While no request has yet been made for President Marcos ' written authorization to open the "green box" containing Vice President Sara Duterte 's and her husband Manases Carpio 's tax records, Malacañang said the President will study the request once it is submitted. On Monday, July...
The House prosecution panel 's second witness in the Senate impeachment trial has described the respondent Vice President Sara Duterte 's death threat to President Marcos as "serious, actual, and real"--one that could lead to "anarchy" in the country if left unaddressed. Thus, said Jemery...
Vice President Sara Duterte may once again appear at the Senate—and might even attend her ongoing impeachment trial—but no definite plans have been made yet, according to her defense team. During a press conference on Monday, July 13, defense spokesperson Atty. Michael Poa said Duterte has not...
Defense team spokesman lawyer Michael Poa said Monday, July 13, that Vice President Sara Duterte 's definition of "bloodbath" is that it will be the Vice President herself who will bleed after being put on impeachment trial. "Ang ibig sabihin nya doon ay yung sariling dugo nya yung tatagas...
The House prosecution panel is neither affected nor distracted by the constant guessing game on whether or not the impeached Vice President Sara Duterte is going to surface during a given trial date. According House impeachment adviser Robert Ace Barbers and private prosecutor lawyer Benjamin "Jay"...
Senator-judge Raffy Tulfo opened the fourth day of Vice President Sara Duterte 's impeachment trial by pressing the defense on the alleged "Operation Romanov," a purported plot to assassinate Duterte and members of her family. He first recalled what defense lawyer Mark Vinluan stated in the...
Vice President Sara Duterte remains formidable figure in Philippine politics despite her ongoing Senate impeachment trial. To that, the House prosecution panel says "We don 't care." In a statement Sunday, July 12, House impeachment adviser and prosecution spokesperson Robert Ace Barbers said...
Week two of Vice President Sara Duterte 's Senate impeachment trial promises to be more emotionally-charged than the first, all because of one person. Lawyer Zuleika Lopez, chief-of-staff of the Office of the Vice President (OVP) and arguably the closest aide of the respondent, is scheduled to...
The Senate Impeachment Court is set to hear this week the oral arguments on the requested subpoenas for Vice President Sara Duterte’s tax records from the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR), as well as documents coming from the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) and from other establishments...
The Senate Impeachment Court should explore ways that would help speed up the impeachment proceedings against Vice President Sara Duterte as the latter is also entitled to a speedy trial, Senator-Judge Panfilo “Ping” Lacson said. “The Vice President is entitled to a speedy trial, just like...
Solon-prosecutor Akbayan Party-list Rep. Chel Diokno expects the prosecution’s presentation of evidence against impeachment trial respondent Vice President Sara Duterte to pack an even bigger punch in the coming days. According to Diokno, the opening week of the impeachment trial was devoted to...
If there was one significant development during the first week of Vice President Sara Duterte 's Senate impeachment trial, it was the incarnate of years worth of allegations into actual evidence. “We saw first week as allegations turning into evidence," Mamamayang Liberal (ML) Party-list...
