If there 's a perfect word to describe pro-Duterte trolls, it 's "desperate". Thus, said private prosecutor Lorna Kapunan as he chided these netizens for forcing new narratives into the online discourse just to discredit members of the House prosecution panel in Vice President Sara...
Senate impeachment trial respondent Vice President Sara Duterte has displayed a habit of withholding information and resisting congressional scrutiny when it comes to her usage of confidential funds. House impeachment adviser and prosecution panel spokesperson Robert Ace Barbers gave this...
Vice President Sara Duterte 's foreign travels--reportedly paid for with personal funds--could come back to haunt her in her Senate impeachment trial. This, after private prosecutor Lorna Kapunan said that respondent Duterte’s declared income, assets, and family business interests could be...
For private prosecutor Lorna Kapunan, impeachment trial respondent Vice President Sara Duterte is "contributing to the problem" of violence among Filipino youth, no thanks to the latter 's signature violent rhetoric. Kapunan had this to say Wednesday, Aug. 19 following the deadly shooting at...
Private prosecutor Lorna Kapunan says hostile witnesses like former Office of the Vice President (OVP) special disbursing officer (SDO) Gina Acosta could get "coached" during breaks in testimony--something that 's fairly common in the Senate impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte....
With her defense team already fully representing her in the case, Vice President Sara Duterte on Wednesday, August 19, said her personal attendance at the impeachment proceedings would not necessarily speed up the process. In an ambush interview in Zamboanga City, Duterte rejected claims that the...
The legal team of Vice President Sara Duterte is seeking to consolidate the two perjury complaints filed against Ramil Madriaga and have them resolved together. In a virtual press briefing on Wednesday, August 19, Atty. Paolo Panelo said the second complaint is closely related to the first because...
House impeachment adviser Robert Ace Barbers doesn 't believe in brevity for brevity 's sake as far as Vice President Sara Duterte 's impeachment trial is concerned. This, as Barbers bared his personal preference for the House prosecution team to finish the presentation of evidence...
Senate Impeachment Court spokesperson Atty. Regie Tongol on Wednesday warned that lowering the 16-vote threshold for convicting Vice President Sara Duterte would amount to changing the rules of the impeachment trial midway through the proceedings. Tongol said Presiding Officer Francis "Chiz"...
The impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte is now running about two to three days behind its original schedule as weather-related cancellations and lengthy witness testimonies continue to eat into the 31 days allotted for the prosecution 's presentation of Article I of the...
Vice President Sara Duterte’s lawyer Paolo Panelo, on Wednesday, August 19, said Ramil Madriaga could be a “star witness” for her impeachment defense, as Madriaga faces multiple perjury complaints over his statements related to the case. In a virtual press briefing, Panelo said the defense...
A private prosecutor in the Senate impeachment trial says respondent Vice President Sara Duterte 's multiple perjury charges against Ramil Madriaga won 't stop the prosecution from calling the alleged bagman to the witness stand, should it decide to go that route. Lawyer Benjamin "Jay"...
