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Britain’s Prince Harry marries American actress Meghan Markle on Saturday, May 19 in a royal wedding veering away from tradition – from the impassioned homily of Reverend Curry to the gospel choir singing ‘Stand By Me.’ Bonus: Here’s a dose of cuteness – watch royal babies Prince George and Prince Charlotte at their uncle’s wedding!
The week opened with the barangay and youth elections – the first after years of postponement. Key public officials took to the polls to vote, but President Rodrigo Duterte failed to do so. His reason? He wanted ‘to erase the suspicion’ from his candidate-friends on whether he voted for them in the barangay elections.
Duterte also did not push through with a plan to ride a jet ski around Philippine Rise, formerly known as Benham Rise, on Tuesday, May 15. His son Sebastian and special assistant Bong Go rode the jetskis in his stead.
The House committee on housing and urban development begins its investigation into the condition of a National Housing Authority (NHA) project in Zamboanga City. The congressional probe comes after politicians – among them housing and urban development committee chairperson Alfredo Benitez himself – fell off a footbridge that collapsed at the Z3R housing project.
In this week’s special episode of Right of Way, we dissect and visualize the complexity of – and the hazards of driving along – the Sucat Interchange in Parañaque.
42 ladies vied for the Miss Earth Philippines 2018 crown on Saturday, May 19. The winner? Fil-Italian Silvia Celeste Cortesi.
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Relive the fairy tale wedding here
Prince George and Princess Charlotte served as page boy and bridesmaid, respectively, during the wedding
(UPDATED) Voting hours will be from 7 am to 3 pm in nearly 42,000 villages across the Philippines for the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections
(4th UPDATE) Special Assistant to the President Bong Go said he and President Duterte’s son, Sebastian Duterte, will represent the Philippine leader instead
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Just how complicated is the Sucat Interchange in Parañaque? This animation dissects – and visualizes – the complexity of this road network.
Who will take home the crown and represent the country in the international pageant? Find out here on Rappler!
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