Seven in 10 adult Filipinos believe that Vice President Sara Duterte must address the impeachment charges against her and respond to the allegations of corruption, according to a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey conducted days before her impeachment trial was set to begin. The June 20-29 survey...
Senate President Sherwin Gatchalian said on Thursday, July 23, that the Senate cannot cover the Office of the Vice President 's (OVP) request for the chamber to shoulder the food and catering expenses of Vice President Sara Duterte 's defense team during the impeachment trial, citing...
Malacañang maintained that the Senate sitting as an impeachment court should determine whether Vice President Sara Duterte 's tax records should be obtained as evidence in her impeachment trial, saying the administration would simply follow the legal process. Presidential Communications...
Senator-judge Robin Padilla told the prosecution on Wednesday, July 22, not to be "one-sided" as he questioned the credibility of their witnesses. During Wednesday 's impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte, Padilla aimed at the House prosecution panel, particularly in the witnesses...
It wasn 't a witness or a piece of evidence that became an issue at Vice President Sara Duterte 's impeachment trial on Wednesday, July 22. Instead, it was the bell. Senator-judge Robin Padilla 's questioning of the House prosecution briefly shifted into a debate over whether the...
Senator-judge Robin Padilla on Wednesday, July 22, questioned the credibility of an affidavit involving self-confessed Davao Death Squad (DDS) member Arturo Lascañas, as he argued that witnesses who give conflicting statements should not be relied upon in the impeachment trial of Vice President...
Vice President Sara Duterte emerged as the preferred presidential candidate in the May 2028 elections, leading former Vice President and incumbent Naga City Mayor Leni Robredo by 23 percentage points in a six-way race, according to a Pulse Asia Research survey released on Wednesday, July 22. The...
For Senator Erwin Tulfo, if anything is slowing down Vice President Sara Duterte 's impeachment trial, it 's senator-judges who insist on giving "Law 101" lectures during the proceedings. In an ambush interview on Wednesday, July 22, Tulfo said some senator-judges spend too much time...
Bringing up the wife of National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Director Melvin Matibag during his cross-examination in the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte wasn 't meant to rile up the witness, the respondent 's defense team said. Defense team spokesperson Michael Poa...
The Senate impeachment court will suspend the trial of Vice President Sara Duterte on July 27 and 28 to give way to President Marcos Jr. 's State of the Nation Address (SONA) and the minority 's contra-SONA. Wrapping up the trial on Tuesday, July 21, Presiding officer Francis "Chiz"...
National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Director Melvin Matibag has rejected an allegation of bias after his wife was brought up by the defense panel as one of the endorsers of the impeachment against Vice President Sara Duterte at the House of Representatives. During the cross-examination on...
Why was a schoolteacher arrested in 2020 without a warrant over an alleged death threat against former President Rodrigo Duterte, while Vice President Sara Duterte was not? This was the question posed on Tuesday, July 21, by Senator-judge Raffy Tulfo to National Bureau of Investigation (NBI)...
