Noting that lawyers simply have different courtroom styles, defense spokesperson Atty. Michael Poa downplayed the apparent tension between defense lawyer Kristine Ferrer and prosecution counsel Lorna Kapunan during the impeachment trial on August 12. Asked about Ferrer’s conduct during the...
The Office of the Vice President (OVP) still has legal remedies available if the Commission on Audit (COA) upholds a Notice of Disallowance involving its funds, defense spokesperson Atty. Michael Poa said. Poa explained the process during a press briefing following the 15th day of Vice President...
Vice President Sara Duterte prefers that Atty. Michael Poa remain part of her legal team as counsel, even as the impeachment court has suggested getting a separate spokesperson for the defense. Poa, during a post-trial press briefing on August 12, said he had already discussed the matter with...
Lead defense counsel Atty. Sheila Sison on Wednesday, August 12, called out private prosecutor Atty. Amando Ligutan over a Facebook post reminding lawyers and law students that misleading questions are not allowed during cross-examination. Sison raised the issue during the impeachment trial of Vice...
Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Terry Ridon mocked Vice President Sara Duterte 's defense team after it cried foul over a Facebook post from a fellow prosecutor during Vice President Sara Duterte 's Senate impeachment trial Wednesday, Aug. 12. At the same time, Ridon asked the Senate...
Don 't expect private prosecutor Amando Virgil Ligutan to delete his Facebook post on the usage of misleading questions during a witness ' cross-examination in the courtroom. Ligutan 's particular post on Wednesday, Aug. 12 read: "A principle ALL lawyers and law students know by...
Pro-impeachment congressmen Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Terry Ridon and Akbayan Party-list Rep. Perci Cendaña criticized Vice President Sara Duterte 's defense counsel Kristine Ferrer for her utterances and demeanor on Wednesday, Aug. 12. Their tirades stemmed from Ferrer 's...
Private prosecutor Lorna Kapunan said in open court--although in jest--that she held herself back from "spanking" her much younger defense lawyer-counterpart, Kristine Ferrer, during the continuation of Vice President Sara Duterte 's Senate impeachment trial on Wednesday, Aug. 12. It was the...
Stressing that all lawyers should maintain professionalism and respect in the courtroom, defense lawyer Kristine Ferrer asked the impeachment court on Wednesday, August 12, to stop prosecution counsel Atty. Lorna Kapunan from making side comments such as “I was about to spank her” and “I was...
Defense counsel for Vice President Sara Duterte pressed a Commission on Audit (COA) witness on Wednesday, August 12, over intelligence and surveillance activities cited by the Office of the Vice President (OVP). During the impeachment trial, defense counsel Kristine Ferrer presented...
House prosecution panel spokesperson Lanao del Sur 1st district Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong says millions worth of confidential funds attributed to impeachment trial respondent Vice President Sara Duterte may have been used to further the latter 's political plans. Adiong, a member of the House...
Private prosecutor Lorna Kapunan couldn 't help but comment during the Senate impeachment trial Tuesday, Aug. 11 that only Superman could have done the single-day confidential funds disbursement feat indicated in the documents submitted by the Department of Education (DepEd) under its former...
