The gamesmanship between the prosecution and defense teams continues in the pre-trial conference (PTC) for Vice President Sara Duterte 's upcoming Senate impeachment trial. The PTC--which is entering a rather unexpected fourth day on Wednesday, June 23--has been held behind closed doors. But...
Malacañang has questioned Vice President Sara Duterte 's bid to remove certain documents, including her statements of assets, liabilities and net worth (SALNs), from the evidence in the impeachment proceedings against her. Palace Press Officer and Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro...
Intelligence gathering should not be conducted on students, Malacañang said, contradicting Vice President Sara Duterte 's view that the Tacloban City school gun attack exposed the government 's failure to recognize the importance of intelligence gathering. "Ibig sabihin, estudyante dapat...
Out of all the articles of impeachment against Vice President Sara Duterte, its her alleged assassination plot against President Marcos and other members of the First Family that the House prosecution team wants to present first in the upcoming Senate impeachment trial. This was shared by Lanao del...
Vice President Sara Duterte’s defense team on Tuesday, June 23, downplayed concerns over the alleged overlap of witnesses in her impeachment trial, emphasizing that both the prosecution and defense have the right to choose their own witnesses and evidence. In an interview during the third day of...
Vice President Sara Duterte on Monday, June 23, called for stronger school safety measures following the deadly incident at San Jose National High School in Tacloban City, saying the tragedy should serve as a wake-up call for the government to improve learner protection and threat detection. “The...
It remains unclear who will ultimately sit as presiding officer of the impeachment court that will try the case of Vice President Sara Duterte, which will start two weeks from now. By default, Senate President Sherwin Gatchalian will be the presiding officer, following the Senate Rules of...
Lanao del Sur 1st district Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong finds the Office of the Vice President 's (OVP) latest accomplishment report utterly unresponsive to the very serious allegations lodged against impeachment trial respondent Vice President Sara Duterte. While the accomplishment report was not...
The pre-trial conference for the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte may continue through this week due to the large volume of documentary evidence still being marked. Defense spokesperson Michael Poa said on Monday, June 22, that both the defense and prosecution remain in the...
House lead prosecutor Batangas 2nd district Rep. Gerville "Jinky Bitrics" Luistro says Vice President Sara Duterte Senate impeachment trial would likely take over three months to complete--longer than she previously anticipated. "Mukhang hindi kakayanin na hanggang September lang (Look like holding...
No threats have been monitored by the Senate Office of the Sergeant-at-Arms (OSAA) related to the scheduled July 6 impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte, even as heightened security measures remain in place in the chamber. Senate Sergeant-at-Arms Alfred Sotto Corpus made the statement...
Lawyer Benjamin Tolosa Jr. says it makes no sense to claim that the defense got the better of the prosecution during--of all things--a pre-trial conference (PTC) for Vice President Sara Duterte 's upcoming Senate impeachment trial. Tolosa--who was introduced as the newest member of the House...
