House prosecutors presented on Wednesday preserved and authenticated video clips where Vice President Sara Duterte threatened to kill President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., and even hire someone to kill him, first lady Liza Araneta-Marcos, and former House speaker Martin Romualdez as an act of revenge should she end up dead. On Day 2 of the impeachment...
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Senate impeachment court begins Veep’s trial with Escudero as presiding officer
The Senate convened as an impeachment court on Monday and began the trial of Vice President Sara Duterte with Sen. Francis Escudero elected as presiding officer. Led by Senate President Sherwin Gatchalian, 21 senators dressed in red robes attended Day 1 of the scheduled 92 trial days. Duterte was not present; her lawyers said she was...
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New majority elects Sherwin Gatchalian as acting Senate president
A new Senate majority unexpectedly emerged on Wednesday, with 12 senators electing Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian as Senate president pro tempore and acting Senate president, ending the chaotic three-week leadership of Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano. The change occurred after the Cayetano bloc’s Sen. Francis Escudero showed up and joined the 11-member minority on the last session day...
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Escudero loses Senate presidency to Sotto as scandal over multibillion-peso flood projects rages
Francis Escudero lost the Senate presidency to Vicente Sotto III on Monday, just over a month after his reelection to the post—a sign that senators are listening to public opinion, according to a political analyst. The change in leadership in the Senate occurred in the face of growing public anger over the government’s multibillion-peso flood...
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What to Know: Are confidential funds secret funds not subject to audit?
The use of confidential funds (CF) by the Office of Vice President Sara Duterte, concurrently the secretary of education, continues to be in the news and in social media posts. While most of the comments dwell on the P125 million in confidential funds supposedly spent in an 11-day period in December 2022, among the other...