Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Terry Ridon has highlighted another perceived lapse in the legal strategy of impeachment respondent Vice President Sara Duterte’s defense team. And this one is so big that Ridon believes the Duterte camp shouldn 't even be allowed to join the impending Senate...
Former Bayan Muna Party-list Rep. Neri Colmenares believes that voting against Vice President Sara Duterte 's impeachment in plenary would be problematic proposition for House members who want to shield the lady official. According to the militant group leader, voting "no" to the Vice...
Battle lines are slowly but surely being drawn in anticipation of the Senate impeachment trial against Vice President Sara Duterte. On the part of the House of Representatives, Committee on Justice chairperson and prospective lead prosecutor Batangas 2nd district Rep. Gerville "Jinky Bitrics"...
For Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III, acting “forthwith” on the impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte means proceeding the day after the Senate receives it. "Sa akin ang forthwith the following day (For me, forthwith means the following day)," he said in an...
The former spokesperson of the Senate impeachment court under then Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero said that the Supreme Court’s 14-0-1 decision on the term “forthwith” only proved that the critics were wrong, former Senate impeachment court spokesperson Atty. Regie Tongol said. ...
Vice President Sara Duterte has moved one step closer to being impeached by the House of Representatives for the second time in as many years. This, after the House Committee on Justice unanimously declared on Wednesday, April 29 the existence of probable cause in the two active impeachment...
The International Criminal Court (ICC) announced it has formally constituted the Trial Chamber in the case against former President Rodrigo Duterte, marking a key step toward the start of trial proceedings over alleged crimes against humanity linked to his anti-drug campaign. In a decision dated...
The Senate is financially capable to hold the possible impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte should it be transmitted finally to the Upper Chamber, Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo “Ping” Lacson said. According to Lacson, only P500,000 had been spent out of a P27-million...
After weeks of grueling deliberations, the House Committee on Justice is expected to vote whether or not there is probable cause in the two active impeachment complaints against Vice President Sara Duterte on Wednesday, April 29. Wednesday 's justice panel hearing--expected to be the last...
Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Terry Ridon doesn 't want to wait for the start of Vice President Sara Duterte 's Senate impeachment trial to shoot down her lawyer 's arguments, particularly on the alleged discrepancies in the respondent 's statements of assets, liabilities and net...
Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo "Ping" Lacson reminded his colleagues to observe proper conduct as potential senator-judges, should the impeachment case against Vice President Sara Duterte be transmitted to the Senate. In a DZBB radio interview, Lacson stressed the need for senators to be...
Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Terry Ridon is confident that his face-off with the defense team of impeachment respondent Vice President Sara Duterte will happen sooner than later. This, as the House Committee on Justice is set to hold its final hearing on the determination of probable cause in the two...
