Senator Alan Peter Cayetano on Thursday, June 26 said the Senate might move to its new building in Taguig City by 2027. Cayetano disclosed the new target date of the Senate’s transfer to the New Building at the sidelines of Sen. Pia Cayetano’s oath-taking ceremony at the new Taguig City Hall....
Senator-elect Benigno “Bam” Aquino IV said on Wednesday, June 25 he hopes to get the chairmanship of the Senate education committee when the 20th Congress formally opens on July 28. “Para sa akin mahalaga yung committee on education (For me, the committee on education is so important). So...
Senator-elect Benigno “Bam” Aquino IV on Wednesday, June 25 expressed belief senator-judges should make decisions and rule based on the evidence to be presented before the Senate impeachment court. Aquino said this is the common stand he has with fellow opposition lawmakers Senator-elect...
Senator-elect Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Sunday, June 22 chided the Senate impeachment court spokesperson for uttering questionable remarks on the issues surrounding the pending trial of Vice President Sara Duterte. For one, Lacson said it is only the senator-judges—and not the presiding judge...
Incoming Senator Erwin Tulfo revealed that both Senator-elect Vicente Tito Sotto III and Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero have reached out to him to about the Senate leadership ahead of the opening of the 20th Congress. In an interview, Tulfo shared that Sotto had first raised the...
The defense team of Vice President Sara Duterte is expected to file a motion to dismiss the impeachment complaint against her, Senate Impeachment Court spokesperson Atty. Regie Tongol said on Wednesday, June 18. This is one of the possibilities that Duterte 's legal team would do, Tongol said...
While Malacañang reaffirmed that President Marcos is not meddling with the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte, it called on the Senate to note the call of the Makati Business Club to proceed with the impeachment. “Hindi po kasi manghihimasok ang Pangulo sa proseso sa Senado...
Vice President Sara Duterte should just answer the Senate impeachment court’s summons which the body issued to her last week, Senator Risa Hontiveros said. Hontiveros pointed this out after the vice president suggested that she also inhibit if her allies in the Senate would be forced to inhibit...
A total of 16 lawyers will defend Vice President Sara Duterte in her impeachment trial, a document shared by the Senate impeachment court showed. A copy of the Appearance – Ad Cautelam, which indicated the formal entry of Duterte’s lawyers, from the Fortun Narvasa & Salazar law firm was shared...
Impeachment court spokesperson, lawyer Reginald Tongol clarified on Saturday, June 14, that there was no physical return of the articles of impeachment against Vice President Sara Duterte to the House of Representatives. Instead, he described the process as a “constructive referral. In an...
“Swift, reasonable, and dignified.” This was how former Office of the Vice President (OVP) spokesman Barry Gutierrez described the House of Representative’s response to the Senate’s remanding of the impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte. In a statement, Gutierrez lauded...
Recalling what he learned from the late Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago, Senator-elect and former Senate president Vicente Sotto III said senator-judges are not allowed to make motions and may only ask for clarifications during an impeachment trial. Sotto made the remark as he described the...
