Tony La Viña wrote his memoir Ransomed by Love as a way to say goodbye when he was diagnosed with cancer.

But as life would have it, La Viña is now living through illness and promoting the book. Ransomed by Love was launched last November 29 at Ateneo de Manila University.

We sit down with the human rights and environmental lawyer to talk about his new book, the cathartic experience of writing about his life while awaiting death, and his newfound love for Taylor Swift.

https://www.rappler.com/philippines/2024-bar-exams-stories-passers-no-deadline-dreams/

Delegates walked away from the recently concluded United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) with a $300-billion new climate finance goal that will be mobilized by developed countries.

https://www.rappler.com/environment/the-green-report-cop29-outcome/

Metropolitan areas in the Philippines are sinking, a recent study from the University of the Philippines Resilience Institute (UPRI) and the National Institute of Geological Sciences found.

In this episode of The Green Report, Rappler environment editor Jee Geronimo and reporter Iya Gozum talk to Audrei Anne Ybañez and Jolly Sulapas, researchers from the UPRI, about land subsidence in the Greater Manila Area, Metro Cebu, Metro Davao, Metro Iloilo, and Legazpi City.

https://www.rappler.com/environment/the-green-report-episode-why-philippine-cities-sinking/

In this The Green Report episode, environment editor Jee Geronimo talks to reporter Iya Gozum and production specialist Errol Almario about the release of the eagles and the Rappler documentary, Araw ng Paglaya ng Philippine eagles na sina Carlito at Uswag.

A lot can happen in just a week.

Just like that, we’re almost halfway through the year.

https://www.rappler.com/environment/the-green-report-episode-hottest-stories-2024-so-far/

These hotter-than-usual temperatures have become more common, no thanks to climate change. Is the Philippines prepared for this new normal?

https://www.rappler.com/environment/the-green-report-episode-getting-hotter-excessive-heat-now-what/

What happens when adaptation strategies, such as evacuation centers, are not climate-proof?

Through her short videos, conservation storyteller Celine Murillo aims to promote Philippine biodiversity and natural heritage through popular social media platforms like TikTok and Instagram.

https://www.rappler.com/environment/the-green-report-episode-celine-murillo-philippine-biodiversity-tiktok/

Is Metro Manila bike-friendly? That’s the question that Rappler’s environment cluster set out to answer in their latest documentary, 'Biking 120 kilometers in Metro Manila.'

https://www.rappler.com/environment/the-green-report-episode-biking-120-kilometers-tell-story/