The long Christmas season cross-wires the Filipino psyche. The revelry, intertwined with the traditional financial burden of social obligations, creates a duality of blessedness and frustration.

Vice President Sara Duterte was impeached by the House of Representatives for threatening to assassinate President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and for allegedly misusing public funds.

And so the die is cast—the House of Representatives has crossed the Rubicon by moving to evict Vice President Sara Duterte from office. On the last session day before the midterm elections,

Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial may start after President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) in July this year, Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero said on Monday.

The Philippines' lower house has impeached Vice President Sara Duterte, the daughter of the country's firebrand former president, setting the stage for a rare, high-profile trial in the Senate.

MANILA: Members of the House of Representatives who would serve as prosecutors in the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte are planning to request the Senate Impeachment Court to issue subpoenas against her bank records,