The cross-examination strategy of Vice President Sara Duterte 's defense lawyers backfired against their client 's interest after they seemingly convinced the Senate impeachment court to grant the prosecution’s subpoena request for Zuleika Lopez. House impeachment adviser and...
The Senate Impeachment Court has granted the House prosecution panel’s request to summon Zuleika Lopez, Chief of Staff of the Office of the Vice President, to appear at next week’s scheduled trial. Impeachment Court Presiding Officer Sen. Francis “Chiz” Escudero ordered the issuance of a...
Senator-judge Risa Hontiveros on Wednesday, July 8, managed to question the defense panel if indeed Vice President Sara Duterte’s alleged threats against President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., his wife First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos and former House Speaker Martin Romualdez was prompted...
House Deputy Speaker La Union 1st district Rep. Paolo Ortega V cited a certain "nostalgic" feeling over the prospect of Zuleika Lopez joining Vice President Sara Duterte 's Senate impeachment trial as a prosecution witness. Speaking in a press conference at the Wednesday, July 9 ahead of day...
In a move that is expected to be unpopular with the respondent, the House prosecution panel has asked the Senate impeachment court to issue a subpoena compelling Vice President Sara Duterte’s chief-of-staff, lawyer Zuleika Lopez, to appear as a witness in the impeachment trial next week. In a...
First Philippine Holdings Corp. (FPH) received directive from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to proceed with its scheduled July 27 annual stockholders’ meeting, including a partial election of board directors, even as a bitter intra-corporate dispute within the controlling Lopez...
The Lopez family majority alleged that First Gen Corp.’s decision to reduce its stake in Prime Hydropower Energy, Inc. (PHEI) from 40 percent to 33 percent is invalid, as it was never presented to the board of directors for approval and lacks a board mandate. The move was made just three weeks...
The majority owners of the Lopez family are stepping up their opposition against First Gen Corp.’s leadership, alleging that the power producer is bearing the entire financial burden of the multi-billion-peso renewable energy deal while securing only a minority position. In a statement on Friday,...
ABS-CBN Corp. vowed to defend itself against allegations of financial mismanagement and “creative bookkeeping” lodged by its board member, pushing back against the regulatory probe that threatens to deepen the media company’s long-running financial distress. In a statement, the Lopez-led...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has formed an ad hoc committee to investigate allegations traded between rival factions of the Lopez family, a dispute that threatens to engulf two of the Philippines’ most high-profile companies, First Gen Corp. and ABS-CBN Corp. ABS-CBN disclosed to...
The majority faction of the Lopez family has accused First Gen Corp. Chairman Federico “Piki” Lopez of “doublespeak” for initiating legal action while simultaneously calling for peace talks. The family bloc noted that on the exact same day Piki Lopez publicly welcomed peace with his...
First Gen Corp., the power producer controlled by the Lopez family, rejected allegations from a majority faction of its founding clan over a ₱50 billion premium paid for a stake in a pumped-storage hydropower venture, saying the claims show the fundamental misunderstanding of corporate finance....
