Sara Duterte, Impeachment Trial and Philippines

Philippine Vice President Duterte asks Supreme Court to void her impeachment and block Senate trial
Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte asked the Supreme Court on Tuesday to void her impeachment and block a Senate trial that could remove her from office. The House of Representatives, which is dominated by the allies of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
Why Philippines Vice President Sara Duterte Faces Impeachment Trial
The Marcos and Duterte families dominate politics in the Philippines, and elections in the country can be as much a battle of personalities and factional interests as of policy.
Duterte allies ask SC: Stop VP impeachment trial
A group of lawyers from Mindanao, officials of Davao City and other supporters of Vice President Sara Duterte petitioned the Supreme Court on Tuesday to stop the Senate
Philippines' VP Duterte prepared for impeachment, father welcome to join defence team
Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte said on Friday she had been preparing since last year for impeachment and would welcome on her defence team her firebrand father, former President Rodrigo Duterte,
Philippine VP Duterte’s Supporters Ask Court to Void Impeachment
A group of lawyers and private citizens on Tuesday asked the Philippine Supreme Court to nullify the impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte, saying it didn’t follow the process under the constitution.
Duterte impeachment: Petition to stop trial filed at SC
Mindanawon lawyers filed on Tuesday a petition before the Supreme Court (SC) to stop the impeachment complaint filed against Vice President Sara Duterte. The petition for certiorari and prohibition seeks to issue a temporary restraining order and declare the impeachment complaint null and void.
Lawyers challenge Sara Duterte’s impeachment at Supreme Court
A group of lawyers on Tuesday filed a petition before the Supreme Court seeking to stop the impeachment proceedings against Vice President Sara Duterte.
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PNP-CIDG chief defends sedition raps vs Duterte
Defending his decision to file criminal cases against former president Rodrigo Duterte, Criminal Investigation and Detection ...
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Philippine Vice President Duterte impeached over alleged Marcos assassination plot and other allegations
Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte was impeached Wednesday on a range of accusations that include plotting to ...
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Election Campaign Begins in the Philippines with Marcos-Duterte War of Words
The conflict between the two prominent political clans has continued into the first week of campaigning for May’s mid-term ...
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CIDG chief: No orders from above to file rap over Duterte's 'kill' remark
CIDG chief Nicholas Torre III insisted that the decision to pursue legal action was made independently, without direction from the Senate or Malacañang.
Philippine ex-president Duterte faces criminal complaint over ‘kill senators’ comment at rally
Police in the Philippines have filed criminal complaints against former President Rodrigo Duterte after he said during a campaign rally that 15 senators should be killed in a bomb attack so there will ...
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House solons to Duterte: Killing neither a joke, nor solution
Leaders of the House of Representatives on Sunday rallied behind President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in criticizing former ...
Philippines law agency recommends filing criminal charges against VP Duterte over threat
The Philippines' National Bureau of Investigation has recommended filing criminal charges against Vice President Sara Duterte ...
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Duterte now faces sedition complaint, the same weapon he used against his critics
Under the Revised Penal Code, inciting to sedition is committed by a person who, “without taking any direct part in the crime of sedition, should incite others to the accomplishment of any of the acts ...