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The real opportunity is not merely to manufacture the technologies of the future but to participate in creating them. #ThoughtLeaders rappler.com/voices/thought…

'This band likes having fun and loves playing together and making songs. If you give us one big canvas, we’ll paint it, four of us, together. We trust each other’s strokes,' drummer Wendell Garcia says #LinggoNgMusikangPilipino rappler.com/people/artists…

Around 80% of Filipino seniors do not hold formal pensions from the SSS or GSIS, leaving them completely unprotected against inflation or sudden medical shocks rappler.com/business/opini…

Three years after its creation, the overwhelming majority of Maharlika's capital still sits in banks collecting interest, though the sovereign wealth fund has cautiously started investing in ports, power, and mining rappler.com/business/mahar…

The problem with Sara Duterte's politics is that when the brain refuses to do the heavy lifting, the tongue takes over, wagging away and mistaking noise for making sense #ThoughtLeaders rappler.com/voices/thought…

Today’s headlines: Sara Duterte impeachment, BTS, Alex Eala #ThewRap rappler.com/video/daily-wr…

Today’s headlines: Sara Duterte impeachment, BTS, Alex Eala | The wRap | July 30, 2026 Here are today's headlines – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world: - Marcos okays release of Sara Duterte's tax records - Big fishers win as Supreme Court declares tracking at sea unconstitutional - Meralco chair Pangilinan: Power industry 'may not survive' if asked to absorb system loss - BTS boycotts Grammys over new Asian pop award category - Alex Eala ends Leylah Fernandez's reign with gutsy Washington Open comeback rappler.com/video/daily-wr…

Alex Eala ends Leylah Fernandez's reign with gutsy Washington Open comeback Filipina tennis star Alex Eala earns her spot in the quarterfinals of the Washington Open after her win over defending champion Leylah Fernandez of Canada on Thursday, July 30, Manila time. Full story: rappler.com/sports/tennis-…

BTS boycotts Grammys over new Asian pop award category K-pop group BTS will not submit any music for consideration at the 69th Annual Grammy Awards in February 2027. Full story: rappler.com/people/artists…

WATCH: Marcos okays release of Sara Duterte’s tax records youtube.com/watch?v=HnLVIM…

Meralco chair Pangilinan: Power industry 'may not survive' if asked to absorb system loss Meralco chairman Manny V. Pangilinan warns the Philippine power industry ‘may not survive’ if system loss charges from electricity bills are removed in full. Full story: rappler.com/business/meral…

Big fishers win as Supreme Court declares tracking at sea unconstitutional The Supreme Court declares as unconstitutional the government policy requiring commercial fishing vessels to install a vessel monitoring system. Full story: rappler.com/philippines/bi…

Marcos okays release of Sara Duterte’s tax records The Bureau of Internal Revenue turns over the tax records of Vice President Sara Duterte to the Senate impeachment court after President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s approval. Full story: rappler.com/philippines/sa…

[The wRap] Marcos approves release of VP Duterte’s financial records x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

The Rizal Monument in Manila shines in blue on Thursday, July 30, in support of Filipino boy group SB19’s upcoming debut performance at Lollapalooza 2026 on July 31, at 4:30 am (Manila time). | via Paolo Cootauco/Rappler More updates in the Front Page chat room of the Rappler app. communities.rappler.com/ytUTSmRbUiTCee…

WATCH: NBA guard Scotty Pippen Jr. visits Philippines youtube.com/watch?v=m13-Cy…

In his ruling rejecting the case, Judge Matthew Nicklin says the claimants had needed to prove that information published about them had been obtained unlawfully, but had failed to do so, and that suspicion alone was not enough rappler.com/people/newsmak…

In his ruling rejecting the case, Judge Matthew Nicklin says the claimants had needed to prove that information published about them had been obtained unlawfully, but had failed to do so, and that suspicion alone was not enough rappler.com/world/europe/p…

A TROLL IN COURT Rappler executive editor Glenda Gloria says that the last thing the Filipino people need is a Senate that allows itself to be a source of troll-like language and behavior. Read the piece here: rplr.co/RobinPadillaSe…

Seasats, a producer of autonomous surface vessels, says its Lightfish drone approached a People's Liberation Army Navy ship off Luzon Island in June rappler.com/philippines/co…