House Secretary General Reginald Velasco (left), Vice President Sara Duterte (PPAB) The Office of the Solicitor General (OSG)--the principal law officer and legal defender of the Republic of the Philippines--is acting as the counsel of the...
Senate Deputy Minority Leader Risa Hontiveros on Wednesday, February 26 expressed support to calls for the Senate leadership to call for a caucus to tackle the impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte. Hontiveros was echoing Senate Minority Leader Aquilino “Koko”...
Vice President Sara Duterte (Photo courtesy of OVP) The back-and-forth between the House of Representatives and Senate continues, as two members of prosecution team against Vice President Sara Duterte argue that the Senate can begin her impeachment...
Former Office of the Vice President (OVP) spokesperson and lawyer Barry Gutierrez questioned the Senate anew for “not” doing its job of convening as an impeachment court for the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte. Vice President Sara Duterte and former vice presidential...
Senate President Francis "Chiz" Escudero said on Tuesday, Feb. 25, that he's not interested in taking up the mantle of the second highest position in the land. "Ang pangit naman nun sa panlasa. Kami ang magdedesisyon kaugnay niyan tapos yun pala interesado ako at gusto ko pala (That's in poor...
Benhur Abalos (left), former president Rodrigo Duterte (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) A figment of the imagination. That's how former Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) secretary Benhur Abalos described former president...
President Marcos' criticisms against candidates outside his senatorial slate for the 2025 midterm elections were just part of the campaign propaganda, Malacañang said. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Mark Balmores) He was also not referring to certain candidates, Palace press officer...
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III called on Senate Majority Leader Francis “Tol” Tolentino to "start the ball rolling" on the impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte. “The Senate Majority Leader should now set the stage for the impeachment in keeping...
It will be "awkward" for President Marcos to call for a special session to tackle the impeachment case against Vice President Sara Duterte sans a request from the Senate. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. and Vice President Sara Duterte (Mark Balmores) "The way we see it, it would be an...
Vice President Sara Duterte (left), President Marcos (MANILA BULLETIN) Leave President Marcos out of the issue on Vice President Sara Duterte's impeachment trial. Lanao del Sur 1st district Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong and Manila 1st district...
Manila 1st district Rep. Ernesto Dionisio (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) Manila 1st district Rep. Ernesto "Ernix" Dionisio says that mere common sense would tell you that the word "forthwith" means "immediately". Thus, said the...
Presidential Communications Office (PCO) Undersecretary Claire Castro thought former president Rodrigo Duterte should find out why illegal drugs are supposedly back in his bailiwick of Davao City, whose mayor is his own son Sebastian Duterte. Communciations Undersecretary Claire Castro and former...
