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Hontiveros asks Senate to resume anti-dynasty bill debates

Manila, Sept. 17 -- The anti-political dynasty drive placed by President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on the government's priority legislative agenda in December 2025 has gained fresh momentum after the Su... Read More


Online gaming platform open to PH legal rep under child safety bill

Manila, Sept. 17 -- Online gaming platform Roblox is open to appointing a representative in the Philippines who can directly receive subpoenas and other lawful government orders, a setup being propose... Read More


PH revives oil, gas basin survey after 4 decades

Manila, Sept. 17 -- The Philippines is returning to large-scale government-funded mapping of its oil and gas basins after about four decades, betting nearly PHP2.8 billion on new geophysical data to l... Read More


Panganiban: Trial participation essential to final impeachment vote

Manila, Sept. 16 -- Senator-judges must personally engage with the evidence in an impeachment trial before exercising the power to decide an official's fate, retired chief justice Artemio Panganiban t... Read More


Impeach court issues show-cause orders over sub judice comments

Manila, Sept. 16 -- The Senate impeachment court on Wednesday put its stricter sub judice policy to its first announced enforcement test, issuing show-cause orders to certain members of the House pros... Read More


Amici curiae flag absence, oath as factors in impeachment vote count

Manila, Sept. 16 -- Continuous absence, failure to take the impeachment oath and voluntary inhibition emerged Wednesday as possible factors in determining who should be counted in the final voting bas... Read More


Lacson tests fixed vote rule against unforeseen Senate absences

Manila, Sept. 16 -- Senator-Judge Panfilo Lacson on Wednesday tested whether the Constitution's impeachment vote rule can withstand extraordinary absences its framers may not have foreseen, while rais... Read More


Panganiban: Senators need not think like SC justices in VP trial

Manila, Sept. 16 -- Senator-judges need not transform themselves into Supreme Court (SC) justices or become bound by judicial technicalities when deciding the impeachment case against Vice President S... Read More


Ex-justices map safeguards for detained, absent senators in VP trial

Manila, Sept. 16 -- Former Supreme Court magistrates on Wednesday laid out possible safeguards to keep detention or absence from distorting the final vote in Vice President Sara Duterte's impeachment ... Read More


13-vote treaty precedent enters VP impeachment threshold debate

Manila, Sept. 16 -- A 25-year-old Senate precedent in which only 13 senators were needed to concur in four treaties surfaced Wednesday as a possible guide in resolving the disputed voting threshold in... Read More