The subpoena for Vice President Sara Duterte 's bank records, tax records, and Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) reports will help unveil the impeachment trial respondent 's "true colors". Thus, said House prosecutor Akbayan Party-list Rep. Chel Diokno as he implored the Senate...
Vice President Sara Duterte 's defense team on Wednesday, July 15, urged the Senate impeachment court to reject the prosecution 's request to subpoena her bank, tax, and Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) records, arguing that the move violates due process and amounts to a "fishing...
Tightened rules and stricter oversight of the gaming sector may have hampered efforts to recover revenues lost in previous quarters, but global credit rating agency S&P Global Ratings said a more supportive visa policy and the rebound in online gambling could help gaming operators bounce back in...
Around ₱500 billion is the estimated annual loss the Philippines incurs from tax evasion within the nation’s financial system, proving to be a major threat the country’s fiscal health has been grappling with. This staggering figure has placed tax crimes at the forefront of the Anti-Money...
The Court of Appeals (CA) has affirmed the asset preservation order (APO) issued by the Manila trial court against the P15.5 million in bank accounts of a husband and wife and their two firms which were allegedly being used as “pass-through” accounts for proceeds in illegal drugs operation. In...
The husband of Vice President Sara Duterte, lawyer Manases R. Carpio, has added the heads of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Insurance Commission (IC) as respondents in a criminal complaint over the alleged illegal disclosure of bank records. In an addendum filed before the...
Impeachment respondent Vice President Sara Duterte and her husband, lawyer Manases Carpio have so far given no denial regarding the alleged billions that their bank accounts held. Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Terry Ridon highlighted this point as he brushed off comments from Carpio that a correction...
The husband of Vice President Sara Duterte, Manases “Mans” Carpio, on Monday, May 4, strongly denied allegations that he was involved in P6.7 billion worth of bank transactions flagged by the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC), calling the report a “fake and blatant lie.” During a press...
How can it be a fishing expedition if a "whale" was caught and not fish? Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Terry Ridon gave this clever response Saturday, May 2 to the critics of the House Committee on Justice 's probable cause hearings on Vice President Sara Duterte 's impeachment case....
Veteran lawyer Lorna Kapunan has identified two of the possible articles of impeachment against Vice President Sara Duterte as the most compelling out of handful of alleged impeachable offenses that have been laid out against the latter. She said these were the Anti-Money Laundering Council 's...
Just an attempt to suppress evidence. That 's how House Committee Chairperson Batangas 2nd district Rep. Gerville “Jinky Bitrics” Luistro framed the criminal charges filed against her Monday, April 27 by Vice President Sara Duterte 's husband, lawyer Manases Carpio before the Quezon...
House Deputy Speaker La Union 1st district Rep. Paolo Ortega V says the Duterte family ought to clarify how it is able to financially sustain former president Rodrigo Duterte 's International Criminal Court (ICC) case despite their claims of having a modest lifestyle. “A clear explanation...
