Former President Rodrigo Duterte appeared in person at the International Criminal Court on Wednesday for the first time since his virtual initial appearance in March 2025, as judges addressed the massive volume of evidence and testimony expected at his upcoming trial.
Joselyn Tragua Serenio, a former staff member and personal assistant of former House Speaker Martin Romualdez, has left the Philippines ahead of a hold departure order issued against her and three other accused in a P7.4-billion plunder case, the Bureau of Immigration said Thursday.
Three retired Supreme Court justices told the Senate impeachment court Wednesday that the two-thirds vote required to convict an impeached official should not automatically remain fixed at 16, while retired Associate Justice Adolfo Azcuna argued that the Constitution requires the full 24-member Senate to serve as the basis for computation.
Former President Rodrigo Duterte’s defense team is considering an artificial intelligence (AI) tool to help review the massive volume of evidence in his International Criminal Court (ICC) case, but lead counsel Peter Haynes said the service could cost nearly €500,000.
The International Criminal Court (ICC) Chamber III said Wednesday it does not plan to schedule breaks during former President Rodrigo Duterte’s trial before the Christmas recess.
Former Chief Justice Artemio Panganiban said Wednesday that senator-judges who failed to participate in Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial should inhibit themselves from voting because they did not hear the evidence or observe the witnesses.
Vice President Sara Duterte’s declared net worth increased 13.6-fold from P7.25 million in 2007, when she entered government as Davao City vice mayor, to P98.66 million in 2025, according to her statements of assets, liabilities and net worth (SALNs) presented before the Senate impeachment court Tuesday.
House prosecutors will trace the source of the P33.35-million increase in Vice President Sara Duterte’s declared net worth from 2021 to 2025 as part of their impeachment case, prosecution counsel and spokesperson Benjamin Tolosa Jr. said Tuesday.
Senate Minority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano and Sen. Panfilo Lacson traded accusations Tuesday over Lacson’s anti-corruption campaign, with Cayetano claiming the senator’s actions benefit those responsible for corruption.
Former House Speaker and Leyte Representative Martin Romualdez arrived at the New Quezon City Jail in Barangay Payatas late Monday after the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) discharged him following a weekend confinement.