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Historic Senate trial begins for impeached VP Sara Duterte

America’s 250th

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By Jose Antonio Custodio

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Jul 4, 2026

That is where the U.S. finds itself now on its 250th birthday… The country is being led by a man who has been smeared for his grift, lasciviousness and corruption, while his administration is filled with sycophants, incompetents and individuals with weak moral foundations. A real honest to goodness 21st Century Idiocracy.

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Ten years of grief: Drug war families launch DEKADA movement for justice

School killings were rampant under Duterte

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By Antonio J. Montalvan II

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Jun 27, 2026

Propagandists thought it was easy to exploit the Tacloban City shooting and say there was ZERO school shootings under Duterte. FALSE.Duterte himself set the example when he shot his law classmate Octavio Goco. He never went to jail for it. That's the real impunity, not the Juvenile Justice Law. But if it's Tatay who says it, applause.

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GlobalFact 2026: Truth carries on as fact-checkers worldwide endure

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By Valerie Joyce Nuval

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Jun 25, 2026

In a time of increasing global pressures, the fight for truth must endure. Fact-checkers from different parts of the globe gathered in the historic capital city of Vilnius, Lithuania for the annual Global Fact-checking Summit to reaffirm this commitment.

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FACT CHECK

FACT CHECK: Castro did NOT blame Duterte’s leadership for Tacloban school shooting

A Facebook post is claiming that Palace Press Officer Claire Castro blames former president Rodrigo Duterte's "violent leadership" for the June 22 Tacloban City school shooting that left three minor students dead and 20 others wounded. This is fake.

Report The ICC Probe

ICC rejects Prosecution request for Duterte’s keys, allows access to other items

The International Criminal Court Trial Chamber III has rejected the request of the Prosecution for the keys taken from former president Rodrigo Duterte when he was arrested and brought to The Hague on March 12 last year, stating that access to them is “neither necessary nor proportionate.“

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Polarization and (un)civil society

While Llamas and those who enable him might believe they can count followers and think themselves a success; I think what they need to realize is that this all reeks of Duterte. The bad jokes, the constant purportedly ironic laughter, the sarcasm, the informal male banter, the tenor of conversations that should really stay in locker rooms and man caves — all of these use the same playbook as Duterte himself, except that this time it's in English.