MANILA, Philippines — While mathematics will always be about exact computations — like how one-third of 24 senator-judges will always be 16 — former Supreme Court (SC) Chief Justice Artemio Panganiban said that realities must also be considered in navigating proposals to lower the number of votes needed to convict Vice President Sara Duterte. In his

MANILA, Philippines – Retired Supreme Court Associate Justice Adolfo Azcuna said on Wednesday that the voting threshold to convict Vice President Sara Duterte in her impeachment trial should be based on all members of the Senate. “As long as they are members of the Senate, they constitute the denominator in computing the two-thirds threshold because

MANILA, Philippines — The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman have formalized a partnership aimed at strengthening the country’s use of population data as the Philippines faces major demographic changes. UNFPA Philippines Country Representative Neus Bernabeu and UP Diliman Chancellor Edgardo Carlo L. Vistan II signed the Implementing

MANILA, Philippines — Former Supreme Court Associate Justice Adolfo Azcuna believes that a two-thirds vote of the 24 senators is needed to convict in an impeachment trial. He also warned against lowering the number to a simple majority. Appearing in the Senate impeachment court on Wednesday as an amicus curiae or as a “friend of the court,”

MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) raised concerns about reports of election-related violence, voter intimidation, ballot irregularities, vote-buying and other incidents during the first regular parliamentary elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). In a statement issued Wednesday, the CHR said its Bantay Karapatan sa Halalan (BKH) 2026 deployed

MANILA, Philippines — Former House Speaker Martin Romualdez will seek bail in the P7.44-billion plunder case filed against him, his lawyers told the Sandiganbayan Third Division on Wednesday. Romualdez, wearing a yellow shirt issued to persons deprived of liberty and seated in a wheelchair, attended his arraignment via video conference from the New Quezon City

MANILA, Philippines – The Supreme Court has ruled that Congress has a constitutional duty to craft and pass a law prohibiting political dynasties, noting that its continued inaction over the past 39 years amounts to a continuing violation. Camille Ting, the high tribunal’s spokesperson, announced the en banc’s unanimous ruling on the consolidated petitions for

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY — Anti-narcotics operatives seized an estimated P1.08 million worth of suspected shabu and arrested two suspects during a joint buy-bust operation in Barangay Gusa here late Monday evening.   Personnel from the Regional Police Drug Enforcement Unit-10 (RPDEU-10), backed by local police units and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), launched the

MANILA, Philippines — Retired Supreme Court Chief Justice Reynato Puno asserted on Wednesday that the 1987 Constitution’s provision on the number of votes required to convict an impeachable officer is flexible, “depending on certain factors.” Puno, acting as an amicus curiae (friend of the court), expressed his views to the Senate impeachment court as it

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A nine-year-old boy drowned on Tuesday amid inclement weather here brought by the Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ). The victim, identified as Yuri, was found lifeless hours after his relatives reported him missing. Strong currents in the upstream portions of the Butuanon River in Barangay Budlaan, a mountain village in Cebu City,