Chua: Duterte camp’s ‘K-drama’ defense only plays on public sympathy

CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro — The Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office has turned over P17.8 million worth of medical equipment and two patient transport vehicles to the provincial government of Oriental Mindoro.  The donation includes one portable digital X-ray machine, eight electrocardiogram (ECG) units, and five mechanical ventilators for the Oriental Mindoro Provincial Hospital (OMPH), alongside

The 43rd day of the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte lasted less than three hours, but it did not make the proceedings any less intense.

CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro — Wind power generated in Puerto Galera is helping stabilize the province’s electricity supply amid critically low power reserves and recurring forecasts of Red Alert conditions, power sector data showed. The Philippine Hybrid Energy Systems Inc. (PHESI) wind farm has supplied electricity to the Oriental Mindoro grid since Nov. 2, with

MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Pia Cayetano on Thursday said she could not hide her “disdain” on the line of questioning of the prosecution in the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte when it touched on the purchase of shoes of respondent’s spouse Manases Carpio intended for his son and other athletes and their guardians.

PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur – The Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) on Thursday strongly condemned the fatal ambush of a Basilan-based trial court judge, calling on law enforcement agencies to conduct a thorough investigation and immediately arrest the perpetrators. Lawyer Quirino Esguerra Jr., IBP governor for Western Mindanao, said the killing of Judge

MANILA, Philippines — Palace Press Officer Claire Castro on Thursday bristled at accusations that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. was making Filipinos suffer for his supposed “vanity,” as the president hosts the 49th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) Summit and Related Summits. During a briefing, Castro took issue with a statement from Bagong Alyansang Makabayan President

MANILA, Philippines — A financial investigator from the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) has observed that no cash inflows of former House Speaker Martin Romualdez were traceable to the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), former lawmaker Zaldy Co, and contractors from June 2022 to September 2025.  Atty. Jan Mark Busa made this known as

MABALACAT CITY — The Central Luzon police have prohibited drones from flying over the Clark Freeport Zone in Pampanga and the Subic Bay Freeport Zone during the 49th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit from Nov15 to 18.  The ban covers recreational, commercial, and other unauthorized drone flights during the summit period, said Brigadier

BUTUAN CITY— The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has launched containment and cleanup operations for an oil spill triggered by the sinking of a landing craft tank off Carrascal, Surigao del Sur, on Tuesday. In a report, the PCG said Landing Craft Tank (LCT) 8 sank off Carrascal after strong winds and rough sea conditions battered

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine National Police (PNP) said that they are looking into the cases handled by Basilan Regional Trial Court (RTC) Presiding Judge Joseph Wee Sit to investigate the possible motive for his death. Sit, presiding judge of the RTC Branch 2 in Isabela City, was shot and killed by two unidentified men

MANILA, Philippines—The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Thursday said vendors whose stalls will have to be temporarily closed as part of security measures being implemented for the Asean Summit next week will each get P10,000 in financial aid and family food packs. In a statement, Social Welfare Secretary Rex Gatchalian assured that

The defense team decided against fielding a witness from the BPI because there was no guarantee their testimony would favor the Vice President, the House prosecution panel said.