Acting Senate President and Senate President Pro Tempore Sherwin Gatchalian affirmed on Wednesday, June 10 that 16 votes are still needed to convict Vice President Sara Duterte in the impeachment trial. Gatchalian said the 16 votes, or two-thirds vote, is a constitutional mandate and unaffected by...
Members of the House prosecution team in Vice President Sara Duterte 's upcoming impeachment trial said that a delay in the proceedings doesn 't equate to an advantage for the respondent. Public prosecutor Akbayan Party-list Rep. Chel Diokno and prosecution panel spokesperson Kabataan...
The Senate impeachment court has scheduled the pre-trial conference for the impeachment case against Vice President Sara Duterte on June 18, 2026, marking the next stage in the proceedings ahead of the trial proper. In a notice issued Tuesday, June 9, Presiding Officer and acting Senate President...
Lawyer-solon Batangas 2nd district Rep. Gerville "Jinky Bitrics" Luistro has shot down the proposal of Senator Alan Peter Cayetano 's bloc for an "interim administration" in the Senate with Acting Senate President Sherwin Gatchalian 's bloc. Luistro, the lead prosecutor in Vice President...
House prosecution panel leader, Batangas 2nd district Rep. Gerville "Jinky Bitrics" Luistro has warned the Senate that the Filipino people would be enraged if Vice President Sara Duterte 's impeachment trial gets swamped by delays. This, as the impasse between Senate blocs loyal to either...
Members of the House prosecution panel are urging law schools, communities, and civil society groups to organize "impeachment trial watch parties" once the Senate impeachment court begins hearing the case against Vice President Sara Duterte. Prosecution panel spokesperson, Kabataan Party-list Rep....
Senator Alan Peter Cayetano on Monday, June 8 asserted he is the legal Senate President and therefore, will be the presiding officer in Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial. Cayetano, in a hastily called press briefing, said he has to assert his standing as the Senate impeachment...
Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Terry Ridon criticized the 18 "maleta boys" for failing to appear Monday, June 8 in the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearing headed by panel chairman Senator Erwin Tulfo. This, after the group of former Marines and bodyguard launched what Ridon called a "sensationalized...
Vice President Sara Duterte 's "non-answer" doesn 't even need or deserve a substantive response from prosecutors. Such was the gist of the 11-member House prosecution panel 's manifestation--filed on Monday, June 8--before the Senate impeachment court on the subject of the Duterte...
Citing what he calls a "political trend", House Deputy Speaker La Union 1st district Rep. Paolo Ortega V sees the new Senate majority under Acting Senate President Sherwin Gatchalian gaining even more size and strength in the coming days. Speaking in a DZBB interview on Sunday, June 7, Ortega said...
Vice President Sara Duterte 's Senate impeachment trial will push through, no matter how hard you try to destroy the House prosecution panel 's credibility. This is House prosecutor Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Terry Ridon 's stern message to the panel 's detractors over the...
A ranking member of the House of Representatives is willing to support calls for a special session if only to allow the Senate to straighten out its leadership squabble. House Committee on Justice Chairperson Batangas 2nd district Rep. Gerville “Jinky Bitrics” Luistro said a special session...
