3+ hour, 42+ min ago   (697+ words) On Day 23 of Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial, Senator-judge Erwin Tulfo posed a looming question that could ultimately determine how the Senate impeachment court will deliver its verdict. Tulfo asked, should the voting basis for Duterte’s acquittal or conviction…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago   (360+ words) MANILA, Philippines — “I’m just doing my job stating the facts.” Interior and Local Government Secretary Jonvic Remulla on Friday said this in response to Vice President Sara Duterte claiming that he wanted drama when the latter was ordered arrested by…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (193+ words) MANILA, Philippines — Vice President Sara Duterte said she has not yet received a formal document summoning her as a witness to her trial before the Senate as an impeachment court. In an interview in Quezon City on Friday morning, Duterte…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (476+ words) US Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was wont to say: “The Constitution is not a living organism. It’s a legal document and it says what it says and doesn’t say what it doesn’t say.” In the case of impeachment trials,…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (412+ words) MANILA, Philippines — The decision of the Senate impeachment court to seek independent constitutional guidance on the voting threshold in Vice President Sara Z. Duterte’s trial is necessary, as there’s no controversy about the issue to warrant taking it before the…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (477+ words) Pablo John “PJ” Garcia is a bar topnotcher who was voted to Congress by the third district of Cebu four times. He would have easily won a fifth term in 2025 but he withdrew from the race for unstated reasons and…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (531+ words) The Senate impeachment court on Thursday released the names of the legal experts who will weigh in on the ruling on the 16-vote threshold to convict Vice President Sara Duterte in her impeachment trial. In a statement, impeachment court spokesperson…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (208+ words) MANILA, Philippines — Vice President Sara Duterte will personally attend her arraignment on Friday morning over three counts of grave threats, her spokesperson said. In a message on Thursday, Duterte’s spokesperson, lawyer Paolo Panelo Jr., confirmed with the Inquirer that Duterte…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (662+ words) MANILA — The impeachment court may tap three to five legal experts as amici curiae to settle questions on how many votes are needed for the acquittal or conviction of Vice President Sara Duterte, Senate President Sherwin Gatchalian said Wednesday. Gatchalian…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (266+ words) A rules dispute has surfaced in the impeachment proceedings against Vice President Sara Duterte, with a jailed senator questioning who is running the trial and asking to have his vote counted despite being behind bars. Sen. Rodante Marcoleta, in a…...