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FACTBOX: All you need to know about Eurovision 2024
MALMÖ, Sweden – The world’s biggest live music event, Eurovision Song Contest, will take place in Sweden in the second week of May with 37 participating countries. Roughly 100,000 visitors from 89...
View ArticleHindi ito Marites: India, the Philippines’ new bestie
The Philippines and India have had official diplomatic ties for 75 years. In other words, they’re old friends. However, escalating tensions in the Asia-Pacific region are pushing old friends to become...
View ArticleCagayan de Oro under state of emergency as water firm decides to cut off supply
CAGAYAN DE ORO, Philippines – Cagayan de Oro Mayor Rolando Uy declared a state of emergency on Wednesday, May 1, to prevent a major supplier of treated water from cutting off almost half of the city’s...
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[OPINION] Red-tagging is so yesterday. Welcome to the era of Liza-tagging
Senator Ronald “Bato” de la Rosa is prone to exaggerated statements and gestures during Senate hearings, but recently he bristled at allegations made by notorious US-based vlogger Maharlika that he...
View ArticleCorrections: May 2024
This is Rappler’s corrections page for May 2024. Please read the Editor’s Note in each of these reports: ‘Better Chicken McDo’ helps make 2023 a ‘big year’ for Golden Arches Why vending machines will...
View ArticleToo hot: Celtics advance with Game 5 blowout of Heat
Derrick White and Jaylen Brown each tossed in 25 points to help the Boston Celtics wrap up their Eastern Conference first-round playoff series against the visiting Miami Heat with a 118-84 victory in...
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Blinken says US cannot support Rafah assault without humanitarian plan
ASHDOD, Israel – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday, May 1, that he has still not seen a plan for Israel’s planned offensive on the southern Gaza city of Rafah that would protect...
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Deniece Cornejo, Cedric Lee convicted of serious illegal detention in Vhong...
MANILA, Philippines – The Taguig City Regional Trial Court (RTC) on Thursday, May 2, convicted businessman Cedric Lee, model Deniece Cornejo, and two others of serious illegal detention for ransom in...
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#PressTheCongress: DAKILA marched with #SahodItaas call on Labor Day
PRESS RELEASE Thursday, May 2, 2024 In commemoration of Labor Day, members of DAKILA, an artists’ advocacy group, rallied to the streets of España and Morayta to call for #SahodItaas on May 1, 2024....
View ArticleLeBron James next team odds: Stephen Curry pairing in future?
It’s extremely rare that the status of a 39-year-old is the tip of the iceberg for any sport’s offseason. However, that’s what the Los Angeles Lakers – and the NBA – are facing with the uncertain...
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Philippines tells China: Leave Panatag Shoal now
MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines on Thursday, May 2, demanded that Chinese ships leave Panatag Shoal and its vicinity “immediately,” two days after China Coast Guard (CCG) vessels used...
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LISTEN: On My Playlist – April 2024
On My Playlist is a monthly playlist of songs from Rappler’s Live Jam artists. This month’s playlist includes song recommendations from Jose Miguel, YARA, Any Name’s Okay, and HORI7ON. Jose Miguel...
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[OPINION] Demystifying net-zero and climate reporting in the Philippines
What are the biggest challenges to addressing the climate crisis? Most people would probably give answers like the following: lack of accessible finance, lack of political will, tensions between...
View ArticleBacolod Film Festival opens call for ‘Stories with a Smile’
The following is a press release from the Bacolod Film Festival. The Bacolod Film Festival is now accepting script submissions with the theme “Stories with a Smile” or those with a “potential to...
View ArticleRappler stories on Teduray tragedy, diplomatic impunity finalists in 2024...
MANILA, Philippines – Rappler is a finalist in two categories in the 2024 Society of Publishers in Asia (SOPA) Awards for Editorial Excellence. SOPA announced this year’s finalists on Friday morning,...
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Orangutan’s use of medicinal plant to treat wound intrigues scientists
In June 2022, a male Sumatran orangutan named Rakus sustained a facial wound below the right eye, apparently during a fight with another male orangutan at the Suaq Balimbing research site, a protected...
View ArticlePatricia Evangelista wins 2024 Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in...
MANILA, Philippines – Investigative journalist Patricia Evangelista is the winner of the 2024 Helen Berstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism, The New York Public Library (NYPL) announced on...
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Philippines falls 2 places in 2024 World Press Freedom Index
MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines slipped two places on the Reporters Without Borders’ (RSF) World Press Freedom Index for 2024, and currently ranks 134th out of 180 countries and territories. In...
View ArticleNearly 3,000 Western Visayas student athletes in Bacolod for regional sports...
BACOLOD, Philippines – This year’s Western Visayas Regional Athletic (WVRAA) Meet opened at the Panaad Park and Stadium in Bacolod City on Thursday, May 2. Co-hosted by the local governments of Negros...
View ArticleBench helps Pacers eliminate Bucks in Game 6
Obi Toppin scored 21 points and TJ McConnell added 20 as the Indiana Pacers eliminated the Milwaukee Bucks with a 120-98 victory in Game 6 of an Eastern Conference first-round series in Indianapolis...
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