The defense team of Vice President Sara Duterte on Monday, August 3, maintained that the Commission on Audit (COA) findings presented during the Senate impeachment trial reflect only "one side of the story," saying it would challenge the audit observations as the proceedings move forward. Speaking...
How exactly was Vice President Sara Duterte able to finance her multiple foreign travels, which reached three months in terms of duration between 2025 and 2026? House impeachment prosecutor Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Terry Ridon asked this question on Monday, Aug. 3 even as Duterte’s Senate...
A total of 10 more questionable-sounding names--including one that could potentially be related to the infamous confidential funds recipient "Mary Grace Piattos"--were brought up Monday, Aug. 3 during respondent Vice President Sara Duterte 's Senate impeachment trial. During the proceedings,...
The Senate Impeachment Court on Monday, August 3 granted the request of BDO Unibank and Security Bank to be given 10 more banking days to complete their submission of Vice President Sara Duterte’s financial accounts. Both banks appealed for an extension, citing the volume of financial records...
House prosecutor Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Terry Ridon chided Vice President Sara Duterte on Monday, Aug. 3 for being absent--yet again--in her own Senate impeachment trial. "Sa ikalimang linggo o ikalabing-isang araw ng paglilitis, wala pa ring Vice President Sara Duterte sa loob ng Senate...
Impeachment trial respondent Vice President Sara Duterte signed the Office of the Vice President’s (OVP) liquidation report certifying that the purpose of its P125-million confidential fund-cash advance had been accomplished, Prosecution witness Commission on Audit (COA) auditor Roderick Wamil...
The defense team of Vice President Sara Duterte on Monday, August 3, rejected the prosecution 's assertion that the Office of the Vice President (OVP) spent its P125 million confidential fund within 11 days in December 2022, disputing a claim based on Commission on Audit (COA) records during...
The Office of the Vice President (OVP) on Monday, Aug. 3, marked the fourth anniversary of its Libreng Sakay Program, highlighting that the initiative has provided free transportation to more than 3.54 million commuters nationwide since its launch in 2022. In a statement, the OVP said the milestone...
The litigation on article I covering confidential funds misuse on the part of impeachment trial respondent Vice President Sara Duterte could be a long and complicated one. But for House impeachment adviser Robert Ace Barbers and impeachment case complainant Deputy Speaker La Union 1st district Rep....
House prosecutor Manila 3rd district Rep. Joel Chua is troll-proof at this point, after having been subject to years of bashing from no-name keyboard warriors. "Ako, hindi ko na talaga pinapansin ’yan. Basta kami, focus lang kami sa aming trabaho,” Chua said in a Quezon City news forum, ahead...
House prosecution panel spokesperson, lawyer Benjamin "Jay" Tolosa Jr. believes that the Senate impeachment court’s subpoenas for the bank and tax records of Vice President Sara Duterte, her husband lawyer Manases “Mans” Carpio, and their business interests can withstand judicial review....
Not only was Vice President Sara Duterte 's "P5,000 gunman" comment potentially damaging to her case in her Senate impeachment trial; it could also be damaging to the country’s image. Thus, said House impeachment adviser Robert “Ace” Barbers on Friday, July 31 following comments from...
