16+ hour, 54+ min ago   (92+ words) newsinfo.inquirer.net MANILA, Philippines – The prosecution team, on Day 24 of Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial, begins presenting its witnesses for Article II of the Articles of Impeachment, which covers allegations involving unexplained wealth, SALN violations, and failure to…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (243+ words) MANILA, Philippines – The House prosecution team upended the trial’s trajectory on Day 23 by scrapping 15 Article I witnesses and signaling it will call Vice President Sara Duterte herself to testify. The Senate impeachment court also moved to address a key question…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (410+ words) MANILA, Philippines — The spokesperson of the Senate impeachment court holding the trial of Vice President Sara Duterte clarified that at least 11 votes, including that of the presiding officer, are needed to nullify an earlier ruling that set the threshold for…...

3+ day, 17+ 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…...

3+ day, 17+ 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…...

4+ day, 9+ 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…...

4+ day, 10+ 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…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (583+ words) MANILA, Philippines — The Senate Impeachment Court has appointed three retired Supreme Court (SC) chief justices and one retired associate justice as amici curiae, who will guide the court on whether there is a need to change the voting threshold required…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (385+ words) MANILA, Philippines — Tensions erupted outside a hotel in Bonifacio Global City, Taguig City, on Thursday, where President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. was attending an event. Protesters holding placards and banners staged a protest outside the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Bonifacio Global…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (748+ words) MANILA, Philippines — Senate President Sherwin “Win” Gatchalian on Wednesday said the Senate impeachment court could finish Vice President Sara Duterte’s trial and hold the vote by December, under a revised schedule that could speed up proceedings after prosecutors took 15 witnesses…...