Panelo: Senate should amend rules before lowering impeach threshold
The Senate should amend its rules to allow absent senator-judges to participate in the impeachment trial before changing the number of…
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Diokno: Lower impeachment threshold cuts both ways
House prosecutor and Akbayan party-list Rep. Chel Diokno on Wednesday said changing the number of senator-judges counted in determining the…
Sara defense warns vs reopening conviction threshold
Vice President Sara Duterte’s defense on Wednesday warned the Senate impeachment court that reopening its 6 July ruling on the conviction…
Prosecutors question fairness of 'sub judice rule’ application
Lawyers from the House prosecution panel on Tuesday questioned what they described as an uneven application of the Senate impeachment…
Firm linked to Sara bags nearly P36-M gov't contracts in Davao: PhilGEPS witness
Gencorp Industries Inc., a company linked to Vice President Sara Duterte, secured 49 government contracts in her political bailiwick in…
SEC witness says VP Sara ‘list of companies’ came from House
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) official Atty. Gerardo Del Rosario told the impeachment court Tuesday that the list of companies…
Kapunan says Baste ‘confession’ indicates lack of ‘due diligence’
Private prosecutor Atty. Lorna Kapunan said that Davao City Mayor Sebastian “Baste” Duterte’s claim that he did not know that Vice…
Sara defense distances itself from Baste statement
Vice President Sara Duterte’s defense team on Tuesday distanced itself from Davao City Mayor Sebastian “Baste” Duterte’s statements on his…
SEC witness: Unrestricted earnings don’t mandate dividends
Companies are not legally required to declare dividends simply because they have unrestricted retained earnings, a Securities and Exchange…
SEC: Sara’s corporate board role for Senate to determine
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has not determined whether Vice President Sara Duterte violated the Constitution by remaining…
Adiong says VP Sara violating constitution ‘plain as day’
House prosecution spokesperson Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong asserted that there was a culpable violation of the Constitution on the part of Vice…
Sara did not step down as board member of Davao-based private firm after assuming VP: SEC witness
Records from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) showed that Vice President Sara Duterte allegedly did not divest as a stakeholder…
Sara consults lawyers on impeachment, wary of contempt — Poa
Vice President Sara Duterte regularly consults her lawyers before making public statements about her impeachment case to determine whether…
Luistro seeks equal enforcement of sub judice rule
Lead public prosecutor Rep. Gerville Luistro urged the Senate impeachment court to ensure the uniform application of the sub judice rule to…
'VERY WRONG': Drilon debunks Cayetano's 'mistrial' claims as impeach court settles threshold issue
Former Senate president Franklin Drilon on Sunday dismissed as unfounded Senator Alan Cayetano’s claims that changing the conviction…
Sara defense: No contact with Baste ahead of impeachment testimony
The defense team of Vice President Sara Duterte said it has had no communication with Davao City Mayor Sebastian “Baste” Duterte ahead of…
Sara defense prepares for 21 September oral arguments on impeachment threshold
The defense team of Vice President Sara Duterte is preparing its arguments for the Senate impeachment court’s Sept. 23 oral arguments on…
Revisiting 16-vote ruling does not violate VP Sara right to due process – ex-justices
The Senate’s decision to re-open discussions into the prior ruling of presiding officer Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero regarding the…