Private prosecutor Lorna Kapunan says hostile witnesses like former Office of the Vice President (OVP) special disbursing officer (SDO) Gina Acosta could get "coached" during breaks in testimony--something that 's fairly common in the Senate impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte....
A private prosecutor in the Senate impeachment trial says respondent Vice President Sara Duterte 's multiple perjury charges against Ramil Madriaga won 't stop the prosecution from calling the alleged bagman to the witness stand, should it decide to go that route. Lawyer Benjamin "Jay"...
House prosecutor Manila 3rd district Rep. Joel Chua has called out on Tuesday, Aug. 18 hostile witness Gina Acosta 's inability to speak and understand Filipino for the charade that he thinks it is. Chua was referring to the former Office of the Vice President (OVP) special disbursing officer...
The House prosecution panel defended its use of an artificial intelligence (AI)-generated image during the continuation of Vice President Sara Duterte 's Senate impeachment trial Monday, Aug. 17. It was private prosecutor Amando Virgil Ligutan who showed the AI-generated image during his...
Former Office of the Vice President (OVP) special disbursing officer (SDO) Gina Acosta told the Senate impeachment court Monday, Aug. 17 how she was able to encash P125 million in confidential funds, which she then released to Col. Raymund Dante Lachica upon the instructions of respondent Vice...
Former Office of the Vice President (OVP) special disbursing officer (SDO) Gina Acosta said confidential funds were spent on tree-planting activities under the agency 's "good governance programs". Acosta, a hostile witness for the prosecution in Vice President Sara Duterte 's ongoing...
Senate President Sherwin Gatchalian on Sunday, August 16 said the Senate will strictly implement a no confidential and intelligence fund policy to non-enforcement government agencies to avoid a repeat or possible abuse of these funds in the proposed P7.2-trillion national budget for 2027. “We...
Senate President Sherwin Gatchalian on Saturday, Aug. 15, said he had never heard of a so-called “leadership fund” for senators, as he rejected claims made by former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) secretary Manuel Bonoan. Bonoan has claimed that a P24zbillion “leadership...
President Marcos said his administration is reducing discretionary powers in government and expanding digitalization to strengthen safeguards in the management of public funds and prevent corruption and waste. Speaking at the traditional Foreign Correspondents Association of the Philippines (FOCAP)...
The Commission on Audit (COA) is studying the possibility of launching a fraud audit against the Office of the Vice President (OVP) and the Department of Education (DepEd) over the “unusual” names of the recipients of confidential funds from the two agencies that were both then under Vice...
Senate Finance Committee chief Senator Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito on Thursday, August 13, vowed that he would not allow the “leadership fund” in the proposed 2027 national budget under his watch. Ejercito, who recently assumed leadership of the finance panel, said this in an interview at...
Malacañang made an assurance that there is no "leadership fund" under the proposed 2027 national budget. "Ayon sa DPWH ay wala silang ganitong klaseng mga fund ((According to the Department of Public Works and Highways, they have no such kind of fund)," Palace Press Officer and Communications...
