Former Senate President Franklin M. Drilon on Sunday, February 23 reiterated that the power to convene Congress for a special session rests solely with the President. Congress without a special session, cannot meet to act on the impeachment complaints against Vice President Sara Duterte,...
Senate President Francis "Chiz" Escudero said on Sunday, February 23 that the Senate cannot hold a special session on its own. Escudero said this in an interview on Radio DZBB, in response to Senate Minority Leader Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III's recent statement wherein he stated that the Senate...
Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Jil Bongalon (left), Senate President Francis "Chiz" Escudero (MANILA BULLETIN/ Facebook) Senate President Francis "Chiz" Escudero's fellow Bicolano, Ako-Bicol Party-list Rep. Jil Bongalon, doesn't believe that public...
Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa has unveiled another campaign advertisement, this time featuring Vice President Sara Duterte. (Screenshot from Senator Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa's Facebook page) In this new advertisement that's also posted on the senator's Facebook page, he addressed critics and...
Vice President Sara Duterte (PPAB) Two ranking congressmen are contending that their colleagues in the Senate can convene as an impeachment court even without a special session called by President Marcos or a Supreme Court (SC) order....
Senate President Francis "Chiz" Escudero said on Friday, Feb. 21, that he will consult his fellow senators if they want to or are available for a caucus to discuss Vice President Sara Duterte's impeachment trial. Senate President Francis 'Chiz' Escudero speaks at a press conference on Wednesday,...
Zambales 1st district Rep. Jay Khonghun (left), Vice President Sara Duterte (Facebook, MANILA BULLETIN) Zambales 1st district Rep. Jay Khonghun said the country's senators should keep one particular case in mind if and when Vice President Sara...
"If Vice President [Sara] Duterte has done nothing wrong, why is she so afraid of the truth?" Thus, asked Tingog Party-list Rep. Jude Acidre as he slammed the Vice President's move of attempting to block her impeachment via the Supreme Court (SC). For Acidre, stopping the impeachment process...
Former Senate President Vicente "Tito" Sotto III (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental--If former Senate President Vicente "Tito" Sotto III is to be believed, then reelectionist senators missed out on what could...
One of the House prosecutors in the case of impeached Vice President Sara Duterte has said that the impeachment of former president Joseph Estrada and late former Supreme Court (SC) chief justice Renato Corona could serve as guide and reference for them as far as the upcoming trial of Duterte is...
Former Senate President Vicente "Tito" Sotto III (left), Vice President Sara Duterte (Facebook, PPAB) DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental--Administration senatorial bet Vicente "Tito" Sotto III has claimed that there are "four to five"...
Will the upper chamber proceed with the impeachment soon or not? For Senate Minority Leader Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel this may very well be settled once Senate President Francis "Chiz" Escudero calls for a caucus to direct all the senators' attention to Vice President Sara Duterte's impeachment...
