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WORLDIt’s hard not to feel that this November 2026 US midterm elections is a déjà vu of cheating in Philippine elections. “Dinaya!” is usually the first word a losing candidate shouts in the Philippines: “I got cheated!” President Donald Trump seems to have taken this script to heart, casting a shadow…
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WORLDMANILA, Philippines – Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa has again pressed the Supreme Court to reverse its earlier ruling and stop the use of an International Criminal Court arrest warrant against him. In a manifestation on Tuesday, October 27, Israelito Torreon, dela Rosa’s lawyer, asked the SC to…
WORLDClaim: Palace Press Officer Claire Castro said President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. admitted to using marijuana and abusing fentanyl because it felt like “cloud nine.” Rating: ALTERED Why we fact-checked this: A Facebook post by “Wilfredo Villacastel Orencejr,” published on October 24, carries the claim.…
WORLDManuel V. Pangilinan is giving Leandro Leviste’s old solar crown jewel quite the makeover. First, shed the SPNEC name. Next, bring in nearly P5 billion worth of other renewable energy businesses. And perhaps, pitch the shiny new thing to stock market investors all over again. SP New Energy…
WORLDLast week, Rappler’s civic engagement arm MovePH brought #MoveCebu to the University of San Carlos, gathering over 200 people during a public forum to define what a liveable city should be . To solidify our long-term commitment to campus journalism and civic engagement, we proudly signed memoranda…
CEBU, Philippines — Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. told Southeast Asian defense chiefs, whose countries have widely varying ties with superpower China, that the bloc should “not allow differences to divide us from within.” “ASEAN [Association of Southeast Asian Nations] was…
WORLDClaim: US President Donald Trump will make a courtesy call on Vice President Sara Duterte when he visits the Philippines next month, and Duterte will be the president by then. Rating: FALSE Why we fact-checked this: On October 22, Facebook user Rey Cano Salarda published a post that carries the…
WORLDNEW YORK, USA – The US Federal Election Commission’s website was targeted by a hacker or hackers, according to an email seen by Reuters, disrupting the agency’s electronic filings system a week before the November 3 elections. The hack comes as so-called super PACs and dark money groups spend…
MANILA, Philippines – Associate Justice Jose Midas Marquez made a big promise when he faced the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) for his interview as a chief justice candidate. Marquez, who once served as head of the Supreme Court’s (SC) Office of the Court Administrator, said there will be no more…