Senator Francis "Chiz" Escudero has been "very fair" so far in his capacity as presiding officer of the Senate impeachment court in the ongoing trial against Vice President Sara Duterte. House prosecutor Iloilo 3rd district Rep. Lorenz Defensor gave this assessment even as news reports on the trial...
The House prosecution panel has vowed to keep up the same level of "energy" that it has shown throughout Vice President Sara Duterte 's Senate impeachment trial. Thus, said solon-prosecutor Iloilo 3rd district Rep. Lorenz Defensor, as he patted the team 's back for its performance...
Senior Deputy Majority Leader Iloilo 3rd district Rep. Lorenz Defensor 's cool and collected demeanor served as the perfect foil to Batangas 1st district Rep. Leandro Legarda Leviste 's fiery and at times intimidating remarks in House plenary on Monday, May 11. Leviste, a neophyte...
The House of Representatives on Monday night, May 11 formally ordered the transmittal to the Senate of the articles of impeachment against Vice President Sara Duterte after its historic adoption in plenary session. The move came a few hours after the House voted 257-25-9 (yes-no-abstain) to impeach...
Senior Deputy Majority Leader Iloilo 3rd district Rep. Lorenz Defensor has acknowledged that the House of Representatives ' recent plenary move on Vice President Sara Duterte 's impeachment was more strategic than it appeared to be. During plenary session Wednesday, May 6, Deputy Majority...
Iloilo 3rd district Rep. Lorenz Defensor believes that Vice President Sara Duterte’s early declaration of her 2028 presidential bid ultimately “backfired” on her during the conduct of her impeachment proceedings by the House Committee on Justice. Defensor admitted in an ANC Headstart...
ILOILO CITY — Rep. Lorenz Defensor of the third district of Iloilo was dismayed over President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. 's failure to mention the status of key infrastructure projects in the province in his State-of-the-Nation Address (SONA). Defensor gave Marcos a score of six out of 10 for...
Senate President Francis "Chiz" Escudero Iloilo 3rd district Rep. Lorenz Defensor believes that an lawyer-legislator like Senate President Francis "Chiz" Escudero as the presiding judge would work to the advantage of the Senate...
Vice President Sara Duterte (left), Iloilo 3rd district Rep. Lorenz Defensor (Facebook, PPAB) The House prosecution team in Vice President Sara Duterte’s upcoming Senate impeachment trial is now 80 percent ready for the proceedings. ...
Vice President Sara Duterte (Dexter Barro II/MANILA BULLETIN) Vice President Sara Duterte isn't excused from answering her impeachment case just because of her father's crimes against humanity charge before the International Criminal Court...
Vice President Sara Duterte (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) House Deputy Majority Leader Iloilo 3rd district Rep. Lorenz Defensor is convinced that the Supreme Court (SC) will exercise "judicial restraint" as far as Vice President Sara...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (left), Vice President Sara Duterte (Facebook, PPAB) Speaker Martin Romualdez has no intention of involving himself in the House prosecution team's preparations for the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara...
