Sara in the dark on Baste testimony
Tolosa said that the prosecution would ask the impeachment court to declare Baste Duterte a hostile witness.
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Sara Duterte impeachment trial
Latest Daily Tribune news and analysis on Sara Duterte impeachment trial.
16-vote rule takes legal test
The Senate impeachment court may tap three to five retired Supreme Court justices and constitutional experts as amici curiae to help resolve the disputed vote…
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Prosec, defense clash over Sara testimony
Prosecutors seek to reserve the right to call Vice President Sara Duterte to the witness stand in her impeachment trial, but her defense invokes her…
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Senate revisits 16-vote rule
Senate impeachment court sets 23 September to resolve whether the 16-vote threshold to convict Vice President Sara Duterte should be lowered amid absent…
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Impeach trial faces month-long pause
Escudero said the impeachment court is still trying to find at least one hearing date during that period, but acknowledged that no firm schedule has been set.
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House keeps bribery charge
Sara Duterte’s impeachment prosecutors will present evidence on unexplained wealth before bribery, while considering whether to drop Article III to speed up…
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Defense: Fund names were aliases
Sara Duterte’s defense says 266 names on confidential fund receipts were aliases, while the PSA found no civil registry records for 63 percent of the names.
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If convicted, then what?
By any stretch, it’s not just Sara who’s on trial, particularly so where a conviction would result in not just her removal but her perpetual disqualification…
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Sara’s QC case won’t sway Senate, says Win
Citing the 1987 Constitution and the Supreme Court ruling in Estrada v. Desierto, Tongol said criminal prosecution may proceed independently of impeachment.
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Sara’s resilience
The survey is not the final word on Duterte’s future; it is a snapshot of an evolving political reality. Much can still change as the trial unfolds and public…
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Whatever verdict, our country pays
A conviction could remove Sara Duterte from office and dramatically reshape the political landscape, but it could also deepen the polarization.
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Trial by jury
There are strong suspicions our authoritarian-enamored, cynical feudalistic/dynastic families, without ever admitting it, still harbor secularized notions of…
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Impeach court bans gadgets for witnesses
‘The image is not part of the record and does not establish that he wore such a device or received outside assistance. The chair therefore makes no finding…
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Impeachment trial teleserye
For non-democratic, totalitarian governments, the process of impeachment is far less complicated and swifter.
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Gagging the truth
Escudero has reminded the Vice President that she is covered. Good. Now we wait to see what enforcement actually looks like.
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Stew feed
Some members of our legislature might also be wishing they were lawmakers in India, so they cannot be labeled ‘crocodiles,’ ‘betrayers,’ or ‘dictatorial.’
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Sara lawyer says gag rule passé
Paolo Panelo says Sara Duterte is likely to comply with the Senate impeachment court’s sub judice ruling as debate grows over media restrictions in the trial.
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