Google develops AI co-scientist to aid researchers
LONDON, United Kingdom – Google has developed an AI tool to act as a virtual collaborator for biomedical scientists, the company said on Wednesday. February 19. The new tool, tested by scientists at...
View Article[Walang Pasok] Class suspensions, EDSA anniversary, February 25, 2025
MANILA, Philippines – Some schools suspended classes for Tuesday, February 25, to mark the 39th anniversary of the EDSA People Power Revolution. The administration of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr....
View ArticleDOF: Economy ready for Trump 2.0, thanks to IRR of CREATE MORE law
MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Finance (DOF) said the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of a new corporate tax incentive law will make the Philippine economy ready for the second term...
View ArticleEscudero: Why rush us to convene for Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial?
MANILA, Philippines – Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero has shot back at critics, asking why the Senate is being pressured to speed up the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte while...
View ArticleFilipina heroes find a home: Tandang Sora Women’s Museum opens in QC
MANILA, Philippines – The Tandang Sora Women’s Museum in Quezon City officially opened its doors to the public on Wednesday, February 19. The museum located in Pasong Tamo, Tandang Sora, is said to be...
View ArticleCebu Pacific, PAL offer flights from Cebu to Ho Chi Minh
MANILA, Philippines – Is Vietnam the next top travel destination for Filipinos, specifically those in the Queen City of the South? Flag carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL) and budget airline Cebu...
View ArticleKanlaon-displaced pupils endure tent classrooms in Negros Occidental
NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, Philippines – The sun beats down mercilessly on the makeshift tent classrooms in Las Castellana, where hundreds of grade schoolers, their families displaced by the Kanlaon Volcano...
View Article[OPINION] The sickness in Duterte’s joke of killing senators
During a campaign rally, former president Rodrigo Duterte joked that 15 sitting senators should be killed to create vacancies for his preferred candidates. His die-hard supporters laughed, taking it...
View Article[In This Economy] The economics of Mandaluyong’s mosquitoes-for-cash program
Amid rising dengue cases in Metro Manila, Barangay Addition Hills in Mandaluyong City came up with a bounty for mosquitoes and their larvae. Specifically, the “May Piso sa Mosquito” campaign offers...
View ArticleDirector Bong Joon-ho ‘proud’ of South Koreans overcoming martial law bid
SEOUL, South Korea – Oscar-winning director Bong Joon-ho said on Thursday, February 20 he was proud of how his fellow South Koreans had overcome the fallout from impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol’s...
View ArticleGrizzlies star Ja Morant had $1 million worth of items stolen from house –...
Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant had $1 million worth of valuables stolen from his home in December, according to TMZ. The items included jewelry, watches, and luxury bags. The two-time All-Star’s...
View ArticleLIVESTREAM: Holy Hour for Pope Francis at Manila Cathedral
MANILA, Philippines – Filipino Catholics are organizing more community prayers for Pope Francis on Friday, February 21, as the 88-year-old pontiff battles double pneumonia at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital....
View ArticleWith ‘no time to waste,’ Dizon to bring in former transport officials
MANILA, Philippines – Newly minted Transportation Secretary Vince Dizon said he has tapped several transport officials from the previous administration to join him as he leads the Department of...
View ArticleJayson Tatum logs triple-double as Celtics trounce 76ers
Payton Pritchard scored 28 points off the bench and Jayson Tatum recorded a triple-double as the Boston Celtics stormed out of the All-Star break with a 124-104 road victory over the Philadelphia...
View ArticlePeace monitor warns of violent extremism resurgence in BARMM
MANILA, Philippines – Violent extremism is resurging in the Bangsamoro region, with conflict spreading even in areas once declared free of terrorist influence, an independent peace monitor warned on...
View ArticleBDO’s old online banking website to be unavailable by March 31
MANILA, Philippines – The old online banking website of Banco de Oro (BDO) will no longer be available by March 31 as it migrates to a new platform. In an advisory, the Sy-led bank urged its users to...
View ArticleMakati City hits 61% of 2025 revenue target in January, collecting P11.7 billion
MANILA, Philippines – Makati has collected 61% of its P19.33-billion revenue target for 2025 in just the first month of the year. As of January 31, the city’s total collection hit P11.77 billion,...
View ArticleSTAKEOUT: 1986 People Power – Pagbabalik-tanaw
Editor’s Note: Rappler first published this piece in 2017. We are republishing this for the 39th anniversary of the EDSA People Power Revolution. Eksaktong 31 taon ngayong araw, katanghaliang-tapat ng...
View ArticleMan who stabbed novelist Salman Rushdie guilty of attempted murder
MAYVILLE, New York, USA – Hadi Matar, the man who stabbed and partially blinded the novelist Salman Rushdie onstage at a New York arts institute, was found guilty on Friday, February 21 of attempted...
View ArticleAssociated Press sues Trump aides for restricting access over Gulf of Mexico...
WASHINGTON, DC, USA – The Associated Press on Friday, February 21, sued senior aides to President Donald Trump over a decision by the White House to restrict the news outlet’s access to the president...
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