Filipinos would certainly be on the losing end should a gag order on public pronouncements about Vice President Sara Duterte 's Senate impeachment trial get imposed. House prosecution members and spokespersons stated this in no uncertain terms even as they await presiding officer Senator-judge...
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...
President Marcos said he would endorse the “best possible candidate” in the 2028 elections, setting the stage for the administration to field a candidate who could challenge Vice President Sara Duterte. Speaking at the Foreign Correspondents Association of the Philippines (FOCAP) Presidential...
The Commission on Audit (COA) is studying the possibility of launching a fraud audit against the Office of the Vice President (OVP) and the Department of Education (DepEd) over the “unusual” names of the recipients of confidential funds from the two agencies that were both then under Vice...
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...
House prosecutor Akbayan Party-list Rep. Chel Diokno has expressed concern that the ongoing Senate impeachment trial against Vice President Sara Duterte may be teaching the wrong things to law students. Diokno had this to say following day 15 of the nationally-televised trial last Aug. 12, which...
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...
Malacañang has urged Filipinos to look at facts and all available evidence in assessing political developments, after an OCTA Research survey showed the possible tandem of Naga City Mayor Leni Robredo and Sen. Raffy Tulfo narrowly leading that of Vice President Sara Duterte and Sen. Imee Marcos in...
What 's the rationale for spending millions in confidential funds to secure Vice President Sara Duterte in Davao City--her family 's political stronghold? House prosecution panel spokesperson Lanao del Sur 1st district Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong asked this question following Commission on...
The defense team of Vice President Sara Duterte is exercising greater caution when dealing with the media as the Senate impeachment trial progresses, with defense spokesperson Atty. Michael Poa saying it has become difficult to discuss the case without risking a violation of the court’s rules....
