The Philippine government has asked the World Bank to restructure and partially cancel over $2.34 million in unused proceeds from a Duterte-era loan supporting the country’s flagship Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), even as the Washington-based multilateral lender cited the project’s...
Senator Erwin Tulfo on Thursday, May 21, said the Senate is eyeing July 6 as the start of the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte. In a radio interview on DZMM, Tulfo said this was according to the discussions made after the all-member caucus on Wednesday, May 20. Tulfo said the...
The impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte should be a defining moment for Philippine democracy, a constitutional exercise designed to test accountability at the highest levels of government. Instead, it risks becoming another chapter in the country’s escalating political turmoil...
DAVAO CITY – Davao City first district Rep. Paolo Duterte slammed ACT Teachers party-list Rep. Antonio Tinio over his stance on corruption and flooding issues in Davao City, accusing him of selectively targeting the Duterte family while allegedly ignoring larger national controversies. In a...
DAVAO CITY – More than 100 families displaced by flood here received relief assistance from the offices of Davao City first district Rep. Paolo Duterte and Vice Mayor Rodrigo Duterte II on Tuesday, May 19. Teams from the “Pulong-Pulong ni Pulong” program were immediately deployed to flood-...
Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Terry Ridon has taken up the cudgels for his fellow impeachment prosecutor Bukidnon 2nd district Rep. Jonathan Keith Flores, who has received flak online for abstaining during the vote to impeach Vice President Sara Duterte. Speaking during the prosecution panel members...
The Office of the Vice President (OVP) on Wednesday, May 20, confirmed that it had officially received the summons issued by the Senate sitting as an impeachment court in the case involving Vice President Sara Duterte. In a statement released on May 20, the OVP said the summons was received at...
The congressmen who are part of the House prosecution panel in Vice President Sara Duterte 's impeachment case aren 't afraid of the possible political consequences of their actions, particularly once the 2028 polls take place. In their first public appearance as a group on Tuesday, May...
How exactly does the 11-member House prosecution panel plan to secure a conviction against impeachment respondent Vice President Sara Duterte? Answer: By assigning mini-teams to each of the Vice President’s four articles of impeachment, which they would then present to the Senate impeachment...
The former overall chairman of the vaunted House quad committee (quad-comm) during the previous 19th Congress is 'thankful ' that the Senate has convened into an impeachment court on the case of respondent Vice President Sara Duterte. Robert Ace Barbers, ex-Surigao del Norte 2nd district...
The 11-strong House prosecution panel has ensured the presentation of facts as far as the impending Senate impeachment trial against Vice President Sara Duterte is concerned. Thus, said Manila 3rd district Rep. Joel Chua, a member of the prosecution team, on Tuesday, May 19, or a day after the...
A day after the Senate convened as an impeachment court, Senator Panfilo ”Ping” Lacson on Tuesday, May 19 urged the public to remain vigilant as members of the Senate starts tackling the case of Vice President Sara Duterte-Carpio. Lacson said the Senate convening as an impeachment court is a...
