Some senators seem already keen on attending to other matters following the Supreme Court 's decision declaring the articles of impeachment against the Vice President Sara Duterte unconstitutional on Friday, July 25. Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada said that while he cannot speak...
The Supreme Court 's (SC) decision declaring unconstitutional the impeachment proceedings against Vice President Sara Duterte validates the Senate 's cautious approach on it. This was according to Atty. Regie Tongol, spokesperson for the Senate Impeachment Court, in a statement on...
Some senators are not too keen on resetting the convening of the Senate Impeachment court to August 4, a week after the opening of the first regular session of the 20th Congress. It was Senator Joel Villanueva who first mentioned that the Senate Impeachment court would likely convene on this date...
The legal team of former president Rodrigo Duterte has formally requested the International Criminal Court (ICC) to convene an “urgent status conference” ahead of the scheduled summer recess this July 25, citing procedural delays that could impact the upcoming confirmation of charges hearing. ...
Senator Joel Villanueva said on Wednesday, July 16, that the Senate impeachment court would likely reconvene a week after opening the first regular session of the 20th Congress. "It looks like we are just going to wait for one week to organize ourselves as a Senate, yung mga committees, etc.,...
A Supreme Court decision terminating the impeachment trial against Vice President Sara Duterte meant that the country would be spared from spending millions on a “defective” trial, Office of the Vice President (OVP) spokesperson Ruth Castelo said. “If it 's for the impeachment trial,...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is allowing President Donald Trump to put his plan to dismantle the Education Department back on track — and to go through with laying off nearly 1,400 employees. With the three liberal justices in dissent, the court on Monday paused an order from U.S....
The camp of former president Rodrigo Duterte is reviewing the “immense amount of evidence” on his crimes against humanity charges before the International Criminal Court (ICC) in preparation for the confirmation hearing in September, his lead counsel said. In an interview with GMA Integrated...
The International Criminal Court (ICC) Pre-Trial Chamber I (PTC I) must dismiss the case against former president Rodrigo Duterte and release him immediately from detention because of the prosecution’s failure to launch an investigation into his crimes against humanity charges “within the...
The Senate on Friday, July 11, acknowledged the Supreme Court’s (SC) July 8 resolution consolidating the cases G.R. Nos. 278353 and 278359, which are related to the impeachment proceedings against Vice President Sara Duterte and require compliance from the respondents. In a statement, the Senate...
Vice President Sara Duterte is back in The Hague, Netherlands more than a month since her last visit to former president Rodrigo Duterte, who she said has lost a lot of weight. In an exchange with supporters outside the Scheveningen Prison in The Hague on Monday, July 7, the Vice President shared...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is preparing its response to the Supreme Court’s Writ of Kalikasan on the Samal Island–Davao City Connector (SIDC) Bridge Project and assured that construction is proceeding in accordance with legal and environmental regulations. In a...
