The impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte should be a defining moment for Philippine democracy, a constitutional exercise designed to test accountability at the highest levels of government. Instead, it risks becoming another chapter in the country’s escalating political turmoil...
Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Terry Ridon has taken up the cudgels for his fellow impeachment prosecutor Bukidnon 2nd district Rep. Jonathan Keith Flores, who has received flak online for abstaining during the vote to impeach Vice President Sara Duterte. Speaking during the prosecution panel members...
The Office of the Vice President (OVP) on Wednesday, May 20, confirmed that it had officially received the summons issued by the Senate sitting as an impeachment court in the case involving Vice President Sara Duterte. In a statement released on May 20, the OVP said the summons was received at...
The congressmen who are part of the House prosecution panel in Vice President Sara Duterte 's impeachment case aren 't afraid of the possible political consequences of their actions, particularly once the 2028 polls take place. In their first public appearance as a group on Tuesday, May...
How exactly does the 11-member House prosecution panel plan to secure a conviction against impeachment respondent Vice President Sara Duterte? Answer: By assigning mini-teams to each of the Vice President’s four articles of impeachment, which they would then present to the Senate impeachment...
The former overall chairman of the vaunted House quad committee (quad-comm) during the previous 19th Congress is 'thankful ' that the Senate has convened into an impeachment court on the case of respondent Vice President Sara Duterte. Robert Ace Barbers, ex-Surigao del Norte 2nd district...
The 11-strong House prosecution panel has ensured the presentation of facts as far as the impending Senate impeachment trial against Vice President Sara Duterte is concerned. Thus, said Manila 3rd district Rep. Joel Chua, a member of the prosecution team, on Tuesday, May 19, or a day after the...
A day after the Senate convened as an impeachment court, Senator Panfilo ”Ping” Lacson on Tuesday, May 19 urged the public to remain vigilant as members of the Senate starts tackling the case of Vice President Sara Duterte-Carpio. Lacson said the Senate convening as an impeachment court is a...
It 's almost time. The 11-strong House prosecution team in Vice President Sara Duterte’s impending impeachment trial formally entered its appearance before the Senate impeachment court at 5:32 p.m. Monday, May 18--the same day the senator-judges took their oath and convened as a tribunal....
Malacañang has reminded senators, who will serve as judges for Vice President Sara Duterte 's impeachment trial, to remember that they are serving the people and not one person alone. Palace Press Officer and Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro refused on Monday, May 18, to judge...
The Senate on Monday, May 18 formally convened as an impeachment court for the trial of Vice President Sara Duterte. This developed after Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano retained the Senate leadership despite a week of chaos in the Upper Chamber’s premises. All 23 senators were present...
Police forces in Metro Manila and other key urban areas across the country were alerted for possible protest actions and other political activities in connection with the expected convening of the Senate as an impeachment court. “The goal is always to ensure that all activities will start and end...
