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Filipino concern over online disinformation hits record high–Digital News Report 2025

Concern over online mis- and disinformation in the Philippines climbed to a record 67% in early 2025 amid a politically charged midterm election season that saw Vice President Sara Duterte impeached on corruption charges and former president Rodrigo Duterte arrested by the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity tied to his brutal “war on...

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Senate move to send back impeachment complaint fuels protests anew

Various organizations took to the streets after the Senate voted to return the articles of impeachment against Vice President Sara Duterte to the House of Representatives, a motion that demonstrators and constitutional experts contend is unconstitutional. While the Senate maintains it is seeking clarification, the move has fueled speculation of a deliberate attempt to defer...

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Senators are taking ‘baby steps’ toward trying the Vice President–De Lima

Senate President Francis Escudero took his oath as presiding officer of the impeachment court on Monday night, in what Representative-elect Leila de Lima called “baby steps” toward finally hearing the complaint against impeached Vice President Sara Duterte. On Sen. Joel Villanueva’s motions, Escudero was sworn in by Senate Secretary Renato Bantug Jr., and the senators...

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Bato’s draft resolution seeking junking of impeachment case is ‘unconstitutional, absurd, ridiculous’

Sen. Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa’s draft resolution urging his colleagues to junk the impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte is unconstitutional and will be challenged in the Supreme Court if it is passed. “It’s unconstitutional, if not absurd and ridiculous,” former Bayan Muna Rep. Neri Colmenares, a prosecutor in the 2012 impeachment trial of...

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If Escudero does not convene the Senate into an impeachment court, the high court can make him–Drilon

The Supreme Court can compel Senate President Francis Escudero to convene the chamber into an impeachment court to try Vice President Sara Duterte if he refuses to do so, former senator Franklin Drilon said on Tuesday. Escudero’s postponement of the June 2 presentation of the articles of impeachment to June 11 has triggered speculation that...

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12 dynasties lose gubernatorial races, but 71 of 82 provinces still led by political clans

In the next three years, most provinces will remain in the hands of governors who come from political dynasties. By the count of the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ), 71 out of 82 winning governors in the May 12 midterm elections are members of political families. It’s the same number as before the May...

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The ‘obese’ dynasties of the Philippines are back, but reform hopes rise for 2028

Seventeen relatives of Luis “Chavit” Singson’s political clan ran in local races in Ilocos Sur province in northern Luzon with a little more than 700,000 people.  Although one lost her bid, the Singsons occupy the seats of governor, vice governor, provincial board members, district representatives, city and municipal officials.  Six others were nominees in the...

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What to know so far about the courtesy resignations of Marcos Cabinet members

When he called for members of his Cabinet on May 22 to each submit a courtesy resignation, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said: “The people have spoken, and they expect results—not politics, not excuses. We hear them, and we will act.”  “It’s time to realign government with the people’s expectations,” the press release from the Presidential News...

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Kontra Daya flags the automated election system used on Election Day

All was not well in the automated election system on Election Day 2025, according to the poll watchdog Kontra Daya. Toward the 7 p.m. close of polling precincts nationwide on Monday, May 12, Kontra Daya said the errors in the automated counting machines (ACM) accounted for most of the problems encountered in the midterm polls....

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In Bicol, political clans aiding victims backed projects blamed for flooding

Bicol, home to the majestic Mount Mayon, is among the country’s most disaster-prone regions. It is regularly battered by storms and other calamities that test the resilience of its people year after year. Rogelio Barajas, a resident of Legazpi City in Albay for over five decades, will never forget how Typhoon “Reming” (international name: Durian)...