The Sandiganbayan has ordered Senator Rodante Marcoleta to explain why he should not be preventively suspended from office while facing plunder charges before the anti-graft court. In a two-page order dated July 22, the Sandiganbayan Third Division directed Marcoleta, through his counsel, to...
Ranking congressmen have chided Vice President Sara Duterte for asking the Senate to foot the bill for her defense team 's preferred caterer during the course of the official 's impeachment trial there. Based on Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Terry Ridon and Akbayan Party-list Rep. Perci...
Iloilo 1st district Rep. Janette Garin says the Senate might find as "insulting" the request of Vice President Sara Duterte 's camp for the upper chamber to shoulder the catering cost of her impeachment trial defense team. In particular, the House deputy speaker took issue with the reported...
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...
Senior Deputy Majority Leader Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito on Thursday, July 23 assured the public that the Senate will continue its ongoing investigations into anomalous flood control projects. Ejercito said the Senate will carry out its duties despite the ongoing impeachment trial of Vice...
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...
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...
