Deputy Speaker La Union 1st district Rep. Paolo Ortega V corrected his colleague, SAGiP Party-list Rep. Paolo Marcoleta on Friday, May 29 regarding the latter 's claim that virtual voting had always been permitted in the House of Representatives. Ortega gave context to this emergency-based...
The "forthwith" debacle has once again reared its head, this time in the 2026 Senate impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte. This, after House prosecution panel spokesperson Lanao del Sur 1st district Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong opined that the July 6 trial start date set by the Senate was...
House Deputy Speaker Zambales 1st Rep. Jay Khonghun rebuked members of the Senate majority bloc for supposedly being poor role models to the Filipino youth. This was mainly due to the majority senators ' proposal to allow remote participation and voting for senators who may be absent or facing...
The Office of the Ombudsman has confirmed that it is conducting fact-finding on issues involving Vice President Sara Duterte, while being mindful of ongoing impeachment proceedings before the Senate, Assistant Ombudsman Jose Dominic Clavano IV said. He said the office is observing developments in...
Tingog Party-list Rep. Jude Acidre claims that he is already seeing a smear campaign against the 11-member House prosecution team in Vice President Sara Duterte 's upcoming Senate impeachment trial. While he couldn 't say who is behind such campaign, Acidre theorized that the purpose for...
Ranking House members have expressed their reservations about the online participation rule that 's being pushed by the new Senate majority particularly in view of the upcoming Senate impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte. Giving their two cents on the matter Wednesday, May 27 are...
So enticing is the prospect of convicting impeachment trial respondent Vice President Sara Duterte that a lot of private lawyers are offering their services to the House prosecution team for free. Thus, said House prosecution panel spokesperson Lanao del Sur 1st district Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong on...
A ranking congressman has criticized what he described as a “dangerous and transparent attempt” by some senators to use the revived Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearings on the flood control projects mess as a way to derail the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte. TINGOG Party-list...
An embarrassing moment for the Senate. That 's how Tingog Party-list Rep. Jude Acidre described the events in Senate plenary on Monday, May 25 when Senator Imee Marcos presented a video alleging a Charter change (Cha-cha) plot in Congress amid the upcoming impeachment trial of Vice President...
Malacañang said it will not make any prejudgment in the upcoming impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte. "Ang Malacañang, ang Palasyo at ang Pangulo ay hindi po magbibigay ng anumang prejudgment (Malacañang, the Palace, and the President will not issue any form of prejudgment)," Palace...
Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano 's description of the previous Duterte administration 's drug war as a "pro-life campaign" despite thousands of reported deaths didn 't sit well with Manila 6th district Rep. Bienvenido “Benny” Abante. “Let me remind SP Cayetano that we are...
The influential Makati Business Club (MBC) and the Management Association of the Philippines (MAP) called on the Senate to remain non-partisan in the upcoming impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte, warning that pursuing political interests could further damage public trust in the...
