Senate impeachment trial respondent Vice President Sara Duterte has displayed a habit of withholding information and resisting congressional scrutiny when it comes to her usage of confidential funds. House impeachment adviser and prosecution panel spokesperson Robert Ace Barbers gave this...
Vice President Sara Duterte 's foreign travels--reportedly paid for with personal funds--could come back to haunt her in her Senate impeachment trial. This, after private prosecutor Lorna Kapunan said that respondent Duterte’s declared income, assets, and family business interests could be...
For private prosecutor Lorna Kapunan, impeachment trial respondent Vice President Sara Duterte is "contributing to the problem" of violence among Filipino youth, no thanks to the latter 's signature violent rhetoric. Kapunan had this to say Wednesday, Aug. 19 following the deadly shooting at...
Private prosecutor Lorna Kapunan says hostile witnesses like former Office of the Vice President (OVP) special disbursing officer (SDO) Gina Acosta could get "coached" during breaks in testimony--something that 's fairly common in the Senate impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte....
With her defense team already fully representing her in the case, Vice President Sara Duterte on Wednesday, August 19, said her personal attendance at the impeachment proceedings would not necessarily speed up the process. In an ambush interview in Zamboanga City, Duterte rejected claims that the...
Malacañang said requests for transparency regarding travel authorities issued to public officials will be accommodated, stressing that no one is being singled out. Amid exchanges between the Office of the Vice President (OVP) and Malacañang regarding the recent travel authority granted to Vice...
Stressing that regulation should be imposed on the platforms themselves, Vice President Sara Duterte on Wednesday, August 19, said she would support legislation prohibiting minors from registering on social media platforms. Duterte said the government should require social media providers to...
ZAMBOANGA CITY- Vice President Sara Duterte went to a local hospital here on Wednesday, August 19, to visit a student injured in the Ateneo de Zamboanga University shooting that left two students dead. Duterte extended her sympathies to the victims and their families and assured them of support...
Vice President Sara Duterte on Wednesday, August 19, called for stronger safety measures in schools, including psychosocial wellness programs, anti-bullying initiatives and closer monitoring of students and school personnel to help prevent school shootings. Duterte, who visited victims of the...
The legal team of Vice President Sara Duterte is seeking to consolidate the two perjury complaints filed against Ramil Madriaga and have them resolved together. In a virtual press briefing on Wednesday, August 19, Atty. Paolo Panelo said the second complaint is closely related to the first because...
House impeachment adviser Robert Ace Barbers doesn 't believe in brevity for brevity 's sake as far as Vice President Sara Duterte 's impeachment trial is concerned. This, as Barbers bared his personal preference for the House prosecution team to finish the presentation of evidence...
Senate Impeachment Court spokesperson Atty. Regie Tongol on Wednesday warned that lowering the 16-vote threshold for convicting Vice President Sara Duterte would amount to changing the rules of the impeachment trial midway through the proceedings. Tongol said Presiding Officer Francis "Chiz"...
