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DICT, Hello? Anybody Home?

Commentary

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By Francisco Ashley Acedillo

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Sep 8, 2026

COMMENTARY: What we need for the long haul: Pass the National Cybersecurity Agency and Critical Information Protection Bill now.But do not, under any circumstances, place it under the administrative control and supervision of the DICT.

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Sara Duterte impeachment trial, Week 9: Army denials deepen questions on secret funds

Impeachment

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By Tita C. Valderama

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Sep 4, 2026

The ninth week of Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial ended with an important question still hanging over the prosecution’s case: Where did the P15.54 million in the Department of Education’s confidential funds go, and who is responsible for claiming that the money paid for activities that the Philippine Army said it funded itself?

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Duterte’s counsel asks ICC to order prosecution to refile charges

Mariza Hamoy on her son’s murder: The pain remains raw and deep as it was ten years ago

Sara Duterte impeachment trial, Week 8: Who knew where the confidential funds went?

Impeachment

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By Tita C. Valderama

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Aug 28, 2026

Over three days —the 17th, 18th and 19th days of the trial — the testimony from two ranking officials of the Office of the Vice President pointed to Duterte and her former security chief, Col. Raymund Dante Lachica, as the two people with the clearest knowledge of how the funds were handled and spent.

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FACT CHECK Online Posts

FACT CHECK: Sara Duterte mugshot AI-GENERATED

A Facebook post shows Vice President Sara Duterte in a police mugshot holding a booking placard for three counts of grave threats. This is fake and created using artificial intelligence.

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Prosecution asks ICC to admit prior witness testimony on ‘neutralization,’ Davao Death Squad

In its eight-page filing, the prosecution asked Trial Chamber III to admit the written statement of a witness identified only as P-1100 under Rule 68(3) of the Rome Statute, which allows the use of previously recorded witness testimony in certain circumstances.