Does the Philippines have to ask permission for Ayungin missions?
The 2024 Provisional Understanding covering Ayungin Shoal makes headlines again after Chinese personnel clash with Filipino soldiers
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Marcos signs law ensuring support for public schools in far-flung areas
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. enacts the Last Mile and GIDA Schools Act days before delivering his fifth State of the Nation Address
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Ombudsman files 14 counts of graft vs Ilonggo lawmaker linked to contractor
(1st UPDATE) The Sandiganbayan rejects Ang’s bid to dismiss his graft case, ruling that lawmakers remain under its jurisdiction, and also orders his 14 cases to be tried individually
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IBON Foundation: Upper-middle income milestone doesn’t reflect Filipinos’ realities
Despite the World Bank’s recent upper-middle-income upgrade, think tank IBON Foundation warns that the country’s income classification masks deeper structural weaknesses in employment, inequality, and industrial development
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Marcos’ SONA 2026: How to follow Rappler’s special coverage
Here are ways you can stay ahead and tune in to Rappler’s special coverage of SONA 2026
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NGO sounds alarm on PH joining Pax Silica: Whose interest does it serve?
‘Let us reserve our natural resources and mineral resources for our own agricultural modernization and industries,’ CenPEG director Bobby Tuazon says at their annual forum on the state of the presidency ahead of President Marcos’ 5th SONA
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Pax Silica, El Niño: Environmental issues for SONA 2026
From landfill crises to water supply concerns surrounding Pax Silica, which environmental issue do you think should be mentioned in this year’s SONA?
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Can SONA 2026 be a ‘pivotal moment’ for Marcos?
Alliance of Concerned Teachers vice chairperson Carl Marc Ramota says President Marcos’ fifth SONA is a chance for him ‘to present a clear, citizen-centered roadmap that favors solutions over feuds’
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Marcos promised a crackdown on flood control corruption. What happened a year later?
(2nd UPDATE) In his 5th SONA, Marcos says his cousin, former House speaker Martin Romualdez, will be charged soon in relation to the flood control corruption controversy
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Can Marcos follow through on flood control promise in penultimate SONA?
At 4 pm on July 27, a nation that has spent a year waiting for specifics on the flood-control promise will finally hear the President’s report
