TODAY’S TOP STORIES (from online monitoring)
15 September 2026, Tuesday, 5:00
p.m.
1. BARMM ELECTIONS
-Palace echoes ‘generally
peaceful’ BARMM polls assessment
-BARMM poll winners may be
proclaimed before midnight Tuesday
-BFP, UBJP lead partial,
unofficial results in BARMM elections
-Murad’s son beats ex-MILF
commander for SGA 1st District seat in BARMM polls
-Comelec receives 98.4 percent
of ERs from BARMM polls Tuesday morning
-AFP, PNP, Comelec say BARMM
polls ‘generally peaceful’ despite gunfire incidents
[ABS-CBN News, Daily Tribune,
DZRH, GMA News, Inquirer, Malaya, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, Manila
Times, News5PH, Rappler, Sunstar]
2. Sara Duterte's motion for QC RTC judge to
inhibit from grave threats case junked
[ABS-CBN News, Daily Tribune,
GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, Mindanao Times, News5PH,
NewsWatchPlus, News5PH, Panay News, Philstar, Rappler, Sunstar, Watchmen Daily
Journal]
3. VP SARA IMPEACHMENT TRIAL:
-Sara Duterte's net worth grew
from P7.2M in 2007 to P98.6M in 2025
-Witness: Duterte did not
declare cash on hand, in bank from 2019 to 2025
-Sara Duterte did not declare
stock shares in businesses in several SALNs, Ombudsman official says
-Impeachment Court OKs
presentation of Duterte's SALN from 2007 to establish baseline
[ABS-CBN News, DZRH, Inquirer,
Malaya, Manila Bulletin, Manila Times, Mindanao Times, News5PH, NewsWatchPlus,
Panay News, Philstar, Sunstar, Watchmen Daily Journal]
4. Marcos leads turnover of 333 housing units for
informal settlers in Valenzuela
[ABS-CBN News, BusinessMirror,
Daily Tribune, GMA News, Inquirer, Malaya, Manila Bulletin, News5PH,
NewsWatchPlus, Philstar]
5. Remulla: Romualdez placed in QC Jail infirmary with 3 other PDLs; Takes mugshots after jail transfer
[Daily Tribune, DZRH, GMA News,
Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Manila Times, Mindanao Times, News5PH, Philstar,
Panay News, Sunstar]
https://www.dzrh.com.ph/post/remulla-romualdez-placed-in-qc-jail-infirmary-with-3-other-pdls
6. Harry Roque’s asylum application denied —
Remulla; Roque says Remulla’s claim ‘fake news’
[ABS-CBN News, Daily Tribune,
GMA News, Inquirer, Malaya, Manila Bulletin, News5PH, NewsWatchPlus, Panay
News, Philstar, Watchmen Daily Journal]
https://globalnation.inquirer.net/338176/harry-roques-asylum-bid-denied-says-remulla
7. Palace hits back at VP Sara’s camp over call for
Marcos’ resignation: ‘Delusional’
[ABS-CBN News, Daily Tribune,
DZRH, GMA News, News5PH]
https://www.dzrh.com.ph/post/palace-hits-back-at-vp-saras-camp-over-call-for-marcos-resignation-delusional
8. $80 oil trigger breached, opening door to fuel
tax suspension
[ABS-CBN News, Daily Tribune,
DZRH, News5PH, NewsWatchPlus, Philstar, Rappler]
9. Global credit giant Moody’s buys stake in
Philippine rating firm
[ABS-CBN News, Daily Tribune,
Malaya, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, Philstar]
https://manilastandard.net/business/314792551/global-credit-giant-moodys-buys-stake-in-philippine-rating-firm.html
10. Missing captain of MV June Aster voluntarily
appears before PCG
[ABS-CBN News, Daily Tribune,
DZRH, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, News5PH, Panay News, Philstar,
Watchmen Daily Journal]
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