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A legal spokesperson for the House prosecution panel said 51 common witnesses were identified during the first day of the pre-trial conference for the upcoming…
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Surprise witnesses will not be prevented from testifying in the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte as long as the contending parties provide at…
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Through horse-trading maneuvers, it would attempt to woo the allegiance of the Villar siblings and perhaps even Sen. Loren Legarda, who appears to be among the…
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For a lawyer who once stood at the center of partisan battles, Barry Gutierrez now finds himself in a different role: interpreter, critic and educator.
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Even constitutionalists have conflicting opinions on the number of votes needed for the Senate impeachment court to convict Vice President Sara Duterte,…
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Three football standouts emerged as the season’s biggest heroes in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) and the National Collegiate…
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The International Criminal Court (ICC) has scheduled a new round of status conferences in the crimes against humanity case against former Philippine President…
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Reports that Senator Chiz Escudero may preside over the upcoming impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte drew strong opposition from a multisectoral…
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Carpio argued that suspended Sen. Jinggoy Estrada should not be counted in determining the number of senator-judges qualified to vote.
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Duterte is accused of misusing confidential funds, unexplained wealth, bribery of public officials and issuing threats.
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Democracy is not cheap. Political instability is even more expensive.
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As for absent senators, their votes are automatically counted as abstentions, according to Azcuna.
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A diminished Senate is not a stronger Senate. A broken scale is not more accurate because it has fewer parts.
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‘So if before we were trying to limit corroborative witnesses and select only the most important ones, we wanted to make sure that all testimonies will be…
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Article VI, Section 16(1) requires a majority of all the members. In a 24-member Senate, that means 13. And that is why the talk of a 13th senator joining the…
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What happens if the Senate suddenly finds itself short of the very senators needed to either conduct the trial or to convict?
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He questioned the exclusion of senators who have already taken their oath as senator-judges, including Senators Dela Rosa and Estrada.
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