Chua likens BPI witness to opening Pandora's box for defense

MANILA, Philippines — The Senate impeachment court has granted the defense’s move to cancel the scheduled trial on Friday since they no longer have a slated witness to testify that day. Lead defense counsel Sheila Sison made the request after both prosecution and defense agreed to dispense with the latter’s witness testimony on Thursday. READ: Prosecution seeks

LEGAZPI CITY — Public elementary and secondary schools in Oas, Albay, will shift to a class schedule that starts at 6 a.m. and ends at noon starting Monday, Nov.16, to protect learners and school personnel from extreme heat associated with Super El Niño. Oas Mayor Jan Kenneth Trinidad issued Executive Order No. 43, Series of

MANILA, Philippines — Senator-judge Robinhood Padilla dared the prosecution in Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial to investigate him, following repeated remarks during the proceedings that public officials and their families should lead simple and modest lives. Defense witness Chadrin Parian confirmed on the 43rd day of the trial that Duterte’s husband, Atty. Manases Carpio,

MANILA, Philippines—The Philippine National Police (PNP) is pursuing a wider investigation to identify and dismantle the drug network behind the seizure of 67 kilograms of suspected shabu worth P455.6 million in Zamboanga City. A joint operation by the PNP and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) on Wednesday also led to the arrest of four

PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur – Police activated a special investigation task group (SITG) to track down the gunmen behind the fatal ambush of a judge Thursday dawn in Zamboanga City, regional police officials said. Brig. Gen. Elmer Ragay, director of the Police Regional Office in Zamboanga Peninsula (PRO-9), created the task group to handle

The House of Representatives has approved on second reading House Bill 11579 or the Kapakanan ng Magsisipagtapos Bill, which prohibits schools from denying a graduating student with financial or property obligations from participating in graduation ceremonies.

An executive from the Department of Justice (DOJ) said that one of the factors being considered in the extradition request of the US for Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) founder Apollo Quiboloy is the consent of Philippine complainants, but maintained that the process itself was sui generis.

Several tourists from Metro Manila have begun visiting Tagaytay City ahead of the long weekend, which coincides with the 2026 ASEAN Summit.

MANILA, Philippines — The Supreme Court is looking into the killing of Basilan Regional Trial Court Presiding Judge Joseph Wee Sit and has vowed to support his family. The high court said in a statement that it is working closely with law enforcement agencies to investigate the killing of Judge Sit of the Basilan Regional

Requests submitted to Putrajaya, including updates on court proceedings.

MANILA, Philippines — The impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte was adjourned on Thursday and is set to resume on Nov. 19, after the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) Summit. “Trial is adjourned until November 19, 2026, that’s a Thursday at 10 o’clock in the morning,” presiding officer Francis Escudero said. Lead defense

Defense counsel and spokesperson Michael Poa on Thursday addressed the social media posts indicating that one of the lawyers on Vice President Sara"s team for the impeachment trial supposedly supported former Vice President Leni Robredo in the 2022 presidential elections.