The Defense will continue its cross-examination of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) witness on Friday, who is testifying on Article 2 of the impeachment case accusing Vice President Sara Duterte of amassing unexplained wealth.

MANILA, Philippines – Day 36 of Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial opened Thursday with a procedural dispute that briefly halted proceedings: the prosecution asked the Senate impeachment court to present forensic financial analyst lawyer Alexander Cabrera ahead of the scheduled Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) witness because assigned counsel Erwin Matib was reportedly sick.

MANILA, Philippines — Vice President Sara Duterte was handed a letter of authority (LOA) from the Bureau of Internal Revenue after she was flagged for receiving compensation from the Davao City government despite already occupying the country’s second-highest elective office. At Duterte’s impeachment trial on Thursday, lawyer Anne Loraine Garcia-Marquez, chief-of-staff of BIR Commissioner Charlito

MANILA, Philippines — No bettor won the ₱85.48 million jackpot in the Lotto 6/42 draw or the ₱40.17 million jackpot in the Super Lotto 6/49 draw on Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026, according to the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO). The Lotto 6/42 draw produced the winning combination 19-01-20-39-23-11, with a jackpot prize of ₱85.48 million.

MANILA, Philippines — Thin ashfall is expected to affect nearby towns following the minor volcanic explosion at Taal Volcano’s main crater on Thursday evening, Oct. 8, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said. In an advisory, Phivolcs said that it observed a minor phreatomagmatic eruption occurred at the main crater of Taal Volcano

MANILA, Philippines — Millions of pesos in insurance and investment products attributed to Vice President Sara Duterte and her husband, Manases Carpio, exceeded the amounts reported as “other personal properties” in their statements of assets, liabilities, and net worth (SALNs) every year from 2022 to 2025. The House prosecution team pointed this out on Thursday

SAN ILDEFONSO, Ilocos Sur— Two men were wounded after unidentified men shot them while they were riding an e-bike along Buttong-Darayday Road in Barangay Buttong in Laoag City in nearby Ilocos Norte on Wednesday (Oct. 7), police said. An initial report disclosed that the victims, both of legal age, are residents of Barangay Bengcag, also

CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro — Nine live pigs reportedly being transported out of Oriental Mindoro to San Jose, Occidental Mindoro, were intercepted at a quarantine checkpoint in Bulalacao as provincial authorities tightened measures against the possible entry of African swine fever (ASF). The pigs were intercepted on Tuesday, Oct. 6, at the Milagrosa Animal Quarantine