The impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte has reached another important stage. The House prosecution has rested its case and formally offered its evidence supporting the sole remaining Article II, which alleges unexplained wealth. The defense is now given the opportunity to object before the Senate impeachment court determines which evidence should be admitted….
Daku kaayo ang gilamang ni VP Inday Sara Z. Duterte-Carpio sa pinakaulahing survey nga gihimo sa WR Numero Research. Ang maong survey nagtumbok sa mas nauyonan nga piliong presidente sa 2028 elections gikan sa 1,225 ka mga respondents nga mga hamtung na ug pangidaron. Makita sa resulta sa maong survey ang TOP 4 nga sila…
Sa atong pagbalik sa sirkulasyon hisgutan nato ang bag-ohay lang nagviral nga “fire trike” nga nikabat kuno ug 10 million ang matag usa. Human nga nag viral sa social media ang “fire tricycle” o bao-bao nga bumbero giulan ug batikos si DILG Sec. Juanito Victor “Jonvic” Catibayan Remulla, Jr. sa mga netizens. Sa mga post…
Thirty-nine trial days. Four articles of impeachment. And now, only one remains. The prosecution’s decision to withdraw Articles I, III and IV against Vice President Sara Duterte and stake its case solely on Article II—alleged unexplained wealth—may have shortened the trial. But it has also created a question the public has every right to ask:…
The people are protest-rally-worn. There is such a thing as rally fatigue. Many of those who take to the streets—and those who call, organize, and lead these mass actions—have themselves become enablers of the corrupt regime. They have lost their moral ascendancy, their righteous moorings. But the relatively open and democratic space provided by social…
There is a kind of dishonesty that does not always come in the form of an outright li It does not invent facts. It does not necessarily fabricate a story. It may even contain statements that are technically true. Its power lies somewhere else—in what is deliberately left unsaid. This is where lying by omission…
They have presented the SALNs, the SEC, the banks, the insurance companies, the BIR. Plenty of documents. But when these are ranged against testimonial evidence, they go nowehere. A witness is yet to speak with definitve voice and point the accusing finger that would dirty the hands of the vice president. The way Clarissa Ocampo…
Speaking of demeanor, it was San Juan Rep. and prosecutor Bel Zamora whose courtroom disposition was put in the spotlight. Later, it was the turn of Davao City Mayor Sebastian Duterte. I will not dignify any allusion to sexism simply because the subject was a woman and in another day is a man. They were not…
An ordinary citizen’s plea for the rule of law I am not a lawyer, nor a constitutional expert. I am simply an ordinary Filipino who believes that when political arguments become too loud and confusing, there is one fundamental document we should return to: the 1987 Constitution. The recent controversies surrounding the impeachment proceedings have…
Ang mga nagpanday ng ating 1987 Constitution ay pawang nagtapos ng ibat-ibang college courses and discipline at nagpatuloy upang maging ganap’ na abogado Karamihan sa kanila ay mga pantas at nagpakadalubhasa sa Batas – may mga law professors, dekano sa mga pamantasan ng abogasya, municipal at regional trial court judges, mga kilalang abogado at naging…
