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International

Philippines VP Duterte faces third impeachment complaint

A group of Filipino lawyers and priests are accusing her of graft and corruption over an alleged misuse of public funds

Protesters on Monday (Feb 2) hold signs calling for the impeachment of Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., and Vice-President Sara Duterte during a rally outside the House of Representatives (HOR) in Manila.
International

New impeachment bids fire up Marcos-Duterte feud in Philippines

The top two leaders’ relationship collapses after they ride a joint ticket to electoral success

The country’s top court agreed with Duterte’s contention that Congress violated a constitutional safeguard against more than one impeachment proceeding against the same official within a year.
International

Philippines top court throws out impeachment complaint against VP Duterte

She is widely seen as a strong contender for the 2028 presidency, which Marcos cannot contest due to a single-term limit for Philippine presidents

Supporters of Rodrigo Duterte gather for a rally in Davao City, in the southern island of Mindanao on March 28. Last year, Duterte himself pushed the idea of a separate Mindanao nation.
Opinion & Features
THINKING ALOUD

Dynastic clashes in fragile states

THE dispatch of former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte to the Hague to face an International Criminal Court trial has ramifications beyond a dynastic clash between the Marcos and the Dutertes. T...

Philippines' vice-president Sara Duterte, whose alliance with President Ferdinand Marcos has imploded spectacularly, was impeached by the House of Representatives last Wednesday on charges of “violation of the constitution, betrayal of public trust, graft and corruption, and other high crimes”.
Asean Business

Sara Duterte’s future in balance as Philippine election season kicks off

CAMPAIGNING began in the Philippines on Tuesday for mid-term elections that could set the table for the next presidential race and determine the political future of impeached Vice-President Sara Duter...

215 of the 306 lawmakers endorsed a complaint seeking Vice President Sara Duterte's impeachment.
International

Philippine Congress endorses impeachment complaint against vice-president 

Sara Duterte would be the Philippines’ second most senior official to face removal from office.

Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte “vehemently denies having made any threat,” and that the content and context of the Nov 23 online briefing during which she allegedly made the remarks “will bear this out.”
International

The Philippines probe to go ahead as Duterte skips questioning

The Philippines’ National Bureau of Investigation will proceed with probing Vice President Sara Duterte’s apparent assassination threat against President Ferdinand Marcos Jr after she failed to appear...

The complaint adds to Duterte’s legal woes as she faces a probe into her alleged death threat against President Ferdinand Marcos and another inquiry into her use of government funds.
International

Philippine groups file impeachment bid against VP Duterte

While President Marcos’ allies hold a majority in the House of Representatives, he has publicly called such efforts a waste of time

Sara Duterte (top) appeared to walk those comments back on Tuesday, describing them as an expression of “consternation” at the Marcos administration’s “failure to serve the Filipinos while it masterfully persecutes political enemies”.
International

Philippine VP denies assassination plot against Marcos

The country’s justice department issued a subpoena demanding she appear at a formal inquiry

Hours earlier, in his first public comments on the matter, Marcos vowed to “fight back” in the face of a threat he labelled “disturbing”.
International

Philippine VP Duterte ‘mastermind’ of assassination plot: justice department

Sara Duterte says she has made arrangements for Marcos, his wife Liza Araneta Marcos, and his cousin House Speaker Martin Romualdez to be murdered if she’s killed

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