Putting his Nostradamus cap on, Lanao del Sur 1st district Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong believes that Vice President Sara Duterte won 't be participating in the House of Representatives 2027 budget plenary debates. The Office of the Vice President (OVP) is seeking about P2.2 billion under the...
Senate impeachment trial respondent Vice President Sara Duterte has displayed a habit of withholding information and resisting congressional scrutiny when it comes to her usage of confidential funds. House impeachment adviser and prosecution panel spokesperson Robert Ace Barbers gave this...
Private prosecutor Lorna Kapunan says hostile witnesses like former Office of the Vice President (OVP) special disbursing officer (SDO) Gina Acosta could get "coached" during breaks in testimony--something that 's fairly common in the Senate impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte....
A private prosecutor in the Senate impeachment trial says respondent Vice President Sara Duterte 's multiple perjury charges against Ramil Madriaga won 't stop the prosecution from calling the alleged bagman to the witness stand, should it decide to go that route. Lawyer Benjamin "Jay"...
House prosecutor Manila 3rd district Rep. Joel Chua has called out on Tuesday, Aug. 18 hostile witness Gina Acosta 's inability to speak and understand Filipino for the charade that he thinks it is. Chua was referring to the former Office of the Vice President (OVP) special disbursing officer...
The House prosecution panel defended its use of an artificial intelligence (AI)-generated image during the continuation of Vice President Sara Duterte 's Senate impeachment trial Monday, Aug. 17. It was private prosecutor Amando Virgil Ligutan who showed the AI-generated image during his...
Former Office of the Vice President (OVP) special disbursing officer (SDO) Gina Acosta told the Senate impeachment court Monday, Aug. 17 how she was able to encash P125 million in confidential funds, which she then released to Col. Raymund Dante Lachica upon the instructions of respondent Vice...
Former Office of the Vice President (OVP) special disbursing officer (SDO) Gina Acosta said confidential funds were spent on tree-planting activities under the agency 's "good governance programs". Acosta, a hostile witness for the prosecution in Vice President Sara Duterte 's ongoing...
Senate President Sherwin Gatchalian on Sunday, August 16 said the Senate will strictly implement a no confidential and intelligence fund policy to non-enforcement government agencies to avoid a repeat or possible abuse of these funds in the proposed P7.2-trillion national budget for 2027. “We...
The Commission on Audit (COA) is studying the possibility of launching a fraud audit against the Office of the Vice President (OVP) and the Department of Education (DepEd) over the “unusual” names of the recipients of confidential funds from the two agencies that were both then under Vice...
What 's the rationale for spending millions in confidential funds to secure Vice President Sara Duterte in Davao City--her family 's political stronghold? House prosecution panel spokesperson Lanao del Sur 1st district Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong asked this question following Commission on...
The defense team of Vice President Sara Duterte is exercising greater caution when dealing with the media as the Senate impeachment trial progresses, with defense spokesperson Atty. Michael Poa saying it has become difficult to discuss the case without risking a violation of the court’s rules....
