Vice President Sara Duterte on Saturday denied knowing former police officer Rodulfo Gracioso Jr. or receiving money from him after the National Bureau of Investigation disclosed that it was investigating Gracioso’s claims that he delivered suitcases of cash to Duterte and members of her family.
Challenges before the Supreme Court against the Senate impeachment court’s new voting rule will test how the Constitution’s accountability mechanism applies to an impeachment trial under unprecedented circumstances, trial spokesperson and Lanao del Sur Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong said Saturday.
Davao City Mayor Sebastian “Baste” Duterte and former Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV will join the prosecution’s next set of witnesses in Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial as the panel presents evidence on allegations of unexplained wealth.
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. signed into law a measure postponing the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) scheduled for Nov. 2 and extending the terms of incumbent barangay and SK officials to five years.
Sen. JV Ejercito pledged support for efforts to strengthen the Department of Justice (DOJ) and National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) in fighting cybercrime, online fraud and other digital scams.
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) and the Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center (CICC) lifted the temporary ban on Discord after the messaging platform committed to stronger child-safety and counter-extremism measures.
Sen. Pia Cayetano asked the National Privacy Commission (NPC) on Wednesday whether it could investigate the publication of her flight details after she and her brother, Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano, traveled to Singapore two weeks ago.
The Senate impeachment court on Wednesday voted 13-1 to lower the number of votes needed to convict Vice President Sara Duterte, ruling that the two-thirds requirement should apply only to senators legally and factually capable of participating in her impeachment trial.
The Office of the Ombudsman is conducting a fact-finding investigation into an alleged “ghost internet” scheme involving government information technology projects, with the probe focusing on the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT).
The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) has blocked two websites that police said were allegedly used to groom minors and encourage them to carry out real-world violence, amid investigations into a series of school violence incidents in the Philippines.