Impeachment Trial: Day 22 of VP Sara Duterte’s impeachment zeroed in on alleged OVP and DepEd confidential fund payees, with PSA showing many names tied to no birth, marriage, or death records—plus minors listed as recipients—while defense admitted some names on receipts may be aliases. Plunder Case: Former House Speaker Martin Romualdez was arrested Monday night at Cardinal Santos Medical Center for plunder over alleged P7.44B flood-control kickbacks; CIDG said no warrant was issued yet at one point, but arrest followed after doctors cited a cardiovascular event and anxiety attack. Power Crisis: The Visayas grid was placed under red alert as demand outpaced supply, with NGCP warning possible manual load dropping and citing forced outages and derated plants. Weather: PAGASA warned of heavy habagat rains across parts of Luzon and the Visayas through Thursday, with flooding and landslide risks. Education Funding: DepEd said it can’t hire over 14,000 new teachers in 2027 because Congress set teacher recruitment funding to zero. Local Governance: Quezon City approved an ordinance for participatory budgeting, giving residents and accredited CSOs a formal role in shaping and monitoring the city budget. Mindanao Security: The Army deployed augmentation battalions to help secure BARMM parliamentary elections in Maguindanao del Sur and del Norte on Sept. 14.