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The Senate of the Philippines votes 18–5 to return the articles of impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte to the House of Representatives for further deliberation.
2025-06-10

The Senate of the Philippines adopts a resolution condemning China's incursions in the West Philippine Sea and urges the Department of Foreign Affairs to file a resolution regarding China's harassment of Philippine vessels before the United Nations General Assembly.
2023-08-1

Philippine Senator Antonio Trillanes, a vocal critic of President Rodrigo Duterte, is arrested on charges of rebellion. Trillanes says that Duterte is "silencing his political critics, those who tell the truth."
2018-09-25

The manual recount of the votes begin for the 2016 vice presidential candidates, former Senator Bongbong Marcos and incumbent Vice President Leni Robredo.
2018-04-2

The Philippine Senate investigates Paolo Duterte, the son of current Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, in an alleged methamphetamine smuggling scandal.
2017-09-7

A former militiaman claims while testifying at a hearing by the Philippine Senate that President of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte ordered the deaths of criminals and political opponents, allegedly Leila de Lima, critic and journalist Juan Pala, and unidentified Filipino Muslims in 1993, while he was mayor of Davao City. The witness also revealed that Duterte's son Paolo may also have been involved in the murders as an accomplice to his father. [https:--web.archive.org-web-20160916204709-http:--www.interaksyon.com-article-132449-dds-member-links-duterte-son-paolo-to-murders (Interaksyon)], [https:--www.bloomberg.com-news-articles-2016-09-15-witness-says-philippine-president-ordered-killings (Bloomberg)] [http:--wtop.com-asia-2016-09-witness-says-philippine-president-ordered-killings- (AP via WTOP)], [https:--www.nytimes.com-aponline-2016-09-14-world-asia-ap-as-philippines-duterte-killings.html?_r=0 ("The New York Times")][http:--www.rappler.com-nation-146292-duterte-ordered-killing-jun-pala-senate-witness (Rappler)]Davao Death Squad
2016-09-15

The death toll estimates for the crackdown on recreational drugs in the Philippines reaches 1,800 amid a senate investigation of the killings.
2016-08-22

The Presidential Palace and the Philippine Senate investigate an extortion scam involving the Ninoy Aquino International Airport.
2015-10-31

The Senate of the Philippines passes its version of the measure by 13–8.
2012-12-17

The Senate of the Philippines finds the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Renato Corona guilty of failure to disclose to the public his assets following a four-month-long impeachment trial.
2012-05-29