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Before President Marcos Jr. took office, February 25 — the anniversary of the 1986 EDSA People Power Revolution that toppled his father's dictatorship — was observed as a special non-working holiday every year. Schools closed, offices shut down, and the nation paused to remember. Not anymore. Since 2024, Marcos Jr.
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Senator Ronald "Bato" dela Rosa has been a ghost in the Senate — literally nowhere to be found since November 2025, and his colleagues are starting to lose patience. Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo "Ping" Lacson confirmed on Saturday that senators are now "talking about what
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The Palace wasn't having it. Malacañang on Monday fired back at Nicolas Kaufman, former President Rodrigo Duterte's lead defense lawyer at the ICC, after he suggested during the pre-trial hearing that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. had conspired with unnamed individuals to funnel witnesses to the international
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The House of Representatives officially referred all four impeachment complaints filed against Vice President Sara Duterte to the Committee on Justice on Monday, formally kicking off what could become one of the most politically charged proceedings of 2026. The latest — and fourth — complaint was filed just last Wednesday by lawyer
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Senator Erwin Tulfo is scheduled to sit down with Chinese Ambassador Jing Quan on Monday to try and ease the escalating war of words between Philippine senators and Chinese embassy officials over the West Philippine Sea. The meeting, set for 11 a.m. at a hotel in Manila, comes after
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On the very same day the ICC began its confirmation of charges hearing against former President Duterte, seven House lawmakers filed two separate resolutions urging the Philippines to rejoin the International Criminal Court. House Resolution 809 was filed by the Makabayan bloc — ACT Teachers Rep. Antonio Tinio, Gabriela Women’s
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With the 40th anniversary of the EDSA People Power Revolution on February 25, the Quezon City government has decided: only one stage, and not everyone gets access. Bayan and pro-Duterte groups have been denied permits to set up near the People Power Monument. Elmo San Diego, head of QC’s
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As the International Criminal Court began its confirmation of charges hearing against former President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, two Filipino lawyers were there to make sure the victims’ voices were heard: human rights lawyer Neri Colmenares and fellow attorney Kristina Conti. Colmenares confirmed in a radio interview that he and
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Former President Rodrigo Duterte has collapsed not once but twice while being held at the International Criminal Court’s detention facility in The Hague, his defense lawyer Nicholas Kaufman revealed on Monday as the confirmation of charges hearing began. Kaufman painted a grim picture of the 80-year-old former leader’s
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The Commission on Elections is making it crystal clear: the first-ever Bangsamoro Parliament election must happen this year — specifically in September 2026 — and should absolutely NOT be pushed to 2027 or bundled with the 2028 national elections. COMELEC Chairman George Erwin Garcia said during a forum in Iloilo City that
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Senator Risa Hontiveros made a bold trip to Thitu Island — known as Pag-asa — in the disputed Spratly chain on Saturday, calling for ‘continuous diplomatic and political pushback’ against China’s aggressive claims in the West Philippine Sea. The island, about 450 kilometers west of Palawan, is home to around 400
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House Majority Leader Sandro Marcos announced Sunday that two priority bills — the Presidential Merit Scholarship Program and the National Land Use Act — have cleared the Appropriations Committee and are now ready for plenary approval. Both measures were tagged as priorities by the Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council (LEDAC). The scholarship bill,