Private prosecutor Lorna Kapunan has described as a "sign of desperation and frustration" the apparent surge in troll activity and personal attacks against members of the House prosecution team, which is out to convict impeachment trial respondent Vice President Sara Duterte. “Kung dumadami...
Amando Virgil Ligutan--the prosecutor who has been keeping the defense of Vice President Sara Duterte in check with his propitious objections --has earned the respect and admiration of his fellow prosecution panel members in the ongoing Senate impeachment trial. This is not to say that Ligutan didn...
Vice President Sara Duterte remains formidable figure in Philippine politics despite her ongoing Senate impeachment trial. To that, the House prosecution panel says "We don 't care." In a statement Sunday, July 12, House impeachment adviser and prosecution spokesperson Robert Ace Barbers said...
Week two of Vice President Sara Duterte 's Senate impeachment trial promises to be more emotionally-charged than the first, all because of one person. Lawyer Zuleika Lopez, chief-of-staff of the Office of the Vice President (OVP) and arguably the closest aide of the respondent, is scheduled to...
The Senate Impeachment Court is set to hear this week the oral arguments on the requested subpoenas for Vice President Sara Duterte’s tax records from the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR), as well as documents coming from the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) and from other establishments...
The House prosecution panel in Vice President Sara Duterte 's Senate impeachment trial went the humble path and said that it fared "good" during the first week of the proceedings. Speaking in a press conference after the conclusion of the third day of the trial at the Senate Wednesday, July 8,...
Senator-judge Risa Hontiveros on Wednesday, July 8, managed to question the defense panel if indeed Vice President Sara Duterte’s alleged threats against President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., his wife First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos and former House Speaker Martin Romualdez was prompted...
The House prosecution panel has vowed to keep up the same level of "energy" that it has shown throughout Vice President Sara Duterte 's Senate impeachment trial. Thus, said solon-prosecutor Iloilo 3rd district Rep. Lorenz Defensor, as he patted the team 's back for its performance...
The Senate impeachment court rejected the move of Vice President Sara Duterte’s legal team to exclude the first witness presented by the House prosecution panel in the impeachment trial. This, after the prosecution team presented its first witness on the second day of the vice president’s...
The defense team of Vice President Sara Duterte said it is ready for the prosecution’s presentation of witnesses and evidence as her impeachment trial enters Day 2 on Tuesday, July 7. Defense spokesperson Michael Poa said the camp had expected the prosecution to begin presenting its first witness...
House lead prosecutor Batangas 2nd district Rep. Gerville "Jinky Bitrics" Luistro did the honors Monday, July 6 in formally launching the prosecution panel 's effort to convict Vice President Sara Duterte based on the articles of impeachment. Speaking during the first day of Duterte 's...
Lawyer Sheila Sison emerged as a formidable voice for Vice President Sara Duterte’s defense team as the Senate impeachment trial began on Monday, July 6, directly confronting the prosecution’s legal arguments and laying out the defense’s case for due process, fairness, and strict adherence...
