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MANILA, Philippines — Vice President Sara Duterte raised concern over gender-based violence as she called on government to “strengthen laws and improve access to justice.” This call is ...

MANILA, Philippines — Calling for a special Senate session so that the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte could proceed earlier is now off Senate President Francis Escudero’s table.

The minority leader believes the Senate is ready and capable of commencing the impeachment process against Duterte as early as March. But Escudero had already made clear that the impeachment trial ...

MANILA, Philippines — A video explaining why Vice President Sara Duterte was impeached was uploaded to the social media page of the House of Representatives on Thursday with the intent of ...

MANILA, Philippines — Senate President Francis Escudero released the proposed calendar of the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte, eyeing to start the actual judicial proceeding on ...

MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has “no reaction” to Vice President Sara Duterte’s remark about people’s right to show anger, Presidential Communications Office ...

They’re none other than United States President Donald Trump and former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte. During the 2016 election campaign, Duterte made two promises to the Filipino electorate: ...