Day 10: First witness to testify on VP confidential funds
The 10th day of the impeachment trial will focus on Article I of the impeachment complaint.
The 10th day of the impeachment trial will focus on Article I of the impeachment complaint.
Duterte made the remarks during a chance interview in The Hague, where she is on an overseas trip scheduled to end on July 31.
The address will outline the administration’s priorities for the final two years of Marcos’ six-year term.
Senate President Sherwin Gatchalian said the Senate cannot shoulder the cost of catering for Vice President Sara Duterte’s staff and legal team during her impeachment trial, citing budget constraints.
A special panel of investigators from the Office of the Ombudsman alleged that billions of pesos in kickbacks from corruption-tainted flood control projects were funneled through holding companies owned by a close associate of former Speaker Martin Romualdez, according to a supplemental complaint-affidavit filed on July 20.
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.