Lawyer Von Añonuevo, counsel for former DPWH Region IV-B Planning and Design Division Chief Montrexis Tordecilla Tamayo, said his client traveled to the Philippine Embassy in Tel Aviv because it was the nearest diplomatic post where he could surrender.
The House prosecution panel on Wednesday rested its case on the first article of impeachment against Vice President Sara Duterte after National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Director Melvin Matibag completed two days of testimony before the Senate impeachment court.
Matibag said the NBI believes Duterte announced a plan to kill Marcos, First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos and former Speaker Martin Romualdez during her public statements.
The ruling covers the financial records of Duterte, her husband, lawyer Manases Carpio, 19 companies allegedly linked to the couple, and Carpio’s law partnership.
House prosecutors on Sunday said they are confident the Senate impeachment court will approve their request to subpoena Vice President Sara Duterte’s financial records when it votes on the motion Monday, arguing the documents are necessary to determine allegations of unexplained wealth in her impeachment trial.
Naga City Mayor Leni Robredo on Saturday denied social media claims that she had been absent from her office and secretly traveling to Manila, calling the post “fake news” and detailing her schedule to refute the allegations.
A jury on Thursday convicted Filipino American Larry Millete of first-degree murder in the 2021 disappearance and killing of his wife, May “Maya” Millete, ending a closely watched trial more than five years after she vanished.
The Council of the European Union on Monday formally approved a package of reforms expanding air passenger rights, with the new rules set to take effect in mid-2027.
National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Regional Director Jeremy Lotoc testified before the Senate impeachment court on Tuesday that Vice President Sara Duterte had both the intent and capability to carry out her assassination threats against President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos and former Speaker Martin Romualdez.
The impeachment court is set to rule Wednesday on the House prosecution panel’s request to subpoena the bank and tax records of Vice President Sara Duterte, presiding officer Francis “Chiz” Escudero said Tuesday.