Senate impeach court lowers threshold to convict Sara Duterte

MANILA, Philippines — The Senate impeachment court on Wednesday voted to revise the 16-vote threshold needed to convict Vice President Sara Duterte in her impeachment trial. With 13 affirmative votes, senator-judges adopted an appeal to modify trial presiding officer Sen. Francis “Chiz” Escudero’s July 6 ruling that a fixed 16 votes were required to convict