The Sandiganbayan has allowed detained Senator Jose “Jinggoy” Estrada, who is facing plunder and graft charges before the Fifth Division, to temporarily leave the New Quezon City Jail in Payatas on Wednesday, Aug. 26, to undergo a knee X-ray at the Cardinal Santos Medical Center in San Juan...
The prosecution’s hostile witness, Gina Acosta on Monday, August 24 insisted that she acted on the orders of Vice President Sara Duterte when the latter ordered her to encash the P125-million confidential funds and turn over the money to the head of their security, Col. Raymund Dante Lachica. On...
The prosecution on Monday, Aug. 24, sought to establish whether the handling and liquidation of Vice President Sara Duterte 's confidential funds followed a recurring procedure, with lawyer Atty. Amando Virgil Ligutan asking former special disbursing officer Gina Acosta if the practice...
House prosecutor Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Terry Ridon doesn 't see anything wrong with the absences of senator-judges in Vice President Sara Duterte 's Senate impeachment trial. For as long it doesn 't affect quorum within the court, that is. Ridon was asked over the weekend about...
BRUSSELS, Aug. 22 (Jiji Press) -- International Criminal Court President Tomoko Akane from Japan has said that support from her country will be crucial following a U.S. decision to impose sanctions on her. "I am not surprised (at the decision) as I had anticipated it to some extent," she said in a...
The proposed "3 p.m. to sawa" set-up for Vice President Sara Duterte 's Senate impeachment trial is gaining traction with the House prosecution panel. This, as the high-stakes trial enters its ninth week, but only 16 actual hearings to show for it. Under the current set-up of the Senate...
TOKYO, Aug. 19 (Jiji Press) -- The Japanese government Wednesday expressed regret over a decision by the United States to impose sanctions against International Criminal Court President Tomoko Akane of Japan. The U.S. sanctions against Akane are "deeply regrettable," Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi...
Senate Impeachment Court spokesperson Atty. Regie Tongol on Wednesday warned that lowering the 16-vote threshold for convicting Vice President Sara Duterte would amount to changing the rules of the impeachment trial midway through the proceedings. Tongol said Presiding Officer Francis "Chiz"...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has imposed sanctions on the president of the International Criminal Court and one of its top prosecutors as it continues a campaign to dismantle the tribunal, which it accuses of trying to unfairly prosecute U.S. and Israeli soldiers for alleged crimes...
Citing concerns over the accuracy of the visuals presented to the Senate impeachment court, the defense team of Vice President Sara Duterte objected to the prosecution’s use of AI-generated images during the impeachment trial. Defense spokesperson Atty. Michael Poa said the defense registered its...
Despite the inclement weather, the Senate Impeachment Court cannot hold virtual proceedings as there is no rule for it, spokesperson Atty. Regie Tongol said on Monday, August 17. “Virtual court hearings are not included in the impeachment rules; even in ordinary courts, this is only an...
The Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) opened the application or nomination to the post of Supreme Court (SC) associate justice with the compulsory retirement on November 16 of Associate Justice Amy C. Lazaro-Javier. In a published announcement, the JBC said that the details for application or...
