EXPLAINER: What are LOA, eCAR, transfer of deeds mentioned in VP Sara"s impeachment trial?
Oct 9, 2026
BAGUIO CITY — Transport group Piston Metro Baguio protested the World Bank-led transport modernization convention at Baguio’s Venus Park Hotel on Friday, an hour before talks began. Piston reiterated its opposition to abolishing traditional jeepneys, including Euro 4-compliant units, as the government pushes for a shift to electric vehicles under its public transport modernization program.
MANILA, Philippines — Protesters calling for the conviction of Vice President Sara Duterte gathered outside the Senate ahead of Friday’s impeachment trial proceedings. The protesters have been gathering along JW Diokno Boulevard since Sept. 29, but their numbers were noticeably higher on Friday, the 37th day of the trial. READ: VP Trial Day 37: BIR
MANILA, Philippines — A pending petition before the Supreme Court challenging the jurisdiction of a Quezon City court has prompted another postponement of Vice President Sara Duterte’s arraignment on three counts of grave threats on Friday, Oct. 9. Duterte’s lawyer, Paul Laurence Lim, said the Quezon City Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 98, presided over
SAN FRANCISCO — Three former OpenAI security researchers on Thursday accused the ChatGPT maker of firing them for warning about the dangers of artificial intelligence, reigniting the debate over safety at a company whose software has been involved in security breaches. “I believe we were fired for prioritizing safety over the near-term interests of OpenAI
(1st UPDATE) All of the four victims have been retrieved but only one survived after the fatal landslide in Barangay Pulangbato, Cebu City
MANILA, Philippines – Senate panel on agriculture, food and agrarian reform chairperson Sen. Kiko Pangilinan has sought an inquiry into low farmgate prices of hogs and chicken amid increasing production and feed costs. On Thursday, Pangilinan filed Senate Resolution No. 726 directing his committee to investigate ways to protect local producers’ profits and secure a
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LUCENA CITY — Twenty-nine families, comprising 107 individuals, evacuated in Agoncillo, Batangas, after a minor phreatomagmatic eruption of Taal Volcano on Thursday evening. Citing the latest data from the evacuation center information board, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) reported Friday morning that the households, made up of 54 males and 53 females, have taken shelter
Senator-judge Joel Villanueva on Friday questioned how Cale88 Foods Corporation generated P150 million in sales in 2024 despite having only two employees at the time.
[Updated as of 11 a.m., Oct. 9, 2026] MANILA, Philippines — The arraignment of Vice President Sara Duterte on three counts of grave threats was postponed for the second time on Friday by the Quezon City Regional Trial Court Branch 98. This was confirmed by Duterte’s legal counsel Paul Lawrence Lim following Duterte’s personal appearance
The House prosecution panel on Friday presented Alexander Cabrera, the financial forensic analyst who is expected to tie together the tax and financial records of Vice President Sara Duterte and her husband, lawyer Manases Carpio.
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has issued a letter of authority (LOA) for Cale88 Foods Corporation, one of the listed business interests of lawyer Manases Carpio, husband of Vice President Sara Duterte.