Makabayan lawmaker Kabataan Party-list Rep. Renee Co believes that even so-called DDS or Duterte diehard supporters want Vice President Sara Duterte 's Senate impeachment trial to push through. Speaking during the May 16 Saturday News Forum at Dapo Restaurant in Quezon City, Co based her claim...
San Juan City lone district Rep. Ysabel Maria Zamora and the rest of House prosecution panel in Vice President Duterte 's upcoming impeachment trial refuse to be distracted by the brouhaha at the Senate. “You know, kung hindi man nangyari ‘yung kaguluhan sa Senate (whatever the chaos is at...
The Senate will further disgrace itself if it decides to block the impeachment proceedings against Vice President Sara Duterte before hearing the evidence in an actual trial. Akbayan Party-list Rep. Perci Cendaña had this to say Friday, May 15 even as his House colleagues from both the minority...
The country sits in a precarious position, caught at the fulcrum of political disruptions. Pressures are mounting from both external and internal fronts, aggravated by the unpleasant and disturbing episode at the Senate on Wednesday night. The standoff, the gunfire, and the impending impeachment...
Influential business and civil society groups are urging the Senate to convene as an impeachment court as soon as possible, warning that refusal to try the case against Vice President Sara Duterte could weaken the country’s institutional credibility and investment appeal. In a joint statement on...
Will this dream team of House member-prosecutors be able to get a conviction on the impeached Vice President Sara Duterte? During plenary session on Tuesday night, May 12, the House of Representatives formally named its 11-member prosecution team composed of the brightest lawyer-solons in the...
The Senate is going viral for the wrong reasons. Some members of the new Senate minority bloc on Tuesday, May 12 expressed their deepest concern on the recent untoward events that happened within the Upper Chamber. Senator Risa Hontiveros said the Senate has now become a laughingstock and an...
Newly-elected Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano assured on Tuesday, May 12 that the Senate, under his leadership, will act on the Articles of Impeachment “forthwith” and without unnecessary delay. Cayetano said the institution will fully comply with its constitutional duties while ensuring...
The House of Representatives on Monday night, May 11 formally ordered the transmittal to the Senate of the articles of impeachment against Vice President Sara Duterte after its historic adoption in plenary session. The move came a few hours after the House voted 257-25-9 (yes-no-abstain) to impeach...
Lawyer-legislator Batangas 2nd district Rep. Gerville "Jinky Bitrics" Luistro has admitted that she can 't quite grasp Senator Robin Padilla 's logic regarding his stern desire to prevent the Senate for convening into an impeachment court for the trial of Vice President Sara Duterte. “I...
The Senate may convene immediately as an impeachment court by Wednesday, May 13 if the Articles of Impeachment against Vice President Sara Duterte reaches the Upper Chamber by Tuesday. Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian said this in a radio interview on Sunday, May 10 adding that he believes it would be...
The House of Representatives is expected to take up in plenary on Monday afternoon, May 11 the articles of impeachment against Vice President Sara Duterte, with the respondent 's potential second impeachment in two years hanging in the balance. The plenary proceedings will tackle Committee...
