Senator Robin Padilla on Monday, July 27, stood by his view that prosecutors in the impeachment trial should not be "one-sided". Asked if he still believes the prosecution should avoid being one-sided, Padilla replied in the affirmative. "Of course. Di naman ako ang may imbento nun. Ang may...
Makabayan solon Kabataan Party-list Rep. Renee Co chided Vice President Sara Duterte 's defense lawyers for utilizing what she described as an underhanded "3D strategy". The House prosecution team had just finished presenting its evidence under article IV, which covered the grave threats and...
Deputy Speaker Zambales 1st district Rep. Jay Khonghun says the House of Representatives has the manpower needed to handle the passage of the proposed 2027 national budget as well as seeing through the Vice President Sara Duterte 's Senate impeachment trial. The House has over 300 members...
House prosecutor Akbayan Party-list Rep. Chel Diokno felt compelled on Saturday night, July 25 to post a correction to the Facebook video uploaded by Senator-judge Pia Cayetano regarding the recent oral arguments that took place during Vice President Sara Duterte 's Senate impeachment trial....
House impeachment adviser and prosecution panel spokesperson Robert Ace Barbers took issue on Saturday, July 25 with the Cayetano senator-siblings ' alleged spliced video about Vice President Sara Duterte 's Senate impeachment trial. “We would also like to ask Senator-judge Pia Cayetano...
Senator Pia Cayetano appeared to take a swipe at House prosecutor and Akbayan Party-list Rep. Chel Diokno in a Facebook video wherein she criticized the latter 's responses during the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte. The video, which was uploaded directly to Pia Cayetano...
Despite its daunting task, House Speaker Faustino “Bojie” Dy III expressed confidence that the Senate can simultaneously fulfill its constitutional duty as an impeachment court while continuing its legislative responsibilities. Dy had this say over the weekend, as lawmakers from both...
Senator-judge Robin Padilla 's old-fashioned insult toward House prosecutors Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Terry Ridon and Mamamayang Liberal (ML) Party-list Rep. Leila de Lima earned him a dignified--but still punchy--response from Ridon. The tit-for-tat stemmed from Padilla comments on the...
Two deputy speakers in the House of Representatives can 't help but feel that Vice President Sara Duterte 's continued refusal to personally answer the charges in her impeachment trial is a sign of guilt. La Union 1st district Rep. Paolo Ortega V and Zambales 1st district Jay Khonghun,...
House impeachment adviser and prosecution panel spokesperson Robert Ace Barbers pointed out that 70 percent of Filipinos believe Vice President Sara Duterte must answer her impeachment charges. Barbers had this to say Friday, July 24, as he doused cold water on Duterte’s supposed continued...
Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Terry Ridon doesn 't see anything wrong or offensive with House lead prosecutor Batangas 2nd district Rep. Gerville "Jinky Bitrics" Luistro’s act of asking a question to Senator-judge Robin Padilla for the sake of clarity. Nonetheless, Ridon, himself a prosecutor...
Seven in 10 adult Filipinos believe that Vice President Sara Duterte must address the impeachment charges against her and respond to the allegations of corruption, according to a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey conducted days before her impeachment trial was set to begin. The June 20-29 survey...
