The Philippines Senate impeachment court opened Day 9 of the Sara Duterte impeachment trial on July 22, 2026, with National Bureau of Investigation director Melvin Matibag continuing to testify; the Philippine Daily Inquirer, GMA Network and Philippine Star provided simultaneous live coverage
The Philippines Senate, sitting as an impeachment court, on July 20 granted requests to subpoena Vice President Sara Duterte's financial records, one of the most consequential procedural votes in the trial; senator-judges were also expected to rule on other key procedural questions on the seventh day of proceedings
The Philippines' 17th president since June 2022, Marcos navigates US-China rivalry over the West Philippine Sea while managing a collapsing domestic coalition and a vice-presidential impeachment.
257 House votes, $110m in flagged transfers, and a trial that runs in parallel with the elder Duterte's ICC case at The Hague