So damaging would be the contents of Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) box to impeachment trial respondent Vice President Sara Duterte’s case that it ought to be called an entire "armory". This was part of House prosecution panel Lanao del Sur 1st district Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong 's witty word...
The defense team of Vice President Sara Duterte on Friday, June 26, said it is premature to draw conclusions from recent statements made by Lanao del Sur Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong regarding the controversial "BIR box" in the ongoing impeachment proceedings. In a statement issued by defense...
How does Vice President Sara Duterte behave as a person? This was the question that the House prosecution panel wanted answered during Duterte 's upcoming Senate impeachment trial, particularly through a witness whom she had an infamous run-in with in the past. And that witness is former Davao...
Members of the House prosecution team have insisted on the need to summon a psychiatrist to the witness stand during Vice President Sara Duterte’s upcoming Senate impeachment trial. Prosecution panel spokesperson Lanao del Sur 1st district Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong and lawyer Benjamin Tolosa Jr....
The Senate may hold another pre-trial conference session solely to address the disputed "BIR box" if the impeachment court orders it. In an interview, Senate Secretary and impeachment court clerk Renato Bantug Jr. stressed Friday, June 26, that no such decision has been made and that the July 6...
Now that the pre-trial proceedings have already concluded, Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Friday, June 26 urged the Impeachment Court to consider advising both the prosecution and defense panels to refrain from openly commenting on the merits of the case. Lacson, who will serve as one of the...
Batangas 2nd Rep. Gerville “Jinky Bitrics” Luistro insists that Vice President Sara Duterte must attend her own Senate impeachment trial--slated to begin on July 6--as a matter of constitutional duty. Luistro had this to say in a press conference on Thursday night, June 25, just hours after the...
House lead prosecutor Batangas 2nd district Rep. Gerville "Jinky Bitrics" Luistro has described as a "success" the pre-trial conference (PTC) for Vice President Sara Duterte’s Senate impeachment trial, despite it lasting five days. “Definitely [it 's a success], sapagkat (because) ever...
After five sessions, the pre-trial conference for the impeachment case against Vice President Sara Duterte concludes Thursday afternoon, June 25. Marking of evidence for Articles I and II was finished shortly after 5 p.m. According to Senate Secretary Renato Bantug Jr., who also serves as clerk of...
Malacañang assured that government programs and functions will not be stalled during the impeachment proceedings against Vice President Sara Duterte. Palace Press Officer and Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro refuted the statements of Senator Alan Peter Cayetano that there would only be...
The pre-trial conference for the impeachment case against Vice President Sara Duterte is expected to conclude on Thursday evening, June 25. Senate Secretary Renato Bantug Jr., who also serves as clerk of the Senate impeachment court, said the conclusion of the evidence-marking process would...
The House prosecution panel has taken it upon itself to list the infamous "Mary Grace Piattos" as a witness in Vice President Sara Duterte 's upcoming Senate impeachment trial. According to solon-prosecutor Manila 3rd district Rep. Joel Chua, this move was precisely to find out whether or not...
