House impeachment trial spokesperson, Kabataan Party-list Rep. Renee Co says the prosecution panel welcomes the Senate 's tentative schedule for Vice President Sara Duterte 's impeachment trial. However, this didn 't stop Co from airing legitimate concerns about it. In a statement...
The International Criminal Court (ICC) Pre-Trial Chamber 1 has rejected the appeal filed by the defense team of former President Rodrigo Duterte against the confirmation of charges against him. Citing two issues, Duterte 's defense team sought to appeal the confirmation decision on the...
Batangas 2nd district Rep. Gerville "Jinky Bitrics" Luistro and former three-term Surigao del Sur 2nd district Rep. Robert Ace Barbers have thumbed down the notion of online participation and voting among senator-judges as far as Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial is concerned. This...
The upcoming Senate impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte is a tough and tedious job for the 11-member House prosecution panel; but right now, they can 't help but laugh at the fuzzy throwback feels that the task is giving them. Just ask lead prosecutor Batangas 2nd district Rep....
The House prosecution panel in Vice President Sara Duterte 's upcoming Senate impeachment trial has not one, but two spokespersons--Lanao del Sur 1st district Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong and Kabataan Party-list Rep. Renee Co. And as far as the former is concerned, the dual mouthpiece set-up is...
The Philippine government has asked the World Bank to restructure and partially cancel over $2.34 million in unused proceeds from a Duterte-era loan supporting the country’s flagship Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), even as the Washington-based multilateral lender cited the project’s...
Senator Erwin Tulfo on Thursday, May 21, said the Senate is eyeing July 6 as the start of the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte. In a radio interview on DZMM, Tulfo said this was according to the discussions made after the all-member caucus on Wednesday, May 20. Tulfo said the...
The impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte should be a defining moment for Philippine democracy, a constitutional exercise designed to test accountability at the highest levels of government. Instead, it risks becoming another chapter in the country’s escalating political turmoil...
DAVAO CITY – Davao City first district Rep. Paolo Duterte slammed ACT Teachers party-list Rep. Antonio Tinio over his stance on corruption and flooding issues in Davao City, accusing him of selectively targeting the Duterte family while allegedly ignoring larger national controversies. In a...
DAVAO CITY – More than 100 families displaced by flood here received relief assistance from the offices of Davao City first district Rep. Paolo Duterte and Vice Mayor Rodrigo Duterte II on Tuesday, May 19. Teams from the “Pulong-Pulong ni Pulong” program were immediately deployed to flood-...
Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Terry Ridon has taken up the cudgels for his fellow impeachment prosecutor Bukidnon 2nd district Rep. Jonathan Keith Flores, who has received flak online for abstaining during the vote to impeach Vice President Sara Duterte. Speaking during the prosecution panel members...
The Office of the Vice President (OVP) on Wednesday, May 20, confirmed that it had officially received the summons issued by the Senate sitting as an impeachment court in the case involving Vice President Sara Duterte. In a statement released on May 20, the OVP said the summons was received at...
