6+ hour, 41+ min ago   (243+ words) MANILA, Philippines – The House prosecution team upended the trial’s trajectory on Day 23 by scrapping 15 Article I witnesses and signaling it will call Vice President Sara Duterte herself to testify. The Senate impeachment court also moved to address a key question…...

20+ hour, 4+ min ago   (1038+ words) CEBU CITY, Philippines — Before Resil Mojares became one of the country’s most respected historians and Cebu’s foremost keeper of memory, he was a fictionist. He was also a journalist, writing about Cebu’s history and culture while increasingly engaging with the…...

19+ hour, 34+ min ago   (410+ words) MANILA, Philippines — The spokesperson of the Senate impeachment court holding the trial of Vice President Sara Duterte clarified that at least 11 votes, including that of the presiding officer, are needed to nullify an earlier ruling that set the threshold for…...

15+ hour, 27+ min ago   (238+ words) MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano and his sister Sen. Pia Cayetano returned to the country on Saturday after their Singapore trip. “Through GOD’S grace, we are back! And in the arms of our beloved Pilipinas,” the former Senate president…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (360+ words) MANILA, Philippines — “I’m just doing my job stating the facts.” Interior and Local Government Secretary Jonvic Remulla on Friday said this in response to Vice President Sara Duterte claiming that he wanted drama when the latter was ordered arrested by…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (193+ words) MANILA, Philippines — Vice President Sara Duterte said she has not yet received a formal document summoning her as a witness to her trial before the Senate as an impeachment court. In an interview in Quezon City on Friday morning, Duterte…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (368+ words) MANILA, Philippines — The camp of Vice President Sara Duterte on Friday slammed what they described as the “political decision” of prosecutors to dismiss the perjury complaint against Ramil Madriaga. Duterte’s spokesperson Paolo Panelo Jr. made the statement after the Office…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (64+ words) Inquirer.net MANILA, Philippines – The Quezon City Regional Trial Court on Friday deferred the arraignment of Vice President Sara Duterte’s three counts of grave threats. The charges against her stem from her November 2024 remarks against President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (355+ words) MANILA, Philippines — Overall personal optimism among Filipinos improved in June, with 48 percent (“optimists”) expecting their quality of life to improve in the next 12 months. According to the Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey conducted from June 20 to June 29, eight percent saw…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (435+ words) MANILA, Philippines — Vice President Sara Duterte suffered a legal setback after the Taguig City Prosecutor’s Office dismissed her perjury complaint against her alleged former aide Ramil Madriaga for “insufficiency of evidence.” In a 19-page decision, Taguig prosecutors said the evidence…...