Millions of low-income Filipinos stand to benefit on a proposed law that seeks to institutionalize free housing through usufruct, a legal arrangement that grants families the right to occupy and enjoy government land and housing without owning them. Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero pointed this...
Lanao del Sur 1st district Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong said that some members of the House prosecution panel may step down from their roles as prosecutors in order to keep functioning as spokespersons following the Senate impeachment court’s stricter enforcement of its sub judice rule. Adiong, a panel...
The Senate impeachment court on Wednesday, Aug. 26, reminded Vice President Sara Duterte to comply with its prohibition on public comments about the merits of her impeachment case. This was after she released a statement while presiding officer Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero was delivering a...
Senate Impeachment Court Presiding Officer Francis “Chiz” Escudero said on Wednesday, August 26 that the body can compel the Office of the Vice President to produce evidence that the confidential funds given to the agency were utilized properly and given as rewards to informants. Escudero...
Presiding Officer Francis “Chiz” Escudero on Wednesday, Aug. 26, ordered the strict enforcement of the impeachment court’s Rule 18, barring parties, their lawyers and witnesses, as well as senator-judges, from publicly commenting on the merits of the pending impeachment trial. In a lengthy...
Private prosecutor Amando Virgil Ligutan insisted on proprietary of his Facebook post two weeks ago, even as it ultimately became the reason why the Senate impeachment court laid down stricter rules on public statements by the parties in Vice President Sara Duterte 's trial. “Correcting a...
Warning that statements made in court can quickly spread on social media and potentially shape public opinion before the impeachment court reaches a decision, the defense team of Vice President Sara Duterte has raised concerns over the use of “suggestive terms” during her impeachment trial....
House lead prosecutor Batangas 2nd district Rep. Gerville “Jinky Bitrics” Luistro took up the cudgels for private prosecutor Mae Divinagracia after the Senate impeachment court advised her to tone down her choice of words in Vice President Sara Duterte 's impeachment trial. Speaking in a...
Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero said Tuesday, August 25 that he is hopeful the impeachment proceedings against Vice President Sara Duterte will be completed before the end of the year, as the Senate prepares to begin deliberations on the 2027 national budget. Escudero gave the...
A Senate panel on Monday, Aug. 24, approved bills postponing the November 2026 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) and fixing their term of office. Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero, who presided over the Senate Committee on Local Government hearing, said that his bill, Senate...
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"...
Senators on Wednesday, August 19 called for tighter safeguards on firearms access following the shooting incident at the Ateneo de Zamboanga University on Tuesday. Senator Loren Legarda said these successive incidents of school violence—in Cavite, Tacloban, Bacolod and now Zamboanga—demand a...
