The defense team of Vice President Sara Duterte on Monday, Aug. 24, dismissed as “fake news” reports claiming that she had requested or planned a private meeting with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., saying Duterte herself confirmed that no such request, meeting, or plan existed. In a press...
Senator-judge Lito Lapid, one of the quieter members of the upper chamber, on Monday, Aug. 24, finally took a more active role in questioning former special disbursing officer (SDO) Gina Acosta over the handling of the Office of the Vice President’s (OVP) confidential funds. Lapid, who has...
The prosecution’s hostile witness, Gina Acosta on Monday, August 24 insisted that she acted on the orders of Vice President Sara Duterte when the latter ordered her to encash the P125-million confidential funds and turn over the money to the head of their security, Col. Raymund Dante Lachica. On...
The prosecution on Monday, Aug. 24, sought to establish whether the handling and liquidation of Vice President Sara Duterte 's confidential funds followed a recurring procedure, with lawyer Atty. Amando Virgil Ligutan asking former special disbursing officer Gina Acosta if the practice...
The continuation of direct examination on hostile witness Gina Acosta led to mention of more absurd, if not fake-sounding names from acknowledgment receipts (ARs) for the Office of the Vice President’s (OVP) confidential funds. This, as private prosecutor Amando Virgil Ligutan grilled Acosta on...
If the prosecution panel would have its way, at least two more witnesses under the confidential funds misuse article are to be declared as " hostile witnesses " in Vice President Sara Duterte 's ongoing Senate impeachment trial. Solon-prosecutor Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Terry Ridon...
House prosecutor Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Terry Ridon doesn 't see anything wrong with the absences of senator-judges in Vice President Sara Duterte 's Senate impeachment trial. For as long it doesn 't affect quorum within the court, that is. Ridon was asked over the weekend about...
The House prosecution panel wants an intensified probe on the proliferation of fake "quote cards" or social media post that aim to misinform the public regarding Vice President Sara Duterte 's Senate impeachment trial. Specifically, the prosecutors are asking the Cybercrime Investigation and...
Senator Panfilo Lacson said on Saturday, Aug 22 that the Senate would likely move the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte to the afternoon in a bid to avoid cutting the proceedings short. In a DWIZ interview, Lacson said the proposal had been discussed in the majority bloc’s group...
Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Terry Ridon says the House prosecution panel intends to present the impeachment article on bribery after it completes its presentation of evidence on Vice President Sara Duterte’s alleged misuse of P612.5-million confidential funds. Ridon, a member of the prosecution...
The proposed "3 p.m. to sawa" set-up for Vice President Sara Duterte 's Senate impeachment trial is gaining traction with the House prosecution panel. This, as the high-stakes trial enters its ninth week, but only 16 actual hearings to show for it. Under the current set-up of the Senate...
If the ongoing Senate impeachment trial has done anything, it 's bury respondent Vice President Sara Duterte under a mountain of evidence that 's slowly but surely getting heavier each passing day. Thus, said Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Terry Ridon on Friday, Aug. 21 a few days after it...
