INQToday: VP Sara Duterte not resigning despite impeachment

Here’s a quick roundup of today’s top stories:

VP Sara Duterte not resigning despite impeachment

Vice President Sara Duterte on Friday said she was not yet considering resigning from her post even after being impeached by the House of Representatives.

“We’re not yet there. That’s still too far ahead,” Duterte said in Filipino at a press conference.

US plane in Maguindanao del Sur fatal crash was giving intel support

The United States’ Indo-Pacific Command (Indopacom) on Friday said the contracted plane involved in a crash in Maguindanao del Sur’s Ampatuan town was conducting intel support for the country.

SWS: 58% of Filipinos dissatisfied with gov’t efforts to curb inflation

The majority of Filipinos said that of the food items they bought in the last quarter of 2024, rice per kilo posted the highest increase and the government did not do enough to control inflation, according to a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey.

The survey, conducted from Jan. 17 to Jan. 20 and commissioned by the Stratbase Group, showed that 59 percent of the respondents identified rice as the food item they purchased from October to December 2024 whose price rose the highest.