The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has launched a probe into allegations that 98 business process outsourcing (BPO) companies forced their employees to report to work despite life-threatening conditions during Super Typhoon “Uwan.” The move followed a formal complaint by the BPO...
The Senate Committee on Ethics and Privileges will adopt a “first in, first out” approach in hearing all ethics complaint that are now pending before the panel, Senate deputy majority leader Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito said. Ejercito, newly elected chairman of the Senate ethics committee,...
Senator Francis "Chiz" Escudero said on Thursday night, Oct. 2 that he was not surprised by the filing of an ethics complaint against him. According to him, the ethics case is part of dropping Leyte 1st district Rep. Martin Romualdez 's name and revealing the truth. "This is just part of the...
Vice President Sara Duterte expects to face another impeachment complaint—if the current one does not push through—by next year. She said that even if the current impeachment case under a motion for reconsideration at the Supreme Court will not continue, another one will be filed next year or...
The defense team of Vice President Sara Duterte is getting ready to face another impeachment complaint against her by February next year. Lawyer Michael Poa, one of the 16-member defense team for the Vice President, mentioned the “big possibility” that another impeachment complaint will be...
Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson said on Sunday, August 10 that he is confident that the impeachment case against Vice President Sara Duterte can be revived and pulled out from the Senate’s archives should the Supreme Court reverses its ruling. Lacson, a member of the Senate minority bloc, said...
While the Supreme Court (SC) declared the impeachment process against Vice President Sara Duterte as unconstitutional, it did not say there was no wrongdoing, President Marcos said. In a post-State Visit press briefing in India on Friday, Aug. 8, Marcos pointed out that the SC ruling has no...
Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Friday, August 8 debunked insinuations he “played safe” when the Senate voted to archive the Articles of Impeachment against Vice President Sara Duterte. On Wednesday evening, August 6, Lacson was the only senator who abstained from voting on the motion to...
DAVAO CITY – Vice President Sara Duterte on Thursday, Aug. 7, urged respect and adherence to the Senate’s decision to archive the impeachment complaint filed against her and emphasized the importance of recognizing the constitutional role of the legislative body. “We must respect the role of...
A group of education workers on Thursday, August 7, denounced in the strongest terms the Senate’s "outright dismissal" of the impeachment complaint against Vice President and former Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Sara Duterte. “Hiding behind procedural sleight of hand, the Senate has...
President Marcos said that his administration "has very little role to play" in the impeachment process against Vice President Sara Duterte. In an interview with the Firstpost in New Delhi, Marcos made it clear that he never refused to comment on Duterte 's impeachment, reiterating that his...
With 19 senators voting in the affirmative, four against, and one abstention, the Senate moved to archive the Articles of Impeachment against Vice President Sara Duterte, adhering to the Supreme Court’s ruling declaring the impeachment process initiated by the House of Representatives as...
