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MANILA, Philippines – In a major procedural development in Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial, the Senate impeachment court voted to sustain Senator-judge Erwin Tulfo’s Sept. 8 motion to reconsider how the two-thirds conviction threshold should be calculated. The court voted 13-1, with six senator-judges refused to participate, to adopt Tulfo’s motion. /dp READ: Watch:

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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

US Air Force to shut down research centre focusing on Chinese military

Sep 23, 2026

The US Air Force is shutting down a major research centre dedicated to open-source analysis of the Chinese military’s air, space, cyber and missile capabilities. The China Aerospace Studies Institute (CASI) said in a statement on Tuesday that Air University, the US Air Force institution under which it operates, had decided to close the institute, with all of its roles becoming unfunded from October 1. CASI said its employees would continue to work and get paid for now and that it expected to...

Debate on voting threshold takes a dramatic turn between Tulfo, Villar

Sep 23, 2026

MANILA, Philippines — Oral arguments tackling the conviction threshold in Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial took an unexpected emotional turn after the status and charges of detained senators were alluded to during the proceedings, prompting one of the senator-judges to break down in tears. This was during the senator-judges’ interpolations when Senator-judge Erwin Tulfo—who

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[Updated Sept. 23, 2026, 3:04 p.m.] MANILA, Philippines — Palace Press Officer Claire Castro has confirmed that the Office of the President (OP) is “seriously considering” granting an absolute pardon to Mary Jane Veloso based on humanitarian grounds. However, Castro said the timeline and other details remain undisclosed. “Sa simula po ay binabanggit na wala

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WATCH: Defense may bring changed conviction threshold to Supreme Court

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MANILA, Philippines – Defense lead counsel Michael Poa said the defense may bring the issue before the Supreme Court if the impeachment court changes the voting threshold to convict Vice President Sara Duterte in the middle of the trial. /dp READ: LIVE UPDATES: Sara Duterte impeachment trial | Sept. 23, 2026

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MANILA, Philippines — Akbayan party-list Rep. Chel Diokno has clarified that the prosecution panel believes in the evidence it has presented and will present for Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial, whether or not the Senate Impeachment Court lowers the number of votes needed for a conviction. In his speech on Wednesday, during oral arguments on

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