Defense lawyers on Wednesday, July 8, questioned a National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) senior agent over the absence of affidavits from President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos, and former House Speaker Martin Romualdez in the agency’s investigation into Vice President...
If the public does not see the truth behind the accusations against Vice President Sara Duterte, it will indeed become bloody, Malacañang said. It came as a retaliation to Duterte 's statement during her brief appearance at the Senate on Tuesday, July 7, where she was quoted saying: In this...
House Deputy Speaker La Union 1st district Rep. Paolo Ortega V cited a certain "nostalgic" feeling over the prospect of Zuleika Lopez joining Vice President Sara Duterte 's Senate impeachment trial as a prosecution witness. Speaking in a press conference at the Wednesday, July 9 ahead of day...
DAVAO CITY – A Davao City councilor called on Tuesday, July 7, respect for the constitutional process in the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte. Speaking at the Pulong-Pulong sa Dabawenyos at Sangguniang Panlungsod, Councilor Danilo Dayanghirang, chairperson of the Committee on...
National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Agent John Mark Calilung, the prosecution’s first witness, will be able to withstand the expected intense cross-examination of impeachment trial respondent Vice President Sara Duterte 's defense lawyers. Thus, said House prosecution panel adviser and...
Senator Francis "Chiz" Escudero has been "very fair" so far in his capacity as presiding officer of the Senate impeachment court in the ongoing trial against Vice President Sara Duterte. House prosecutor Iloilo 3rd district Rep. Lorenz Defensor gave this assessment even as news reports on the trial...
The Senate Impeachment Court is ready to hear the legal team of Vice President Sara Duterte start its cross-examination of National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Senior Agent John Mark Calilung today, Wednesday, July 8. This, after the House prosecution panel presented Calilung as its first...
The House prosecution panel has vowed to keep up the same level of "energy" that it has shown throughout Vice President Sara Duterte 's Senate impeachment trial. Thus, said solon-prosecutor Iloilo 3rd district Rep. Lorenz Defensor, as he patted the team 's back for its performance...
The impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte will proceed despite a petition filed with the Supreme Court (SC) seeking to stop it. In an urgent motion and manifestation on two pending SC petitions that Duterte herself, lawyer Israelito P. Torreon, and others had earlier filed, Duterte...
Whether or not there 's a possibility that the impeachment court would not follow a future ruling of the Supreme Court (SC), Impeachment Court spokesperson Reginald Tongol said the matter falls within the plenary powers of a co-equal branch of government. "However, as we have seen before, the...
In the face of a Supreme Court (SC) petition that could potentially stop Vice President Sara Duterte 's Senate impeachment trial cold in its tracks, House prosecutor Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Terry Ridon did one of the things he 's good at. That is, troll the personalities who are...
For Lanao del Sur 1st district Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong, Tuesday was very much like Monday --a day of "victory" for the House prosecution panel in Vice President Sara Duterte 's Senate impeachment trial. “It’s very clear now...but we’re claiming victory because all the motions that were...
