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Sara Duterte impeachment trial, Week 11: Trial moves from wealth records to vote math
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By Tita C. Valderama
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Sep 18, 2026
The impeachment trial took an unexpected turn on Day 26, when the Senate heard four retired Supreme Court justices on a separate but potentially crucial question: whether the two-thirds vote required to convict Duterte should always mean 16 votes in the 24-member Senate.
A smiling Duterte appears in person for the first time before the ICC
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By Janna Millenas
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Sep 17, 2026
Dressed in black suit and white polo shirt, Duterte appeared attentive as Trial Chamber III tackled procedural and administrative issues ahead of his Nov. 30 trial on crimes against humanity.
An historic poll puts peace to the test in the Philippines
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By Georgi Engelbrecht, International Crisis Group
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Sep 13, 2026
On Sept. 14, residents of the Bangsamoro in the southern Philippines will elect regional parliamentary representatives. In this Q&A, Crisis Group expert Georgi Engelbrecht explains the importance of this step in the peace process between the national government and ex-rebels in the region.
Sara Duterte impeachment trial, Week 10: Confidential fund case sharpens as court revisits vote threshold
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By Tita C. Valderama
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Sep 11, 2026
On Thursday, the court named retired chief justices Artemio Panganiban, Reynato Puno and Hilario G. Davide Jr., and retired associate justice Adolfo Azcuna as amici curiae, or friends of the court, to advise it on whether the 16-vote requirement should be changed in light of the nonparticipation of four senator-judges.
BARMM to hold elections amid persistent state-related violence
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By Aidrielle Raymundo
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Sep 10, 2026
As BARMM enters its historic first parliamentary elections, thousands of police and military forces have been deployed across the region in order to ensure a “safe” election season. However, public safety may not be so easily achieved since, as Sandatahang Dahas data has shown, state agents themselves are often the perpetrators of violence–even against their own.
FACT SHEET: What Cayetano got wrong on signing treaties and Paris agreement
During the Sept. 23 hearing on the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte, Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano asked “what if” Sen. Loren Legarda signs a treaty in Paris and returns to the Philippines. But can a senator actually sign treaties? Here’s what you need to know.
Not forgetting the darkest day in Philippine democracy 54 years ago
Barbed wire barricades once again were up Monday on Mendiola street, not so far away from Malacañang.
The absurdity that is Pia Cayetano
This is Pia Cayetano’s predicament: Accountability is very much in the minds of the public. The public is intensely interested to see more senators in jail.
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