Michelle A. Jefferson, DVM, DACVP

MANILA, Philippines — The Senate impeachment court on Wednesday voted to lower the number of votes needed to find Vice President Sara Duterte guilty at her impeachment trial, ruling that the constitutionally required two-thirds majority would be computed only from senators legally and factually capable of participating in the impeachment proceedings. The 13-1 vote effectively

MANILA, Philippines — The Confederation of Independent Unions in the Public Sector (CIU-Sentro) has criticized the Department of Budget and Management’s (DBM) proposed P500 monthly increase in the Personnel Economic Relief Allowance (Pera) for government employees in 2027. In a statement, the labor group said the proposed adjustment was inadequate, noting that the allowance has

(First of two parts) CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, PAMPANGA, Philippines — While her neighbors at Barangay Santa Monica in San Simon, Pampanga, queued for food packs as 0.60-meter (2-foot-deep) floodwaters receded last week, Bella Parungao scouted for an apartment to relocate to in the meantime. “[Our community] received all the miseries,” Parungao, 40, said in

BANGA, SOUTH COTABATO, Philippines — A 14-year-old student of Banga National High School (BNHS), who has been hailed a hero for fighting off the shooter during last Friday’s school attack, said he would do the same thing if confronted with a similar situation in the future. Instead of running for safety, the Grade 9 student,

MANILA, Philippines — Medicine should never feel out of reach. Yet for many Filipinos, a trip to the pharmacy can mean literally crossing mountains and streams for a handful of tablets. In a remote sitio in Barangay Kalawakan, Bulacan, for instance, getting to the nearest pharmacy can mean traveling almost a dozen kilometers without public

PROSPERIDAD, AGUSAN DEL SUR, Philippines — For many cancer patients in Caraga, the struggle begins even before treatment. A diagnosis often means long trips outside the region, transportation expenses, missed work opportunities, and additional costs that burden families already coping with the disease. In Agusan del Sur, efforts are underway to change that reality through

There was no abuse of authority when the senator-judges decided to base the two-thirds vote to convict the impeached Vice President Sara Duterte on the number of senators who are capable of "legally and factually participating in the impeachment proceedings." In an interview with Unang Hirit"s On Record Thursday, Senate impeachment court spokesperson Reginald Tongol said the senator-judges conducted due diligence before voting.

I went through something similar when I was with Bersih, says Mandeep.

Power interruptions may occur from afternoon until evening as red and yellow alert statuses are declared over the Visayas grid due to tight energy supply, the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) said on Thursday, September 24.

They also think that politicians should remain at arm's length, allow customary institutions to resolve matter.

Media sharing and messaging platform Discord has been banned from the Philippines, the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) said Thursday.

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