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Sara Duterte impeachment trial, Week 13: Baste grilled on GenCorp deals; Sara’s undeclared assets scrutinized
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By Tita C. Valderama
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Oct 2, 2026
The week’s most prominent witness was Davao City Mayor Sebastian “Baste” Duterte, who was subjected to searching questions by prosecution counsel Theodore “Ted” Te over 19 city government contracts worth about P33.2 million awarded to GenCorp Industries Inc., a company his sister had declared as a business interest in her SALNs.
From on the brink of death to freedom
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By Bullit Marquez
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Sep 26, 2026
Clutching a copy of the absolute pardon that President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr granted her, 41-year-old Mary Jane Veloso walked out of the Correctional Institution for Women in Mandaluyong City Friday to freedom in tears.
Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial, Week 12: Sara’s business ties, Davao contracts take center stage as impeachment court resets conviction math
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By Tita C. Valderama
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Sep 25, 2026
On day 29, Sept. 23, after oral arguments from the prosecution and defense, the impeachment court voted 13-1 to reverse Presiding Officer Francis “Chiz” Escudero’s July 6 ruling that 16 votes—two-thirds of the 24-member Senate—were required to convict Duterte.
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.
FACT CHECK: Torre did NOT say he will pick up, drag Zuckerberg if he fails to attend Congress probe
A viral quote card falsely attributed to MMDA General Manager Nicolas Torre III claims he would "pick up and drag" Mark Zuckerberg to Congress. This is false.
Experience Philippine martial law in the role-playing card game ‘Diktador!’
Players of Diktador! impersonate characters who fought with the enemy, collaborated with it, or got caught in between during martial law. The game was developed by Project Gunita cofounder Josiah David Quising in collaboration with the Concerned Artists of the Philippines .
The controversy over XU Ateneo de Cagayan campus property
The burning question: in the event the DENR will rescind the Original Certificate of Title – and therefore all improvements therein will be forfeited to government, including Manresa Town and the Masterson Campus of the Future – will Xavier University Ateneo de Cagayan follow the rule of law? Or will it be, like many of our traditional politicians, a law bender?
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