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MANILA , Philippines — Instead of changing the conviction rate threshold, Senate Minority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano believes the impeachment court should just amend its rules to allow absent senator-judges to participate through electronic means.  Cayetano revived this push on Wednesday as House prosecutor Rep. Chel Diokno insisted that senator-judges should be physically present in the impeachment trial of Vice

TACLOBAN CITY – The proposed New Northern Samar Airport has moved to the project preparation stage after the Department of Transportation (DOTr) opened bidding for consulting services for the feasibility study and other assessments needed for the proposed facility in Pambujan town. The procurement, opened Sept. 11, covers the feasibility study and master plan, environmental and

MANILA, Philippines – Defense lead counsel lawyer Michael Poa opened his arguments on the impeachment voting threshold by quoting the Supreme Court: “When the law is clear, there is no room for interpretation; there is only room for application.” Poa urged the Senate impeachment court not to “complicate what the Constitution has made simple,” maintaining

MANILA, Philippines – Public prosecutor and Akbayan Rep. Chel Diokno has asked the Senate impeachment court whether it will be the vacant seats of absent senator-judges who will decide on Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment case should the threshold needed for a conviction remain. In his speech on Wednesday, during oral arguments on how many

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MANILA, Philippines — What was meant to be a simple video of a police officer providing safety reminders has become the internet’s newest target for collective swooning. The cop has drawn witty but not-so-“marked safe” comments from netizens admiring his looks and who are suddenly very eager to be detained. Police Lieutenant Mar Joseph Reburiano, officer-in-charge

MANILA, Philippines — The Office of the President (OP) is seriously considering granting absolute pardon to Mary Jane Veloso, who has been detained for over a decade for alleged drug trafficking, Bataan Rep. Albert Garcia said on Wednesday.  During the House sponsorship and plenary deliberations for the proposed budget of the OP for next year,

MANILA, Philippines – On Day 29 of Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial, House prosecutor and Akbayan party-list Rep. Chel Diokno said in his oral arguments on the voting threshold that the number of votes needed to convict Duterte is “not fixed at 16” and could change depending on the circumstances./dp READ: WATCH: Sara Duterte

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MANILA, Philippines — State witness and former Department of Public Works and Highways undersecretary Roberto Bernardo is set to testify before the Sandiganbayan against former Ako Bicol party-list Rep. Zaldy Co and his co-accused in a graft case involving an alleged substandard road dike project in Oriental Mindoro. Assistant Special Prosecutor Peter Jedd Boco told

MANILA, Philippines — Even before the awaited debates on the conviction threshold, the opposing parties in Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial on Wednesday got heated over the use of the word “accused” in referring to Duterte during the proceedings. The argument began after House prosecutor Chel Diokno sought clarification from the Senate impeachment court

MANILA, Philippines – Presiding Officer Francis Escudero said the Senate impeachment court will retain in its records the term “respondent-accused,” which Vice President Sara Duterte’s lawyers have used when referring to her during the trial. The clarification came after House prosecutor and Akbayan party-list Rep. Chel Diokno questioned the use of the term “accused,” saying