After his controversial "one-sided" remark, Sen. Robin Padilla on Thursday, July 23, stressed that justice "must remain neutral," a day after a tense exchange with the House prosecution panel during the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte. In a Facebook post, Padilla addressed House...
The defense team of Vice President Sara Duterte on Wednesday, July 22, challenged the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to disclose details of its investigation into her alleged threat against President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., arguing before the Senate impeachment court that "the truth" should...
The Senate impeachment court will suspend the trial of Vice President Sara Duterte on July 27 and 28 to give way to President Marcos Jr. 's State of the Nation Address (SONA) and the minority 's contra-SONA. Wrapping up the trial on Tuesday, July 21, Presiding officer Francis "Chiz"...
National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Director Melvin Matibag said on Tuesday, July 21 that the agency is 100 percent sure that Vice President Sara Duterte hired a hitman who will execute President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos and members of his family. Matibag said the NBI task force that is...
Senator-judge Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Tuesday, July 21 criticized a fellow senator-judge in the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte for supposedly dragging down the level of discourse in the Impeachment Court. Without naming names, Lacson in his post on X, said “Kapag...
Sen. Francis “Chiz” Escudero, presiding officer of the Senate Impeachment Court, on Tuesday, July 21, admonished National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Director Melvin Matibag for making statements against some members of the court. Escudero made the remark at the start of the trial after the...
Senate Impeachment Court spokesperson Atty. Regie Tongol said Monday night, July 20, that Presiding Officer Francis "Chiz" Escudero had largely prepared his ruling on the prosecution 's subpoena requests even before the impeachment trial formally began on July 6, but deferred issuing it to...
Senator-judge Imee Marcos said on Tuesday, June 21, that she supports the issuance of subpoenas for Vice President Sara Duterte 's bank and Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) records, provided they are limited to transactions and documents covering Duterte 's current term in office. Marcos...
Sen. Francis “Chiz” Escudero, Impeachment Court Presiding Officer, on Monday, July 20, referred Senator-judge Rodante Marcoleta’s request to be allowed to vote in the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte to the Senate. This, after Escudero disclosed during the seventh (7th) day...
The Senate Impeachment Court on Monday, July 20 granted the prosecution 's requests to subpoena bank records, Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) reports, and tax documents of Vice President Sara Duterte; her husband, lawyer Manases Carpio and several corporations allegedly linked to them. ...
Vice President Sara Duterte 's defense argued that the Senate impeachment court cannot compel the release of her Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) records, insisting that the confidentiality provisions under the Anti-Money Laundering Act contain no exception for impeachment proceedings....
Senators clashed on Monday, July 20, over whether the impeachment court should entertain statements unrelated to Vice President Sara Duterte 's trial, after Senator-judge Robin Padilla used the proceedings to deny allegations that he had ignored an Office of the Ombudsman order in a separate...
