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Philippine Senate news — hearings, legislation, and chamber politics reported by Daily Tribune.
Court rejects bid to compel VP response
The Senate impeachment court rejected the prosecution’s bid to compel Vice President Sara Duterte to confirm subpoenaed financial records, ruling that doing so…
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Aimless, clueless kabuki
Nobody asked for three hearings a week, but the people are demanding cheaper food, safer roads and honest work from those they pay to serve them.
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Ex-senator volunteers as witness
Former Senator Antonio “Sonny” Trillanes IV said he was ready to testify in Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial even without a subpoena, as the…
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Senate defers Trillanes subpoena
The Senate impeachment court deferred issuing a subpoena to former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, saying prosecutors should first present the AMLC witness or…
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Impeach court denies prosecution's bid to compel VP to authenticate bank, tax records subpoenaed vs her
The Senate impeachment court has denied prosecutors’ bid to compel Vice President Sara Duterte to authenticate subpoenaed bank, tax and business records tied…
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All rise for amici curiae (2)
No amount of erudition, mastery of law or high-sounding rhetoric could supplant what is within the ordinary man’s experience when, in a plebiscite held for the…
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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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Kangaroo court
Staging a walkout is not really desirable, considering that the senator-judges have a sworn duty to uphold the integrity of the impeachment process despite the…
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Chilling effect
Politics will always be a numbers game, but the rules for counting those numbers must not become another political weapon.
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Safer schools for our students
What we want is for them to be hooked on sports. Sports can teach discipline, teamwork, patience, respect and the ability to recover from defeat.
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Cow dung called‘pro hac vice’
If 16 votes can be reduced when the presiding coalition finds it inconvenient, then the same logic transfers cleanly to any other provision built on a fixed…
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Second threshold SC challenge filed
A lawyer asks the Supreme Court to overturn the Senate impeachment court’s ruling on the votes needed to convict Vice President Sara Duterte, arguing that 16…
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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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