Padilla dares VP Duterte trial prosecutors: Investigate my expenses

Like a brother? Duterte's defense witness has close ties to Mans Carpio

'Whether the Vice President and her spouse is leading a modest life. This is central to the allegation of unexplained wealth," says prosecutor Amando Virgil Ligutan

Mans Carpio’s P256,882 shoe purchases were a treat for basketball team, witness tells impeachment court

Floyd Brenz., Philippine Canadian Inquirer November 12, 2026 A friend of Atty. Manases Carpio told the Senate impeachment court on Thursday that the husband of Vice President Sara Duterte paid […]

Padilla dares VP Duterte trial prosecutors: Investigate my expenses

MANILA, Philippines — Senator-judge Robinhood Padilla dared the prosecution in Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial to investigate him, following repeated remarks during the proceedings that public officials and their families should lead simple and modest lives. Defense witness Chadrin Parian confirmed on the 43rd day of the trial that Duterte’s husband, Atty. Manases Carpio, paid for the shoes of a children’s basketball team Elite P…

Sara's husband spends P256K for over 20 pairs of branded shoes for basketball team, parents in Malaysia, says defense witness

MANILA, Philippines — More than 20 pairs of shoes from a popular brand worth P256,882.50—for young basketball players and even their parents—were paid for by Vice President Sara Duterte’s husband, lawyer Manases “Mans” Carpio, during a trip to Malaysia, a defense witness told the Senate impeachment court on Thursday.On the 43rd day of Duterte’s impeachment trial, defense witness Chadrin Parian testified that Carpio paid the bill after the Elite …