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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...

For Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III, acting “forthwith” on the impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte means proceeding the day after the Senate receives it. "Sa akin ang forthwith the following day (For me, forthwith means the following day)," he said in an...

The Senate is financially capable to hold the possible impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte should it be transmitted finally to the Upper Chamber, Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo “Ping” Lacson said. According to Lacson, only P500,000 had been spent out of a P27-million...

The impeachment proceedings against Vice President Sara Duterte are increasingly being framed not just as a political battle, but as a defining constitutional test, following a new petition-in-intervention filed before the Supreme Court of the Philippines. Lawyers and Mindanao-based leaders...