Barbers, Abante: Lower conviction threshold can’t be ‘weaponized’

Inquirer.net - Sep 18, 2026

MANILA, Philippines — House impeachment team adviser and spokesperson Ace Barbers and Manila Rep. Bienvenido Abante Jr. on Friday rejected a warning from Vice President Sara Duterte’s camp that lowering the conviction threshold in her impeachment trial could allow the government to target senator-judges and influence the outcome. Duterte spokesperson Salvador Paolo Panelo Jr. had

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LTFRB suspends PUV fuel discount amid BSKE election ban 

MANILA, Philippines — The P12-per-liter fuel discount program will be temporarily suspended starting Friday, Sept. 18, amid an election ban for the upcoming Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE), the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) announced. In an advisory, the LTFRB said the suspension of the P12 discount provided to public utility jeepneys

Improving PH learning gains needs strong LGU support – Angara

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Sep 18, 2026

Minority solons seek faster reforms after S. Cotabato school shooting

MANILA, Philippines — The government needs to swiftly adopt comprehensive reforms to prevent school shootings following the recent attack at a South Cotabato national high school that left three students dead and several others wounded, according to members of the House minority bloc. In separate statements, Akbayan party-list Reps. Chel Diokno and Percival Cendaña, along with

NCAA: Chad Gammad blocks out noise to deliver for Letran

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NCAA: Chad Gammad blocks out noise to deliver for Letran

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Cayetano warns risk of ‘mistrial’ if voting rule changed mid-trial

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Cayetano warns risk of ‘mistrial’ if voting rule changed mid-trial

MANILA, Philippines — Amid discussions of changing the voting threshold needed to convict Vice President Sara Duterte in her impeachment, Senate Minority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano warned that changing a ruling in the middle of a trial could lead to a mistrial. Cayetano, in a Facebook livestream, stressed that he would not want to start

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Abante: Is it fair to let senators who missed VP trial vote?

MANILA, Philippines — Will it be fair to let senators who did not follow Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial vote as the Senate court makes its ruling on the case? Rep. Bienvenido “Benny” Abante Jr., chair of the House Committee on Human Rights, raised that question during an online media conference on Friday as

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Sub judice rule? Tolosa notes VP claim that Marcos controls Senate

MANILA, Philippines — Prosecution counsel Benjamin Tolosa Jr. urges a fair application of the Senate impeachment court’s sub judice ruling, pointing out that Vice President Sara Duterte herself violated it by claiming that senator-judges were all under President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s control. In an interview on Friday with reporters covering the House, Tolosa said that Duterte made

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