National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Director Melvin Matibag has rejected an allegation of bias after his wife was brought up by the defense panel as one of the endorsers of the impeachment against Vice President Sara Duterte at the House of Representatives. During the cross-examination on...
National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Director Melvin Matibag cited as a common denominator remarks on "removing the President 's head" between statements made by Vice President Sara Duterte and her sibling, Acting Davao City Mayor Sebastian "Baste" Duterte since 2024. Matibag raised this...
Why was a schoolteacher arrested in 2020 without a warrant over an alleged death threat against former President Rodrigo Duterte, while Vice President Sara Duterte was not? This was the question posed on Tuesday, July 21, by Senator-judge Raffy Tulfo to National Bureau of Investigation (NBI)...
National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Director Melvin Matibag said on Tuesday, July 21 that the agency is 100 percent sure that Vice President Sara Duterte hired a hitman who will execute President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos and members of his family. Matibag said the NBI task force that is...
Not just a mere threat, but a confession of a plan to kill the President. That 's how prosecution witness, National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Director Melvin Matibag described impeachment trial respondent Vice President Sara Duterte 's infamous "death threat video" against President...
Vice President Sara Duterte has left the Philippines for a multi-country trip, her office disclosed. In a statement on Tuesday, July 21, the Office of the Vice President (OVP) said: The Vice President has left for an overseas trip. According to the OVP, the Vice President overseas trip includes a...
Senator-judge Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Tuesday, July 21 criticized a fellow senator-judge in the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte for supposedly dragging down the level of discourse in the Impeachment Court. Without naming names, Lacson in his post on X, said “Kapag...
Sen. Francis “Chiz” Escudero, presiding officer of the Senate Impeachment Court, on Tuesday, July 21, admonished National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Director Melvin Matibag for making statements against some members of the court. Escudero made the remark at the start of the trial after the...
To many, P6.7 billion is a mind-boggling number. That 's why House prosecutor Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Terry Ridon tried paint the figure in images that the Filipino layman could understand. The figure is relevant to the ongoing Senate impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte, as it...
Akbayan Party-list Rep. Chel Diokno 's calm but stern rebuttal of the points raised by Senator-judge Alan Peter Cayetano--a perceived supporter of Vice President Sara Duterte--has become a highlight of the House prosecutor 's successful bid in the oral arguments of the Senate impeachment...
A single social media action placed Joshua Garcia at the center of a heated political debate, showing how quickly celebrities can become targets in today’s highly polarized online landscape. The actor faced criticism after he liked and reposted a TikTok video featuring highlights from Vice...
Senate Impeachment Court spokesperson Atty. Regie Tongol said Monday night, July 20, that Presiding Officer Francis "Chiz" Escudero had largely prepared his ruling on the prosecution 's subpoena requests even before the impeachment trial formally began on July 6, but deferred issuing it to...
