The Supreme Court (SC) has dismissed the indirect contempt citations filed by several lawyers against a political analyst, a Party-List congressman, and a former presidential adviser for their comments on its 2025 decision that junked the 2024 impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara...
The defense team of Vice President Sara Duterte has appointed an additional spokesman for her ongoing impeachment trial. Lawyer Justin Nicol Gular, a senior associate at Fortun Narvasa and Salazar, has been designated as deputy spokesman in an announcement made by defense team spokesman and lawyer...
Police remained on heightened alert Tuesday, July 7, as the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte entered its second day, with security tightened in and around the Senate complex. City police chief Col. Joselito De Sesto said personnel were strategically deployed around the Senate...
The House of Representatives (HOR) asked the Supreme Court (SC) to dismiss the consolidated petitions that sought an immediate stop to the ongoing impeachment proceedings against Vice President Sara Duterte. In a comment filed by the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) for the HOR and its...
Lawyer Manases R. Carpio, husband of Vice President Sara Duterte, filed on Monday, April 27, criminal charges against Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Eli M. Remolona Jr. as chairman of the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC), the executive director of AMLC, and four members of the House...
Senator Imee Marcos on Wednesday, April 15 rejected Ramil Madriaga’s allegations of a supposed “term-sharing” deal between Vice President Sara Duterte and her brother, President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. “Sinungaling ka (You’re a liar), Madriaga,” Marcos said during a press...
The Supreme Court (SC) did not issue a temporary restraining order (TRO) that could have immediately stopped the ongoing impeachment proceedings against Vice President Sara Duterte. Instead, the SC directed the filing of a comment from respondents within a non-extendible period of 10 days from...
Vice President Sara Duterte has asked the Supreme Court (SC) to stop the impeachment proceedings against her before the House of Representatives (HOR) on the ground of unconstitutionality. In her petition dated last March 30, Duterte told the SC: “The impeachment proceedings against the...
A group of lawyers challenged before the Supreme Court (SC) the alleged unconstitutional acts by the Committee on Justice of the House of Representatives (HOR) and sought a stop to the impeachment proceedings against Vice President Sara Duterte. The petitioners were lawyers Israelito P. Torreon,...
