Vice President Sara Duterte has moved one step closer to being impeached by the House of Representatives for the second time in as many years. This, after the House Committee on Justice unanimously declared on Wednesday, April 29 the existence of probable cause in the two active impeachment...
The Senate is financially capable to hold the possible impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte should it be transmitted finally to the Upper Chamber, Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo “Ping” Lacson said. According to Lacson, only P500,000 had been spent out of a P27-million...
After weeks of grueling deliberations, the House Committee on Justice is expected to vote whether or not there is probable cause in the two active impeachment complaints against Vice President Sara Duterte on Wednesday, April 29. Wednesday 's justice panel hearing--expected to be the last...
Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Terry Ridon doesn 't want to wait for the start of Vice President Sara Duterte 's Senate impeachment trial to shoot down her lawyer 's arguments, particularly on the alleged discrepancies in the respondent 's statements of assets, liabilities and net...
Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo "Ping" Lacson reminded his colleagues to observe proper conduct as potential senator-judges, should the impeachment case against Vice President Sara Duterte be transmitted to the Senate. In a DZBB radio interview, Lacson stressed the need for senators to be...
Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Terry Ridon is confident that his face-off with the defense team of impeachment respondent Vice President Sara Duterte will happen sooner than later. This, as the House Committee on Justice is set to hold its final hearing on the determination of probable cause in the two...
The legal team of Vice President Sara Duterte on Thursday, April 23, clarified why she has not been attending House hearings related to her impeachment case, saying the proceedings “lack constitutional jurisdiction” and are not the “proper venue” for trial. During a press conference,...
Senate President Vicente "Tito" Sotto III 's definition of "forthwith" is one that La Union 1st district Rep. Paolo Ortega V and Lanao del Sur 1st district Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong can get behind with. The two ranking congressmen welcomed Sotto 's assurance Tuesday, April 21 that the Senate...
The impeachment proceedings against Vice President Sara Duterte are nearing its end at the committee level, with the last hearing expected to be held on April 29. Thus, said House Assistant Majority Leader Lanao del Sur 1st district Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong, a member of the Committee on Justice....
Senator Imee Marcos on Wednesday, April 15 rejected Ramil Madriaga’s allegations of a supposed “term-sharing” deal between Vice President Sara Duterte and her brother, President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. “Sinungaling ka (You’re a liar), Madriaga,” Marcos said during a press...
The Supreme Court’s intervention in the impeachment case involving Vice President Sara Duterte now puts the Supreme Court’s powers under trial. Former Senate President Franklin Drilon pointed this out as he believes Duterte’s impeachment case would be a major test of the extent of the Supreme...
Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo “Ping” Lacson said on Friday, January 30 that the Supreme Court 's ruling on the unconstitutionality of Vice President Sara Duterte 's impeachment case must be accepted and respected. “Agree or disagree, right or wrong, just or unjust,...
