Vice President Sara Duterte’s legal team has asked a Quezon City court to defer the issuance of an arrest warrant while it considers her motion to quash the three grave threats cases filed against her, saying the court must first resolve the defense’s jurisdictional challenge. Lawyer Paul...
"Like brother, like sister." This was Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Terry Ridon 's jab to impeachment trial respondent Vice President Sara Duterte after she reportedly appeared at her brother Davao City 1st district Rep. Paolo Duterte 's court proceeding on a grave threats case. Ridon, in a...
For the legal camp of Vice President Sara Duterte, a sitting Vice President cannot be criminally prosecuted while in office, as it urged the court to hear oral arguments on her motion to quash the grave threats cases filed against her. In a virtual press briefing on Friday, Aug. 14, Atty. Paul...
The legal team of Vice President Sara Duterte is seeking oral arguments on her motion to quash the grave threats cases filed against her before the Quezon City Regional Trial Court. In a press statement on Friday, August 14, Duterte’s counsel, Atty. Paul Lawrence Lim, said the defense is filing a...
A 25-year-old man was arrested after allegedly firing a pistol at his neighbor’s eye during a confrontation in Barangay UP Campus, Quezon City, Thursday night, Aug. 13. Police said the suspect, alias “Nard,” made offensive remarks against the victim around 11 p.m., sparking the...
The camp of Vice President Sara Duterte filed a motion to quash the grave threats information filed against her in connection with cases being handled by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI). Atty. Paul Lawrence Lim, counsel for Duterte in the NBI grave threats cases, confirmed the filing in...
A 19-year-old man was arrested after a police officer spotted a loaded revolver tucked into his waist during an anti-criminality patrol in Barangay Greater Fairview, Quezon City, Wednesday evening, Aug. 12. At around 6 p.m., a barker-dispatcher approached the police officer and reported that a man...
An active police officer was arrested after allegedly pointing his firearm at and striking a fellow officer inside a supermarket on Quirino Highway in Barangay Baesa, Quezon City, on Tuesday, Aug. 11. The victim, also a member of the QCPD, was reportedly prevented from leaving the establishment...
The Department of Justice (DOJ) filed on Tuesday, Aug. 11, a case of grave threats against Vice President Sara Duterte in connection with her statement that she hired a contract killer to do a hit on President Marcos and other personalities. DOJ spokesman Polo Martinez said the case was filed...
The camp of Vice President Sara Duterte on Tuesday, Aug. 11, confirmed that the Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed three counts of grave threats against her before the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Quezon City. In a statement, Atty. Paul Lawrence Lim, counsel for Duterte in the National Bureau...
A 47-year-old man was arrested Thursday night, July 30, after allegedly brandishing a homemade firearm and threatening residents in Barangay Bagong Pag-asa, Quezon City, following a quarrel with his wife. Police said the suspect came out of his house carrying a homemade firearm, shouting in a...
A 24-year-old construction worker was arrested after allegedly chasing and threatening to kill a resident with a switchblade knife in Barangay Bagong Silangan, Quezon City, on Sunday night, July 12. The suspect, identified only by the alias "Christobal," allegedly caused a disturbance by throwing...