A youth group on Friday, June 19, questioned the delay in the filing of charges against Senator Joel Villanueva over his alleged involvement in a flood-control project controversy in Bulacan, despite earlier pronouncements from the Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) that the case was already ripe for...
Vice President Sara Duterte 's defense team has listed former senator Antonio Trillanes IV, whistleblower Ramil Madriaga, and several current and former government officials as potential witnesses in the upcoming Senate impeachment trial, according to its pre-trial brief filed before the...
Vice President Sara Duterte has formally challenged the impeachment case filed against her, submitting a pre-trial brief before the Senate in which she strongly denied all allegations and argued that the proceedings are legally flawed, politically motivated, and unsupported by credible evidence. In...
The Sandiganbayan Second Division has ordered a 90-day preventive suspension of Senator Jose “Jinggoy” Ejercito Estrada over a graft case pending before the anti-graft court in relation to the alleged multi-million flood control kickback scheme. In a statement issued on Tuesday, June 16, the...
Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson proposed on Sunday, June 14 a mechanism that would allow senators who are detained to participate in the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte. Lacson said that while the composition of the Senate is the same as that of the Impeachment Court, the...
Acting Senate President and Senate President Pro Tempore Sherwin Gatchalian affirmed on Wednesday, June 10 that 16 votes are still needed to convict Vice President Sara Duterte in the impeachment trial. Gatchalian said the 16 votes, or two-thirds vote, is a constitutional mandate and unaffected by...
Senator Alan Peter Cayetano on Monday, June 8 asserted he is the legal Senate President and therefore, will be the presiding officer in Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial. Cayetano, in a hastily called press briefing, said he has to assert his standing as the Senate impeachment...
The Sandiganbayan’s Special Division has dismissed the remaining claims in a long-running forfeiture case against the late former president Ferdinand E. Marcos Sr. and former first lady Imelda R. Marcos after the government informed the anti-graft court that it would no longer present evidence...
Police arrested a ride-hailing driver for his alleged role in the fatal shooting of a 52-year-old man in Barangay Batasan Hills, Quezon City, on Wednesday, June 3, while a manhunt continues for his motorcycle-riding companion who pulled the trigger. The victim was shot dead by one of two suspects...
Senator Jose “Jinggoy” Ejercito Estrada was arraigned on Thursday afternoon, June 4, before the Sandiganbayan Second Division on a graft charge linked to alleged irregularities in Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) projects, with the anti-graft court entering a not guilty plea on...
Acting Senate President Sherwin Gatchalian on Thursday, June 4 said he will be acting as the presiding officer of the impeachment court for the trial of Vice President Sara Duterte. Gatchalian confirmed this during a press briefing at the Senate, a day after the new majority bloc amended the rules...
Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada on Monday, June 1 finally surrendered to authorities as he vowed not to yield to any threats seeking to undermine the leadership of newly-installed Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano. Speaking to the media before surrendering to officials of the Philippine...
