The House prosecution panel is throwing the proverbial kitchen sink at respondent Vice President Sara Duterte as far as its list of witnesses in the Senate impeachment trial is concerned. This, after lead prosecutor Batangas 2nd district Rep. Gerville "Jinky Bitrics" Luistro bared that the panel...
Mamamayang Liberal (ML) Party-list Rep. Leila de Lima believes that impeachment respondent Vice President Sara Duterte 's tendency to have emotional outbursts or so-called "meltdowns" is a "concern" for the latter 's defense team. "Yes, this could be a concern for the defense," says De...
The rules being applied to Vice President Sara Duterte 's Senate impeachment trial theoretically allows both the prosecution and defense side to present "surprise" witnesses in the sense that they were declared, but their identities were kept under wraps. This can be gleaned from the...
Placing Vice President Sara Duterte on the witness stand in her own Senate impeachment trial could become detrimental to her case. House prosecution panel member Manila 3rd district Rep. Joel Chua floated this notion over the weekend amid anticipation on whether or not the respondent, Duterte would...
Manila 3rd district Rep. Joel Chua says the House prosecution panel is considering the addition of "high profile" personalities to its growing list of witnesses in Vice President Sara Duterte 's upcoming Senate impeachment trial. However, the prosecution team member is keeping a tight lid on...
Public health advocate, Dr. Anthony “Tony” Leachon has vowed to continue serving as a witness in the Dengvaxia-related cases despite the disciplinary action imposed on him by the Philippine College of Physicians (PCP). In a statement issued on June 5, Leachon said he remains committed to...
A Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) engineer on Tuesday, May 19, testified before the Third Division of the Sandiganbayan that the insertion of projects through “errata” or proposed amendments had allegedly happened several times in the past. Engineer Gerald Longoria, of the DPWH...
A pickup truck was used to transport 10 grocery boxes allegedly containing P299 million to the office of former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Assistant District Engineer Brice Hernandez, a witness told the Sandiganbayan on Tuesday, May 5. The claim was made by Monica Louis...
Senator Rodante Marcoleta, on Tuesday, Oct. 21, clashed with Department of Justice (DOJ) officials over what he called an “imagined requirement” of restitution in the processing of applicants under the Witness Protection Program (WPP), particularly in reference to the case of the contractors...
Senator Erwin Tulfo on Wednesday, Sept. 24, clarified his earlier statement that the government must sometimes “bend the law to please the people,” stressing that he never meant to encourage violating the law. In a chance interview, Tulfo explained that this remark referred to exercising...
Malacañang agreed that the Discaya contractor couple should first return their alleged ill-gotten wealth as proof of good faith before being admitted to the Witness Protection Program (WPP). Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro said this following the debate that ensued in a Senate hearing...
Malacañang urged former Senate witness Michael Murillo to back up his explosive allegations by filing a formal case to prove that he was indeed manipulated to testify against key figures of the Duterte camp. Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro said this after Vice President Sara Duterte...
