Lawyers Theordore Te, Reynaldo Robles, Arnold Labay, and Mae Divinagracia are giving additional legal muscle to the House prosecution team in their capacity as private prosecutors in Vice President Sara Duterte 's upcoming Senate impeachment trial. The quartet, along with lawyer Benjamin...
The House prosecution panel finds no problem at all with a protracted Senate impeachment trial against Vice President Sara Duterte that may run seven to eight months. Prosecutor Manila 3rd district Rep. Joel Chua said on Sunday, June 28 that the panel would use this as an opportunity to fully lay...
The impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte could become the longest in Philippine history if it reaches the 92 trial days, Senate Secretary and Impeachment Clerk of Court Renato Bantug said on Saturday, June 27. In a radio interview on DWIZ, Bantug said the estimate is based on the...
Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson laughed off claims linking the upcoming impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte to the Senate 's ongoing investigation into anomalous flood control projects. According to Lacson, such attempts are being pushed by politicians already in "campaign mode"...
The defense team of Vice President Sara Duterte on Friday, June 26, said it is premature to draw conclusions from recent statements made by Lanao del Sur Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong regarding the controversial "BIR box" in the ongoing impeachment proceedings. In a statement issued by defense...
Batangas 2nd Rep. Gerville “Jinky Bitrics” Luistro insists that Vice President Sara Duterte must attend her own Senate impeachment trial--slated to begin on July 6--as a matter of constitutional duty. Luistro had this to say in a press conference on Thursday night, June 25, just hours after the...
House lead prosecutor Batangas 2nd district Rep. Gerville "Jinky Bitrics" Luistro has described as a "success" the pre-trial conference (PTC) for Vice President Sara Duterte’s Senate impeachment trial, despite it lasting five days. “Definitely [it 's a success], sapagkat (because) ever...
After five sessions, the pre-trial conference for the impeachment case against Vice President Sara Duterte concludes Thursday afternoon, June 25. Marking of evidence for Articles I and II was finished shortly after 5 p.m. According to Senate Secretary Renato Bantug Jr., who also serves as clerk of...
Malacañang assured that government programs and functions will not be stalled during the impeachment proceedings against Vice President Sara Duterte. Palace Press Officer and Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro refuted the statements of Senator Alan Peter Cayetano that there would only be...
The House prosecution panel has taken it upon itself to list the infamous "Mary Grace Piattos" as a witness in Vice President Sara Duterte 's upcoming Senate impeachment trial. According to solon-prosecutor Manila 3rd district Rep. Joel Chua, this move was precisely to find out whether or not...
House prosecutors expect Vice President Sara Duterte 's defense team to do all it can to block their move to have the box from the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) to be opened during the pre-trial conference at the Senate. But this won 't stop them from pursuing this, as they believe box...
The House prosecution panel has thumbed down a move to exclude records dated before 2022 as evidence in the upcoming impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte. Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Terry Ridon, one of the 11 public prosecutors from the House of Representatives, raised this matter...