The camp of former president and current Pampanga 2nd district Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has denied any links to a purported plot to impeach Ombudsman Jesus Crispin "Boying" Remulla. This was relayed to House reporters by lawyer Joseph Frianeza, Arroyo 's legal counsel. "Former President...
Barely into the second day of Vice President Sara Duterte 's impeachment trial, proceedings hit a tense moment after one of the private prosecutors was called out for delivering what senators described as a premature closing argument. Hontiveros asked private prosecutor Amando Virgil Ligutan...
The House prosecution panel insisted that it intends to call respondent Vice President Sara Duterte as a hostile witness in her impeachment trial, even as it began on Tuesday, July 7 to present its evidence on Article IV of the articles of impeachment. The particular article accuses Duterte of...
Senate Impeachment Court Presiding Officer Francis "Chiz" Escudero on Tuesday said his declaration that at least 16 senator-judges must vote to convict Vice President Sara Duterte has become an official ruling of the chair after no member of the impeachment court objected to or appealed it. The...
House prosecution panel spokesperson Kabataan Party-list Rep. Renee Co threw jabs at Vice President Sara Duterte 's defense lawyers after the respondent decided to meet with them ahead of day two of the Senate impeachment trial. Co and House impeachment adviser Robert Ace Barbers held a press...
The Supreme Court (SC) has been asked to stop the ongoing trial of the impeachment case against Vice President Sara Z. Duterte. In an urgent motion and manifestation on two separate pending SC petitions Duterte herself filed and lodged by others led by Atty. Israelito P. Torreon, challenged was the...
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...
Vice President Sara Duterte arrived at the Senate on Tuesday, July 7, for a scheduled meeting with her defense team, but will not personally attend the second day of her impeachment trial . Duterte said she would remain “blooded but unbowed” amid what she described as a political assault...
Senator Imee Marcos on Tuesday praised Vice President Sara Duterte 's lead defense counsel, lawyer Sheila Sison, describing her as an experienced litigator after watching her opening presentation before the Senate impeachment court. "First time I watched her at work: she is clearly an...
Vice President Sara Duterte arrived at the Senate on Tuesday, July 7, for a scheduled meeting with her defense team, but is not expected to personally attend the second day of her impeachment trial. “The VP is coming, but she’s only here to have a meeting with us. She will not be attending the...
It wasn 't exactly a spotless Senate impeachment court debut for lawyer Sheila Sison, lead defense counsel of respondent Vice President Sara Duterte, on Monday, July 6. This, after both the presiding officer, Senator Francis "Chiz" Escudero; and prosecutor, Akbayan Party-list Rep. Chel Diokno...
While the first day of Vice President Sara Duterte 's Senate impeachment trial was relatively short and uneventful, it did feature the first clash between the lead counsels of the prosecution and the defense--Batangas 2nd district Rep. Gerville "Jinky Bitrics" Luistro and lawyer Sheila Sison,...
