The Senate Impeachment Court has granted the request of the House prosecution panel to subpoena three officials of Landbank when it resumes the trial next week, Monday, July 20, 2026. Impeachment Court Presiding Officer and Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero announced this before closing the sixth...
A ranking congressman has called out impeachment trial respondent Vice President Sara Duterte 's defense lawyers for supposed acts in violation of decorum. In a statement on Wednesday, July 15, House Deputy Speaker Zambales 1st district Rep. Jay Khonghun told the defense panel to uphold the...
A bill seeking to overhaul the country’s product regulatory system by transferring several functions of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to other government agencies has been filed in the Senate. Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero, in filng Senate Bill No. 2310 or the proposed “Product...
Senate Impeachment Court Presiding Judge Francis “Chiz” Escudero on Tuesday, July 14 called out one of Vice President Sara Duterte’s lawyers for making remarks related to her grades during the Bar examinations. This, after defense counsel Mark Vinluan, brought up Duterte’s impressive legal...
A compliment by content creator Mimiyuuuh about Anne Curtis is now among most talked-about celebrity topics online after Heart Evangelista 's personal assistant publicly challenged the remark, igniting debates about celebrity wealth and public perception. The issue stemmed from a recent vlog...
Senate impeachment court presiding officer Francis "Chiz" Escudero told senator-judges that the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte would move more quickly in the coming days after the proceedings on the first witness stretched for hours. Responding to an appeal from Senator Bam...
In what may be the courtroom equivalent of a smash ace from Alex Eala, the House prosecution panel decided to waive a redirect examination and rest its witness, National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Senior Agent John Mark Calilung, before the Senate impeachment court on Wednesday, July 8. Lawyer...
Senator Francis "Chiz" Escudero has been "very fair" so far in his capacity as presiding officer of the Senate impeachment court in the ongoing trial against Vice President Sara Duterte. House prosecutor Iloilo 3rd district Rep. Lorenz Defensor gave this assessment even as news reports on the trial...
In the face of a Supreme Court (SC) petition that could potentially stop Vice President Sara Duterte 's Senate impeachment trial cold in its tracks, House prosecutor Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Terry Ridon did one of the things he 's good at. That is, troll the personalities who are...
For Lanao del Sur 1st district Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong, Tuesday was very much like Monday --a day of "victory" for the House prosecution panel in Vice President Sara Duterte 's Senate impeachment trial. “It’s very clear now...but we’re claiming victory because all the motions that were...
The Senate impeachment court rejected the move of Vice President Sara Duterte’s legal team to exclude the first witness presented by the House prosecution panel in the impeachment trial. This, after the prosecution team presented its first witness on the second day of the vice president’s...
It wasn 't exactly a spotless Senate impeachment court debut for lawyer Sheila Sison, lead defense counsel of respondent Vice President Sara Duterte, on Monday, July 6. This, after both the presiding officer, Senator Francis "Chiz" Escudero; and prosecutor, Akbayan Party-list Rep. Chel Diokno...
