The International Criminal Court (ICC) has denied former president Rodrigo Duterte’s latest bid for release, ruling that he should remain detained as judges cited increased risks of flight and obstruction of justice following the confirmation of charges against him. In an eight-page decision...
Tingog Party-list Rep. Jude Acidre has slammed senator-judge Imee Marcos for floating rumors on alleged moves to extend President Marcos ' term and preventing the 2028 elections from taking place. “Senator Imee should stop alarming the public with unfounded stories and political fiction. The...
History is best viewed through museums, and this one museum certainly paints an interesting picture, given recent political events. Bahay Ugnayan acts as our first stop for our tour of the Malacañang Heritage Museums. Within it lies the Presidential Museum. Here you’ll find a collection of...
Former Mati City Mayor Michelle Nakpil Rabat was sworn in as city council president of the Partido ng Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan, strengthening the party’s presence in Davao Oriental ahead of the 2028 elections. Rabat took her oath on Friday, May 22, before PDP-Laban President and Davao...
House impeachment trial spokesperson, Kabataan Party-list Rep. Renee Co says the prosecution panel welcomes the Senate 's tentative schedule for Vice President Sara Duterte 's impeachment trial. However, this didn 't stop Co from airing legitimate concerns about it. In a statement...
The International Criminal Court (ICC) Pre-Trial Chamber 1 has rejected the appeal filed by the defense team of former President Rodrigo Duterte against the confirmation of charges against him. Citing two issues, Duterte 's defense team sought to appeal the confirmation decision on the...
Batangas 2nd district Rep. Gerville "Jinky Bitrics" Luistro and former three-term Surigao del Sur 2nd district Rep. Robert Ace Barbers have thumbed down the notion of online participation and voting among senator-judges as far as Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial is concerned. This...
The upcoming Senate impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte is a tough and tedious job for the 11-member House prosecution panel; but right now, they can 't help but laugh at the fuzzy throwback feels that the task is giving them. Just ask lead prosecutor Batangas 2nd district Rep....
The House prosecution panel in Vice President Sara Duterte 's upcoming Senate impeachment trial has not one, but two spokespersons--Lanao del Sur 1st district Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong and Kabataan Party-list Rep. Renee Co. And as far as the former is concerned, the dual mouthpiece set-up is...
The Philippine government has asked the World Bank to restructure and partially cancel over $2.34 million in unused proceeds from a Duterte-era loan supporting the country’s flagship Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), even as the Washington-based multilateral lender cited the project’s...
Senator Erwin Tulfo on Thursday, May 21, said the Senate is eyeing July 6 as the start of the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte. In a radio interview on DZMM, Tulfo said this was according to the discussions made after the all-member caucus on Wednesday, May 20. Tulfo said the...
The impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte should be a defining moment for Philippine democracy, a constitutional exercise designed to test accountability at the highest levels of government. Instead, it risks becoming another chapter in the country’s escalating political turmoil...
