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Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial, Week 12: Sara’s business ties, Davao contracts take center stage as impeachment court resets conviction math

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.

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A smiling Duterte appears in person for the first time before the ICC

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.

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Sara Duterte impeachment trial, Week 10: Confidential fund case sharpens as court revisits vote threshold

FACT CHECK: Viral letter of Meta’s Zuckerberg to PH House SATIRE

A viral Facebook post is circulating a letter supposedly written by Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg addressed to the House of Representatives after child safety concerns on Meta's platforms were raised in a House budget hearing. This is satire.

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The last guardians of Paraiso

After Typhoon Yolanda destroyed much of Tacloban's coast, residents began planting again. More than a decade later, the challenge is no longer simply bringing the mangroves back, but keeping them alive.

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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.