International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutors are seeking access to materials seized from former president Rodrigo Duterte following his arrest and transfer to The Hague, but his lawyers have objected to part of the request, particularly a bid to inspect all keys currently in the custody of the...
It remains up to the Senate impeachment court to decide whether the issue on Bureau of Internal (BIR) box will be resolved before the trial proper or during the impeachment proceedings of Vice President Sara Duterte. This was according to Senate Secretary and Impeachment Clerk of Court Renato...
A "layman-spokesperson" of the House prosecution panel has lectured Vice President Sara Duterte’s camp on the legal implications of "free speech", as it applies to the impeachment trial respondent 's alleged death threats against President Marcos. Despite not being a lawyer, Lanao del Sur...
The impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte could become the longest in Philippine history if it reaches the 92 trial days, Senate Secretary and Impeachment Clerk of Court Renato Bantug said on Saturday, June 27. In a radio interview on DWIZ, Bantug said the estimate is based on the...
It 's the Senate impeachment court that will ultimately decide whether or not the former Davao City court sheriff punched by Vice President Sara Duterte 15 years ago would testify in the latter 's proceedings. Thus, said prosecution panel spokesperson Lanao del Sur 1st district Rep. Zia...
The House prosecution panel intends to hit the ground running during Vice President Sara Duterte’s Senate impeachment trial by presenting its first witness on the first day of the proceedings. Thus, said prosecution spokesperson lawyer Benjamin Tolosa Jr., who otherwise didn 't give away too...
Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson laughed off claims linking the upcoming impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte to the Senate 's ongoing investigation into anomalous flood control projects. According to Lacson, such attempts are being pushed by politicians already in "campaign mode"...
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...
