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TODAY’S TOP STORIES - Wednesday, 29 April 2026

TODAY’S TOP STORIES (from online monitoring)

29 April 2026, Wednesday, 5:00 p.m.

1. VP DUTERTE IMPEACHMENT HEARING:

-House panel finds probable cause to impeach VP Sara Duterte

-House panel thumbs down opening of tax returns of Sara Duterte, husband

-NBI authenticates Duterte's video threat vs Marcos, has leads on alleged ‘assassins’

-VP Duterte’s ‘designated survivor’ remark raised in House hearing

-Sara Duterte skips House hearing anew, attends ‘PHL VPs’ exhibit in Laguna mall

[ABS-CBN News, Daily Tribune, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Times, News5PH, NewsWatchPlus, Philstar, Rappler]

https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2026/04/29/2524483/house-panel-finds-probable-cause-impeach-vp-sara-duterte

2. Marcos unveils PhilHealth's expanded maternity benefits starting April 30th

[ABS-CBN News, BusinessWorld, Daily Tribune, DZRH, GMA News, Inquirer, Malaya, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, Manila Times, News5PH, NewsWatchPlus, Philstar]

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/2220040/marcos-announces-expanded-maternity-benefits-under-philhealth

3. OCTA: Self-rated poverty down from 37% to 35% before global oil price shock

[ABS-CBN News, GMA News, Inquirer, Malaya, Manila Standard, NewsWatchPlus]

https://manilastandard.net/news/314733316/self-rated-poverty-eases-but-food-insecurity-persists-octa.html

4. ICC names 3 judges for Duterte trial

[ABS-CBN News, Daily Tribune, GMA News, Inquirer, Malaya, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, Manila Times, NewsWatchPlus, News5PH, Philstar]

https://globalnation.inquirer.net/320369/icc-names-3-judges-for-duterte-trial

5. DFA: Co's regular and diplomatic passports had been canceled since December 2025

[ABS-CBN News, Daily Tribune, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, Manila Times, Philstar]

https://www.manilatimes.net/2026/04/29/news/dfa-cos-regular-and-diplomatic-passports-had-been-canceled-since-december-2025/2330828

6. Negros town declares CPP-NPA-NDFP ‘persona non grata’

[Daily Guardian, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Watchmen Daily Journal]

https://www.dailyguardian.com.ph/blog/toboso-declares-cpp-npa-ndf-persona-non-grata

7. 10 hospitalized, 90 evacuated due to ammonia leak in Caloocan ice plant

[ABS-CBN News, DZRH, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard]

https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/metro/985724/ammonia-leak-in-caloocan-ice-plant/story/

8. PAGASA: 8 areas under ‘danger’ heat index on April 29

[GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Standard, NewsWatchPlus, Philstar]

https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2026/04/29/2524443/pagasa-8-areas-under-danger-heat-index-april-29

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