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FACT CHECK: No court order for GMA Network’s shutdown over libel complaint
A complaint filed with prosecutors was falsely presented as a court ruling ordering the network’s closure
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Romualdez is jailed, but can he keep staff in his cell?
'Actually I approved it because we cannot supply 24/7 [staff] who will assist [Romualdez]…His mental state is not yet stable,' says the jail warden
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Marcos picks Rodil Zalameda as new chief justice
Zalameda penned the ruling that acquitted former first lady Imelda Marcos of seven counts of graft
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FACT CHECK: Toby Tiangco did not say Marcos will be impeached in 2027
The lawmaker's remark about a possible complaint was taken out of context and sensationalized
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LIVE UPDATES: Impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte
Bookmark this page for Rappler's comprehensive coverage of Vice President Sara Duterte's impeachment trial at the Senate
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Who are Sara Duterte’s initial witnesses in impeachment trial?
The defense's initial witnesses include a representative of GenCorp and Metro City Chow Foods, companies linked to the Vice President
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Defense challenges admissibility of evidence vs Sara Duterte
The defense says the documents were either irrelevant or not included in the original impeachment complaint against the Vice President
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Canada’s Mark Carney to attend ASEAN Summit in Manila
Manila is the second leg in the Canadian leader's four-country sojourn across Europe and Asia
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Thailand's 72-hour emergency bag advice leaves residents asking what they're fleeing
Thailand's call for every household to pack a 72-hour emergency bag has left many residents asking what they are preparing for, prompting its disaster agency t…
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Bangkok-bound Dreamliner forced to dump fuel and turn back as cockpit window cracks
A Thai Airways Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner bound for Bangkok returned to Shanghai and made an emergency landing on Nov. 4 after its pilots spotted a crack in a coc…
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Philippine police find child abuse imagery on devices tied to Meghan Markle's estranged father
Philippine police told AFP on Wednesday that three memory cards and a cell phone turned over by the son of Meghan Markle's estranged father contained child sex…
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How Democrats expanded the map and won rural America
The victories followed a years-long Democratic effort to compete more aggressively in rural communities, where the party had steadily ceded ground to Republica…
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El Niño now very strong, impacts to be felt until 2027
PAGASA projections show the very strong El Niño or so-called Super El Niño may cause drought in virtually the entire country by March 2027
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Why Ralph Sarmiento refused to testify at Sara Duterte’s trial
The defense team had wanted the constitutional expert and former law dean to be their first witness in the Vice President's impeachment trial
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Tencent rolls out AI model trained with limited cybersecurity data amid hacking fears
Tencent said it restricted the Hy4 AI model's cybersecurity training to defensive uses, such as identifying software flaws and helping fix them
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Airlines cancel 108 flights to make way for 200,000 lanterns in Chiang Mai
Airlines have canceled 108 flights and retimed 80 at Chiang Mai International Airport over Nov. 21-28 to avoid more than 200,000 lanterns expected to be releas…
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[Good Business] Sari-sari stores: Kapwa at play amid economic crises
Sari-sari stores are far from a perfect model but it is a lifeboat that the country relies on amid rising oil prices and political instability
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Inflation surges to 7.8% in October 2026 as fuel prices, fares climb
(1st UPDATE) This marks the second consecutive month of accelerating inflation and the highest rate since February 2023
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Lawmakers who didn’t support Sara impeachment get scraps in proposed 2027 budget
Tweny-eight of the 36 district lawmakers who are poised to get the smallest public works budgets for 2027 either objected to the impeachment of the Vice Presid…
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Australia's inflation storm squeezing international students
Skyrocketing rent, tuition hikes, and mounting living costs are forcing Vietnamese students in Australia to relocate to distant suburbs, juggle multiple part-t…
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Which Asian country has the best-performing students in PISA test?
More than 760,000 15-year-olds in 91 countries and economies took the OECD's PISA 2025 test, whose results show the lowest average scores yet across OECD count…
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Which Asian country has the smartest students?
More than 760,000 15-year-olds in 91 countries and economies took the OECD's PISA 2025 test, whose results show the lowest average scores yet across OECD count…
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Singapore wins first seat on UN's top court, topping General Assembly vote
Singaporean diplomat Rena Lee topped a U.N. vote on Nov. 3 to become the first Singaporean and the first Southeast Asian woman elected to the International Cou…
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Democrats seize US congress, hand Trump major loss | The wRap
Today’s headlines: US midterm elections, Martin Romualdez, Alex Eala