Flood control projects (FCPs), whether ghost or existent, but watered down (pun intended), are today’s “flavor of the month,” the main focus in the ongoing probe into massive graft and corruption in ...

CALUMPIT, Bulacan, Philippines — Mayor Lem Faustino challenged Bulacan 1st District Rep. Danilo Domingo to explain the state of flood control projects in the town. During the “Managot Ang Dapat ...

MANILA, Philippines — Speaker Faustino "Bojie" Dy III is in favor of stopping the House inquiry into flood control projects. He said the Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI) should do the ...

Public outrage over corruption in flood control projects has fueled artists to write protest songs. Here’s Rappler’s playlist when the rage hits home. MANILA, Philippines – The Filipinos are angry ...

Organizers estimated that around 130,000 turned out in Manila alone to protest alleged corruption over flood control projects. The protests were largely peaceful but ...

The kids are alright — on GLP-1s, that is. A new study found that the blockbuster treatment Mounjaro can dramatically lower blood sugar and body weight in children as young as 10 with Type 2 diabetes.

In mid-September 2025, a claim spread online that U.S. President Donald Trump's administration had said birth control pills and IUDs were abortions. Here's what the Trump administration said, ...

Since coercive control became a criminal offence in NSW only nine charges have been laid. Between July 2024 and June 2025, the state received 297 reports of coercive control. Frontline domestic ...

MANILA, Philippines—The Commission on Audit (COA) has filed another set of fraud audit reports (FARs) with the Office of the Ombudsman, this time flagging four additional ghost flood control projects ...

Like the iPhone 16 series, all of Apple's latest iPhone 17 models include a new Camera Control button (located on the lower right-hand side when holding the phone in portrait mode). The button aims to ...

(UPDATE) LEYTE 1st District Rep. Ferdinand Martin Romualdez stepped down as speaker at the House of Representatives’ plenary session on Wednesday. “The issues surrounding certain infrastructure ...

The Trump administration has been trying to destroy almost $10 million worth of taxpayer-funded birth control and other contraceptives that were meant for women in low-income countries. The vast ...