Rappler's latest stories on objectivity
Foreign workers must secure 'certificate of no objection' - DOLE
A 'certificate of no objection' is required for foreign nationals to secure a visa to work in the Philippines
Spacecraft carrying Russian humanoid robot docks at ISS
The lifesize robot named Fedor – short for Final Experimental Demonstration Object Research – copies human movements, a key skill that allows it to help carry out tasks remotely
Soyuz spacecraft carrying humanoid robot fails to dock with space station
(UPDATED) The life-size robot, named Fedor, was to spend 10 days learning to assist astronauts in the space station
Russia sends 'Fedor' its first humanoid robot into space
Named Fedor, for Final Experimental Demonstration Object Research with identification number Skybot F850, the robot is the first ever sent up by Russia
NASA rings in New Year with historic flyby of faraway world
(UPDATED) The flyby takes place about a billion miles beyond Pluto, the most faraway world visited by a spacecraft so far
Global task force helps save 240 child sex victims
Victim Identification Task Force of Europol, with the help of law enforcers around world, rescues over 240 victims of child sex abuse and arrests almost 100 offenders since 2014
U.S. Defense Department admits funding secret UFO-hunting program
A New York Times reports says the so-called Advanced Aviation Threat Identification Program operated from 2007 to 2012 and had $22 million a year budget
In a time of trolls, PH journalists urged to ‘come together’
How can you be objective in a world where being objective means you are hated for your job? asks Rappler reporter Pia Ranada during the 2030 Social Good Summit
Duterte lawyer: Votes went to Roxas in VCM testing
UPDATED A village in Sarangani claims votes for presidential candidate Rodrigo Duterte are credited to rival Mar Roxas during the testing of vote counting machines
It's final: Jail awaits voters with 'frivolous' complaints
UPDATED The Comelec has now found a provision in the law that supports its rule against frivolous objections
Comelec divided on rules 2 weeks before polls
Commissioner Christian Lim joins Commissioner Sheriff Abas in opposing a rule that allows voters to get replacement ballots
Can Comelec sue voters over 'frivolous' objections?
Voters with frivolous objections can go to jail Comelec says But an ex poll commissioner asks What defines a frivolous suit?
S. Korea's top court keeps conscientious objector in jail
The main rationale is the threat posed by North Korea given that the 1950 53 Korean conflict ended with a ceasefire rather than a peace treaty leaving the two Koreas technically at war
List: Items banned from airplanes
The Office of Transportation Security has revised its list of items that can be brought on the plane citing ‘evolving levels of threat’ in international and domestic travel
Big asteroid that skimmed Earth has its own moon – NASA
The odd couple of 2004 BL86 and its moon will not come this way again for another two centuries astronomers say
NASA asteroid defense program falls short – audit
Just 1 million of the program s 40 million annual budget is spent on strategies to deflect an incoming asteroid or evacuate areas in danger of impact
Why Apple’s Swift is a game changer
Apple s new programming language is the biggest thing to come out of WWDC 2014 for reasons not immediately felt
Interfaith groups to SC: Restore RH law's penal provisions
It is violation of women s rights when the law allows health service providers to refuse referring patients to other providers based on their moral beliefs
Malaysia says French satellites spot objects in search area
The images include potential objects in the vicinity of the southern corridor the Transport Ministry said in a statement
Asteroid makes close pass by Earth
Coined 2014 DX110 the asteroid became part of a rare class of objects that comes nearer to Earth than the moon
NASA identifies 3 potential asteroids for capture
The US space agency has narrowed its hunt for an asteroid to capture to three NASA said Wednesday
Evidence vs Corona 'irrelevant, misleading'
Chief Justice Renato Corona s counsels argued that most of the evidence presented were irrelevant and relate to allegations on ill gotten wealth
