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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.
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.
FACT CHECK: Claire Castro did NOT badmouth, accuse Marcos of ‘fentanyl abuse’
A Facebook page posted a news clip showing Palace Press Officer Claire Castro supposedly calling President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. an "addict" and "bangag (intoxicated by drugs)," accusing him of abusing fentanyl. This is false and the video was spliced and edited.
Marine conservation breeds life: A dive into Sumilon’s decades of protection
Sumilon Island was established as a marine protected area in 1974, the country's first.
Terror from the skies: Lessons for PH from Ukraine experience
The Office of Civil Defense should already begin looking into programs or dusting off existing ones that will map out a civil defense strategy in times of conflict as the rest of the DND takes on the other equally important task of modernizing the Philippine military.
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