The long Christmas season cross-wires the Filipino psyche. The revelry, intertwined with the traditional financial burden of social obligations, creates a duality of blessedness and frustration.

The Philippines' lower house has impeached Vice President Sara Duterte, the daughter of the country's firebrand former president, setting the stage for a rare, high-profile trial in the Senate. Here are details on the trial,

And so the die is cast—the House of Representatives has crossed the Rubicon by moving to evict Vice President Sara Duterte from office. On the last session day before the midterm elections,

Senate President Francis Escudero on Monday confirmed that all 215 lawmakers who signed the impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte did so using handwritten, or "wet," signatures, not electronic ones.