Cara Angeline Oliver

1 week ago | rappler.com | Cara Angeline Oliver

Here are today’s headlines – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world: Arnie Teves being brought home to face Degamo murder caseFormer lawmaker Arnie Teves Jr., has been deported from Timor-Leste to the Philippines to face his criminal cases, after years of evading arrest. CIDG chief Nicolas Torre III is new PNP chiefPolice Major General Nicolas Torre III has been appointed chief of the Philippine National Police.

1 week ago | rappler.com | Cara Angeline Oliver

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3 weeks ago | rappler.com | John Nery |Cara Angeline Oliver

The fact that reelectionist Bong Go topped the Senate elections was not a surprise — the last surveys had put him in first place. But former senator Bam Aquino emerging a strong second, and former senator Kiko Pangilinan safe in fifth place? That was a surprise. There were many other surprises: Akbayan getting the most number of party-list votes in history, the underwhelming performance of Bong Revilla, Ben Tulfo, and Abby Binay, and the unexpected strength of Rodante Marcoleta.

1 month ago | rappler.com | John Nery |Cara Angeline Oliver

Less than a week before the 2025 midterm elections, but how do the elections look outside so-called Imperial Manila? In this episode of In the Public Square, Rappler columnist John Nery is joined by distinguished journalists from Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao: Kimberlie Quitasol, managing editor of Northern Dispatch in Baguio City; Francis Allan Angelo, editor-in-chief of the Daily Guardian in Iloilo City; and Rappler Mindanao bureau chief Herbie Gomez in Cagayan de Oro City.

1 month ago | rappler.com | Cara Angeline Oliver

Pope Francis, the first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church, died on Monday, April 21. He was 88, and had recently survived a serious bout of double pneumonia. Cardinal Kevin Farrell announced his passing on the Vatican’s TV channel. His death comes a day after the Pope had made his first prolonged public appearance where he reiterated his call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza in an Easter Sunday message read aloud by an aide on the main balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica.