The House prosecution panel gave a short and sweet message to impeachment trial respondent Vice President Sara Duterte in connection with her overseas trip announcement. Lanao del Sur 1st district Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong, the prosecution’s "layman" spokesperson, simply said: "Safe travels and...
Bringing up the wife of National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Director Melvin Matibag during the cross-examination in the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte meant no offense, Duterte 's defense team said. Defense team spokesperson Michael Poa explained that they just have to...
Vice President Sara Duterte has the capacity to carry out her alleged death threat against the country’s leader, President Marcos. National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Director Melvin Matibag shared these findings on Tuesday, July 21 during his testimony as the prosecution’s witness on the...
The Senate impeachment court will suspend the trial of Vice President Sara Duterte on July 27 and 28 to give way to President Marcos Jr. 's State of the Nation Address (SONA) and the minority 's contra-SONA. Wrapping up the trial on Tuesday, July 21, Presiding officer Francis "Chiz"...
National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Director Melvin Matibag has rejected an allegation of bias after his wife was brought up by the defense panel as one of the endorsers of the impeachment against Vice President Sara Duterte at the House of Representatives. During the cross-examination on...
National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Director Melvin Matibag cited as a common denominator remarks on "removing the President 's head" between statements made by Vice President Sara Duterte and her sibling, Acting Davao City Mayor Sebastian "Baste" Duterte since 2024. Matibag raised this...
Why was a schoolteacher arrested in 2020 without a warrant over an alleged death threat against former President Rodrigo Duterte, while Vice President Sara Duterte was not? This was the question posed on Tuesday, July 21, by Senator-judge Raffy Tulfo to National Bureau of Investigation (NBI)...
National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Director Melvin Matibag said on Tuesday, July 21 that the agency is 100 percent sure that Vice President Sara Duterte hired a hitman who will execute President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos and members of his family. Matibag said the NBI task force that is...
Not just a mere threat, but a confession of a plan to kill the President. That 's how prosecution witness, National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Director Melvin Matibag described impeachment trial respondent Vice President Sara Duterte 's infamous "death threat video" against President...
Vice President Sara Duterte has left the Philippines for a multi-country trip, her office disclosed. In a statement on Tuesday, July 21, the Office of the Vice President (OVP) said: The Vice President has left for an overseas trip. According to the OVP, the Vice President overseas trip includes a...
Senator-judge Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Tuesday, July 21 criticized a fellow senator-judge in the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte for supposedly dragging down the level of discourse in the Impeachment Court. Without naming names, Lacson in his post on X, said “Kapag...
Sen. Francis “Chiz” Escudero, presiding officer of the Senate Impeachment Court, on Tuesday, July 21, admonished National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Director Melvin Matibag for making statements against some members of the court. Escudero made the remark at the start of the trial after the...
