House prosecutor Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Terry Ridon described as "irregular" and "improper" the alleged request of Vice President Sara Duterte 's subordinates for the Commission on Audit (COA) to temper its actions on the audit of confidential funds. Ridon was referring to COA auditor...
Office of the Vice President (OVP) and the Department of Education (DepEd) officials purportedly asked the Commission on Audit (COA) to issue a less formal “audit query” instead of an Audit Observation Memorandum (AOM) over deficiencies in the agencies’ confidential fund submissions, a COA...
The House prosecution panel 's decision on Tuesday, July 14 to trim down its list of witnesses for Article IV in the articles of impeachment is being seen as a positive development for impeachment trial respondent, Vice President Sara Duterte. This can be gleaned from the remarks of private...
Did the House prosecution panel just pull a fast one on the camp of impeachment respondent Vice President Sara Duterte? This, after private prosecutor Lorna Kapunan told the Senate impeachment court under presiding officer Senator Francis "Chiz" Escudero at past 7 p.m. Tuesday night, July 14 that...
Vice President Sara Duterte on Tuesday, July 14, maintained that the impeachment complaint filed against her is not supported by credible evidence as the Senate impeachment court continued its fifth day of trial. In a statement released by the Office of the Vice President (OVP), Duterte reiterated...
Week two of Vice President Sara Duterte 's Senate impeachment trial promises to be more emotionally-charged than the first, all because of one person. Lawyer Zuleika Lopez, chief-of-staff of the Office of the Vice President (OVP) and arguably the closest aide of the respondent, is scheduled to...
The Senate Impeachment Court is set to hear this week the oral arguments on the requested subpoenas for Vice President Sara Duterte’s tax records from the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR), as well as documents coming from the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) and from other establishments...
The camp of Vice President Sara Duterte has asked permission from the Senate to bring its own appliances and hire a private caterer for the holding area assigned to the defense during the impeachment trial, Senate Secretary Renato Bantug said. Bantug told reporters that the requests were raised by...
As the Senate impeachment court prepares to hear testimony from Vice President Sara Duterte 's chief of staff, Atty. Zuleika Lopez next week, questions have emerged over whether a witness identified with the defense can be called by the prosecution—and if that automatically makes the witness...
Senate impeachment court spokesperson, lawyer Regie Tongol, said on Thursday, June 9, that failure to heed the subpoena issued by the body may lead to contempt. "Yun yung tinatawag natin na compulsory process ng korte. Kapag pinasubpoena ka, wala kang karapatan tumanggi except for certain...
In a word, meh. Ranking congressmen gave such reaction to Office of the Vice President (OVP) chief-of-staff Zuleika Lopez 's witty “ Prepare for Typhoon Inday ” remark on Thursday, July 9 when she dropped by the Senate. Lopez is scheduled to give hee testimony in the Senate impeachment...
Dropping by the Senate premises on Thursday, Vice President Sara Duterte 's chief-of-staff Zuleika Lopez told reporters, "Prepare for Typhoon Inday"—a remark that may be interpreted in more ways than one. Lopez gave this comment a day after the Senate impeachment court granted the House...
