Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. on Friday, Aug. 7, said the government should not label Filipinos as pro-China based only on their beliefs as debate intensified over officials accused of siding with Beijing in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). Teodoro said the DND...
Private prosecutor Benjamin "Jay" Tolosa Jr. has reiterated the prosecution panel 's months-old challenge for Vice President Sara Duterte to answer the allegations against her before the Senate impeachment court. This, after the Supreme Court (SC) dismissed all petitions challenging the House...
Private prosecutor Amando Virgil Ligutan-- arguably one of the breakout stars in Vice President Sara Duterte 's Senate impeachment trial --has asked a question that seemingly places the respondent between the devil and the deep blue sea when It comes to proving the legitimacy of acknowledgment...
DAVAO CITY – Vice President Sara Duterte joined people in the Thanksgiving Mass for the 2026 Kadayawan Festival on Thursday, Aug. 6, and urged them to give thanks for their blessings and expressed hope that former President Rodrigo Duterte would join future celebrations. Vice President Duterte...
Maintaining that the Senate impeachment proceedings against her were already mired in controversy due to what she described as repeated instances of "bending the law," Vice President Sara Duterte on Thursday, Aug. 6, dismissed suggestions that reported developments involving Senator Ronald "Bato"...
Vice President Sara Duterte on Thursday, Aug. 6, called on Palace Press Officer and Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro to uphold "professionalism" when speaking on behalf of the Office of the President. After Castro dismissed Duterte 's earlier remarks as "baseless" and "nonsense,"...
The Supreme Court’s dismissal of Vice President Sara Duterte’s petition to nullify the House of Representatives’ impeachment proceedings against her confirms that the role of the House is done and that the Senate now has the sole authority over the trial. In a statement, Senate Impeachment...
Stressing that broad statements without naming individuals could unfairly cast suspicion on others, including President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., Vice President Sara Duterte, on Thursday, Aug. 6, called on Defense Secretary Gilberto "Gibo" Teodoro Jr. to identify the government officials he claimed...
For Vice President Sara Duterte, there is nothing "wrong" or improper about visiting persons deprived of liberty (PDLs), particularly those she personally knows. In an interview after attending the Thanksgiving Mass for the Kadayawan Festival at San Pedro Cathedral in Davao City, Duterte responded...
Vice President Sara Duterte on Thursday, Aug. 6, said the campaign of United States President Donald Trump against the International Criminal Court (ICC) could strengthen arguments that the tribunal is a "biased political organization," although she stopped short of saying it would lead to the...
Senator-judges in the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte are expected to remain impartial and unbiased, Malacañang said. Palace Press Officer and Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro said the Senator-judges should not sweep the truth under the rug, stressing it is not their...
One of the key legal issues raised during the August 6 impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte was the defense 's opposition to the prosecution 's request for the Senate impeachment court to take judicial notice of the House of Representatives ' committee hearings and...
