Pimentel Seeks Senate Caucus to ‘Clarify’ Escudero Scenario

Ex-SC justice Azcuna: Senate needs to start process for VP Sara impeachment

Senate President Chiz Escudero needs to get the Articles of Impeachment read to prompt the Senate"s jurisdiction over VP Sara Duterte"s case, former SC Associate Justice Adolf Azcuna said.

Pimentel seeks Senate caucus to ‘clarify’ Escudero scenario

MANILA, Philippines — Opposition senators on Saturday pressed their colleagues to set aside all “diversionary issues” and start the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte, with Senate Minority Leader Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III calling for an all-member caucus after the chamber came under fire for dragging its feet on the case filed four months earlier. “I’m worried about what’s happening because there seems to be no commitment (from …

Groups skewer Senate on impeach trial delay

CALLS to start impeachment proceedings against Vice President Sara Duterte began to snowball over the weekend, with academics, civil rights and religious groups skewering the Senate for not doing its constitutional duty. Reacting to a resolution circulated by Duterte ally Sen. Ronald Dela Rosa to dismiss the impeachment complaint, the Ateneo School of Government said, "Dispensing the case without the benefit of a trial is a dereliction of duty a…

Universities join calls to start impeach trial

Professors, faculty members and alumni of the country’s top schools have called on the Senate to proceed immediately with the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte, as suspicions have emerged that the Senate leadership is setting the stage for its termination.

Pimentel: Senate move to dismiss VP Duterte's impeachment case via resolution 'out of order'

Senate Minority Leader Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III has warned on Saturday, June 7, that any attempt to dismiss the impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte through a Senate resolution while the upper chamber is in legislative session would be flawed.**media[17670]**“The motion or the topic is out of order,” Pimentel said in an interview on DZMM, as he asserted that only the Senate sitting as an impeachment court, and not a legi…

ROUGH CUTS |Time for flood-mitigating measures

Several Law School faculties in the Philippine among them the University of the Philippines (UP) and Davao’s very own Ateneo de Davao University (ADDU), lawyers’ organization, and individual lawyers are one in their opinion that the Senate should “forthwith” proceed with the trial of the impeachment case against Vice President Sara Duterte. This manifestation of opinion came about more overtly when a draft resolution was circulated in the Senate…