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MANILA, Philippines — The “bloodbath” that Vice President Sara Duterte imagined would happen in her impeachment trial came true, but it was not in the way she would have wanted, Batangas Rep. Gerville Luistro said on Friday. Luistro, lead public prosecutor for the impeachment, said in a press briefing that the bloodbath happened instead within Duterte’s
The pace at which the defense panel of Vice President Sara Duterte is presenting its witnesses in her impeachment trial makes it likely that it will finish presenting its case before the end of November, the spokesman of the tribunal has said.
The House prosecution team on Friday said that the counter evidence presented by the defense team of Vice President Sara Duterte in her impeachment trial is not explosive and is only as good as a watusi or a small, friction-ignited firecracker that hardly makes noise.
The Vice President and her father, former president Rodrigo Duterte also has two time deposit accounts in BPI's Julia Vargas branch
If the vice president wasn't a GenCorp stockholder, why did she receive P2.14 million?
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All 16 bank officials initially lined up as Sara Duterte defense witnesses are now off the list.
MANILA, Philippines — The 43rd day of Vice President Sara Duterte’s Senate impeachment trial ended with the defense having dropped all of its originally scheduled bank witnesses and the court adjourning until after the ASEAN Summit. Presiding officer Sen. Francis Escudero granted lead defense counsel Sheila Sison’s request to cancel Friday’s session, with Sison noting
The 43rd day of the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte lasted less than three hours, but it did not make the proceedings any less intense.
MANILA, Philippines — The witness presented by Vice President Sara Duterte’s camp to dispute allegations of unusual credit card spending has admitted being close to her and her husband, lawyer Manases Carpio, and regularly receiving compensation from the couple for his legal services. During Duterte’s impeachment trial on Thursday, lawyer Anel Antero was questioned by prosecution
Senator-judge Juan Miguel Zubiri on Thursday urged that the discussion in the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte "move on" to other key issues regarding her alleged unexplained wealth, including the supposed inflow of money from China through a company linked to her husband, Manases Carpio.
The defense team is planning to present at least eight more witnesses to testify in the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte, counsel Michael Poa said Thursday.
MANILA, Philippines — Vice President Sara Duterte’s camp has dropped a Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) official from its witness list before the Senate Impeachment Court, prompting the prosecution to raise concerns over the move in connection with her alleged dollar accounts. Defense team spokesperson Michael Poa explained that the testimony of BPI senior
MANILA, Philippines — The impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte enters its 43rd day on Thursday, with her defense team set to present four witnesses, led by Bank of the Philippine Islands Senior Vice President and lawyer Paul Roderick Ysmael. Ysmael will be followed by Mendoza Antero & Associates senior partner lawyer Anel Martin
Online personality BP Inday Tasha, a known impersonator of Vice President Sara Duterte, arrived at the Senate Thursday amid the impeachment trial.
The defense team presented Thursday a lawyer who was with Atty. Manases Caprio, husband of the Vice President Sara Duterte, during a trip in Japan where over P200,000 worth of transactions was incurred using the Second Gentleman's credit card.
The Philippines is not picking fights with China but is standing its ground in defending its rights in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. said.
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The impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte resumes Thursday, November 12, with the defense set to present a representative from the Bank of the Philippine Islands as its sole bank witness.
MANILA, Philippines — Vice President Sara Duterte’s defense team called off the planned presentation of 15 bank officials on Day 42 of the impeachment trial, with spokesperson Michael Poa saying only lawyer Paul Roderick Ysmael, senior vice president of the Bank of the Philippine Islands, would be presented on Thursday. The defense had earlier signaled
The impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte will continue on Thursday, November 12, 2026, with the Defense presenting witnesses to debunk the allegation of unexplained wealth of Duterte.
The Defense team will be presenting on Thursday only one of the 16 bank officials it initially sought to testify as witnesses in the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte.
MANILA, Philippines — The General Information Sheets (GIS) of Gencorp Industries Inc. tied to Vice President Sara Duterte indicated that it had no rank-and-file employees in 2025, according to Senator-judge Joel Villanueva. In 2023 and 2024, the company only listed two rank-and-file employees, added Villanueva during the 42nd day of the impeachment trial of the vice president. “I
MANILA, Philippines – Vice President Sara Duterte’s “unilateral declaration” that she was a stockholder of GenCorp Industries Inc. does not make her one, its counsel told the Senate impeachment court on Wednesday. Testifying for the defense in the impeachment trial of the vice president, Atty. Suzette Balucanag-Punay maintained that Duterte had no stakes in the
The defense team in the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte has dropped most of its bank representative witnesses, retaining only a representative from the Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI), in a bid to shorten the proceedings, spokesperson Michael Poa said.
Vice President Sara Duterte"s loose investment in GenCorp Industries Inc., which earned her P2.14 million in income despite not being listed as the firm"s shareholder in corporate records, took center stage during Day 42 of her impeachment trial.
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An article of incorporation presented by the prosecution during the impeachment trial shows the Vice President paid P46,000 in capital stock
Senator-judge and Senate President Sherwin Gatchalian on Wednesday raised a possible conflict of interest after GenCorp Industries Inc. paid Vice President Sara Duterte P2.14 million as returns of capital while the company held several contracts with the Davao City government.
Opinions clashed in the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte on Wednesday on whether which has evidentiary weight between an admission against interest and official public documents.
