home province
Defense witnesses clarify Mans Carpio’s big credit card purchases
Two witnesses explain Carpio's expensive credit card charges in Japan and Malaysia
FACT CHECK: Bianca Gonzalez did not say she’d be disappointed if VP Sara isn’t jailed
No reports confirm that the television host made the statement; she has previously been the subject of fabricated quote cards on social media
Regions
Ombudsman suspends mayor of Rosario, Cavite, for alleged casino gambling
The 6-month preventive suspension without pay is a measure to guarantee an unbiased and unhindered administrative investigation, says the Ombudsman
Art exhibit raises funds for Banaue’s Good News Clinic and Hospital
PRESS RELEASE: The exhibit runs from November 14 to December 6, 2026, at the GCF Ortigas Fellowship Hall in Pasig City. Proceeds will be dedicated to the expansion of the hospital in Ifugao.
Basilan judge shot dead in Zamboanga City
Regional Trial Court Judge Joseph Wee Sit was driving his vehicle when he was attacked by motorcycle-riding men in Barangay Tumaga in Zamboanga City
Army soldier faces sanctions over dog-killing video: What we know so far
Following a viral dog-killing video in Zamboanga del Sur, advocates push for animal cruelty charges and a lifetime pet-ownership ban against a Philippine Army soldier
Business
BIR chief Mendoza goes to Customs, DOF usec Ligon is new tax chief
The BIR continues to face extortion complaints while the Customs bureau is trying to address port congestion and other issues
World
World leaders set out clashing priorities as COP31 turns to negotiations
Developing countries reiterate requests that they have made during many years of UN talks for rich countries to provide more finance to help them shift to cleaner energy, adapt to a warming world, and repair…
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang steps down in big blow to AI boom
The departure could also have far-reaching consequences for US chip export policy, given Huang's push to preserve access to the Chinese market and his close ties with US President Donald Trump
COP31: Turkish president decries war on Gaza as ‘ecocide’
'I believe that together, from Antalya, we must give voice to the shared conscience of humanity,' says Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
[OPINION] Beijing allies prove Chinese-language schools are political
Chinese-Filipino families, who simply want to pass on their language and heritage to their children, become primary targets of foreign influence
Hoax bomb alerts sent to schools in Italy, UK, and Ireland in latest disruption
Some European officials suspect Russia may be behind a campaign of disruption to everyday life in European nations supporting Ukraine after Moscow's invasion, while Iran is another suspect
Iran tells COP31 it wants compensation for environmental damage from US-Israeli strikes
'We expect the global community to establish a genuine and meaningful link between climate commitments in times of peace and responsibility in times of war,' says Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian
Indonesia’s vice president has resigned, aide says, stoking political uncertainty
Gibran, son of ex-president Joko Widodo, has come under intense scrutiny from lawmakers following Constitutional Court and Supreme Court rulings that his education documents did not meet election requirements
Science & Health
Is your home prepared for the first 72 hours of disaster?
UNICEF says that every member of the family, including children, should have a part in emergency preparations
Entertainment
Rappler Live Jam: XONARA
Catch the fast-rising P-pop girl group make its Rappler Live Jam debut!
Opinion
Maria Ressa speaks at One Young World Summit 2026 in South Africa
'Impunity can end. We can hold power to account,' the Nobel Peace Prize laureate tells young people from over 190 countries.
When Indigenous Peoples survive, the rest of us do too
We cannot control when El Niño arrives, but we can control how much of our natural defense — forests, watersheds, water, rivers — we destroy before it does
[OPINION] Why ‘Trump Out’?
It's not because we hate America. It's because we don’t want to be its military outpost anymore, its source of cheap labor and resources, or its faraway battlefield.
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