If there was one significant development during the first week of Vice President Sara Duterte 's Senate impeachment trial, it was the incarnate of years worth of allegations into actual evidence. “We saw first week as allegations turning into evidence," Mamamayang Liberal (ML) Party-list...
Former Senate President Franklin Drilon said the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte should focus on whether or not her controversial death threats amount to a betrayal of public trust. According to Drilon, the case is about constitutional accountability rather than criminal liability....
The camp of Vice President Sara Duterte has asked permission from the Senate to bring its own appliances and hire a private caterer for the holding area assigned to the defense during the impeachment trial, Senate Secretary Renato Bantug said. Bantug told reporters that the requests were raised by...
As the Senate impeachment court prepares to hear testimony from Vice President Sara Duterte 's chief of staff, Atty. Zuleika Lopez next week, questions have emerged over whether a witness identified with the defense can be called by the prosecution—and if that automatically makes the witness...
The Sandiganbayan Fifth Division has denied Senator Jose “Jinggoy” Estrada’s bid to attend the Senate impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte, ruling that his request to repeatedly leave detention to serve as a senator-judge would defeat the purpose of preventive detention. In a...
Malacañang has dismissed Davao City Mayor Sebastian Duterte’s accusation that the Marcos administration is weaponizing the law against political opponents, insisting that the government is merely enforcing the law and allowing the justice system to take its course. Presidential Communications...
The camp of Senator Jinggoy Estrada withdrew its motion seeking permission for him to attend the Senate impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte after mistakenly filing it before the wrong division of the Sandiganbayan. The Sandiganbayan Second Division said Estrada, through his lawyer,...
The House prosecution panel is teasing an "evidence bombshell" during the resumption of Vice President Sara Duterte 's Senate impeachment trial next week. The 26-strong prosecution team composed of 11 solon-prosecutors and 15 private law practitioners have just completed the first week of the...
Vice President Sara Duterte called on government officials to set aside politics and focus instead on improving peace, order, and development in communities across the country. Speaking during the Araw ng Bigaan and 65th Patronal Fiesta in Hinatuan, Surigao del Sur, on July 8, Duterte said public...
The House prosecution panel in Vice President Sara Duterte 's Senate impeachment trial went the humble path and said that it fared "good" during the first week of the proceedings. Speaking in a press conference after the conclusion of the third day of the trial at the Senate Wednesday, July 8,...
Insinuating that President Marcos has influence over the impeachment against Vice President Sara Duterte is the "lowest kind of argument," Malacañang said. The role of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) in the probe over the alleged death threats made by Duterte against the President,...
In a word, meh. Ranking congressmen gave such reaction to Office of the Vice President (OVP) chief-of-staff Zuleika Lopez 's witty “ Prepare for Typhoon Inday ” remark on Thursday, July 9 when she dropped by the Senate. Lopez is scheduled to give hee testimony in the Senate impeachment...
