Today on Rappler – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:
- PH coronavirus cases surpass 200,000-mark. 5,277 new cases are reported on Wednesday, August 26
- PhilHealth officials Morales, Del Rosario resign. Ricardo Morales, president and CEO, and Rodolfo del Rosario Jr., senior vice president, file their resignation amid the corruption scandal the agency is facing.
- Duterte admitted in 2018 he continued drinking despite doctor’s cancer warning. The President even called himself ‘brandy boy,’ in reference to his supposed new habit in 2018 of taking 3 shots of brandy every night.
- Archbishop Oscar Cruz, prelate who spared no president, dies of COVID-19. Cruz is known for his stinging critiques of sitting presidents, sparing no one – most recently Joseph Estrada, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Benigno Aquino III, and Rodrigo Duterte.
- UST saga continues as Tigers allegedly left sick, fed poorly. Former UST stalwart CJ Cansino leaks Facebook messages detailing the Tigers’ poor condition in the Sorsogon ‘bubble.’
