(2nd update) Sara Duterte given 10 days to respond as senators formally take oath as judges in impeachment proceedings.

The Senate is set to convene as an impeachment court for the trial of Vice President Sara Duterte.

Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano is facing public rebukes from former Ateneo Law classmates and his former UP student political orgs

The Palace is pointing to the Senate in Bato dela Rosa's evasion of arrest.

President Marcos has appointed former budget undersecretary Kim Robert De Leon to replace Amenah Pangandaman.

Dela Rosa said Alan Peter Cayetano urged him to return to the Senate for the May 11 leadership vote that unseated Tito Sotto.

PNP chief Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr. said police expect "high emotions" from groups on both sides of the Duterte impeachment case.

A Chinese oceanographic survey vessel and two China Coast Guard ships were spotted in the territorial waters of Pag-asa Island.

The PNP is reviewing logs, footage and dispatch records after allegations that police escorted a van suspected of carrying Bato dela Rosa out of the Senate.

Leyte Rep. and former House speaker Martin Romualdez could soon face another criminal complaint related to the flood control scandal, Ombudsman Jesus Crispin Remulla revealed on Saturday.