1+ day, 3+ hour 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…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago   (247+ words) MANILA, Philippines — Transport group Manibela will hold a two-day nationwide strike on Sept. 14 and Sept. 15 to protest the expected increase in fuel prices next week. Manibela chair Mar Valbuena announced the planned strike in a social media post, noting the…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (214+ words) COTABATO CITY —Three town mayors in Maguindanao del Sur have surrendered six high-powered firearms, including a caliber.50 machine gun, yielded by their constituents, officials said. Brig. Gen. Ricky Bunayog, acting commander of the Army’s 6th Infantry Division (ID), received the loose…...

1+ day, 16+ hour 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…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago   (723+ words) MANILA, Philippines — There is no assurance that Ombudsman Jesus Crispin Remulla would be able to successfully facilitate the return of former House lawmaker Zaldy Co and Sen. Loren Legarda, both of whom are reportedly in France. Remulla said his trip…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (187+ words) MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has declared Sept. 12, 2026, as a Day of National Mourning over the passing of National Artist for Literature Resil Mojares. He passed away early morning of Sept. 5, a day after his 83rd birthday. READ: Cebu mourns…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (163+ words) MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. remembered his late father and namesake, former President Ferdinand Marcos Sr., on his birthday on Friday. Marcos Sr. would be 109 years old if he were alive today, having been born on Sept. 11, 1917. READ: Sept....

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (312+ words) MANILA, Philippines — Deputy Minority Leader and ACT Teachers Rep. Antonio Tinio criticized the gradual budget increase of the Department of Labor and Employment’s (Dole) assistance programs, saying it is becoming an “ayuda agency.” During the House of Representatives’ committee of…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (412+ words) MANILA, Philippines — The decision of the Senate impeachment court to seek independent constitutional guidance on the voting threshold in Vice President Sara Z. Duterte’s trial is necessary, as there’s no controversy about the issue to warrant taking it before the…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (131+ words) LUCENA CITY — A 61-year-old man stabbed his drunk son in the chest during an altercation at the father’s home in Batangas City on Wednesday, but he brought him to a hospital for treatment, police said. The 35-year-old son, who was…...