Senator Alan Peter Cayetano did not hold back from expressing his frustration in the ongoing trial of Vice President Sara Duterte when he led the Senate Impeachment Court into an opening prayer at the resumption of the impeachment proceedings on Tuesday, July 7. The former Senate president, who...
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...
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...
The Office of the Ombudsman has imposed the penalty of perpetual disqualification from re-employment in the government service against former Senate sergeant-at-arms Mao Aplasca in connection with the May 13 Senate gunfire incident. The perpetual disqualification is just one of the penalties...
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...
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,...
The defense team of Vice President Sara Duterte said it is ready for the prosecution’s presentation of witnesses and evidence as her impeachment trial enters Day 2 on Tuesday, July 7. Defense spokesperson Michael Poa said the camp had expected the prosecution to begin presenting its first witness...
Gen. Jose Melencio C. Nartatez, Jr., chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), ordered police commanders to sustain the security measures at the Senate following what he described as a peaceful opening of the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte. While there was a confrontation...
After delivering a forceful opening statement that framed the case as a test of constitutional boundaries, due process, and the prosecution’s burden of proof, lawyer Sheila Sison is expected to remain a central figure in Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial as proceedings resume on...
Batangas 2nd district Rep. Gerville "Jinky Bitrics" Luistro rejected the notion that the House prosecution team was "beaten" on the first day of Vice President Sara Duterte 's Senate impeachment trial. In fact, Luistro, the lead prosecutor, was quite adamant that they were "victorious" Monday,...
The defense team of Vice President Sara Duterte said Monday, July 6, that they were happy with how the first day of the impeachment trial went. Lawyer Michael Poa, spokesman for the defense team, said the trial "went smoothly" as both sides laid out their arguments. "There were arguments from both...
House impeachment adviser Robert Ace Barbers says that being elected into office with 32 million votes doesn 't give a public official the right to violate the country’s laws. Barbers gave this remark in a press conference after the conclusion of the first day of Vice President Sara Duterte...
