[Rappler Investigates] Who’s taking care of our dead?

Rappler - Nov 5, 2026

How could the living get through their own painful experience of saying their final goodbyes if embalmers weren’t there to help preserve the memory of their loved ones?

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Speaker Dy defends congressional budget tweaks amid public scrutiny

Nov 5, 2026

MANILA, Philippines – House Speaker Faustino “Bojie” Dy III on Thursday said congressional amendments to the P7.2-trillion proposed budget for next year should not be automatically presumed to involve corruption and wrongdoing as the chamber faces heightened scrutiny over its spending bill. “Not all changes made by Congress to the budget are wrong,” Dy said

Solon: Ex-dean’s withdrawal right; Duterte’s camp must address numbers

Nov 5, 2026

MANILA, Philippines — A former law school dean’s decision to beg off from his presentation as a witness in Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial is correct, Bicol Saro party-list Rep. Terry Ridon said. He explains that this is because what should be addressed are numbers concerning the unexplained wealth issue, and not legalities. Ridon in

Massive fire guts large part of Subic Freeport factory

Nov 5, 2026

OLONGAPO CITY -The fire that broke out at the Subic Bay Freeport Zone on Wednesday night gutted a large part of Jinboway Technology Ltd. Corporation inside the Subic Gateway Park, the Inquirer learned. The fire, which was the biggest in recent years inside the Freeport, started at 10:45 pm on Wednesday and lasted past 6

Who is Rodil Zalameda, the new chief justice?

Nov 5, 2026

MANILA, Philippines – Newly-appointed chief justice Rodil Zalameda, 63, is a longtime public servant, having served as city prosecutor and associate justice of the Court of Appeals (CA) and the Supreme Court (SC). Under a scholarship grant, Zalameda obtained his law degree from the Ateneo de Manila University in 1987. As a law student, he

Indonesian wiretapping scandal exposes widening Prabowo-Jokowi rift

Nov 5, 2026

An Indonesian police inquiry into the wiretapping of President Prabowo Subianto’s phone was a matter for law enforcement, the country’s police chief said on Thursday, as the scandal exposed the deepening cracks between Prabowo and his former backer and predecessor, Joko Widodo. “We assure you that this is ‌purely law enforcement and has nothing to do with rivalries or anything else,” police chief Suyudi Ario Seto told reporters without elaborating, adding that the arrests must serve as a lesson...

Unexpected chill brings frost to Benguet flowers despite El Niño

Nov 5, 2026

BAGUIO CITY — Frost on Thursday morning coated flowers grown at a farm tourism destination in Atok, Benguet, surprising its owner, who expected the cold to occur later in the Yuletide season amid a very strong El Niño. PJ Haight, proprietor of Haight’s Place in Barangay Paoay, shared photos of frost covering flowers at his

Petition on voting rule fatally premature, says impeachment court

Nov 5, 2026

MANILA, Philippines – The Senate impeachment court has asserted that the petition filed by two of its members before the Supreme Court (SC) on the number of votes required to convict Vice President Sara Duterte is fatally premature. In a statement on Thursday, spokesperson for the court Atty. Reginald Tongol, shared the Senate’s Nov. 3

Recovery Food announces 'last bite': 'This is not goodbye forever'

Nov 5, 2026

Breakfast and brunch restaurant Recovery Food is saying goodbye after 14 years.

Marcos leads Malampaya Phase 4 ceremonial first gas flow

Nov 5, 2026

MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. led the ceremonial activation of the first gas flow from the Malampaya Phase 4 project at the Malampaya Onshore Gas Plant in Tabangao Ambulong, Batangas City on Thursday. The project adds an estimated 222 billion cubic feet of natural gas reserves to the country’s indigenous supply following

Tacloban university suspends uniform use amid extreme heat

Nov 5, 2026

TACLOBAN CITY — Students of Leyte Normal University (LNU) in this city are now allowed to wear appropriate civilian attire on campus following the temporary suspension of the university’s prescribed uniform due to rising temperatures. The LNU Supreme Student Council (SSC) said that the adjustment took effect on Tuesday in response to the high heat

Associate Justice Rodil Zalameda is new Supreme Court chief justice

Nov 5, 2026

[Updated Nov. 5, 2026, 3:35 p.m.] MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has chosen Supreme Court Associate Justice Rodil V. Zalameda to serve as the next chief justice of the Supreme Court, Presidential Communications Office Secretary Lino Cayetano made the announcement on Thursday. He will succeed Chief Justice Alexander Gesmundo, who is set to retire

7 men missing after cargo boat capsizes off Jomalig, Quezon

Nov 5, 2026

LUCENA CITY, Quezon – Authorities launched a search-and-rescue operation for seven men who went missing after their cargo boat capsized in the waters off Jomalig, Quezon, on Wednesday. In a report on Thursday, Quezon police said the wife of the 62-year-old boat captain notified the police station that the motorized vessel, identified as MV AC,

[Rappler Investigates] Who’s taking care of our dead?

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Speaker Dy defends congressional budget tweaks amid public scrutiny

Solon: Ex-dean’s withdrawal right; Duterte’s camp must address numbers

Massive fire guts large part of Subic Freeport factory

Who is Rodil Zalameda, the new chief justice?

Indonesian wiretapping scandal exposes widening Prabowo-Jokowi rift

Unexpected chill brings frost to Benguet flowers despite El Niño

Petition on voting rule fatally premature, says impeachment court

Recovery Food announces 'last bite': 'This is not goodbye forever'

Marcos leads Malampaya Phase 4 ceremonial first gas flow

Tacloban university suspends uniform use amid extreme heat

Associate Justice Rodil Zalameda is new Supreme Court chief justice

7 men missing after cargo boat capsizes off Jomalig, Quezon

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