Senate President Vicente "Tito" Sotto III says the Senate will conduct a pre-trial should the House of Representatives transmit the articles of impeachment against Vice President Sara Duterte, drawing from lessons learned during past proceedings. In a radio interview over DZBB on Monday, May 4,...
The House Committee on Justice unanimously approved before noon Monday, May 4 its committee report and articles of impeachment against Vice President Sara Duterte. The justice committee’s output--expected to be endorsed to the plenary later during the afternoon session--was approved via vote of...
The Senate is gearing up for a busy and heavier workload in the next few months, as it resumes regular sessions on Monday, May 4 after a month-long recess. Senators are getting ready for the passage of priority measures, endorsed by the Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council (LEDAC)...
The committee report declaring the existence of probable cause in the impeachment case against Vice President Sara Duterte will be sponsored in House plenary Monday, May 4, during the resumption of plenary session after the six-week summer recess. Batangas 2nd district Rep. Gerville "Jinky Bitrics"...
In hindsight, Manila 3rd district Rep. Joel Chua says Vice President Sara Duterte 's early announcement of her 2028 presidential bid was calculated move to create "chilling effect" among the lawmakers involved in the impeachment proceedings against her. “Pagdeklara lang niya na siya ay...
CEBU CITY – “FLR” and “OMB.” Sen. Imee Marcos on Saturday, May 2, said that these three “little words” may affect how members of the House of Representatives will vote on the impeachment case of Vice President Sara Duterte. The FLR (for later release) that Marcos was referring to is a...
The Office of the President has approved the rescheduled foreign travel of Vice President Sara Duterte from May 2 to 15, Malacañang said Saturday, May 2. Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro confirmed the approval when asked by reporters. “Confirmed,” she told reporters. The Palace...
How can it be a fishing expedition if a "whale" was caught and not fish? Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Terry Ridon gave this clever response Saturday, May 2 to the critics of the House Committee on Justice 's probable cause hearings on Vice President Sara Duterte 's impeachment case....
If an impeached official resigns while his or her trial in the Senate is underway, legal uncertainties emerge—particularly on whether the case becomes moot or if disqualification from future office remains on the table. Based on the impeachment primer from the University of the Philippines...
Despite Senate President Vicente "Tito" Sotto III 's intention to convene the impeachment court at once, Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo "Ping" Lacson said on Saturday, May 2, that the trial proper for respondent Vice President Sara Duterte may not begin until June. Lacson said that it...
The legal team of Sara Duterte has confirmed it will “definitely participate” in a potential Senate impeachment trial, even as it continues to challenge the legality of the proceedings before the Supreme Court. Lawyer Michael Poa, spokesperson for Duterte’s impeachment defense team, said...
House Deputy Speakers Paolo Ortega V and Janette Garin categorically denied over the weekend that congressmen were either bribed or forced to vote for the declaration of probable cause in Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment case. Ortega, La Union 's 1st district representative,...
