Malacañang disagreed with Vice President Sara Duterte 's call to prosecution to prove an impeachable offense against her with evidence and not insults, speculation, or political theatrics. On Tuesday 's impeachment trial, evidence was presented showing that the Vice President was aware...
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...
House prosecutor Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Terry Ridon has asked the Office of the Ombudsman to look into a possible malversation case against Senate impeachment trial respondent Vice President Sara Duterte and her close aides. This, after the prosecution grilled on Tuesday, Aug. 25 Office of the...
Senator-judge Robin Padilla turned to Philippine history—and a long list of revolutionary aliases—to show justification of the use of fictitious names in documents tied to the alleged disbursement of confidential funds during Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial on Wednesday, Aug....
A top official of Vice President Sara Duterte admitted on Wednesday, August 26 that Col. Raymund Dante Lachica, whose name has repeatedly cropped up in the ongoing impeachment trial on the vice president’s alleged misuse of confidential funds, is not an employee of the Office of the Vice...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is leaving it up to the Office of the Ombudsman to investigate and decide on the fates of the two officers who have been tagged in the alleged misuse of P612.5 million confidential funds linked to the Vice President Sara Duterte. These two--whose names are...
Philippine Army (PA) Colonel Raymund Dante P. Lachica, former head of Vice President Sara Duterte’s security detail, said he is prepared to appear and testify if he is lawfully summoned in connection with the impeachment proceedings against the second highest official of the land. “I have never...
Malacañang believes that "in a way," the prosecution has presented sufficient evidence during the impeachment trial to merit the conviction of Vice President Sara Duterte over the alleged misuse of confidential funds. Citing former Office of the Vice President (OVP) special disbursing officer Gina...
A blind follower of Vice President Sara Duterte. That 's how House prosecutor Manila 3rd district Rep. Joel Chua characterized former Office of the Vice President (OVP) special disbursing officer (SDO) Gina Acosta based on her testimony in Duterte’s ongoing Senate impeachment trial. During...
Office of the Vice President (OVP) Assistant Chief-of-staff Lemuel Ortonio told the Senate impeachment court on Tuesday, Aug. 25 that Vice President Sara Duterte’s request for confidential funds had no supporting documents. Ortonio, the prosecution panel 's second hostile witness in the...
The House prosecution panel highlighted before the Senate impeachment court on Monday, Aug. 24 the alleged P2.6 billion in confidential funds that respondent Vice President Sara Duterte had at her disposal during her time as Davao City mayor from 2016 to 2022. Private prosecutor Amando Virgil...
Was hostile witness Gina Acosta "coached" before stepping back on the witness stand in the continuation of Vice President Sara Duterte 's Senate impeachment trial Monday, Aug. 24? At the very least, this question entered the minds of the House prosecution team members after they took note of...
