00:05The impeachment court votes to lower the conviction threshold in Vice President Sara Duterte's impeachment trial.
00:12The prosecution gets a more feasible path to securing a conviction after the impeachment court votes to change the voting
00:18threshold.
00:18A government audit finds gaps and missing records in the office of Vice President Sara Duterte's 168 million peso disaster
00:25relief aid.
00:26As fuel prices soar, bus operators call on the government to lift the suspension of fare increases.
00:32And more young Filipinos are exploring solo living.
00:43The Senate impeachment court votes to lower the voting threshold for the conviction of Vice President Sara Duterte in her
00:49impeachment trial.
00:50With 13 affirmative votes and 1 negative vote, Senator Judges approve Senator Judge Irwin Tulfo's appeal.
00:57Senator Judge Mark Villar votes in favor of lowering the threshold.
01:01Presiding Officer Cheese Escudero himself votes no to Tulfo's appeal, which sought to overturn his own July 6 ruling.
01:07All those in favor of the appeal of Senator Judge Irwin Tulfo, say aye.
01:15Aye.
01:16Those again say nay.
01:18Nay.
01:19The court rules the voting baseline should include only Senator Judges who are legally and factually capable of participating in
01:26the trial.
01:27This excludes those who are detained, suspended, or otherwise restrained from legally exercising their functions.
01:32Those being sought by authorities whose whereabouts are unknown.
01:36Those suffering from physical or medical incapacity.
01:39Those beyond the coercive processes of the Senate.
01:42And others similarly situated.
01:44Meantime, the six members of the Senate Minority Block did not vote.
01:48They are Senator Judges Alan Peter Cayetano, Pia Cayetano, Robin Padilla, Camille Villar, Aimee Marcos, and Bongo.
01:55Marcos reiterates their position that the impeachment court's interpretation of the voting threshold is unconstitutional.
02:01Tulad ng sinabi ko, kailanman di ko inakala na ako bilang isang Marcos ay ipaglalaban yung saligang batas na sabi
02:11ay laban sa tatay ko.
02:14Pero yan ang talagang kataas-taas ang mga katas na sabi bansa.
02:20The impeachment court ruling that bars absentee senators from voting in Vice President Sara Duterte's trial gives the prosecution a
02:27more feasible path to securing her conviction.
02:29But the prosecution believes the challenge remains the same.
02:32It never gets easier.
02:33Yung trabaho ng prosecution ay magtayo ng bahay ng ebidensya.
02:39In a way, mas madali nga ang trabaho ng defense dahil ang nais lang nila ay sirain ang bahay.
02:47Hindi namin, hindi na ako mahirap o hindi.
02:49Mas mahal na ka para sa amin sa puntong ito, mailatag ng tama yung pong ebidensya.
02:54At magtuloy po sa proseso ng paglilitisan ka sa pinakadunan.
02:57The new decision overturns presiding officer Chief Escudero's July 6 ruling, which kept the conviction threshold at 16 votes.
03:04Under the latest ruling, the impeachment court won't include in the baseline number those who are detained, suspended, or legally
03:11restrained from voting.
03:12But the prosecution points out that a reduced voting denominator also benefits the defense because it will also lower the
03:18acquittal threshold.
03:19It is a two-way consequence for both the defense and the prosecution.
03:28A government audit finds gaps and missing records in the office of Vice President Sado Duterte's over 168 million peso
03:35disaster relief aid.
03:36The findings are contained in a special audit report made public by the Commission on Audit on September 16 on
03:42the use of the 2025 Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Fund.
03:45State auditors point out discrepancies in the documentation, flagging mismatched beneficiary lists and departures from approved distribution orders.
03:53That made it difficult to establish who received the aid and whether they were entitled to it.
03:58The COA also says eight mission orders covering over 84 million pesos in relief distributions did not identify specific target
04:05beneficiaries, referring only to affected or displaced families.
04:09The OVP says it responded flexibly to changing conditions during emergencies.
04:13But auditors say that without specific beneficiary targets, it was harder to establish the basis for the amount of relief
04:20goods requested and distributed.
04:23Bus operators call on the government to immediately lift the suspension of fare increases approved by regulators in March.
04:30This as fuel prices continue to rise.
04:32The bus operators say they are not asking for charity but an urgent action and a fair and sustainable act.
04:38Bus operators clarify that their statement is not a threat to stop operations but a notice that operations may soon
04:45be impossible.
04:46Fare increases for various modes of public transportation were set to take effect on March 19.
04:51President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. suspended the implementation, citing the impact of the Middle East crisis.
04:57Since then, the Marcos administration has rolled out cash assistance and fuel subsidies for public utility drivers along with a
05:03service contracting program.
05:07More young Filipinos are exploring solo living.
05:09The Philippine Institute for Development Studies in 2024 reported the percentage of one-person households in the country more than
05:16doubled within three decades, from 2.9% in 1990 to 9.1% in 2020.
05:23This is reflected in the phenomenon online, the rise of vloggers who romanticized solo living and created its accompanying aesthetic.
05:30Data consultancy The Nerve analyzed TikTok videos related to solo living from 2020 to 2026, observing a spike in 2023
05:38and a continued rise since 2025.
05:41The Nerve's video content and narrative analysis solution, Probe Video, found three key themes in solo living content on TikTok.
05:48Vlogs, expenses, and guides.
05:50Solo living guides took up 15% of solo living content on TikTok.
05:54These videos include what people need to prepare before living alone, how much to save, and what to ask landlords
06:01when hunting solo living spaces, among others.
06:05And that's today's wrap.
06:06I'm JC Gutinga.
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