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Trillanes bares P319-M China funds to Sara’s husband, drug-linked payouts to Dutertes

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By John Raniel B. Docot

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Oct 2, 2026

Former senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Friday alleged that a company owned by Manases Carpio, the husband of Vice President Sara Duterte, received more than P319 million from China-linked sources, while members of the Duterte family received millions of pesos in manager’s checks from a man he identified as a Davao drug lord.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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FACT CHECK Online Posts

FACT CHECK: Sara’s trial postponed NOT because senator-judges were ‘traumatized’ by Baste Duterte

The Sept. 30 session of Sara Duterte's impeachment trial was canceled for a "strategic procedural pause," not because senator-judges were "traumatized" by Davao City Mayor Sebastian Duterte.

Maestro Nune: Community is Life!
Arts & Culture

Maestro Nune: Community is Life!

Nunelucio M. Alvarado, 76, has been conferred the Order of National Artists of the Philippines for Visual Arts 2025, the highest national honor for the arts.

How to destroy Antonio Trillanes – without succeeding
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How to destroy Antonio Trillanes – without succeeding

COMMENTARY: The attempts were all an onslaught to destroy Trillanes. All to no avail.First, there was the presidential attempt of Rodrigo, said to have been implemented by his Special Assistant to the President Bong Go, for a Trillanes assassination.


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