The legal team of Vice President Sara Duterte on Thursday, April 30, criticized the recent proceedings of the House Committee on Justice, arguing that the presentation of evidence against her lacks substance and fails to meet the standard for probable cause. In a statement, lawyer Paul Lawrence...
The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) is all set for the impeachment complaint hearing of the House Committee on Justice, the agency’s top official said on Saturday, April 25. NBI director Melvin Matibag said their testimony will focus more on the result of the investigation they conducted...
Vice President Sara Duterte will not attend the April 29 hearing of the House Committee on Justice on the impeachment complaints filed against her, her legal team said. At a press conference on April 23, defense spokesperson Atty. Michael Poa confirmed that Duterte would maintain her decision not...
A Filipino youth leader and student at British School Manila (BSM) in Taguig has called for the expanded use of sign language to benefit the Deaf and hard of hearing communities. Johann Nicholas Chan, co-founder and president of FSL [Filipino Sign Language] for Inclusive PH, a non-profit founded...
The camp of Vice President Sara Duterte said on Monday, April 20, that it has yet to receive an official copy of the decision from the Commission on Audit (COA) presented during a recent congressional hearing, preventing it from issuing any formal comment on the matter. In a brief statement, the...
Stressing that the “bare minimum was easy enough to meet,” Vice President Sara Duterte on Wednesday, April 15, strongly refuted allegations raised during the Committee on Justice hearing, which she described as a “mini trial,” as she defended her academic record and accused critics of...
The comments made by Vice President Sara Duterte that former president Rodrigo Duterte is “okay” will not help in his appeal to adjourn his case before the International Criminal Court (ICC) because he is allegedly unfit to stand trial. This was what former Office of the Vice President (OVP)...
Despite saying that former president Rodrigo Duterte is “okay,” Vice President Sara Duterte believes there will be a competency hearing for her father to determine if he is fit to stand trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC). The official disclosed this on Tuesday, Sept. 16, during an...
Despite her willingness to attend the budget hearing of the Office of the Vice President (OVP), it was budget sponsor Palawan Rep. Jose Alvarez who asked Vice President Sara Duterte not to attend the deliberations into her office’s 2026 budget proposal. A statement from the OVP clarified the...
Former Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Chairperson J. Prospero “Popoy” De Vera III clarified that he had no role in the recent veto of the proposed National Polytechnic University of the Philippines (NPUP) bill, rejecting claims raised during a congressional budget hearing. De Vera issued...
Malacañang has reconsidered its stance on the Senate's hearing on former president Rodrigo Duterte's arrest as it listed the top officials who may attend the inquiry. Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro (RTVM) and Senate President Francis Escudero (Santi San Juan) Communications...
Vice President Sara Duterte said she was open to attending future Senate hearings regarding the arrest of her father, former president Rodrigo Duterte, as she prepares to return to the Philippines. Vice President Sara Duterte and Senator Imee Marcos (Facebook) Speaking to reporters at The Hague,...
