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1 week ago | 
rappler.com | Maria Ressa |Cara Angeline Oliver
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Maria Ressa delivered her keynote speech last June 21, 2024 ahead of being presented with the prestigious Cannes LionHeart award. The award is given to an individual “who has harnessed their position to make a significant and positive difference to the world around us,” Cannes Lions said. Watch and read a transcript of Ressa’s speech here. Thank you so much for recognizing our work at Rappler in the Philippines.
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3 weeks ago | 
rappler.com | John Nery |Cara Angeline Oliver
The surprising results of the 2025 elections have focused public attention on the pre-election surveys. Did they in fact call it wrong? Do they influence voters and condition minds? What role should surveys play in democratic elections? In this episode of In The Public Square, Rappler columnist John Nery is joined by three survey group presidents: Pulse Asia president Ronald Holmes, OCTA Research president Ranjit Rye, and WR Numero Research president Cleve Arguelles.
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1 month 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.
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1 month ago | 
rappler.com | Cara Angeline Oliver
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1 month 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.
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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.
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2 months 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.
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Mar 16, 2025 | 
rappler.com | Cara Angeline Oliver
In this episode, Kitchen 143 host Michelle Aventajado of Momma ‘N Manila heads down — literally — to Prologue in Estancia Mall. Joining her is Prologue owner Alyanna Uy as they take a flavorful culinary journey with fresh ingredients.
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Mar 2, 2025 | 
rappler.com | Cara Angeline Oliver
Talks between Kyiv and Washington break down as Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and United States President Donald Trump find themselves in a heated argument at the White House’s Oval Office on Friday, February 28. Zelenskyy was at the White House to formalize a minerals deal that Kyiv hopes will strengthen ties with Washington and in turn, incentivize the Trump administration to support Ukraine’s war effort against Russia.
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Feb 26, 2025 | 
rappler.com | Cara Angeline Oliver
Should candidates be allowed to use local festivals as an avenue for campaigning? Baguio Flower Festival organizers don’t think so. That’s why it came as a surprise to attendees of Baguio City’s Panagbenga festival when presidential sister and reelectionist senator Imee Marcos unexpectedly appeared at the floral parade on Sunday, February 23. Donning a bright red ensemble, Marcos smiled, waved, and did the V-sign — a hand gesture that her father, dictator Ferdinand E.
