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Philippines top court throws out impeachment complaint against VP Duterte
Published on 25/07/2025
» MANILA - Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte scored a big legal win on Friday when the Supreme Court struck down an impeachment complaint against her, ruling that it was unconstitutional. The lower house of Congress had impeached Duterte in February, accusing her of misusing public funds, amassing unusual wealth and threatening to kill Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr, the First Lady, and the House Speaker.
Trump agrees to small reduction in Philippine tariffs
AFP, Published on 23/07/2025
» WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump agreed Tuesday to reduce threatened tariffs on the Philippines, but only by one percentage point, after what he termed a successful meeting with his counterpart Ferdinand Marcos.
Search for missing cockfighters begins at Philippine lake
AFP, Published on 10/07/2025
» MANILA — Search teams arrived Thursday at a lake south of the Philippine capital Manila to look for dozens of cockfighters allegedly murdered by rogue police, the Department of Justice said.
Philippines VP Sara Duterte asks Senate to dismiss impeachment case
Published on 23/06/2025
» Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte has asked the Senate to dismiss the impeachment case against her as it violated the one-year ban set under the constitution.
Impeachment case against Philippine VP Duterte stalls
Published on 10/06/2025
» MANILA - Philippine senators on Tuesday voted to send an impeachment case against Vice President Sara Duterte back to the lower house for clarification, just hours after convening a trial that could result in her being banned from politics for life.
Philippines' Marcos says open to reconciling with Dutertes
Published on 19/05/2025
» MANILA - Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said he was open to reconciling with the Duterte family, one week after allies of his estranged Vice President, Sara Duterte, outperformed expectations in a fiercely contested and pivotal Senate race.
Sara Duterte wants impeachment trial to go on, sees ‘bloodbath’
Published on 18/05/2025
» Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte wants her impeachment trial to go ahead, days after her allies outperformed at the midterm election that could add to her bloc of supporters in the Senate.
Duterte allies outperform in early Philippine Senate vote count
Published on 12/05/2025
» MANILA - Allies of Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte are outperforming in the early count for the Senate elections, boosting her chances of surviving an upcoming impeachment trial and remaining eligible to run for the presidency in 2028.
China takes centre stage in Philippines' feisty midterm election
Published on 11/05/2025
» MANILA - In political rallies, Senate hearings and voter surveys ahead of Monday's midterm elections in the Philippines, China has been an overwhelming - and unusual - presence.
China takes centre stage in Philippines’ midterm election
Published on 10/05/2025
» MANILA - In political rallies, Senate hearings and voter surveys ahead of Monday’s midterm elections in the Philippines, China has been an overwhelming — and unusual — presence.