Iloilo Metropolitan Times

27/07/2025

: Former Kabataan Party-list representative Raoul Manuel is "disappointed" over the Supreme Court's decision the Articles of Impeachment against Vice President Sara Duterte as "unconstitutional."

🎥 Ian Paul Cordero/IMTNEWS

https://www.imtnews.ph/impeachment-complaint-vs-vp-duterte-unconstitutional-sc-rules/

27/07/2025

Citing data from the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO), Defensor said rice farms in Lambunao, Leganes, Oton, Pototan, San Joaquin, San Miguel, and Tubungan suffered P2.091 million in losses. In Concepcion, corn farms reported an additional P164,215 in damages.

As floodwaters swallow fields and force evacuations, Iloilo Governor Arthur Defensor Jr. calls on the province to stop treating disasters as one-time crises—and start preparing for extreme weather as a permanent reality. Relentless rains from the southwest monsoon (Habagat) have caused over P2.2 m...

27/07/2025

: President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has invited U.S. President Donald Trump to visit the Philippines in 2026 for the 44th ASEAN Summit, which Manila will host.

https://www.imtnews.ph/bbm-invites-trump-to-visit-manila-for-2026-asean-summit/

27/07/2025

: Majority or 80 percent of Filipinos want Vice President Sara Duterte to face an impeachment trial, according to the latest survey results from OCTA Research.

Meanwhile, 14 percent disagreed that Duterte should face trial and 7 percent were undecided.

The survey was conducted from July 12 to 17 this year. (RLL/ )

27/07/2025

: The prosecutors filed the motion to withdraw on the same day Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla said that he talked to Prosecutor General Richard Fadullon for the withdrawal.

https://www.imtnews.ph/prosecutors-withdraw-motion-vs-de-lima-acquittal/

27/07/2025

: A car fell into a sinkhole that formed at the junction of Tanjong Katong Road and Mountbatten Road in Singapore on Saturday, July 26.

With the help of workers nearby, the female driver was pulled out of the water-filled sinkhole and and taken conscious to a hospital.(RLL/ )

🎥 Nicholas Tan

27/07/2025

: President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. returned from his official visit to Washington, D.C. with over USD 21 billion in investment pledges from major U.S. companies, one of the largest economic gains from a single foreign trip by a Philippine president.

https://www.imtnews.ph/bbms-us-visit-secures-21b-in-investment-pledges/

27/07/2025

'FAKE NEWS'

The Department of Education (DepEd) has dismissed as "fake news" an artificial intelligence (AI)-generated video announcing class suspensions tomorrow, July 28, due to President Bongbong Marcos' State of the Nation Address (SONA).

“The circulating AI video of an FB page on class suspension tomorrow, July 28, is fake news,”’ the DepEd said in a statement. (RLL/ )

27/07/2025

: State Weather bureau PAGASA is currently monitoring Tropical Depression “CO-MAY” (formerly Emong) and Severe Tropical Storm “KROSA”, both of which remain outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) as of 2:00 p.m. today, July 27.(FCSA/ )

27/07/2025

: “Sa dami ng sakuna dapat talagang magkaroon ng shift ng priorities, not a total shift but a partial shift na kung saan ang ating austerity measures should be in place para mas malaki ‘yung pondo na mapupunta sa pangangailangan ng bawat pamilyang Pilipino,” the Ilonggo lawmaker said.

https://www.imtnews.ph/di-marangya-garin-urges-a-simple-no-fashion-sona-focused-on-serving-filipinos/

27/07/2025

: Iloilo 4th District Representative Ferjenel Biron said there’s “nothing in particular” he hopes to hear in President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s fourth State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday, July 28.

https://www.imtnews.ph/biron-optimistic-about-marcos-sona-cites-economic-gains-from-u-s-visit/

27/07/2025

: Progressive groups held an indignation rally in Iloilo City, calling for the impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte.

On Friday, July 25, the Supreme Court declared the Articles of Impeachment against Duterte unconstitutional for violating the one-year rule under the Constitution. (IPC,RLL/ )

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