7+ hour, 55+ min ago   (693+ words) STOCKOUT. Florita Dalida, founder of TB HEALS, speaks in front of health experts and advocates about on-the-ground TB drug shortage reports across 18 regions during a roundtable discussion on August 25, 2026. MANILA, Philippines – Health groups and affected communities sounded the alarm over…...

12+ hour, 14+ min ago   (551+ words) In a way, it was a good week for the Marcoses and Romualdezes — napawalang-sala si dating first lady Imelda Marcos mula sa pitong counts of graft. With every intention of sounding sarcastic, we’re quoting Imelda herself, “God is love. I…...

13+ hour, 12+ min ago   (357+ words) But for the excitingly audacious performance of Lorna Kapunan, the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte has been little more than a rerun of the hearings that led the House of Representatives to impeach her and send her to…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (358+ words) Paterno R. Esmaquel II is a senior multimedia reporter covering religion for Rappler. A journalist for over a decade and a half, Paterno began as a production assistant at Cheche Lazaro’s Probe Productions Inc. At Probe, which pioneered investigative shows in…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (611+ words) Rappler didn’t publish former House speaker Martin Romualdez’s mugshot taken while he was lying in a hospital bed. Rappler fact-checked a lawyer who initially circulated an image of Vice President Sara Duterte in handcuffs without disclosing that it was AI-generated....

3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (826+ words) AT COURT. Vice President Sara Duterte arrives at the Quezon City Regional Trial Court on September 11, 2026, for her arraignment for her grave threats case on September 11, 2026,. MANILA, Philippines – Quezon City Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 98 has deferred the arraignment of…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (804+ words) IMPEACHMENT TRIAL. The Senate impeachment court in session for the trial of Vice President Sara Duterte. Senate of the Philippines Facebook page The Senate has tapped four former Supreme Court justices to be “amici curiae” or friends of the court…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (697+ words) On Day 23 of Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial, Senator-judge Erwin Tulfo posed a looming question that could ultimately determine how the Senate impeachment court will deliver its verdict. Tulfo asked, should the voting basis for Duterte’s acquittal or conviction…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (110+ words) MANILA, Philippines – Leyte 1st District Representative and former House speaker Martin Romualdez has been transferred on Saturday, September 12, to the University of the Philippines-Philippine General Hospital (UP-PGH) in Manila, days after he was served an arrest warrant at a private hospital....

2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (325+ words) 'HOMELESS'. Shyam Bahadur, 40, and his wife Sanjita Rai, 37, rest at a school turned into a temporary shelter, in the aftermath of deadly flash floods and a mudslide, in Ratmate, Bagmati Province, Nepal, on September 7, 2026. MANILA, Philippines — On September 5, Vice President…...