Law benders will pay
When the Senate impeachment court allows the threshold to fall to a smaller number, such as 14, it effectively changes the requirement written into the…
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Sara Duterte impeachment trial
Latest Daily Tribune news and analysis on Sara Duterte impeachment trial.
Sara camp may tweak strategy
Vice President Sara Duterte’s defense team may adjust its impeachment trial strategy after Senator-judge Panfilo Lacson urged lawyers to move beyond highly…
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VP’s lawyers buck bank records
Vice President Sara Duterte’s lawyers rejected the prosecution’s request to stipulate on her bank records in the impeachment trial, arguing that doing so would…
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Torreon readies SC bid
Lawyer Israelito Torreon is preparing a Supreme Court petition challenging the Senate impeachment court’s decision to lower the conviction threshold in Vice…
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WHEN 16 IS NOT 16: Senate rewrites impeach math
The Senate impeachment court voted to lower the conviction threshold in Vice President Sara Duterte’s trial from 16 to 14 votes by counting only senator-judges…
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Villar slams Erwin Tulfo over minority ‘attacks’
Senator Camille Villar defended detained and absent minority colleagues during Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial, urging senators to avoid…
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Sison: VP trial bound by Charter
Vice President Sara Duterte’s lead counsel Sheila Sison invoked the Constitution and a Supreme Court ruling after the Senate impeachment court lowered the…
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Threshold shift risks mistrial
Vice President Sara Duterte’s defense team challenged the Senate impeachment court’s reconsideration of the conviction threshold, warning that changing the…
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No eraser for Charter
Lowering the bar introduces the huge danger of rewriting the rules mid-trial and, worse, amending the Constitution.
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Litmus test
The two-thirds vote requirement is not just a procedural technicality; it is a constitutional principle meant to ensure that any conviction reflects…
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Defense washes hands of Baste statement
Vice President Sara Duterte’s defense declined to comment on Mayor Sebastian “Baste” Duterte’s statements about GenCorp, saying the mayor is not represented by…
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SEC data came at solons’ request
The summaries presented in court showed that Duterte held shares in several corporations and served on the board or executive committees of some of them,…
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Gencorp secured 49 government contracts
Gencorp Industries, linked to Vice President Sara Duterte, secured 49 government contracts worth P35.9 million in Davao, according to PhilGEPS records…
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Defense flags ‘misleading’ VP shareholding summary
‘I’m looking at the summaries now. There are specific columns for Vice President Sara Duterte, there are separate columns for company totals. It’s clear we…
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Prosec seeks'uniform' sub judice application
Lead public prosecutor Rep. Gerville Luistro urged the Senate impeachment court to apply the sub judice rule uniformly to the prosecution, defense,…
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Mistrial? Cayetano panned over quip
Former Senate President Franklin Drilon disputed Senator Alan Cayetano’s claim that revisiting the impeachment conviction threshold could void the proceedings,…
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Cutting through process behind impeach verdict
Controversies surrounding the impeachment proceedings offer a wider lesson in how institutions work, how rules are interpreted and how public officials are…
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