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BREAKING: Gunfire erupts in the Senate

May 13, 2026

“We are under attack. Anyone watching this, we are the Senate of the Philippines…” Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano said in a brief online video message before he was cut off.

Congress impeaches Duterte for the 2nd time in as many years

May 11, 2026

This is the second time in successive years and under two different Congresses that the controversial political figure had been impeached. Last year, Duterte had also been impeached by a vote of 215, more than two-thirds of the Lower House.

Sotto ousted as Senate president

May 11, 2026

On the day that the House of Representatives meets to vote on the impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte, her allies have successfully moved to remove Sotto and allies from the leadership who are seen as pro-impeachment.

Kaufman’s defense of ex-Pres. Duterte ends; new lawyer to start work this month

May 9, 2026

The Duterte Panagutin Network in the Netherlands said Kaufman’s withdrawal indicates that Duterte’s case is “practically indefensible.” “Kaufman’s tactics to file several appeals questioning the ICC’s jurisdiction and, most recently, his critique of various technicalities involved in the handling of the case have all fallen flat following the unanimous decision of the ICC judges to set aside his arguments,” the Network said in a quick reaction to the development.

How runaway inflation affects Philippine families

May 7, 2026

“First, inflation could have been significantly tempered if the government had cut oil taxes, regulated overpricing by oil firms, and implemented a stricter and non-voluntary price freeze,” IBON said. “The situation fully warrants these emergency interventions and would have prevented rising fuel costs from fully cascading across the economy,” it added.

US fires Tomahawk in the Philippines; incident draws condemnations

May 6, 2026

“This shameless display of puppetry to the US, an unqualified support for the US war machine, should be condemned. The Philippines is not a playground for US missiles and bombs that will be used to kill civilians in other parts of the world,” Makabayan said.

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