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...
Barely into the second day of Vice President Sara Duterte 's impeachment trial, proceedings hit a tense moment after one of the private prosecutors was called out for delivering what senators described as a premature closing argument. Hontiveros asked private prosecutor Amando Virgil Ligutan...
Senate Impeachment Court Presiding Officer Francis "Chiz" Escudero on Tuesday said his declaration that at least 16 senator-judges must vote to convict Vice President Sara Duterte has become an official ruling of the chair after no member of the impeachment court objected to or appealed it. The...
Senator Imee Marcos on Tuesday praised Vice President Sara Duterte 's lead defense counsel, lawyer Sheila Sison, describing her as an experienced litigator after watching her opening presentation before the Senate impeachment court. "First time I watched her at work: she is clearly an...
Senator-judge Robin Padilla made a tongue-in-cheek remark on Monday, July 6, when he stated that he studied criminology at "UP"—clarifying a beat later that he meant the "University of Prison"—as he explained his vote against Senator Francis "Chiz" Escudero 's election as presiding officer...
The spokesperson for the Senate impeachment court on Monday, July 6, clarified why Senate President Sherwin Gatchalian and Impeachment Court Presiding Officer Francis "Chiz" Escudero are seated together at the rostrum during the impeachment trial, saying the arrangement reflects their distinct...
The Senate Impeachment Court on Monday, July 6, ordered the return of a sealed box containing the tax records of Vice President Sara Duterte and her husband, Manases Carpio, ruling that the documents are not yet under the court 's custody and have not been admitted into evidence. Impeachment...
Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. warned groups or individuals against trying to draw members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) into the political debate surrounding the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte. Teodoro said the impeachment...
The first day of the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte got off to a turbulent start on Monday, July 6, as senators became embroiled in a constitutional battle over who should preside over the proceedings, culminating in the election of Senator-Judge Francis 'Chiz '...
Duterte says impeachment proceedings must be guided by the Constitution and due process, stressing that the prosecution bears the burden of proving its case Vice President Sara Duterte said the President’s opinion has “no importance” in an impeachment proceeding, maintaining that the process...
President Marcos will not be monitoring the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte as it gets underway in the Senate, with Malacañang saying the President has government work to focus on instead. Presidential Communications Office (PCO) Undersecretary Claire Castro said this ahead of the...
