The impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte continues on Monday, October 12, 2026. Here are the latest news and updates.
Oct 11, 2026
MANILA, Philippines – Manila Rep. Joel Chua on Sunday challenged Vice President Sara Duterte’s legal team to file a formal motion to dismiss the impeachment case against her if it considers the case against her flawed. In a statement, Chua, an impeachment prosecutor, said the vice president’s counsel in her impeachment trial should challenge the
Kurt Campbell is a veteran US diplomat and strategist who has played a leading role in shaping Washington’s approach to China and the Indo-Pacific for more than a decade. He served as the White House coordinator for Indo-Pacific affairs from 2021 to 2024 and as US deputy secretary of state from 2024 to 2025. Previously, he served as assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs from 2009 to 2013 and was a key architect of the Obama administration’s “pivot to Asia”. Often...
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Worsening air pollution from local emissions, and not transboundary haze from Indonesia, has prompted four cities in Metro Cebu to suspend face-to-face classes on Monday, Oct. 12. The cities of Cebu, Mandaue, Lapu-Lapu and Talisay announced on Sunday, Oct. 11, class suspensions following reports of deteriorating air quality across Metro Cebu.
MANILA, Philippines – Financial forensic analyst Alexander Cabrera testified before the Senate impeachment court that Vice President Sara Duterte had P817.87 million in alleged undeclared assets and unexplained wealth from 2022 to 2025, capping a week marked by the prosecution’s withdrawal of the bribery charge, scrutiny of financial records, and threats by some senator-judges to
MANILA, Philippines — No bettor won the ₱384.92-million Ultra Lotto 6/58 jackpot or the ₱43.76-million Super Lotto 6/49 jackpot in the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) draws on Sunday, Oct. 11, 2026. According to PCSO results provided for the draw, the Ultra Lotto 6/58 winning combination was 37-33-14-06-35-41, with a jackpot prize of ₱384.92 million.
BAGUIO CITY — The city government is coordinating with the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) on a proposed P180-million underdrainage project to address recurring flooding in City Camp Lagoon, with the construction schedule still under discussion. City Engineer Richard Lardizabal, in a statement on Friday, Oct. 10, said the approximately 11,033-square-meter Lagoon area
Chinese President Xi Jinping has met Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi three times in the past three years. Indian pilgrims are back at Kailash, the Tibetan mountain sacred to Hindus and Buddhists. Air China has restarted flights to New Delhi. But can trust grow between two armies that meet only in a crisis? And why does the Pentagon now talk to the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) more easily than India’s army does? In September, Xi made his first visit to India in nearly seven years; Beijing...
SAN FRANCISCO, Agusan del Sur — Operatives of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) have arrested an alleged member of the New People’s Army (NPA) wanted for a 2016 ambush that killed an Army soldier in Agusan del Norte, police announced on Sunday. The 25-year-old suspect, a resident of Gingoog City, Misamis Oriental, was
CEBU CITY, Philippines — More than P300 million worth of suspected “shabu” (crystal meth) was seized in two separate anti-drug operations in Cebu City over the weekend, including a 41-kilo haul that authorities described as the largest drug seizure in Central Visayas in the past decade. A total of 45 kilos of suspected shabu, with
MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Loren Legarda has filed Senate Bill No. 2521, or the proposed Fisheries Vessel Monitoring Act, to strengthen the monitoring of fishing vessels, combat illegal fishing and protect the livelihoods of small-scale fishers. The measure seeks to establish an electronic vessel monitoring framework to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing within
SAN JUAN CITY — The city government of San Juan honored teachers for their dedication and contributions during the Department of Education’s San Juan division celebration of World Teachers’ Day on Oct. 2, 2026, at the Makabagong San Juan Theater at the Makabagong San Juan National Government Center. Mayor Francis Zamora, his son, Rocco Zamora,