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Davao City Mayor Sebastian 'Baste' Duterte, brother of Vice President Sara Duterte, takes the stand as a hostile witness while former senator Antonio Trillanes IV listens inside the session hall on Day 31 of the Sara Duterte Senate impeachment trial in Pasay City on Sept. 29, 2026. Trillanes is also expected to testify on the vice president's alleged unexplained wealth, one of four Articles of Impeachment filed against her. PHOTOS BY MIKE ALQUINTO
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Customs Commissioner Ariel F. Nepomuceno talks at the forum dubbed, 'MACHRA BALITAAN.' The Manila City Hall Reporters' Association (MACHRA), a news forum, on Sept. 29, 2026 at the Harbor View Restaurant in Ermita. PHOTOS BY RENE H. DILAN
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Transport group PISTON officially kicks off the first of a two-day transport strike on Sept. 29, 2026 along Aurora Boulevard in Cubao, Quezon City and at Ermita, Manila. The nationwide strike aims to press the government for immediate economic relief, specifically calling for lower oil prices alongside the removal of the value-added tax (VAT) and excise tax on petroleum products. PHOTOS BY ISMAEL DE JUAN AND RENE H. DILAN
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