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MANILA, Philippines — Vice President Sara Z. Duterte’s lawyers have yet to dispute bank accounts and balances that formed part of the P817.87 million in alleged unexplained wealth identified by forensic accounting expert Alexander Cabrera. Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong, House prosecution spokesperson, pointed this out on Thursday in a press briefing after the 43rd day of
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MANILA, Philippines — The House prosecution believes the “lavish spending” on the part of lawyer Manases Carpio, Vice President Sara Duterte’s husband, is contrary to the constitutional requirement for public officials and their spouses to live modest lives. During the cross-examination of the defense panel’s witness, Chadrin Parian, prosecution counsel Reynaldo Robles questioned the P256,000
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MANILA, Philippines — The young basketball players and their guardians “deserve” the free shoes they received from Vice President Sara Duterte’s husband, Atty. Manases Carpio, a defense witness told the Senate impeachment court on Thursday. Chadrin Parian, a parent of one of the players in Elite Philippines — the youth basketball team where Carpio serves
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MANILA, Philippines — Senator-judge Robinhood Padilla dared the prosecution in Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial to investigate him, following repeated remarks during the proceedings that public officials and their families should lead simple and modest lives. Defense witness Chadrin Parian confirmed on the 43rd day of the trial that Duterte’s husband, Atty. Manases Carpio,
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MANILA, Philippines – GenCorp Industries Inc. Corporate Counsel Suzette Balucanag-Punay admitted on Wednesday questioning the company’s payments to Vice President Sara Duterte worth P2 million from 2022 to 2025. Earlier, Balucanag-Punay herself testified that GenCorp had been disbursing money to the vice president as “returns” from a “loose investment” to Davao Bounty Times Food Corp.
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[Updated Nov. 22, 2026, 9:45 p.m.] MANILA, Philippines — The camp of Vice President Sara Duterte called off the presentation of 15 other bank officials to testify as its witnesses before the Senate Impeachment Court, defense team spokesperson Michael Poa said on Wednesday. Poa said the Duterte camp will only present on Thursday Atty. Paul Roderick
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MANILA, Philippines — The witness was either “not ready” or “nagmamaang-maangan” (playing dumb) for failing to fully explain the P2 million allegedly received by Vice President Sara Duterte from GenCorp Industries Inc., Senator-judge Raffy Tulfo said on Wednesday. Tulfo made the remark during the Senate impeachment trial after defense witness and lawyer Suzette Balucanag-Punay revealed
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MANILA, Philippines — Vice President Sara Duterte’s receipt of over P2 million “return of capital” in the span of four years from GenCorp Industries Inc., despite not having any shares or position in the company, prompted public prosecutor and Manila Rep. Joel Chua to ask if the said amount could be a bribe. Atty. Suzette Balucanag-Punay,
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