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These cities and towns to share P1B fund to build parks, gardens, bike lanes,...
MANILA, Philippines – Is your city, province, or town among the 80 local governments getting a slice of a Department of Budget and Management (DBM) fund to increase the number of public parks and open...
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A foundation is funding climate-resilient Quezon City schoolyards. Students...
QUEZON CITY, Philippines — “Dapat may tree!” (There should be trees!) a grade school student from Diosdado P. Macapagal Elementary School exclaims, as he sits on the floor with other schoolmates,...
View ArticleLIST: Winners of the 21st TAYO Awards
MANILA, Philippines – Youth organizations across the country were recognized at the 21st Ten Accomplished Youth Organizations (TAYO) Awards at the Manila Metropolitan Theater on Monday, August 19, for...
View ArticleHow these Mindanaoan youth are helping break stigma in their communities
MANILA, Philippines – In 2023, they were a youth organization that only had five active volunteers. A year later, they were catapulted to the limelight as an awardee at the 21st Ten Accomplished Youth...
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#BeTheChange: Social Good Summit 2024 speakers and sessions
MANILA, Philippines – It’s time to gear up for Social Good Summit 2024, Rappler’s biggest annual gathering of our community, partners, leaders, and changemakers. This year’s summit is set to take...
View ArticleBe The Good: Fighting grooming, sexual abuse behind teen pregnancies
Trigger warning: Sexual assault, abuse MANILA, Philippines – Sexual grooming and exploitation is a danger faced by many young people in the Philippines, a harm compounded by the complexities of...
View ArticleLIST: Support communities affected by Tropical Storm Enteng and southwest...
MANILA, Philippines – Multiple areas in Bicol region and other parts of Luzon experienced heavy rainfall and severe flooding on Monday, September 2, as Tropical Storm Enteng traversed mainland Luzon,...
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MTRCB says ‘not humanly possible’ to regulate social media content, streaming...
MANILA, Philippines – The Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) clarified on Tuesday, September 3, that it is not within their mandate to regulate content in social media sites...
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Tired of substandard facilities, PWD groups launch #DapatPWEDE campaign
MANILA, Philippines – “Hindi puwede ang, ‘puwede na.’ Dapat puwede.“ (Just ‘good enough’ is not enough. It should follow legal standards.) This was the clarion call of persons with disability (PWD)...
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#BeTheChange: Social Good Summit 2024 speakers and sessions
MANILA, Philippines – It’s time to gear up for Social Good Summit 2024, Rappler’s biggest annual gathering of our community, partners, leaders, and changemakers. This year’s summit is set to take...
View ArticleMeredith Whittaker of Signal, disinformation expert Camille François to speak...
MANILA, Philippines – Two international experts on harms posed by big tech and ways to protect democracies from such dangers are joining Rappler’s Social Good Summit 2024 on October 19. Meredith...
View ArticleBe The Good: How can Metro Manila nurture startups?
MANILA, Philippines – Can Metro Manila be a startup city? Can the country’s capital become an innovation center, attractive to new entrepreneurs? In this episode of Be The Good: Let’s Talk...
View ArticleWATCH: OCD, Rappler sign agreement on disaster cooperation
MANILA, Philippines – The Office of the Civil Defense and Rappler sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on disaster cooperation on Thursday, September 12. The agreement, initiated under Rappler’s...
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Office of Civil Defense, Rappler renew partnership for disaster cooperation
MANILA, Philippines – The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) and Rappler signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on Thursday, September 12, renewing a previous partnership on disaster cooperation. The...
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Help plan climate-resilient cities during a Social Good Summit session
MANILA, Philippines – This year, Filipinos have seen the harmful impacts of climate change, ranging from extreme heat to flooding. What can we do to urge government agencies to come up with long-term...
View ArticleLIST: Events, activities on 52nd Martial Law commemoration
MANILA, PHILIPPINES – On Saturday, September 21, Filipinos will commemorate the anniversary of Martial Law, marking 52 years after then-president Ferdinand E. Marcos signed Proclamation No. 1081 that...
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Five Filipino youth leaders pen notes from One Young World Summit 2024
MANILA, Philippines – Rappler picked five young leaders from various sectors to attend the One Young World Summit 2024 in Montréal, Canada, where Rappler CEO and 2021 Nobel laureate Maria Ressa will...
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Positive parenting, ‘beso-beso’ culture: How fighting grooming, abuse starts...
MANILA, Philippines – Sexual grooming may be insidious and difficult to spot, but the best place to start preventing and protection is in the family. This was what Kitty Arce of Save The Children...
View ArticleHow can we make facts thrive in elections? Let’s discuss at Social Good...
MANILA, Philippines – What can Filipinos do to ensure facts will thrive in the 2025 elections? In the Philippines and globally, truth tellers have been relentlessly targeted by hostile actors with the...
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Want to be a Rappler intern or volunteer?
MANILA, Philippines – Do you want to experience what it’s like to work at Rappler? If you have what it takes, then you just might be what we’re looking for. Rappler is looking for hardworking,...
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