MANILA, Philippines – Leyte 1st District Consultant Martin Romualdez introduced his resignation as Home speaker on September 17. Romualdez couldn’t escape the flood management and finances mess, and have been the topic of criticisms over alleged involvement within the mangled 2025 Normal Appropriations Act. Isabela sixth District Consultant Faustino “Bojie” Dy III changed Romualdez.
Over on the Senate, on September 18, the blue ribbon panel discovered that companies linked to the Discayas secured over P207 billion value of presidency initiatives from 2016 to 2025. Pacifico “Curlee” Discaya additionally admitted that they bribed native officers in Quezon Metropolis in alternate for flood management initiatives. Throughout the listening to, Discaya, together with former Division of Public Works and Highways district engineer Henry Alcantara, have been cited in contempt.
Hundreds of scholars, school, and workers of main universities walked out of their campuses on September 19 to denounce large corruption in flood and infrastructure initiatives and to commemorate the 53rd anniversary of Martial Legislation. In addition they referred to as for participation in mobilizations taking place in numerous elements of the nation on September 21.
Overseas, Israel unleashed a long-threatened floor assault on Gaza Metropolis on September 16, declaring “Gaza is burning” as Palestinians there described probably the most intense bombardment that they had confronted in two years of warfare. An Israel Protection Forces official mentioned floor troops have been shifting deeper into the enclave’s primary metropolis.
On September 17, Walt Disney-owned ABC mentioned it was pulling Jimmy Kimmel Stay off the air after remarks by the present’s late-night host about Charlie Kirk’s assassination sparked harsh criticism by the top of the Federal Communications Fee. The choice comes as US President Donald Trump repeatedly pressured broadcasters to cease airing content material he discovered objectionable.
Catch extra tales in these images from the week that was:
Youth protesters from numerous teams march from Edsa Shrine to the Folks Energy Monument for his or her sequence of actions towards the wide-scale corruption within the Philippine authorities’s flood initiatives, on September 13, 2025. PHOTO BY JIRE CARREON/RAPPLER
A drone mild present kinds a picture above St. Peter’s Basilica through the ‘Grace for the World’ live performance on the Vatican, as crowds collect in By way of della Conciliazione in Rome, Italy, on September 13, 2025. PHOTO BY MATTEO MINNELLA/REUTERS
Germany’s Oscar da Silva, Maodo Lo, and Johannes Thiemann have a good time after successful the EuroBasket 2025 Closing towards Turkey at Xiaomi Area in Riga, Latvia, on September 14, 2025. PHOTO BY INTS KALNINS/REUTERS
US Senator Ted Cruz paints over a profane graffiti referencing conservative activist Charlie Kirk, who was fatally shot throughout an occasion at Utah Valley College, in Houston, Texas, on September 14, 2025. PHOTO FROM TED CRUZ X ACCOUNT VIA REUTERS
Professional-Palestine protesters stand with a flag in entrance of cops as they exhibit to disrupt Stage 21 of the Vuelta a Espana, in Madrid, Spain, on September 14, 2025. PHOTO BY BRUNA CASAS/REUTERS
Smoke rises from the evacuated Al-Ghefari tower because it collapses after it was hit by Israeli air strikes, in Gaza Metropolis on September 15, 2025. PHOTO BY DAWOUD ABU ALKAS/REUTERS
Workforce Canada’s Isaac Heslinga battles Japan’s Yuki Ishikawa, Taishi Onodera, and Ran Takahashi through the preliminaries of the FIVB Males’s Volleyball World Championship on the Good Araneta Coliseum on September 15, 2025. PHOTO BY NOEL CELIS/REUTERS
Mom of Rashik Khatiwada, who died in final week’s anti-corruption protests that toppled the federal government, mourns through the cremation rituals inside Pashupatinath temple, in Kathmandu, Nepal, on September 16, 2025. PHOTO BY NAVESH CHITRAKAR/REUTERS
A doll depicting US President Donald Trump lies on the road, throughout a ‘Trump Not Welcome’ protest on the state go to of President Trump and first girl Melania, in London, Britain, on September 17, 2025. PHOTO BY HANNAH MCKAY/REUTERS
A lady wears a Statue of Liberty costume as she holds a picture of a damaged coronary heart, outdoors the El Capitan Leisure Centre, the place ‘Jimmy Kimmel Stay!’ is recorded for broadcast, on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles, California, on September 17, 2025. PHOTO BY DANIEL COLE/REUTERS
Leyte 1st District Consultant Martin Romualdez takes the podium to announce his resignation as speaker through the plenary session of the Home of Representatives on September 17, 2025. PHOTO BY JIRE CARREON/RAPPLER
Mariah Carey performs on a floating stage formed like a large Victoria amazonica water lily on the Guama River in Belem, Para state, Brazil, on September 17, 2025. PHOTO BY WAGNER SANTANA/REUTERS
UP College students’ Theater Arts Guild for Schooling performers reenact a scene depicting the harrowing experiences of Martial Legislation victims throughout a play presentation on the opening of the 1081 Exhibit on the College of the Philippines Cebu on September 17, 2025. PHOTO BY JACQUELINE HERNANDEZ/RAPPLER
Displaced Palestinians, fleeing northern Gaza attributable to an Israeli army operation, transfer southward after Israeli forces ordered residents of Gaza Metropolis to evacuate to the south, on September 18, 2025. PHOTO BY DAWOUD`ABU ALKAS/REUTERS
French riot police stand subsequent to protesters defending themselves from tear fuel throughout clashes at an illustration, as a part of a day of nationwide strikes and protests by supporters of ‘Bloquons Tout’ (Let’s Block Every part) motion, in Paris, France, on September 18, 2025. PHOTO BY BENOIT TESSIER/REUTERS
Dismissed DPWH engineers, also called the Bulacan Group of Contractors, attend the continuation of the Senate blue ribbon committee probe on anomalous flood contracts on September 18, 2025. PHOTO BY ANGIE DE SILVA/RAPPLER
College students, school members, and tutorial workers of the College of the Philippines Los Banos stage a university-wide walkout to denounce corruption in flood works whereas demanding a finances enhance within the training sector, on the Oblation Park on September 19, 2025. PHOTO FROM UPLB PERSPECTIVE FACEBOOK
Ateneo college students and representatives of varied organizations mild candles in remembrance of the lives misplaced throughout Martial Legislation, as a part of One Large Battle Towards Corruption protest on the MVP Heart on September 19, 2025. PHOTO BY MARTY VIA RAPPLER COMMUNITIES
A picture of a tiger is projected on College of Santo Tomas’ Essential Constructing through the UAAP Season 88 opening ceremonies on September 19, 2025. PHOTO FROM UAAP MEDIA GROUP
– with studies from Reuters/Rappler.com
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