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Mar 31 10 tweets 5 min read
How is our planet doing lately? 🤔🌏

Check out our top environment stories from March! #TheGreenReport

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Image Clean energy transition needs to happen faster. But first, it has to be just. #TheGreenReport rappler.com/newsbreak/expl…
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Nov 18, 2022 5 tweets 3 min read
JUST IN: Justice Secretary Boying Remulla tells reporters suspended BuCor Chief Gerald Bantag told him the excavation inside Bilibid will be used to look for the so-called Yamashita treasure.

Bantag earlier said the hole will be used as a swimming pool. | via @jairojourno @jairojourno “Originally, I was told by Director General Bantag about it. And I told him to stop it. I told him to stop it,” Remulla adds. | via @jairojourno
Nov 17, 2022 28 tweets 22 min read
NOW: The closing session of the Global Climate Action High-Level Event at #COP27.

Follow this thread by @jeegeronimo for updates.

Watch Rappler's livestream here: @jeegeronimo Environmental activist Helena Gualinga: I did not envision a world where we, the youth, are left to deal with the consequences of the irresponsibility of the adults and the so-called world leaders. #COP27 | via @jeegeronimo

Nov 17, 2022 11 tweets 8 min read
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr and China President Xi Jinping had "a very pleasant exchange" during their bilateral meeting, said Marcos in a release from his press office. 📷: Office of the Press Secretary | via @beacupin

UPDATES: rappler.com/nation/updates… ImageImageImageImage @beacupin Release from the Philippines' Office of the Press Secretary: "The President said Xi was also surprised to meet his old friend, former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, who accompanied him during the meeting."

Arroyo is part of the Philippine delegation here in Bangkok for APEC.
Nov 17, 2022 6 tweets 3 min read
The House local government panel approves a bill proposing an automatic income classification for LGUs, as proponents point out that the last income reclassification of provinces, cities, and towns was in 2008. | via @newsdwight @newsdwight Income reclassifications have been suspended since 2012, after the DOJ advised the DOF that its secretary only has a "recommending authority in making changes" in LGUs' income classifications, says panel chairman and Valenzuela 1st District Rep. Rex Gatchalian. | via @newsdwight
Nov 17, 2022 11 tweets 9 min read
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will be joining the APEC CEO Summit in Bangkok today. He’s also set to hold bilateral talks with China’s Xi Jinping later today on the sidelines of APEC. #APEC2022 | via
@beacupin @beacupin Marcos earlier told media he plans to bring up West Philippine Sea issues when he meets his Chinese counterpart.

What other topics do you think the two leaders should discuss? #APEC2022 | via @beacupin

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Nov 16, 2022 45 tweets 31 min read
WATCH: Brazil's newly-elected president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva addresses the #COP27 delegation at a special event, where he talks about his country's vision in climate and environment. Loud applause greets Lula as he enters the COP27 venue where he is set to speak. #COP27 | via @jeegeronimo

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Nov 16, 2022 26 tweets 12 min read
NOW: In #COP27's 'Frontline Solutions to the Climate Crises' event, representatives from peasant farmers, indigenous peoples, and environmental justice groups talk about how communities adapt, respond, and fight climate change.

WATCH: Climate Justice Alliance: These frontline voices [are] those that are experiencing the harms of climate change today — not tomorrow, but today. #COP27
Nov 16, 2022 11 tweets 3 min read
Want to keep up with the headlines? Here are stories you may have missed on Wednesday, November 16. Image CHED: No more fully online classes in 2023
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Nov 16, 2022 5 tweets 3 min read
Rappler Talk: Former PNP chief Cascolan’s battle plan for DOH twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1… Former police chief Camilo Cascolan’s appointment to the Department of Health (DOH) drew public ire, as critics questioned his qualifications for the position. #RapplerTalk

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Nov 16, 2022 4 tweets 3 min read
Organizers of the Visayas Art Fair (VAF) said in a press conference on Wednesday, November 16, that the event will officially take place at the Oakridge Business Park from November 24 to 27. | via @TheJohnSitchon Image @TheJohnSitchon “We have 33 participating galleries. Out of the 33, 14 are from the NCR,” Laurie Boquiren, the chairwoman of VAF said.

Boquiren added that there will also be workshops, contests, and art talks. | via @TheJohnSitchon Image
Nov 16, 2022 20 tweets 3 min read
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. gives departure speech for the 29th APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting in Bangkok, Thailand. Image Marcos: It will be an honor for me to represent the Philippines at the APEC. APEC remains to be one of the prime platforms to engage the economies of the Asia-Pacific region.
Nov 15, 2022 10 tweets 3 min read
Want to keep up with the latest news? Here are the stories you may have missed today, November 15. Image DOJ serves subpoena on suspended BuCor chief Bantag
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Nov 15, 2022 21 tweets 13 min read
NOW: The PH Center for Investigative Journalism holds a forum on the status of PH prisons.

Among the speakers is prisons expert Raymund Narag. | via @jairojourno Image @jairojourno Narag explains that the events and incidents we are seeing now in relation to our jails are being products of three factors: structural conditions, organizational processes, and the prison's culture. | via @jairojourno Image
Aug 3, 2022 8 tweets 2 min read
Have you been keeping up with the headlines? Here’s a rundown of top stories you might have missed today, August 3. Chief Justice Gesmundo: Supreme Court’s stabilizing force
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Aug 3, 2022 17 tweets 13 min read
#BusinessSense with @RalfRivas: UNO Digital Bank CEO Manish Bhai twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1… @RalfRivas In this episode of #BusinessSense, Rappler's @RalfRivas talks to UNO Digital Bank CEO Manish Bhai about the potential of digital banks to address the needs of unbanked Filipinos and how UNO plans to cater to the middle class.

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Aug 3, 2022 7 tweets 4 min read
STANDBY FOR COVERAGE: DOJ Secretary Boying Remulla will hold a press conference in a few minutes with Prosecutor General Ben Malcontento, Usec Jesse Andres, lawyers Raul Vasquez and Mico Clavano. | via @lianbuan @lianbuan Remulla says dialogue to reconsider the decision not to rejoin the ICC is always on the table. “This is a democracy,” says Remulla, adding Marcos has the last say. | via @lianbuan
Aug 3, 2022 6 tweets 5 min read
LOOK: Vice President Sara Duterte arrives at PITX for the official launch of the OVP's Libreng Sakay program. | via @_lorenzpasion @_lorenzpasion Duterte: 2 buses will be deployed in Metro Manila, 1 in Davao City, 1 in Bacolod. | via @_lorenzpasion
Aug 3, 2022 7 tweets 4 min read
LOOK: New Comelec chief George Garcia presides over his first en banc meeting as chairman on Wednesday, August 3, ahead of a press conference later today.

He has promised to remain impartial as poll body head. | via @newsdwight

📸 Garcia’s office
@newsdwight Comelec chairman George Garcia now holds his first press conference, says it’s high time for the Comelec to have its new building, and transfer the IT department office to another place that is safe and secure, in the wake of Sunday’s fire. | via @newsdwight
Aug 3, 2022 4 tweets 3 min read
Hindi na raw natin kailangan ng ICC dahil gumagana naman ang justice system sa bansa.

rappler.com/topic/war-on-d… Ito ang mga numerong may kinalaman sa nasabing justice system.

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Aug 2, 2022 10 tweets 3 min read
Want to keep up with the headlines? 📱 Here are the stories you may have missed today, August 2. Long wait for new CHR leadership: Marcos strategy or just not a priority?
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