While resignation has always been an option, Vice President Sara Duterte has no plans to resign as her impeachment trial proceeds, her defense spokesperson, Michael Poa, said Wednesday, August 26, dismissing speculation that she could step down before the proceedings conclude. In a press briefing,...
The defense team of Vice President Sara Duterte is moving with greater urgency to find a new spokesperson following the impeachment court 's ruling to strictly enforce the sub judice rule, a development that has put defense spokesperson and lawyer Michael Poa in an increasingly difficult...
Senate Impeachment Court Presiding Officer Francis “Chiz” Escudero said on Wednesday, August 26 that the body can compel the Office of the Vice President to produce evidence that the confidential funds given to the agency were utilized properly and given as rewards to informants. Escudero...
A top official of Vice President Sara Duterte admitted on Wednesday, August 26 that Col. Raymund Dante Lachica, whose name has repeatedly cropped up in the ongoing impeachment trial on the vice president’s alleged misuse of confidential funds, is not an employee of the Office of the Vice...
Vice President Sara Duterte on Wednesday, August 26, challenged prosecutors and members of Congress pursuing the impeachment complaints against her to prove an impeachable offense with evidence, arguing that insults, speculation, and political theatrics have no place in the proceedings. In a...
For the defense team of Vice President Sara Duterte, a prompt resolution of her impeachment trial is in everyone’s interest, stressing that both sides—and the nation as a whole—stand to benefit from the timely conclusion of the proceedings, regardless of the eventual verdict. Defense...
Warning that statements made in court can quickly spread on social media and potentially shape public opinion before the impeachment court reaches a decision, the defense team of Vice President Sara Duterte has raised concerns over the use of “suggestive terms” during her impeachment trial....
The defense team of Vice President Sara Duterte said on Tuesday, Aug. 25, that it has yet to decide whether Col. Raymund Dante P. Lachica will be presented as a witness in her ongoing impeachment trial, stressing that the decision will depend on the evidence and theory ultimately presented by the...
Office of the Vice President Chief of Staff Lemuel Ortonio on Tuesday, August 25 admitted that the signatures of Vice President Sara Duterte in two documents pertaining to confidential funds were different. This was after Senate Impeachment Court Presiding Officer Francis “Chiz” Escudero...
The Senate Impeachment Court on Tuesday, August 25 declared another witness at the trial of Vice President Sara Duterte as a hostile witness. On Day 18 of the impeachment trial, Presiding Officer Senator-judge Francis Escudero declared Office of the Vice President Assistant Chief of Staff Lemuel...
The defense team of Vice President Sara Duterte on Monday, Aug. 24, dismissed as “fake news” reports claiming that she had requested or planned a private meeting with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., saying Duterte herself confirmed that no such request, meeting, or plan existed. In a press...
The prosecution’s hostile witness, Gina Acosta on Monday, August 24 insisted that she acted on the orders of Vice President Sara Duterte when the latter ordered her to encash the P125-million confidential funds and turn over the money to the head of their security, Col. Raymund Dante Lachica. On...
