The Senate impeachment court approved the proposed 92 trial days for Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial and allowed the prosecution and defense to present 17 common witnesses, according to a pretrial order issued Monday.
Senate President Sherwin Gatchalian on Sunday renewed his call to ban children aged 16 and below from using social media, saying Congress should prioritize stronger safeguards against harmful online content following the June 22 school shooting in Tacloban City and other recent cases of violence involving minors.
The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) has suspended the medical license of physician and former government official Lorraine Badoy-Partosa for six months after finding that she violated the medical code of ethics through unsupported public statements in 2021 that linked healthcare workers to communist groups.
The Philippine National Police-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (PNP-CIDG) recommended hazing charges against former Ateneo de Manila University men’s basketball coach Thomas Anthony “Tab” Baldwin and 10 members of the team’s coaching and support staff following the drowning deaths of two players during a team-building and training activity in Dipaculao, Aurora, Interior Secretary Jonvic Remulla announced Friday.
The prosecution panel in Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial listed 57 witnesses in its pretrial brief, including Office of the Vice President (OVP) chief of staff Undersecretary Zuleika Lopez and alleged confidential fund recipient Mary Grace Piattos, to support the charges against the vice president.
Former senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Thursday filed another cyber libel complaint before the Department of Justice against 18 self-proclaimed former Marines, as well as Alan Peter Cayetano and Rodante Marcoleta, over allegations that he paid millions of pesos to bribe prosecutors of the International Criminal Court.
The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has launched its own probe into the shooting at San Jose National High School in Tacloban City that left three students dead, NBI Director Melvin Matibag said Wednesday.
Investigators are examining how two minors obtained firearms used in the shooting at San Jose National High School in Tacloban City on Monday that killed three students and injured 20 others, as authorities prepare possible charges against the gun owners.
Philippine National Police chief Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr. on Tuesday urged parents to closely monitor their children’s online activities after police found that one of the suspects in the fatal shooting at a school in Tacloban City had posted gun-related videos on social media before the attack.
House prosecutors on Sunday said many Filipinos want Vice President Sara Duterte to personally address the impeachment charges against her during her upcoming Senate trial, which is expected to begin on July 6, saying the proceedings will give her the opportunity to answer allegations of corruption, misuse of public funds and constitutional violations.