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Philippine Senate tries Sara Duterte in second impeachment

Sitting as an impeachment court in the defense phase, with one article left and 14 votes needed to convict

Prosecutors dropped three of four impeachment charges against Vice President Sara Duterte on October 13, leaving only the allegation that she hid unexplained wealth. The Senate, sitting as an impeachment court, had already lowered the votes needed to convict from 16 to 14.

Updated 11 hours ago

ICC prosecution of the Philippine drug war

Rule Changes

As of May 2026: Granted Dela Rosa protective custody; held NBI agents in contempt

Philippine Senator Ronald 'Bato' dela Rosa was placed under Senate protective custody Monday after the ICC unsealed an arrest warrant. The warrant names him for crimes against humanity and cites at least 32 killings during the anti-drug campaign he ran as national police chief from 2016 to 2018.

Updated May 31

Cebu landfill collapse kills 36, exposes decades of regulatory failure

Rule Changes

As of May 2026: Investigating landfill safety and RA 9003 enforcement

The Payatas garbage dump in Quezon City collapsed in July 2000, killing at least 218 people and spurring the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act, which banned open dumpsites and mandated sanitary landfills with engineering safeguards. Twenty-five years later, Cebu's Binaliw landfill collapsed under nearly identical circumstances—oversaturated waste piled too high on too steep a slope—killing 36 sanitation workers.

Updated May 22

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