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Sara Duterte trial recap, Sept. 8: Article I winds down, conviction math
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Sara Duterte trial recap, Sept. 8: Article I winds down, conviction math

By Cristina Chi | 15 hours ago
Three key moments and developments from Day 2, September 8 of #SaraOnTrial.
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Pacquiao joins Marcos Cabinet as anti-poverty czar
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Pacquiao joins Marcos Cabinet as anti-poverty czar

By Renalyn Ramirez | 14 hours ago
Pacquiao returns to government four years after leaving Senate.
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VP will attend arraignment on Friday – Poa

VP will attend arraignment on Friday – Poa

By Bella Cariaso | 4 hours ago
Vice President Sara Duterte will be physically present at the Quezon City Regional Trial Court on Friday in connection with...
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Sara, BBM fear that one wants to kill the other

By GOTCHA | By Jarius Bondoc | 4 hours ago
Cut the dramatics. Sara Duterte, Bongbong Marcos and Martin Romualdez should just fight each other to political death.
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Defense, prosecution can grill Sara’s security officers

Defense, prosecution can grill Sara’s security officers

By Marc Jayson Cayabyab | 4 hours ago
In a reversal of his previous ruling, Senate impeachment court presiding officer Francis Escudero said he will now allow both...
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Remaining in Jesus

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VIP refuge

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NBI seeks lookout bulletin vs Leviste, Paras, 5 others

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Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro Jr.

Chinese fighter jets intercept Philippine patrol aircraft

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Motorists pile up in heavy traffic as some passengers walk along the NLEX to get to a nearby gas station at San Simon in Pampanga on Aug. 31, 2026.

All NLEX San Simon lanes reopen

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Contributed photo shows a team led by PNP chief Jose Melencio Nartatez serving the arrest warrant on former speaker Martin Romualdez, who has a detainee’s shirt draped over his hospital clothing, at the Cardinal Santos Medical Center last night. Interior Secretary Jonvic Remulla also went to the hospital.

Recantations can aid Martin, say House allies

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Cloudy skies with scattered rains and thunderstorms will be felt in Metro Manila, Aklan, Antique and other areas.

Monsoon rains to persist in Luzon

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Marcos admits leaving out issues from SONA 2026 due to time President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. responds to questions about his fifth State of the Nation Address in a vlog released on Aug. 8, 2026.

Bigger NOAH funding to boost disaster, climate change response

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Education Secretary Sonny Angara. Department of Education

Pinoy students improved in PISA 2025

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Metropolitan Manila Development Authority general manager Nicolas Torre III.

Torre takes 1-month leave, mulls retiring

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Sen. Ronald Dela Rosa talks to media at the Senate of the Philippines in Pasay, Metro Manila on May 13, 2026.

Jonvic: ‘Powerful’ people coddling Bato

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Ombudsman prosecutors have accused Fernandez of receiving P14.7 million in bribes over the procurement of the ambulances in 2025.

Ex-BFP chief pleads not guilty to graft

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Jeepney hits 2 pedestrians

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Customs Commissioner Ariel Nepomuceno and Commission on Filipinos Overseas chairman Dante Francis Ang II sign a deal to protect balikbayan boxes.

Safe balikbayan box deal inked

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Members of the BI Fugitive Search Unit apprehended Qiao Zhong, 30; Tang Ke, 31; Liu Peng, 35, and Zhang Caiyu, 42. They were caught in the act of engaging in cyber fraud, FSU chief Rendel Ryan Sy said.

4 Chinese held in anti-POGO ops

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PNP data showed there were 2,087 focus crimes last month, which is lower by 41.77 percent compared to the 3,584 crimes recorded during the same period in 2025.

PNP: Crimes down by 42%

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Malaysia blames Indonesian fires for haze, poor air quality People react amidst smoke as firefighters try to protect houses from a wildfire in Ogan Ilir, South Sumatra, on Sept. 27, 2023.

Mindanao air quality remains unhealthy

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Rep. Paolo Duterte

Pulong may be summoned over Davao flood projects

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The Comelec and Dynamic Outsource Solutions Inc. (DOS-1) signed on Monday a memorandum of agreement for the development of the Reporting and Issues Management System.

Comelec, tech firm sign BARMM poll monitoring system partnership

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Combo photo released by the Philippine National Police yesterday shows the mugshot of former speaker Martin Romualdez taken at the Cardinal Santos Medical Center. Romualdez was arrested Monday and underwent booking procedures at the hospital

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Fashion designer Francis Libiran is celebrating his 25 years in the fashion industry with an anniversary show on November 24, 2023 in City of Dreams Manila.

'I got this wrong': Francis Libiran apologizes for 'weaponized' Inaul design

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