Vice President Sara Duterte faced lawmakers on Monday, Nov. 25, as the House Committee on Good Government and Public Accountability resumed its hearing into the confidential funds use of the Office of the Vice President (OVP) and the Department of Education (DepEd) during her term. Vice...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go appealed to the country’s leaders to reconcile and set aside their differences as he expressed concern how the controversy surrounding the detention of one of Vice President Sara Duterte’s trusted staff has affected ordinary Filipinos. Go made the...
Vice President Sara Duterte and former president Rodrigo Duterte are currently preparing to face the International Criminal Court (ICC) investigation into the Duterte administration’s bloody war on drugs. (From left) Vice President Sara Duterte talks to former president Rodrigo Duterte...
Vice President Sara Duterte will not be attending the House good government hearing on Nov. 20 because lawmakers didn’t ask her questions the first time she was there. Vice President Sara Duterte speaks to the media during an interview at the Office of the Vice President in Mandaluyong...
A resolution seeking an official investigation on the recent spate of unauthorized transactions, scams and other irregulariteis involving GCash and other mobile financial services has been filed in the Senate. Senate deputy minority leader Risa Hontiveros, in filing Senate Resolution No....
Vice President Sara Duterte doesn’t expect the House quad committee to be fair to her father, former president Rodrigo Duterte, who appeared before the panel for the first time on Wednesday, Nov. 13. Vice President Sara Duterte speaks to the media during a press conference held at the...
Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero on Tuesday, October 29 said the Senate, as a whole and as a policy, deems it unacceptable to allow foul language or any form of expletives, to be uttered during congressional investigation or hearings. Escudero pointed this out a day after former...
Senators are prepared to accord former President Rodrigo Duterte due courtesy and respect when he attends the Senate’s own investigation into the controversial anti-illegal drug campaign of his administration. Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa assured that the former president will...
Embattled televangelist Apollo Quiboloy on Wednesday, October 23 denied the allegations of human trafficking and sexual abuse being hurled against him. Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) founder Apollo Quiboloy faces senators for the first time during the public hearing of the Committee on Women,...
Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa on Tuesday, October 22 rejected calls for him to go on an indefinite leave of absence from the Senate while the congressional investigation into the Duterte administration’s drug war is ongoing. Akbayan Representative Perci Cendaña had earlier called on...
Senator Pia Cayetano on Monday, October 21 confirmed that the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee will conduct its own public inquiry into the Duterte administration’s campaign against illegal drugs. Cayetano, chairperson of the Senate Committee on Public Accountability and Investigations (blue...
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel III on Monday, October 21 expressed belief Vice President Sara Duterte should seek professional help following her recent statements against President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. MB Photo Pimentel, in a press briefing at the Senate, said he...
